Advancing Energy Conversion Technologies: High-Frequency Magnetics in Modern Power Electronics
MAGNIFY
Our joint journey as a consortium of 15 universities, research centers, and manufacturers led by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium has officially begun, and we are ready to tackle ambitious goals and explore new frontiers in the development of energy conversion technologies.
Project beneficiaries: KU Leuven (Belgium), TAU (Finland), ULB (Belgium), UPJŠ (Slovakia), CERTH (Greece), INRIM (Italy), HE-PL (Poland), DANFOSS (Sweden), UPM (Spain) combine expertise in experiments and simulations – from the level of materials to applications in power electronics – within a holistic approach covering the entire energy conversion chain.
The consortium also includes manufacturers and designers providing cutting-edge solutions in the field of power electronics: Danfoss (Sweden), Hitachi (Switzerland), ALTAIR simulations (France) and BSH applications (Slovakia), Thales Alenia Space (Belgium).
MAGNIFY Consortium: overview of 9 beneficiaries and 6 associated partners from 9 different European countries involved in work packages with relevant expertise.
The project is being carried out at the Institute of Physical Sciences of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at UPJŠ under the leadership of doc. RNDr. Ján Füzér, PhD., who will also be the supervisor of doctoral student MEng. Ioannis Tsoukalas. Other project researchers include prof. RNDr. Peter Kollár, DrSc. and RNDr. Samuel Dobák, PhD.
The MAGNIFY project strengthens European excellence in the field of power electronics by developing magnetic materials, modeling, and designing devices for efficient energy conversion. Through an interdisciplinary approach and the training of 15 doctoral students, the project will contribute to increasing global energy efficiency and sustainable technological innovation.
Following a selection process, MEng. Ioannis Tsoukalas from Greece was awarded a doctoral position at UPJŠ within the project, starting on February 1, 2026. The topic of his dissertation research will be Advanced Magnetically Soft Composites with Ferrite Insulation with the aim of designing and developing advanced magnetically soft composites with improved magnetic, electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties for sustainable applications in power electronics over a wide temperature range.
MEng. Ioannis Tsoukalas and doc. RNDr. Ján Füzer, PhD.
As part of his doctoral studies, MEng. Ioannis Tsoukalas will participate in consortium meetings as well as several-month research internships at INRIM in Turin, CERTH in Thessaloniki, and BSH in Slovakia.
Programme: HORIZON EUROPE
Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01
Action type: HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks
Project duration: 1.10.2025-30.9.2029
Responsible person:
doc. RNDr. Ján Füzer PhD.
Find more:
https://magnify-dn.eu/
Consortium:
- KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium – kooridnátor
- Tampere University
- UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
- UNIVERZITA PAVLA JOZEFA SAFARIKA V KOSICIACH
- ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
- ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA
- DANFOSS DRIVES OY
- HITACHI ENERGY POLAND SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA
- UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
Affiliate partners:
- POLITECNICO DI TORINO
- ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
- BSH Drives and Pumps s.r.o.
- ALTAIR ENGINEERING FRANCE
- THALES ALENIA SPACE BELGIUM SA
- Hitachi Energy Ltd
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
