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Acknowledgements
The work presented in the thesis was carried out during author’s Ph.D. studies at the
Institute of Control and Industrial Electronics in Warsaw University of Technology,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Some parts of the work were realized in cooperation
with foreign Universities:
• University of Nevada, Reno, USA (US National Science Foundation grant –
Prof. Andrzej Trzynadlowski),
• University of Aalborg, Denmark (Prof. Frede Blaabjerg),
and company:
• Power Electronics Manufacture – „TWERD”, Toruń, Poland.
First of all, I would like to express gratitude Prof. Marian P. Kaźmierkowski for the
continuous support and help during work of the thesis. His precious advice and
numerous discussions enhanced my knowledge and scientific inspiration.
I am grateful to Prof. Andrzej Sikorski from the Białystok Technical University and
Prof. Włodzimierz Koczara from the Warsaw University of Technology for their
interest in this work and holding the post of referee.
Specially, I am indebted to my friend Dr Paweł Grabowski for support and
assistance.
Furthermore, I thank my colleagues from the Intelligent Control Group in Power
Electronics for their support and friendly atmosphere. Specially, to Dr Dariusz Sobczuk,
Dr Mariusz Malinowski, Dr Mariusz Cichowlas, and Dariusz Świerczyńki M.Sc.
Finally, I would like thank to my whole family, particularly my parents for their love
and patience.