Prof. Fushuan Wen, IEEE Fellow
Zhejiang University, China
Professor Fushuan Wen received the BE and ME degrees from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and the PhD degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1991, all in electrical engineering. He joined the faculty of Zhejiang University in 1991, and has been a full professor and the director of the Institute of Power Economics and Information since 1997, and the director of Zhejiang University-Insigma Joint Research Center for Smart Grids since 2010.
He has been undertaking various teaching, research and visiting appointments in National University of Singapore (NSTB Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Research Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor), University of Hong Kong (Research Assistant Professor), South China University of Technology (University Distinguished Professor), University of New South Wales in Australia (ARC Project Senior Fellow, Senior Visiting Fellow), Queensland University of Technology in Australia (CSIRO and ARC Project Visiting Fellow), Brunei University of Technology (Professor in Power Systems), Technical University of Denmark (Otto Monsted Guest Professor in Power Systems), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (Visiting Fellow), Murdoch University in Australia (Adjunct Professor), Tallinn University of Technology (Professor in Energy Systems), Hangzhou Dianzi University in China (Yusheng XUE Education Foundation Distinguished Professor), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia (Honorary Visiting Scientist), Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (Visiting Principal Research Scientist).
His research interests include: 1) power economics and electricity markets; 2) power system investment, planning and operation optimization; 3) smart grids and electric vehicles; 4) power system alarm processing, fault diagnosis and system restoration; 5) artificial intelligence applications in power and integrated energy systems. He has published 200+ SCI-indexed papers, 650+ EI-indexed papers, and 740+ Scopus-indexed papers. His publications have been cited for 16000+ times. He has completed and is undertaking more than 180 grants and projects from governmental organizations and industry.
Prof Wen received many awards both at the national level and provincial level, including the most prestigious National Natural Science Award of China. He has been listed in "Most Cited Chinese Researchers" in seven consecutive years since 2015 by Elsevier, and is the author of one of the China's 100 Most Influential Domestic Academic Papers in 2016. Prof Wen is the editor-in-chief of Energy Conversion and Economics (SPERI, IET, Wiley), the deputy editor-in-chief of Journal of Automation of Electric Power Systems, a subject editor in power system economics of IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, associate editor of Journal of Energy Engineering and Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy. He is also on the editorial boards of more than 10 journals. Prof Wen was the General Chairman of 2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES 2020), Nov. 23-26, 2020, Perth, Australia.
Prof Wen was elected to IEEE Fellow for contributions to fault diagnosis in power grids.
Prof. Zhenzhi Lin, Vice Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering
Zhejiang University, China
Zhenzhi Lin is a full professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and a Subject Editor of IET Energy Conversion and Economics. He was a Research Assisstant in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2007 to 2008, a Research Scholar in the Min Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee from 2010 to 2011, and a Reseach Associate in School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at Durham University from 2013 to 2014. His research interests include Big Data Mining of Power Systems and Artificial Intelligence Applications, Power System Situational Awareness, Power System Restoration, Electricity Market and Demand Response, Planning and Operation of Integrated Energy Systems.
Prof. Yun Wang, ASME Fellow, RSC Fellow
University of California, Irvine, USA
Yun Wang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanics and Engineering Science from Peking University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He went to the Pennsylvania State University where he earned his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. Dr. Wang joined the MAE (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 2006. He has produced over 100 publications in PEM fuel cell, Li-air battery, and other energy systems, including three books on PEM Fuel Cell and a Practical Handbook of Thermal Fluid Science. Dr. Wang served as Track chair/co-chair, session chair/co-chair, conference chair and committee member for many international conferences on fuel cell, thermal energy, and machine learning. Dr. Wang received 2018 Reviewer of The Year from the Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage and is currently Professor at the UC Irvine, ASME fellow, RSC fellow, and associate editor for the JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER.
Speech Title: Recent Progress in PEM Fuel Cell Research and Development
Prof. Jianmin Zhang, IEEE Senior Member
Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
Jianmin Zhang, male, professor, doctoral supervisor. He is responsible for the direction of power system and its automation in the discipline of electrical engineering, deputy director of Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Regional Energy Internet Technology; deputy director of the Institute of Electrical Automation, and senior member of IEEE. He has won the second prize of provincial and ministerial scientific progress once and the third prize three times. Vertical projects include, has completed the key fund of natural science in Zhejiang Province, a major program projects, is now presiding over the key fund of national natural science and the surface fund of each one; horizontal projects include, has completed the Zhejiang Electric Power Company, Nanrui Group science and technology projects more than 30, is now presiding over five; average annual research funds over a million. He has prepared national standard GB/T 30944-2014 and industry standard SL 173-96; co-authored one book; published more than 130 papers, including 48 papers in domestic top-level/first-class magazines and 80 papers in SCI/EI as the first author or corresponding author.
Prof. Chengxi Liu, IEEE Senior Member
Wuhan University, China
Chengxi Liu (S’10–M’13–SM’18) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2013. Prior to his current position, he served as a System Analyst at Energinet.dk (the Danish TSO) until 2016, and later as a Research Associate at the University of Tennessee, USA. He was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University. Currently, he holds the position of Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Automation at Wuhan University.his research interests encompass power system stability and control, power system simulation, renewable energy integration and control, as well as the application of artificial intelligence to power systems. In recognition of his contributions, he was honored with the Chinese "Thousand Youth Talents Program" award in 2018. He is an IEEE senior member and a member of CIGRE. Additionally, he serves as an associate editor for the IET Journal of Engineering. He has authored over 80 papers, including 30 SCI papers, and has filed 10 patents in China and the United States.
Throughout his career, Professor Liu has actively participated in various significant projects. He contributed to the analysis and design of the systematic protection scheme (SPS) for the Danish national grid and played a key role in designing the core algorithm of the automatic voltage control system (AVC). Moreover, he has been involved in multiple high-voltage direct current projects in Denmark, proposing site selection and capacity determination schemes. His expertise has been acknowledged with multiple best reviewer awards from renowned international journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. In the past, he has led projects including the sub-project of the Danish Strategic Research Center, the Danish State Grid Corporation, and the United States UTK Interdisciplinary Research Fund. Currently, he is leading projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China and the sub-project of the National Key R&D Program in China.
Professorate Senior Engineer, Zhukui Tan, IEEE PES Member
Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co. Ltd., China
Zhukui Tan is a Professor and Senior Engineer at the Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co. Ltd., China. He is also a member of IEEE PES. His expertise lies in information technology, power systems, automation, DC distribution systems, intelligent distribution key technology, power demand response, and electrical characteristics identification. Zhukui has served as Deputy Secretary of Guizhou Electric Machinery Engineering Society and Executive Director of the DC Distribution Network Sub-committee of IEEE DC Power System Technical Committee. Additionally, he holds the position of Deputy General Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute of Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd.. Throughout his career, he has led three major science and technology projects for Southern Power Grid and contributed to research on information systems and electric power dispatching automation systems development. Zhukui has received 4 provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards along with 7 other science and technology awards for his innovative achievements. He has authored 3 textbooks, published over 30 papers, and obtained more than 30 patents.
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Noor Izzri bin Abdul Wahab, IEEE Senior Member
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab is an Associate Professor at UPM, specializing in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He holds a BEng from UMIST, an MSc from UPM, and a PhD from UKM. He is a Chartered Engineer (UK) and Professional Engineer (Malaysia), contributing actively to IEEE-PES, IEEE-CIS, and IET. His research focuses on power system stability, dynamics, control, and the application of AI in power systems. With over 150 high-impact publications, an H-index of 32 on Google Scholar, and 30 on Scopus, his work significantly impacts the field. Dr. Noor is a member of the ALPER group at UPM.
Speech Title: Optimizing Stability and Reliability in Hybrid Power Grids