Conference Speaker I

Prof. Claudio Cañizares
IEEE Fellow
University of Waterloo, Canada

Bio: Dr. Claudio Cañizares is a University Professor and the Hydro One Endowed Chair at the Electrical and Computer Engineering (E&CE) Department, and the Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) at the University of Waterloo, where he has held various academic and administrative positions since 1993 and has received multiple recognitions, especially the 2021-2022 Awards of Excellence in Graduate Supervision at both the University and Faculty of Engineering levels. He obtained the Electrical Engineer degree from the Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) in Quito-Ecuador in 1984, where he held different academic and administrative positions between 1983 and 1993, and his MSc (1988) and PhD (1991) degrees in Electrical Engineering are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research activities focus on the study of stability, control, optimization, modeling, simulation, and computational issues in bulk power systems, microgrids, and energy systems in the context of competitive energy markets and smart grids. In these areas, he has led or been an integral part of many grants and contracts from government agencies and private companies worth millions of dollars, and has collaborated with multiple industry and university researchers in Canada and abroad, supervising/co-supervising over 170 research fellows and graduate students. He has authored/co-authored close to 370 publications with near 28,000 citations and a 75 H-index, including journal and conference papers, technical reports, book chapters, disclosures and patents, and has been invited to deliver keynote speeches, seminars, tutorials, and presentations at many institutions and conferences worldwide. He is the Editor-In-Chief of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Transactions on Smart Grid, the 2022-2023 IEEE Division VII Director of the IEEE and Power & Energy Society (PES) Boards, and a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, where he was the Director of the Applied Science and Engineering Division of the Academy of Science from 2017 to 2020, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is also the recipient of the 2017 IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award, the 2016 IEEE Canada Electric Power Medal, and of multiple IEEE PES Technical Council and Committee awards and recognitions, holding leadership positions in several IEEE-PES Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces.

Conference Speaker II

Prof. Hua Geng
IEEE Fellow
Tsinghua University, China

Bio: Hua Geng received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and application from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada. He joined Automation Department of Tsinghua University in June 2010 and is currently a full professor. He is an IEEE Fellow and an IET Fellow.
His current research interests include advanced control on power electronics and renewable energy conversion systems. He has authored more than 200 technical publications and holds more than 30 issued Chinese/US patents. He was granted China Youth Science and Technology Award, second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award. He is the editors of IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion and IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, associate editors of IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, IET Renewable Power Generation, Control Engineering Practice. He served as general chair/ co-chairs, track chairs and session chairs of several IEEE conferences. He is a convener of the modeling working group in IEC SC 8A, Standing Director of China Power Supply Society (CPSS).

Conference Speaker III

Prof. Badrul Chowdhury
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), North Carolina, USA
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Bio: Badrul Chowdhury is a Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering with joint appointment in Systems Engineering & Engineering Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), North Carolina, USA. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Dr. Chowdhury has contributed to the fundamental analysis, modeling and simulation of renewable and distributed energy resources in power networks. These contributions have advanced the utility grid applications of renewable energy-based resources. His current research interests are in power system modeling, analysis, control and economics; complex multi-modal non-linear system vulnerability and resiliency assessment; integration of renewable and distributed energy resources including wind electric conversion systems, solar PV, energy storage and flexible loads in a smart grid environment; microgrid control and optimization. He is currently serving as the Assistant Director of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNCC, and Site Director for the Center for Advanced Power Engineering Research (CAPER), an industry-university research consortium in the southeastern United States.

Prior to joining UNC-Charlotte, Dr. Chowdhury was a Professor in the ECE Department of Missouri S&T. He has published more than 250 papers in archival journals and conference proceedings. has also directed more than 60 Ph.D and M.S theses in these areas. He is included in Stanford University's list representing the top 2% of the world's most-cited researchers. Dr. Chowdhury is the current Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is the Chair of the Charlotte Chapter of IEEE PES, Chair of the PES Photovoltaics Working Group and past chair of the PES University Education subcommittee. He is a Life Senior Member of IEEE.

Conference Speaker IV

Prof. Tao Lin
Wuhan University, China

Biodata: Prof. Tao LIN obtained Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China in 1991, 1994 and 1997, respectively. He was with Central China Power Group Co. as R&D engineer from 1997 to 2000. He was awarded JSPS post doctoral fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2000 and he was with Nagasaki University as JSPS fellow from 2000 to 2002. He was also with University of Bath, the UK, from 2002 to 2003, and was with the University of Florida, the USA from 2003 to 2005 as visiting research fellows. In 2005, he joined Wuhan University, China, as a full professor. His research fields are buik and distributed electric power system planning and operation, power and energy systems control and protection, power quality and power measurement /instrumentation, etc.

Conference Speaker V

Prof. Weixiong Chen
Xi'an Jiaotong University

Speech Title: Optimal Strategy Study on Integration of Thermal Energy Storage/pump Thermal Energy Storage Technology in Coal-fired Power Units
Abstract: In order to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality, China will gradually build a novel power generation system based on renewable energy. Coal-fired power plants will transform from main energy to supportive and regulatory power. Operational flexibility of the coal-fired power plants must be improved so as to deal with the unpredictability of renewable energy in the future. Hence, the synergy mechanism of the efficiency and flexibility of coal-fired power generation units has been researched and revealed. The internal constraints of the flexibility of units have been identified. It is necessary to improve the operational flexibility and thermal economy of coal-fired power plants by optimizing the configuration of thermal system, coupling and matching of thermal system and thermal control. In addition, the multi-temperature zone thermal energy storage technology is proposed to realize the integration of thermal energy storage/pump thermal energy storage technology in coal-fired power units, and to match the energy potential of the thermal process of coal-fired power generation through thermal energy storage. This paper can promote the progress of coal-fired power units and heating technology, and promote coal-fired power to play an important role in building a clean, safe and efficient energy system in China.

Bio: Weixiong Chen, Professor of School of energy and power engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, PhD supervisor, Shaanxi youth award winner. He was selected into the Class A of the Youth Top Talents Program of Xi'an Jiaotong University. Currently, he is a member of the renewable energy and novel technology committee of Shaanxi innovation and the deputy director of the Department of Thermal Power and Dynamic Control Engineering. He has long been engaged in scientific research and teaching in thermal system configuration optimization, gas-liquid two-phase flow heat transfer, nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics, heat exchanger performance optimization and simulation, etc. His relevant research achievements include one first prize of the 2020 Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Prize (rank 2), one special prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Prize for ordinary undergraduate universities, and nearly 70 SCI search paper have been published. He has presided 2 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, National Key Research and development projects, key research and development projects in Shaanxi Province, China Nuclear Power Leading Innovation Projects, key laboratory funds for thermal power technology and many projects entrusted by enterprises, obtained more than 30 invention patents, participated in many 973 projects, key funds of Natural Science Foundation projects, key research and development projects and other projects as a key personnel, participated national virtual simulation experiment teaching projects. He served as the chairman of the branch of international conferences for 3 times and made invitation reports for international conferences for 5 times.

Conference Speaker VI

Prof. Ruiming Fang
Huaqiao University, China

Speech Title: Early Warning of Inter-turn Short Circuit Fault of Turbogenerator Rotor Winding based on DCS Data
Abstract: The inter-turn short circuit of rotor winding is a common fault of turbogenerator, and early warning of the faults in the early stage is of great significance to ensure the safe and reliable operation of turbogenerator. This speech will discuss an inter-turn short circuit fault warning model based on vibration-current fusion by deep mining of the DCS (the distributed control system) data of turbogenerator. This speech will focus on how to use the correlation analysis method to deeply mine the status data of DCS from the perspective of time and space, and how to use the collaborative gain analysis method to achieve the deep integration of vibration signals and excitation current signals to improve the sensitivity of early warning. The talk will draw a conclusion that it is not only feasible to realize timely early warning of turbine generator faults based on DCS data deep mining, but also has a high early warning accuracy.

Bio: Since November 2008, Dr. Ruiming Fang has been a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China. He is the author/coauthor of more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers and two books, and holds more than 20 issued patents. His current research interests include on line monitoring and fault warning of high voltage power equipment, and analysis, modeling and control of integrated energy system with renewable energy. Dr. Fang once won the second prize of Science and Technology of China Machinery Industry Federation，the third prize of Fujian Science and Technology Progress Award, and the second prize of Xiamen Science and Technology Progress Award. And served as a guest editor of Journal of Energy storage, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. He is the executive director of IEEE PES Electrical Equipment Online Monitoring and Fault Early Warning Technology Subcommittee (China).

Conference Speaker VII

Prof. Muhammad Junaid
China University of Mining and Technology, China

Bio: Muhammad Junaid recieved PhD, MS & B.Eng in Electrical Engineering in 2020, 2015 & 2011 respectively. He is currently serving as Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology. He also had previously served as Lecturer (Power Engineering) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, SARHAD University of Science & Information Technology Pakistan. His research interest is in the Alternatives to the SF6 gas and Key technologies for Fault Current Interruption using Vacuum Interrupters, Cryogenic Dielectrics and High voltage insulation. He is an active member of IEEE (Senior level), Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering (CSEE), European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS), IAENG Hong Kong, & Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). At present, he is involved in 8 funded projects, have 2 Patents and about 40 publications to his name.

Conference Speaker VIII

Assoc. Prof. Shuaibing Li
Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China

Speech Title: Terahertz Time-frequency Domain Response Analysis for Condition Assessment and Fault Detection in High-voltage Vehicle Cable Terminals
Abstract: The high-voltage vehicle cable terminals are subjected to the combined effect of transient overvoltage, rapid alternating cold and heat and long-term high-frequency vibration, resulting in the stratification of its internal insulation layer, micro air gap and partial discharge. Therefore, it is essential to uncover the defects in vehicle high-voltage cable terminals effectively. The terahertz time-frequency domain response characteristics are proposed to evaluate the condition and inspect the inner defects/faults in high-voltage vehicle cable terminals. A three-layer composite structure is established to simulate the internal weaknesses of vehicle high-voltage cable terminals. The results show that the THz absorption spectrum can be used to judge whether there are defects quickly, and the ability to absorb terahertz waves in the area with insulation delamination is more significant than that in the normal zone. Furthermore, the location and geometric information of the defect can be roughly determined by multi-mode terahertz imaging of the sample with insulation delamination defect, and the imaged defect areas are verified by the area detection method based on image segmentation. Finally, the thickness of stress tube layers, air gaps and main insulation layers can be quickly estimated by the terahertz time-domain spectrum. Through the terahertz absorption spectrum, terahertz multi-mode imaging and terahertz time-domain spectrum, the internal delamination defects of vehicle high-voltage cable terminals can be comprehensively characterized.

Bio: Shuaibing Li (Member of IEEE/CAA/CSEE) received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2018 from Southwest Jiaotong University. Currently, he is an Associate Professor with the School of New Energy and Power Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University. He has been the Faculty Director of the New Energy Department, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, since February 2019. He served as the executive director of Gansu Electrotechnical Society, the executive director of the IEEE PES Power System Protection and Control Technical Committee, and a member of the Intelligent Distributed Energy Special Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation. He also served as guest editor of serval international journals like Coatings/sensors/Electronics. He has published up to 50 journal and conference papers. His research interests include information processing, condition monitoring, assessment and fault diagnosis of high-voltage power equipment, operation control and dynamic state estimation of electrical power systems.

Conference Speaker IX

Prof. Zhengshuo Li
Shandong University, China

Bio: Zhengshuo Li is a professor at Shandong University, Jinan, China. He received his B.S. degree and Ph.D. degree with the honor of Outstanding Dissertations from Tsinghua University in 2011 and 2016, respectively. He was awarded Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CSEE and Qilu Youth Scholar Program by Shandong University. He has published two academic monographs and over 90 SCI/EI-indexed papers. His papers have been selected for Top Articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China, Best Conference Papers in IEEE PES General Meeting and other IEEE conferences. Presently, he is an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. His current research interest is in the renewable power systems and multi-energy systems energy management.

Conference Speaker X

Prof. Zhenzhi Lin
Zhejiang University, China

Speech Title: Data-driven User Phase Identification and Three-phase Unbalance Mitigation for Low-voltage Distribution Systems
Abstract: Unbalanced operation of a three-phase distribution system could incur more power losses, and the identification accuracy of low-voltage distribution consumer–transformer relationship and phase are crucial to three-phase unbalanced regulation and error correction in consumer–transformer relationships. This speech will focus on a low-voltage distribution network consumer–transformer relationship and phase identification method based on anomaly detection and the clustering algorithm, and a practical method for mitigating three-phase unbalance based on data-driven user phase identification.

Bio: Zhenzhi Lin is a professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. He has published over 100 SCI-indexed papers. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Power Engineering Letters, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE), Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems (PCMP), Automation of Electric Power Systems (in Chinese), and 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, Planning and Operation of Integrated Energy Systems.

Conference Speaker XI

Prof. Jun Wang
Hunan University, China

Speech Title: SiC Power Devices and Application with Low-cost and High-performance
Abstract: Silicon carbide (SiC) power devices can answer the modern society's demand for light-weight and high-efficient power electronics equipment. Due to the high cost of SiC devices, the power electronics industry has not yet used them on a large scale. To address this challenge, the report presents an overview of the current status of SiC device development and industrialization, as well as methodologies for low-cost and high-performance device development and power electronics applications at the chip-level, device-level, and converter-level. On the basis of this, novel technologies are introduced to reduce costs and improve performances, including device structure innovation technology, power integration technology, and hybrid technology for device-level and converter-level./p>

Bio: Jun Wang, is a professor and doctorate advisor with the College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China. In addition, he is a member of the Expert Committee of the China Power Semiconductor Technology Innovation and Industry Alliance and has spent over 20 years studying and researching the applications of power electronic devices. In 2003, he earned a Master of Science from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, a Master of Engineering from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, in 2005, and a Doctor of Philosophy from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, in 2010. During his doctoral studies, he completes internships at Cree and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, respectively. From 2010 until 2014, he worked as a Device Design Engineer for Texas Instruments, Inc., Bethlehem, PA, USA. The high-performance power MOSFET semiconductors (NexFET) he designed have been implemented in Apple's iPhone 5, iPad 2, Dell, and HP servers, among others. Dr. Wang is a senior of IEEE, and has been an Associate Editor for the IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS and IET POWER ELECTRONICS. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 journal publications and conference papers and holds three American innovation patents, one Japanese invention patent, and more than twenty Chinese invention patents. As the first contributor, he was awarded the second prize of the Technical Invention Award of the Ministry of Education 2022 Excellent Achievement Award of Scientific Research (Science and Technology) in Higher Education and the first prize of the Innovation Award of the China Invention Association Invention and Entrepreneurship Award No. 1.

Speakers in 2024 to be announced soon......