Prof. Yusheng Xue
China Electric Power Research Institute, China
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Biography:
In 1995, Professor Xue Yusheng was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He currently holds the position of Honorary President at the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of both "Automation of Electric Power Systems" and the "Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE)." Additionally, he is an adjunct doctoral advisor at several prestigious universities, including Zhejiang University, Southeast University, Shandong University, and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Professor Xue is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of power systems. He developed the EEAC (Extended Equal Area Criterion) theory and algorithm, which solved the global challenge of quantitatively analyzing transient stability in power systems. This method remains the only quantitative analysis technique globally to have achieved practical engineering applications. He also spearheaded the development of China's unique and globally leading large-scale blackout defense system, now widely deployed in over 80% of the provincial-level power grids in China. Furthermore, Professor Xue proposed the Cyber-Physical-Social System of Energy (CPSSE) framework and an integrated solution for the proactive support of energy transition by power grids. This framework offers crucial theoretical support for national, regional, and corporate low-carbon transitions. Currently, he leads a team exploring carbon neutrality pathways optimization within the CPSSE framework, aiming to provide technological support for achieving China's carbon neutrality goals. To date, Professor Xue has published five monographs and 656 high-quality academic papers in domestic and international journals. He holds 60 granted invention patents. His accolades include one National Science Conference Award, one First Prize and three Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, two Second Prizes of the National Technological Invention Award, a nomination for the National Book Award, a China Patent Gold Award, a China Patent Excellence Award, and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award. He has also been recognized as a National Expert with Outstanding Contributions among Middle-aged and Young Experts, a National Advanced Worker, and the recipient of the inaugural Jiangsu Province Outstanding Contribution in Science and Technology Award.
Prof. Sri Niwas Singh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior, India
Fellows of IEEE, IET, INAE, IE (I), AAIA, AIIA, IETE, AvH
Biography:
Prof S. N. Singh is working as Director, Atal Bihari Bajpayee- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior (MP), India (on leave from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India). Before joining IIT Kanpur as Associate Professor, Dr Singh worked with UP State Electricity Board as Assistant Engineer from 1988 to 1996, with Roorkee University (now IIT Roorkee) as Assistant Professor from 1996 to 2000 and with Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand as Assistant Professor from 2001 to 2002. He was Vice-Chancellor of Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology Gorakhpur during April 2017 to July 2020. Dr Singh received several awards including Young Engineer Award 2000 of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Khosla Research Award of IIT Roorkee, and Young Engineer Award of CBIP New Delhi (India), 1996. Prof Singh is receipt of Humboldt Fellowship of Germany (2005, 2007) and Ottomonsted Fellowship of Denmark (2009-10). Prof Singh became first Asian to receive 2013 IEEE Educational Activity Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education. He is also a recipient of INAE Outstanding Teacher Award 2016 and IEEE R10 region (Asia-Pacific) Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016. Dr Singh is appointed as IEEE Distinguish Lecturer of Power & Energy Society from 2019 and Industry application Society for 2019-2021. He is also a recipient of NPSC 2020 Academic Excellence Award and 2021 IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Outstanding Educator/ Mentor Award. His research interests include power system restructuring, FACTS, power system optimization & control, security analysis, wind power, etc. Prof Singh has published more than 550 papers (h-index=62, Citation=15k+) in International/ national journals/conferences and supervised 42 PhD (9 PhD under progress). He has written 33 book-chapters, 18 edited books and 2 text-books. His two NPTEL (YouTube) video lectures on HVDC Transmission and Power System Operation & Control are very popular. Prof Singh was Chairman, IEEE UP Section for 2013-2014, IEEE R10 (Asia-Pacific) Conference & Technical Seminar Coordinator (2015-2018) and R10 Vice-Chair, Technical Activities (2019-2020). He was India Council Chair from 2019 to 2020. He is IEEE R10 PES Chapters Coordinator (West Zone), India. Dr Singh is Fellows of IEEE (USA), IET (UK), INAE, IE(I), AAIA, AIIA, IETE, AvH.
Prof. Xudong Zhao
Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Fellow of REng, EurASc, UK Energy Institute, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Biography:
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Member of the European Academy of Sciences (MAE), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (FEurASc), a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
Prof. Xudong Zhao is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in renewable‐energy technologies, energy‐efficiency solutions, and sustainable heating and cooling systems. His research focuses on zero‐carbon heating and cooling enabled by advanced renewable‐energy and efficiency technologies. Prof. Zhao has led 68 research projects funded by the UK and EU governments and industry, with cumulative research funding of £28 million (approximately ¥260 million). He has completed more than 40 engineering‐consultancy projects, generating over £5 million (approximately ¥45 million) in consulting revenue. He holds 14 patents and has supervised 41 doctoral students and 31 postdoctoral researchers. His publication record includes 340 peer‐reviewed articles, of which he is first or corresponding author on 166, and 205 articles in top‐quartile (Q1) journals. In recognition of his citation impact, he was named a Global Highly Cited Researcher in 2017 and has been included in Stanford University's“World's Top 2% Scientists”list for five consecutive years (2020–2024). Prof. Zhao serves as Field Editor for ENERGY and as Associate Editor for International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, in addition to holding editorial board positions on eight other international journals. He has delivered invited plenary and keynote lectures at more than 30 international conferences. His research has been honored with numerous international awards, including the 2024 AI‐Attiyah Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in International Energy, the Newton Prize Shortlist, the UK Government's Lighthouse (RUSHLIGHT) Innovation Award, the EU Dragon Star Innovation Award, the World Association of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WASET) Innovation Awards (1st–3rd), the 2022 UK Institute of Refrigeration Innovation Shortlist Award, the 2022 ScienceFather Best Research Award, and the University of Hull 2018 Excellence in Research Award. In academic governance and advisory capacities, Prof. Zhao is a member of the Engineering Priority Panel for the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), a member of the EU Committee on District Heating and Cooling Technologies, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Association of Sustainable Energy Technologies, and a member of the UK Government's Green Futures Expert Review Panel. In China, he serves as a panel member for key and major projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology and as an external reviewer for major grants awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has co‐authored the Handbook of Integrated Solar Energy Systems and the Green Building Energy Systems Manual. His work is also cited in international reference volumes such as HVAC and Air Conditioning and the Building Code 2010 – Water Quality, Hot Water Safety, and Water Efficiency.
Prof. Marc Rosen
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
Biography:
Dr. Marc A. Rosen is a Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada, where he served as founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Rosen has served as President of the Engineering Institute of Canada, and President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, and has served in many professional capacities, including Editor-in-Chief of several journals and a member of the Board of Directors of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation. With over 60 research grants and contracts and 700 technical publications, Dr. Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in sustainable energy, the environmental impact of energy and industrial systems, and energy technology (including renewable energy and efficiency improvement). Much of his research has been carried out for industry, and he has written numerous books. Dr. Rosen has worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, and the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto. Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and honors, and he is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the International Energy Foundation, and the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers.
Prof. Yutian Liu
Shandong University, China
IEEE PES Jinan Chapter Chair, IEEE PES China PSDP Chair
Biography:
Mr. Liu graduated from Shandong University of Technology, China, in Electrical Engineering with B.Sc and M.Sc in 1984 and 1990,respectively. He received his Ph.D from Xi'an Jiaotong University,China, in Electrical Engineering in 1994. Dr. Liu has been the "Taishan Scholar" professor of Shandong Provence Government from 2009 and thedistinguished professor of Shandong University since 2019. His research areas are electrical power system analysis, optimization and stabilitycontrol, AI application to smart grid and new type power systems. Prof.Liu was an expert of the Special Government Allowances of the State Council of China and the "Talents Project" of Ministry of Personnel of China.
Prof. Zhaoyang Dong
City University of Hong Kong, China
IEEE Fellow
Biography:
Z.Y. Dong is Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He is immediate role is SPG Endowed Professor of Power Engineering, and Co-Director of SPG-NTU Joint Lab at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His previous roles include SHARP Professor and the inaugural Director of UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, Director of ARC Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Solutions, Ausgrid Chair Professor and Director of Ausgrid Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks providing R&D support for the AU$500m Smart Grid, Smart City national demonstration project of Australia. His research interest includes power system planning, load modelling, smart grid, smart cities, energy market, renewable energy and its grid connection, and computational methods and their application in power system analysis. He has been serving as editor/associate editor of several IEEE transactions and IET journals. He is a Fellow of IEEE.
Prof. Yingjun Zhang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Fellows of IEEE, IET, and HKIE
Biography:
Angela Yingjun Zhang is currently a Professor at Department of Information Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and HKIE. Her current research interests focus on optimization and learning in 5G and 6G wireless communication systems. She is currently the Chair of the Steering Committee of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Previously, she served as a Member-at-Large of IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors, the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, a member of the IEEE ComSoc Fellow Evaluation Standing Committee, and the Chair of the Executive Editor Committee of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. She was an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer in 2018-2021. She is a co-recipient of 2021 and 2014 IEEE Comsoc Asia Pacific Outstanding Paper Awards, 2013 IEEE SmartGridComm Best Paper Award, 2011 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award on Wireless Communications, and a recipient of 2011 Young Researcher Award of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. As the only winner from Engineering Science, she won the Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2006, conferred by the Hong Kong Institution of Science.