Prof. Yulong Ding
University of Birmingham, UK
FREng, FIChemE, FRSC
Founding Chamberlain Chair of Chemical Engineering
Professor Ding was awarded IChemE Clean Energy Medal (2021)
and is a receiver of IChemE Global Awards in three
categories of Energy, Research Project and Outstanding
Achievement Awards in 2019; Distinguished Energy Storage
Individual Award (Beijing International Energy Storage and
Expo, 2018); Cryogenic Energy Storage Research Chair Award
(Royal Academy of Engineering, 2014); Beijing Municipal
Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize, Advanced
Compressed Air Energy Storage System, 2014); Energy &
Environment Award and Technology and Innovation Grand Prix
Award (Liquid Air Energy Storage, ‘The Engineer’ Magazine,
2011).
He has published over 450 technical papers with ~350 in
peer-reviewed journals (GS H Index of ~ 71) and filed over
70+ patents. He currently serves on UK Department of
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Molten Salts
Advisory Group, UK Royal Society Net Zero Panel, IChemE
Publication Medal Assessment Panel, European Technology, and
Innovation Platform Working Group on Smart Networks for
Energy Transition (ETIPSNET).
Professor Ding is an associate editor of Energy Storage and
Saving (KeAi) and Discovery Energy (Springer), and serves on
the editorial boards of Journal of Energy Storage (Wiley),
Journal of Thermal Science (Springer), Particuology
(Elsevier), and Energies & Applied Science (MDPI).
He has research interests in energy materials and energy
processes and currently focusing on developing novel
technologies for electrical and thermal energy storage at
different scales. He has been a PI or Co-I of research
projects with over £20M funding over the past 10 years.
Prior to his appointment at the University of Birmingham in
2013, he was Professor and Director of Institute of Particle
Science & Engineering at the University of Leeds. He joined
Leeds in June 2001 after previous employments with Imperial
College London (1997-1999), University of Birmingham
(1999-2001), and University of Science and Technology
Beijing (1988-1994). He was the founding director of the
joint Institute for Energy Storage Research between
University of Leeds and Institute of Process Engineering of
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Prof. Wei-Jen LEE, IEEE Fellow
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
President of the IEEE Industry Application Society
(IAS)
Vice Chair, IEEE Power Africa Steering Committee
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas
Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and IAS
Magazine
Professor Lee received the
B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Taiwan University,
Taipei, Taiwan and the Ph.D. degree from the University of
Texas, Arlington, in 1978, 1980, and 1985, respectively, all
in Electrical Engineering.
In 1986, he joined the University of Texas at Arlington,
where he is currently a professor of the Electrical
Engineering Department and the director of the Energy
Systems Research Center.
He has been involved in the revision of IEEE Std. 141, 339,
551, 739, 1584, and 3002.8 development. He is the President
Elect of the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS), a
Prominent Lecturer (PL) of IEEE IAS (2019-2020), and an
editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and IAS
Magazine. He is the project manager of IEEE/NFPA
Collaboration on Arc Flash Phenomena Research Project.
Prof. Lee has been involved in research on Utility
Deregulation, Renewable Energy, Arc Flash Hazards and
Electrical Safety, Smart Grid, MicroGrid, Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT) and Virtual Power Plants (VPP), AI
for Load, Price, and Wind Capacity Forecasting, Power
Quality, Distribution Automation, Demand Response, Power
Systems Analysis, Short Circuit Analysis and Relay
Coordination, Distributed Energy Resources, Energy Storage
System, PEV Charging Infrastructure Design, AMI and Big
Data, On Line Real Time Equipment Diagnostic and Prognostic
System, and Microcomputer Based Instrument for Power Systems
Monitoring, Measurement, Control, and Protection. He has
served as the primary investigator (PI) or Co-PI of over one
hundred funded research projects with the total amount
exceed US$16 million dollars. He has published more than one
hundred and seventy journal papers and two hundred eighty
conference proceedings. He has provided on-site training
courses for power engineers in Panama, China, Taiwan, Korea,
Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Singapore. He has refereed
numerous technical papers for IEEE, IET, and other
professional organizations.
Prof. Lee is a Fellow of IEEE and registered Professional
Engineer in the State of Texas.
Research Interests
Utility Deregulation, Renewable Energy, Arc Flash Hazards
and Electrical Safety, Smart Grid, MicroGrid, Load
Forecasting, Power Quality, Distribution Automation and
Demand Side Management, Power Systems Analysis, On Line Real
Time Equipment Diagnostic and Prognostic System, and
Microcomputer Based Instrument for Power Systems Monitoring,
Measurement, Control, and Protection
Prof. Jian
Sun, Director of CFES, IEEE Fellow
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Power Electronics Letters from 2008
to 2014
Sun received his Dr.-Ing.
degree from the University of Paderborn, Germany. Before
joining the faculty at Rensselaer in 2002, he was a
Principal Engineer at the Advanced Technology Center of
Rockwell Collins where he worked for five years. Prior to
that, he was a Post-Doc Fellow at Georgia Institute of
Technology from 1996 to 1997. He is currently a Professor of
the ECSE Department and Director of the Center for Future
Energy Systems (CFES) funded by New York State government.
Sun’s research is in the general area of power electronics,
with an emphasis on modeling and control as well as
applications in aerospace, IT, and power systems. His recent
research focus has been on power electronics for renewable
energy, high-voltage dc (HVDC) transmission and other power
system applications. He is credited with developing the
small-signal sequence impedance theory and solving
real-world stability problems in renewable energy, HVDC
transmission, and data center power systems based on his
theory. His theory has also served as the basis for new grid
codes and industry standards for power electronics in power
systems. He collaborates with industry internationally in
these areas.
As Director of CFES, Sun is responsible for all major
missions of the Center, comprising of research, education,
technology development, outreach, as well as collaborations
with industry and other institutions. The Center supports
half a dozen research and administrative staff members and
works with faculty across Rensselaer on a broad scope of
basic and applied research related to energy, ranging from
advanced materials and devices for energy storage and energy
efficiency, to renewable energy, and to power systems.
Sun is a Fellow of IEEE and is active in the IEEE Power
Electronics Society (PELS). He was the Editor-in-Chief of
IEEE Power Electronics Letters from 2008 to 2014 and served
in numerous other editorial boards and conference
committees. He is currently the Treasurer and a
Distinguished Lecture of PELS. He also received several
awards from the IEEE Power Electronics Society, including
the Modeling and Control Technical Achievements Award (2013)
and the R. David Middlebrook Achievement Award (2017). He
has more than 200 publications and holds 11 US patents and 1
European patent.
Prof.
Otsuji Taiichi, IEEE Fellow
Tohoku University, Japan
Fellow of the IEEE, OPTICA, and JSAP
Taiichi Otsuji received the Ph.D degree in electronic engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan in 1994. After working at NTT Laboratories from 1984 to 1999, and Kyushu Institute of Technology from 1999 to 2005, he has been a professor at the Research Institute of Electrical Communi_x005f cation (RIEC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan since 2005. His current research interests include te rahertz electronic, photonic and plasmonic materials/devices and resilient energy-information-commu nication converged network infrastructure. He has authored and co-authored 270 peer-reviewed journal papers, and holds 7 US patents. He was awarded the Outstanding Paper Award of the 1997 IEEE GaAs IC Symposium in 1998, and Prizes for Science and Technology in Research Category, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the MEXT, Japan, in 2019. He has served as an IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecturer since 2013. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, OPTICA, and JSAP.
Prof.
Yanping Yuan, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Editor-in-Chief, Energy and Built Environment
Chair, International Conference for Global Chinese Academia
on Energy and Built Environment
President, International Society of Energy and Built
Environment
Yuan Yanping, professor,
Ph.D supervisor, secretary of the party committee of the
School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong
University. He received his doctoral degree in PLA
University of Science and Technology. His research interest
is renewable energy utilization and thermal environment
control in built environment. He is responsible for 27
national/ministerial/provincial research projects with a
total funding of over 20 million RMB. He is the team leader
of the Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team
for Building Environment and Energy Efficient Utilization,
and the director of the 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center
for Building Energy Conservation and Green Building in
Sichuan Province.
He was selected as National Hundred, Thousand and Ten
Thousand Talents Project award, honored as National-level
Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions,
and enjoyed the special government allowance of the State
Council.
He is the founding and current editor-in-chief of the
International Journal of Energy and Built Environment, the
subject editor of the Journal of Thermal Science, the
associate editor of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and
Calorimetry, and the editorial board member of Renewable
Energy, and Sustainable Cities and Society. He is the
Chairman of the International Society of Energy and Built
Environment, Vice Chairman of the IAQVEC, Member of the
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) E2, Member of
the Chinese Society of Refrigeration, and Secretary-General
of the Sichuan Refrigeration Society.