Yiming Zhang, Post-Doctor

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, August 2011 – July 2016, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, August 2007 – July 2011, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Work Experience

  • 08/2017 – present, Post-doctor, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 10/2016 – 07/2017, Post-doctor, EMC Lab, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA

  • 08/2011 – 07/2016, Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Research Interest

  • Wireless Power Transfer

  • High-Power Wireless Power Transfer Technology

  • Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles

  • Wireless Charging for Consumer Electronics

  • Power Electronics Converter Design

Activities

  • Reviewer of IEEE and IET (Jul. 2012 – present): Being a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Technique, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET Power Electronics, etc. Having reviewed over 100 technical papers.

  • President of IEEE PELS Tsinghua University Student Branch (Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014): Organizing academic activities, such as joint seminar between IEEE PELS Tsinghua University Student Branch and Beijing Jiaotong University Student Branch, covered in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine (vol. 1 no. 1, Mar. 2014) as “Joint Seminar Organized by University Student Branches in China Is a Success”.

  • Student Working Assistant of Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University (Mar. 2012 – Jul. 2015): Serving the graduates for job-hunting and other activities.

  • Student Organizer of Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Technology Research Group (Sep. 2012 – Aug. 2015): Organizing Teachers’ Day celebrations and other daily affairs.

  • Leader of Zijing Volunteers Team of Graduate Students in Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University (Jul. 2011 – Jun. 2012): Organizing volunteer activities such as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden Guiding Activity.

Honors/Awards

 

  • Outstanding Graduate Student of Beijing City, 2016

  • First Award of Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Tsinghua University, 2016

  • “Zijing Scholar” of Tsinghua University, 2016

  • GE Foundation TECH 3rd Place Award, 2015

  • “Dec. 9th” Student Instructor Award of Tsinghua University, 2015

  • Academic Rising Star of Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2014

  • IEEE Industry Applications Society Third Prize Paper Award, 2014

  • IET Prize, 2014

  • Outstanding Student of Tsinghua University, 2015

  • Merit Student of Beijing, 2013

  • National Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates, 2015

  • National Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates, 2014

  • National Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates, 2013

  • Second Grade Delta Company Scholarship, 2012

  • Second Grade Scholarship of “Principle and Application of Power Electronics Devices Course” supported by Mitsubishi Company, 2012

  • Second Grade Scholarship for Student Affair of Tsinghua University, 2014

  • Third Grade Scholarship for Social Practice of Tsinghua University, 2013

  • Third Grade Scholarship for Student Affair of Tsinghua University, 2012

  • Outstanding Student Cadre of Tsinghua University, 2014

  • Outstanding Student Cadre of Tsinghua University, 2012

  • Excellent Student Working Assistant of Tsinghua University, 2013

  • Excellent Presentation Award in Joint Seminars of IEEE PELS Beijing Chapter, 2015

  • Excellent Presentation Award in Doctoral Forum of Tsinghua University, 2014

  • Excellent Presentation Award in Doctoral Forum of Tsinghua University, 2013

  • Outstanding Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden Volunteer, 2011

  • Excellent Graduate Student of Tsinghua University, 2011

  • Academic Scholarship of Tsinghua University, 2010

  • Academic Scholarship of Tsinghua University, 2009

  • Academic Scholarship of Tsinghua University, 2008

Journal Publications

  1. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, Kainan Chen, and Jun Fan, “Load characteristics of wireless power transfer system with different resonant types and resonator numbers,” AIP Advances, 7, 056601, 2017. DOI: 10.1063/1.4972851.

  2. Yiming Zhang, Kainan Chen, Fanbo He, Zhengming Zhao, Ting Lu, and Liqiang Yuan, “Closed-form oriented modeling and analysis of wireless power transfer system with constant-voltage source and load,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 5, May 2016. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2465847.

  3. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Kainan Chen, and Liqiang Yuan, “Selective wireless power transfer to multiple loads using receivers of different resonant frequencies,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 6001-6005, Nov. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2347966.

  4. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Kainan Chen, and Liqiang Yuan, “Employing load coils for multiple loads of resonant wireless power transfer,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 6174-6181, Nov. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2396943.

  5. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, Kainan Chen, Fanbo He, and Liqiang Yuan, “Wireless power transfer to multiple loads over various distances using relay resonators,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 337-339, May 2015. DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2015.2409776.

  6. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, and Ting Lu, “Quantitative analysis of system efficiency and output power of four-coil resonant wireless power transfer,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 184-90, Mar. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2014.2319295.

  7. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, and Kainan Chen, “Frequency splitting analysis of four-coil resonant wireless power transfer,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 2436-2445, Jul./Aug. 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2295007.

  8. Yiming Zhang, and Zhengming Zhao, “Frequency splitting analysis of two-coil resonant wireless power transfer,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 13, pp. 400-402, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2014.2307924.

  9. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, and Kainan Chen, “Frequency decrease analysis of resonant wireless power transfer,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1058-1063, Mar. 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2277783.

  10. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, Liqiang Yuan, and Ting Lu, “Comparison of two basic structures in magnetically-coupled resonant wireless power transfer,” Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, vol. 28, sup. 2, pp. 18-22, 2013.

  11. Zicheng Bi, Tianze Kan, Chunting Chris Mi, Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, and Gregory A. Keoleian, “A review of wireless power transfer for electric vehicles: Prospects to enhance sustainable mobility,” Applied Energy, 179, pp. 413-425, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.003.

  12. Kai Li, Liqiang Yuan, Zhengming Zhao, Sizhao Lu, and Yiming Zhang, “Fault-tolerant control of MMC with hot reserved submodules based on carrier phase shift modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 6778-6791, Sep. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2016.2628762.

  13. Zhengming Zhao, Yiming Zhang, and Kainan Chen, “New progress of magnetically- coupled resonant wireless power transfer technology,” Proceedings of the CSEE, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1-13, 2013.

Conference Publications

  1. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, and Ye Jiang, “Modeling and analysis of wireless power transfer system with constant-voltage source and constant-current load,” in Proc. ECCE, 2017, pp. 68-70. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2017.8095891.

  2. Yiming Zhang, Fanbo He, Fang Liu, Kainan Chen, Zhengming Zhao, and Liqiang Yuan, “Comparison of two bidirectional wireless power transfer control methods,” in Proc. APEMC, 2016, pp. 68-70. DOI: 10.1109/APEMC.2016.7522832.

  3. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Kainan Chen, and Liqiang Yuan, “Quasi-uniform magnetic field generated by multiple transmitters of magnetically-coupled resonant wireless power transfer,” in Proc. ICEMS, 2015, pp. 1030-1034. DOI: 10.1109/ICEMS.2015.7385189.

  4. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Kainan Chen, Ting Lu, and Liqiang Yuan, “Increasing power level of resonant wireless power transfer with relay resonators by considering resonator current amplitudes,” in Proc. ECCE, 2015, pp. 3077-3081. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310090.

  5. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Liqiang Yuan, “Impact of source internal resistance on efficiency of four resonant wireless power transfer topologies,” in Proc. ICEMS, 2014, pp. 1926-1930. DOI: 10.1109/ICEMS.2014.7013811.

  6. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, “Reducing the impact of source internal resistance by source coil in resonant wireless power transfer,” in Proc. ECCE, 2014, pp. 845-850. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2014.6953485.

  7. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao and Kainan Chen, “Frequency splitting analysis of magnetically-coupled resonant wireless power transfer,” in Proc. ECCE, 2013, pp. 2227-2232. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2013.6646983. (IEEE Industry Applications Society Third Prize Paper Award).

  8. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao and Kainan Chen, “Load matching analysis of magnetically-coupled resonant wireless power transfer,” in Proc. ECCE Asia, 2013, pp. 788-792. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE-Asia.2013.6579192.

  9. Yiming Zhang, Kainan Chen, Fanbo He, Zhengming Zhao, Ting Lu, Liqiang Yuan, “Analysis and comparison of series and parallel resonance in resonant wireless power transfer,” in Proc. China Electrotechnical Society Academic Conference, 2015.

  10. Yiming Zhang, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Kainan Chen, Ting Lu, and Liqiang Yuan, “A comparative study between resonant and inductive magnetically-coupled wireless power transfer,” in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Power Transmission Technology and Application, 2014.

  11. Yiming Zhang, Ting Lu, Zhengming Zhao, Fanbo He, Kainan Chen, and Liqiang Yuan, “An impedance normalization method of resonant wireless power transfer,” in Proc. 14th Academic Annual Conference of Power Electronics Society, 2014.

  12. Fang Liu, Zhengming Zhao, Yiming Zhang, Kainan Chen, Fanbo He, Liqiang Yuan, “A selection method of mutual inductance identification models based on sensitivity analysis for wireless electric vehicles charging,” in Proc. ECCE, 2016, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854772.

  13. Fang Liu, Zhengming Zhao, Kainan Chen, Jintong Nie, Yiming Zhang, “Comparative study of current control methods for a 5kW wireless EV charging system,” in Proc. SPEC, 2016,pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846043.

  14. Fang Liu, Yiming Zhang, Kainan Chen, Zhengming Zhao, and Liqiang Yuan, “A comparative study of load characteristics of resonance types in wireless transmission systems,” in Proc. APEMC, 2016, pp. 203-206. DOI: 10.1109/APEMC.2016.7523010.

  15. Kainan Chen, Zhengming Zhao, Liqiang Yuan, Ting Lu, Fanbo He and Yiming Zhang, “Analysis of the passive transient damping branch for suppressing the current spike and oscillation,” in Proc. ECCE, 2015, pp. 2637-2643. DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2015.7310030.

  16. Liqiang Yuan, Boyang Li, Yiming Zhang, Fanbo He, and Zhengming Zhao, “Maximum efficiency point tracking of wireless power transfer system for battery charging of electric vehicles,” in Proc. ICEMS, 2015, pp. 1101-1107. DOI: 10.1109/ICEMS.2015.7385202.

  17. Kainan Chen, Zhengming Zhao, Yiming Zhang, and Lu Yin, “Analysis of structure and parameters in wireless power transmission system with consideration of losses in source,” in Proc. APEC, 2013, pp. 2575-2581. DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2013.6520659.