Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Future Electric Transportation, Dec 11, 2024

1:30-1:50: Aerospace Industry’s Transformation Towards Net Zero
Dr. Greg Ombach, Vice President, Airbus

1:50-2:10: Innovative Circuit Protection for Electric Transportation
Mr. Rick Busch, CEO, AEM, Inc.

2:10-2:30: Consistently Tuned Battery Life time Predictive Model of Capacity Loss, Resistance Increase, and Irreversible Thickness Growth
Dr. Anna Stefanopoulou, William Clay Ford Professor, University of Michigan

2:30-2:50: Direct Recycling of Electric Vehicle Batteries
Dr. Chao Yan, CEO, Princeton NuEnergy

2:50-3:10: Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles
Dr. Bo Zhang, Staff Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory

3:10-3:30: New-Generation Solid-state Batteries for Electric Drive Transportation
Mr. Kevin Zanjani, Manager, Solid Energies, Inc.

4:00 – 5:30pm: Panel: Enabling Technologies for Future Electric Transportation:
Moderator: Chris Mi, Distinguished Professor, SDSU

Panelists: Liwu Wang, Vice President, AEM

Chen Li, CEO, Goton

Alan Dulgeroff, Director, SDGE

Marques McCammon, CEO, Karma Automotive

Chris Brooks, Chief Scientist and Division Director.

Platinum Sponsor: AEM Components

Gold Sponsors: Gotion, Princeton NuEnergy

Technical Sponsors: IEEE & Cleantech San Diego

Ceremony and Ribbon Cutting of the Caili and Daniel Chang Center for Electric Drive Transportation, Dec 11, 2024

10:00 am – 11:10 am
Outdoor Classroom

Speakers:
Adrienne Vargas, Vice President for University Relations and Development, SDSU

Eugene Olevsky, Dean College of Engineering, SDSU

Bill Tong, Interim Provost, SDSU

Daniel Chang, Donor of the Chang Center

Rick Busch, CEO, AEM

Grzegorz Ombach, Vice President, Airbus

Kevin Wood, Voltaiq and Former Faculty, SDSU

Jason Anderson, CEO, Cleantech San Diego

Will Speer, Vice President, SDGE

Marques McCammon, CEO, Karma Automotive

ECE Seminar by Prof. Tielong Shen, Wednesday, February 21, 2024

10:00am – 11:00am
EIS-220

Speaker: Dr. Tielong Shen, Professor

Dept. of Applied Science and Engineering
Sofia University, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract: Recently, the mean-field approximation approach has attracted much attention from the research community of modeling and control of large-scale population of agents. In the practice of on-board energy efficiency optimization of vehicular powertrains, there has been considerable research literatures on using the mean-field approach to deal with the vehicle-to-vehicle coupling and decentralized control design by considering the collective behavior of vehicle crowd. This talk will begin with a short review of the mean-field approximation approach and its application in game and optimization problems. Then, learning-based approaches are introduced to modeling the mean-field behavior of vehicles. With this modeling method and reinforcement learning approaches, decentralized control design examples will be explained based on the speaker’s research experience.

Biography: Dr. Tielong Shen received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sophia University 1992, and joined Sophia University as Assistant Professor with Tenure in April 1992, where he is serving as Professor. He is also serving Visiting Professor for Center for Power Source Research for Next-generation Mobility, Chiba University, Japan. His research interests include control theory and applications in automotive powertrain systems, power systems, and mechanical systems. Dr. Shen has author/co-authored eleven books and has published more than 300 research papers in peer-reviewed major journals. At the last year, he is awarded the 8th TCCT Outstanding Contribution Award. He is Fellow of SICE, and currently serving Director for The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Japan.

Dr. Shanshan Zhang

Education

  • Ph.D, Applied Chemistry, September 2020 – June 2023, University of Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • M.S, Chemical Engineering, September 2017 – June 2020, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Hebei, China
  • B.Eng, Chemical Engineering and Technology, September 2013 – June 2017, Polytechnic College of Hebei University of Science & Technology, Hebei, China

Experience

  • 02/2024 – present, Post-doctor, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Manufacturing and characterization of energy storage devices
  • Analysis of degradation in solid-state batteries

Hobbies

  • Running, dancing, and outdoor activities.

Journal Publications

  1. S. S Zhang, Y. Q Wu, S. Q Chen, H. J Wang, J. F Wang, Y Nie. Two birds, one stone: Simultaneous removal of saccharides and metal ions from ionic liquid solution by selective electrodialysis. Sep. Purif. Technol. 334 (2024)126080.
  2. S. S Zhang, S. Q Chen, J. F Wang, Y Nie, Y. H Li, S. J Zhang. Insight into Membrane Fouling Mechanism and Cleaning Strategy during Selective Electrodialysis Process for Metal Ions Removal from Ionic Liquid Aqueous Solutions. J. Environ.Chem. Engin. 11(2023)109246.
  3. S. S Zhang, J. F Wang, F Shen, D. G Wang, S. J Zhang. Efficient removal of metal ions from the ionic liquid aqueous solution by selective electrodialysis. Sep. Purif. Technol. 295 (2022)121322.
  4. L. L Zhou, S. S Zhang, Z. J Li,Z. K Zhang, R. J Liu, J Yun. WCl6 Catalyzed Cellulose Degradation at 80 oC and Lower in [BMIM]Cl. Carbohyd. Polym, 212 (2019) 289-296.
  5. L. L Zhou, S. S Zhang, Z. J Li, X Ling, Z. K Zhang, R. J Liu, J Yun. Efficient degradation of phenol in aqueous solution by catalytic ozonation over MgO/AC. J. Water. Process. Eng. 36 (2020) 101168.

Prof. Jae Suk Lee

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, September 2009 ¨C October 2013, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI USA
  • M.S, Electrical and Computer Engineering, September 2007 ¨C August 2009, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI USA
  • BSc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, March 1999 – Feburuary 2006, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

Experience

  • 09/2017 ¨C present, Associate Professor, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea
  • 09/2015 ¨C 08/2017, Assistant Professor, Kyungnam University, Changwon, South Korea
  • 04/2014 ¨C 08/2015, Electrical Engineer, General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Electric motor drives and control
  • Control of a grid connected inverter
  • Design and control of discrete time state observers
  • Model based design / Hardware in the loop

Hobbies

  • Listening to music, Golf.

Journal Publications

  1. https://sites.google.com/view/e-drive-system-lab/publications?authuser=0

Dr. Zhi Cao

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2016 – June 2022, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2012 – June 2016, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Experience

  • October, 2022 – present, Post-doctor, Caili & Daniel Chang Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  • October, 2018 – October 2019, Visiting Ph.D student, DC system, Energy conversion & Storage Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Development of Wireless Battery Management System
  • Development of Battery Energy Storage System
  • Design, Modeling and Control of the Active Magntic Bearing System
  • Modeling and Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

Hobbies

  • Gym workout, Movies, Hiking, Taveling.

Journal Publications

  1. Gao, W., Cao, Z., Kurdkandi, N.V., Fu, Y. and Mi, C., 2024. Evaluation of the second-life potential of the first-generation Nissan Leaf battery packs in energy storage systems. eTransportation, p.100313.
  2. Cheng, Z., Cao, Z., Hwang, J.T. and Mi, C., 2023. A Novel Single-Turn Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Electric Aircraft. Energies, 16(3), p.1041.
  3. Cao, Z., Huang, Y., Peng, F. and Dong, J., 2022. Driver Circuit Design for a New Eddy Current Sensor in Displacement Measurement of Active Magnetic Bearing Systems. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22(17), pp.16945-16951.
  4. Cao, Z., Huang, Y., Guo, B., Peng, F., Dong, J. and Hemeida, A., 2021. A novel hybrid analytical model of active magnetic bearing considering rotor eccentricity and local saturation effect. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(7), pp.7151-7160.
  5. Peng, F., Cao, Z., Dong, J. and Huang, Y., 2021. Simplified Quadratic Optimization-Based IPMSM Full-Speed Range Rotor Position Estimation in Synchronous Rotating Frame. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(3), pp.1527-1536.
  6. Cao, Z., Dong, J., Wani, F., Polinder, H., Bauer, P., Peng, F. and Huang, Y., 2019, October. Sliding mode control with neural network for active magnetic bearing system. In IECON 2019-45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (Vol. 1, pp. 744-749). IEEE.

Ms. Sowjanya Malleshaiah

Education

  • M.S, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, August 2022 ¨C Present, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • B.E, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, August 2012 – September 2017, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur, KA, India.

Experience

  • 07/2023 ¨C 08/2023, Intern – Application Engineer, Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA.
  • 06/2019 ¨C 08/2023, Design And Development Engineer, Versabyte Data Systems Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, KA, India.
  • 03/2019 ¨C 05/2023, ORT – Testing Engineer, Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing Private Limited, Bengaluru, KA, India.
  • 02/2018 ¨C 02/2019, Graduate Apprentice Training, Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, KA, India.

The Research I have been working on

  • Foreign Object Detection In Wireless Power Transfer Systems
  • Wireless Power Transfer

Academic Services

  • 01/2024 ¨C present, Instructional Student Assistant for EE-430 & EE-530, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • 06/2016 ¨C 06/2017 Executive Secretary, SSIT IEEE Student Branch, coordinated the IEEE annual event ÒSaamarthya” and Established SSITÕs Women in Engineering (WIE) wing, and organised both technical and non-technical symposiums.

Honors/Awards

  • I was awarded the “Rashtrapathi Award” (National Award) by Mr Pranab Mukherjee, President of India for my service in Bharat Scouts and Guides in August 2013.
  • I was also awarded the ÒRajya Puraskar AwardÓ (State Award) by Mr Rameshwar Thakur, Governor of Karnataka, India for my service in Bharat Scouts and Guides in August 2008.

Hobbies

  • Playing tennis, knitting, photography and cooking.

Mr. Zeyu Cheng

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2021 – Present, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  • M.S, Electrical Engineering, September 2019 – May 2021, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Modular Wireless Power Transmission for Photovoltaic Subpanel System
  • Modular Plug-and-Play Photovoltaic Subpanel System with Centralized and Distributed Control

Hobbies

  • Photography, cooking, and outdoor activities.

Anto Joseph

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Power Electronics & Drives, December 26, 2014 – July 6, 2018, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India
  • M.Tech., Power Electronics & Drives, July 2009 – May 2011, Bharath University, Chennai, India
  • B.E., Electrical & Electronics Engg., August 2004 – May 2008, Anna University, Chennai, India

Experience

  • January,2021 – Present, Post-doctoral researcher, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  • December 2018 – December 2020, Post-doctoral researcher, Power Electronics Lab, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
  • August 2018 – November 2020, Research Associate, Power Electronics Lab, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Cost effective battery energy storage systems
  • Cybersecurity on distribted energy resources ; Anti-Islanding detection ; Distributed voltage control on smart grid/micro grid
  • Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant operation of power inverters
  • Boost power electroinc innverter
  • Energy efficienct starting of doubly fed induction machine
  • Large rated variable speed pumped storage power plant

Hobbies

  • Hiking, Swimming.

Selected Journal & Conferrence Publications

  1. A. Joseph, K. Smedley and S. Mehraeen, ” Secure Power Distribution Against Reactive Power Control Malfunction in DER Units,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.(Early Access).
  2. A. Joseph, K. Smedley and S. Mehraeen, “Secure High DER Penetration Power Distribution Via Autonomously Coordinated Volt/VAR Control,” IEEE Transactions on Power Deliver, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 2272-2284, Oct. 2020..
  3. A. Joseph, T. R. Chelliah, R. Selvaraj and K. Lee, “Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control of Megawatt Power Electronic Converter -Fed Large Rated Asynchronous Hydro-Generator,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 2403-2416, Dec. 2019..
  4. A. Joseph, T. R. Chelliah and K. Lee, “Multi-channel VSI fed large variable speed asynchronous hydro-condenser: fault analysis, fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control,” IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 438-450, 25 2 2019..
  5. A. Joseph, S.M. Kim, S. S Lee, A. Dominic, K.B. Lee, 揃oost multi-level NPC-fed VS large rated asynchronous pumped storage hydro-generating unit,?IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1488-1496, October 2019..
  6. A. Joseph, R. Selvaraj, T. R. Chelliah and S. V. A. Sarma, “Starting and Braking of a Large Variable Speed Hydro-generating Unit Subjected to Converter and Sensor Faults,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 3372-3382, July-Aug. 2018..
  7. A. Joseph, K. Desingu, R. R. Semwal, T. R. Chelliah and D. Khare, “Dynamic Performance of Pumping Mode of 250 MW Variable Speed Hydro-Generating Unit Subjected to Power and Control Circuit Faults,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 430-441, March 2018..
  8. A. Joseph, Y. Bak, S. S. Lee, and K. Lee,?Fault Tolerant and Reconfiguration control for Boost Multilevel Converter fed DFIM drive, in Proc. IEEE International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), Busan, South Korea, May 2019..
  9. A. Joseph and T. R. Chelliah, “Analysis of Doubly Fed Asynchronous Machine operating at condenser mode subjected to power converter faults,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, pp. 1-6, December 2016…
  10. Invited Speaker, “Cybersecurity on Distributed Energy Resources,” IEEE PES/PELS Virtual Meeting, IEEE San Diego PELS Chapter, March 2021 …
  11. Invited Seminar ,?揇esign Challenges on Redundancy in Power and Control Circuit of Large Variable Speed Hydro Generating Unit,?R&D Conclave on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector? February 2018…

Ms. Ting Chen

Students

Education

  • 11/2019 – present, Joint Doctoral Students, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2017 – present, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
  • M.Eng, Control Engineering, September 2015 – July 2017, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
  • B.Eng, Electrical Engineering and Automation, September 2011 – July 2015, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Capacitive wireless power transfer system
  • PWM rectifier
  • High frequency sinusoidal inverter with LLCC resonant converter

Hobbies

  • Photography, running, and travel.

Journal Publications

  1. Hong Cheng, Ting Chen, Cong Wang, et al, “Single-phase bridgeless rectifier based system With enhanced capability of reactive power compensation,” IEEE Access., vol. 7, pp. 181444-181457, Dec. 2019.
  2. Ting Chen, Hong Cheng, Cong Wang, et al, “Open-Circuit Fault-Tolerant Design of the Cascaded H-Bridge Rectifier Incorporating Reactive Power Compensation,” Electronics., vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1490, Sept. 2020.
  3. Hong Cheng, Ting Chen, Cong Wang, et al, “Single-phase Bridgeless Rectifier with Capability of Power Quality Management,” 2018 IEEE International Power Electronics and Application Conference and Exposition (PEAC) , 2018.
  4. Ting Chen, Huan Deng, “Analysis of Reverse Recovery Loss Efficiency of Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge LLCC Resonant Converter,” Symposium on Power Electronics and Electrical Drivers (SPEED) , 2016.

Mr. Wenchin (Brian) Liu

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2019 – present, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, U.S.A
  • MSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2017 – January 2019, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2013 – June 2017, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Experience

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Interleaved Boost Converter with Low-Frequency Voltage Ripple Reduction used in server power(IFEC 2016)
  • High-Efficiency, High-Density LLC Resonant Converters (IFEC 2017)
  • Ripple-Based Constant On-Time Control Scheme for Buck Converter used in VRM
  • Ultra-Fast Transient Constant On-TimeBuck Converter for Multi-Phase Operation
  • Validating Capability of Second-life Batteries to Cost-Effectively Integrate Solar Power for Small/Medium-sized Commercial Building Applications

Hobbies

  • Photography, hiking, workout, and outdoor activities.

Journal Publications

  1. W. Liu, C. Cheng, C. Mi, and P. P. Mercier, ※A Novel Ultra-Fast Transient Constant On-TimeBuck Converter for Multi-Phase Operation,§ IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Apr. 2021.
  2. W. Liu, C. Chen, C. Cheng, and H. Chen, ※A Novel Accurate Adaptive Constant On-Time Buck Converter for a Wide-Range Operation,§ IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 3729-3739, Apr. 2020.

Dr. Shuofeng Zhao

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2013 — September 2018, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2009 — June 2013, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Experience

  • 01/2019 — present, Post-doctor, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • system design of solar PV and battery storage system
  • predictive optimization of battery thermal management
  • battery balancing, power electronics
  • modulation strategy of high power converter
  • control of permanent magnet sychronous traction motor

Hobbies

  • Music, audiophile, reading, road trip.

Journal Publications

  1. S. Zhao, X. Huang, Y. Fang and H. Zhang, “DC-Link-Fluctuation-Resistant Predictive Torque Control for Railway Traction Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor in the Six-Step Operation,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 10982-10993, Oct. 2020
  2. S. Zhao, X. Huang, Y. Fang and J. Zhang, “Compensation of DC-Link Voltage Fluctuation for Railway Traction PMSM in Multiple Low-Switching-Frequency Synchronous Space Vector Modulation Modes,” in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 235-250, Jan. 2018
  3. S. Zhao, X. Huang, Y. Fang, “DC-link voltage fluctuation compensation for selected harmonics elimination under low switching frequency,” in Journal of Zhejiang University (Engineering Science), Feb. 2019
  4. Y. Shang, S. Zhao, Y. Fu, B. Han, P. Hu and C. C. Mi, “A Lithium-Ion Battery Balancing Circuit Based on Synchronous Rectification,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 1637-1648, Feb. 2020
  5. S. Zhao, X. Huang, Y. Fang, J. Zhang and J. Wang, “DC-link-fluctuation-resistant control scheme for high power traction PMSM in six-step mode,” IECON 2017 – 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2017, pp. 2245-2251
  6. S. Zhao, X. Huang, Y. Fang and J. Zhang, “Influence of DC-Link Voltage Fluctuation on the Performance of Railway Traction Drive with Different Low Switching Frequency Modulation Techniques,” 2016 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2016, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/VPPC.2016.7791707.
  7. S. F. Zhao, X. Y. Huang, Y. T. Fang and J. Li, “A control scheme for a High Speed Railway traction system based on high power PMSM,” 2015 6th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), 2015, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/PESA.2015.7398905.
  8. J. Wang, X. Huang, S. Zhao and Y. Fang, “Direct torque control for brushless DC motors in aerospace applications with single sided matrix converters with reduced torque ripple,” IECON 2017 – 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2017, pp. 4143-4149

ECE Seminar with Dr. J. Yan, Mar. 29, Friday, 1:00 to 2:00 pm, at SSW-1500

“Challenges and Opportunities with Renewable Energy Penetration”

Speaker: Dr. J. Yan
Royal Institute of Technology & Mälardalen University, Sweden
Editor-in-Chief of Applied Energy

Abstract: Energy systems have been in transition, extending their
boundaries beyond the energy systems themselves. One of challenging issues is the intermittent power generation and
mismatching of energy supply and demand over a time scale when high renewable energy penetration takes place. This calls for interdisciplinary and synthetic approach from not only the
systematic overview, but also detailed components of clean energy systems. It needs to integrate the end-users load control with different energy saving approaches. It is location specific and highly tailored to serve its customers’ needs. Changing from resource conversion into the smart integration also needs integration of energy with digitalization. Renewables, distributed generation, and smart grids demand new capabilities and are triggering new business opportunities, which is further stimulating the future development of the energy systems.

Dr. Wei Gao

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Mechnical Engineering, September 2012 – January 2017, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • M.S, Vehicle Engineering, September 2008 – June 2010, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • BSc., Vehicle Engineering, September 2003 – June 2007, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Experience

  • 02/2019 – present, Post-doctor, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Development of Battery Management System for electric vehicles
  • Development of an offline battery parameter identification algorithm for electric vehicles
  • Optimal control and sizing of hybrid system based on dynamic programing
  • Modeling and driver-in-the loop realtime simulation of a hybrid tracked vehicle

Hobbies

  • Photography, swimming, and outdoor activities.

Journal Publications

  1. Gao W, Zou Y, Sun F, et al. Data pieces-based parameter identification for lithium-ion battery[J]. Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 328: 174-184.
  2. Gao W, Zou Y, Sun F. Two-Parameter Shifting Optimal Control for an Electric Bus [J]. Automotive Engineering, 2016, 38(3): 344-349.
  3. Gao W, Zou Y. The Influence of Gear Number Design to Energy Consumption for an Electric Bus[J]. Transaction of Beijing Institute of Technology, 2016, 36(5): 441-445.
  4. Zou Y, Gao W, Hou S, et al. System-Level Modeling and Real-Time Simulation for Hybrid Tracked Vehicle [J]. Transaction of Beijing Institute of Technology, 2013, 33(1): 31-36.
  5. Gao W, Zou Y, Sun F. Optimal component sizing for a parallel hybrid bus based on dynamic programming[C]//Transportation Electrification Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific), 2014 IEEE Energy Coversion Conference and Expo. IEEE, 2014: 1-5.

Seminar with Prof. Jason Lai from Virginia Tech. on Friday, Mar. 23, 2019 at 1:00 pm in WC-220

Prof. Jason Lai’s Bio:
Education:
Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1989
M.S., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1985
B.S., National Taiwan Norman University, 1975
Teaching Interests:
Power electronics
Research Interests:
High-power converters for utility applications
Grants and Projects:
DC Fast Charger, sponsored by Princeton Power.
PM Motor Drive Control Development, sponsored by Industrial Technology Research Institute
Wind Generation Control for Smart Grid, sponsored by Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
Photovoltaic Inverter Development, sponsored by Virginia CIT
Field Verification of High-Penetration Levels of PV into the Distribution Grid, Sponsored by DOE HiPen PV Program

ECE seminar on Friday, November 9, 2018 at 1:00 pm in WC-220 (West Commons)

“Writing a Good Grant: An Introduction”

Speaker: Dr. Leona Flores, Director, SDSU Research Development

Abstract: Writing a good grant proposal may not come easily to some, especially in the initial stage of your higher education endeavors. This presentation will focus on the overall grant proposal and review process with particular focus on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Application, covering elements that include general information, eligibility, summary of essay requirements, faculty recommendations and support for the submission of the application. Other funding opportunities for students entering or in the early years of a PhD program will be briefly discussed.

Biography: Dr. Leona Flores serves as Director, Research Development for SDSU Research Foundation. In her role, Dr. Flores works closely with SDSURF Associate Executive Director of Research Advancement, Tim Hushen, and Senior Director, Research Project Development, John Crockett, PhD, to promote university research and education through identifying and developing new research and training opportunities for SDSU faculty.
Before joining SDSURF, Dr. Flores was Director, Research Development and Collaboration at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center as part of the high-level leadership team involved in administrative/scientific program management and decision strategy support, including complex Cancer Center-wide, multidisciplinary research funding proposals (e.g., NCI P30; $32M/5 years). Other cancer center roles included development of functional cross-disciplinary research teams of scientific/clinical faculty leaders and researchers to foster and implement translational efforts and funding opportunities, inter- and intra-institutional pilot grants director, and website and scientific communications manager. In addition, she served as Associate Editor for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Dr. Flores received her PhD from University of California San Diego in Biomedical Science where she studied arterial flow-induced atherosclerotic plaque formation and continued as a two-year postdoctoral fellow. She worked as an forensic technician for the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner having assisted in over 3500 autopsies before earning her Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Biological Science from Cal State Fullerton where she studied protein assembly in blue-green algae. Prior to that, Dr. Flores worked as a licensed professional engineer responsible for engineering design and structural analysis of custom residential homes after completing her Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Seminar with Dr. Boryann Liaw of Idaho National Lab on Friday, Oct. 19, 1:00-2:00 PM, at West Commons 220

“A Broad Perspective on Future Mobility – How Battery Changes Electrification”

Speaker: Dr. Boryann Liaw, Idaho National Laboratory

Abstract: The renewable energy and electrification in the transportation sector have brought significant changes in the energy sectors regarding the next generation of mobility and grid infrastructure. In this mix, battery technology plays a significant role in this transformation of our future energy planning and security. Idaho National Lab (INL) sees a great challenge in the electrification process that is unchartered by the industry. With the support under the U.S. Department of Energy EERE office, INL is conducting some forefront research that is intended to greatly support the mission to enable the electrified transformation in the U.S. and the world. This presentation shall provide some live discussions on how this is going to happen and how the battery technology sector is responding to the needs in the industry and the society.

Biography: Dr. Boryann (Bor Yann) Liaw is manager of the Energy Storage and Advanced Vehicles Department at Idaho National Laboratory. The department operates state-of-the-art Energy Storage Innovation Technology Center (ESITeC), Non-destructive Battery Laboratory for Evaluation (NOBLE), and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Laboratory (EVIL), to conduct reliability, safety, and failure analyses of energy storage systems, advanced vehicles, and charging equipment and infrastructure. Dr. Liaw received his doctorate in materials science and engineering from Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society and past President of International Battery Association. He has been a university faculty member at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and active professional consultant in industry before joining INL.

Seminar by Prof. Mark Ehsani, Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 6:00-8:00pm P-144, Physics Building

Speaker: Mehrdad (Mark) Ehsani, Ph. D., P. E., LF. IEEE, F. SAE, M. AAAS

Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843

Abstract: There is plenty of hydro-carbon resource energy available on earth, for hundreds of years. The urgency of sustainable energy and transportation problem is from prolusion, global warming, and
equitable access to energy for all humanity. The way forward is to help the developing world (90% of the population that dominates the future emissions) with “clean” energy, rather than making the developed world clean (the 10% solution). This has to be done by appropriate technologies, consistent with sound business plans, and market economy.

This presentation offers the engineering and economic foundations of the above proposition. Case studies and example technologies from the author’s group at Texas A&M University will be presented as specific illustrations.

Bio of speaker: Mark Ehsani is the Robert M. Kennedy Endowed Professor of electrical engineering and Director of Sustainable Energy and Vehicle Engineering Research Program and the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He has served in leadership positions of several IEEE Societies, including their governing boards. He has been honored by various international organizations over 140 times, including IEEE Field Award for undergraduate Teaching and IEEE Vehicular Technology
Society Avant Garde Award. He is the co-author of over 400 publications, 18 books, over 30 US and EU patents, and has been a consultant to over 60 international companies and government agencies. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of SAE.

Seminar and Group Discussion with Mr. MASANORI ISHIGAKI of Toyota on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 10am, 6386 Alvarado Court, Conference room

Masanori Ishigaki received the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tokyo Institute of technology in 2007. From 2007, he is employed at Toyota Central R&D inc., in Aichi, Japan. During this period, he was a Researcher with power electronics for automotive application.

He is a technical lead in high power vehicle electronics, especially for 1kW – 100kW DC system. He covers the technical area from semiconductor device structures to system-level control, and batteries and its utilization as system level.

Since 2014 to 2017, he has been with Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan as a Senior Principal Engineer. After returning to Japan, he is now working as the bridge of worldwide power electronics researchers for Toyota.

He received IPEC paper presentation award 2010, APEC outstanding presentation Award 2012 and 2017, and 4 of technical award from IEEJ. He is an author or coauthor of 20 technical papers, more than 50 patents issued or pending.

Seminar Given by Mengyang Zhang, CTO of Skywell Bus Manufacturing, Thursday, March 1 at 10-11:30am

There will be a presentation by Mr. Mengyang Zhang, VP and CTO of Skywell Automobiles (Nanjing Golden Dragon Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd.). Mr. Zhang’s presentation will be on “New Energy Vehicle Development in China”. Please see the attached flyer.

The presentation will be held on:

Thursday, March 1, 2018
10:00am – 11:00am
Gold Auditorium, Bioscience Center

Seminar Given by Dr. Suman Dwari from the United Technology Research Center (UTRC), Web Jan 31 at 2pm, Gold Auditorium, Bioscience Center

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Gold Auditorium, Bioscience Center

“Technology Overview at United Technology Research Center(UTRC): Power Electronics and Systems”

Speaker: Dr. Suman Dwari

Abstract: United Technology Research Center (UTRC) is the innovation engine of United Technologies (UTC) and all of its business units, UTC Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney, Otis and UTC Climate Control and Security. These business units recognize UTRC as defining what’s next, and ready to solve the toughest problems. Part of that engine is collaborating with a network of partners to move the world forward. These include not only UTC’s business units but government agencies, national laboratories, universities, commercial and aerospace companies and private organizations. In this talk, at first, the overview of UTRC will be presented which will be followed by discussions on current research activities and projects in Systems and Power Electronics areas.
Bio of speaker: Dr. Suman Dwari received his M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Ph.D. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, both in Electrical Engineering. At present, he is a Staff Research Scientist with United Technology Research Center, Hartford, USA. He has been PI or Co-PI of many government research projects for DoD, ESTCP, DOE, DARPA and contributed in the areas of distributed power systems, sustainable energy resources, high-performance power electronics systems and control techniques. He has also researched on various commercial applications in the area of very high-density power electronics converters using advanced materials and devices. He is the author of over 30 publications and has several US patents. His current research interests include high-performance power converters, wireless power transfer, advanced machines, and advanced control of PE systems.

 

Chenwen Cheng, Post-Doctor

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2012 – June 2017, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2008 – June 2012, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Experience

  • 01/2018 – present, Post-doctor, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Wireless power transmission in gate drivers for power electronics devices

  • Optimized control of the DFIG-based wind power generation system

  • Predictive control of the three-phase grid-connected inverter

  • Control of servo drives

Hobbies

  • Photography, swimming, and outdoor activities.

Journal Publications

    1. Chenwen Cheng, Heng Nian, “Low-complexity model predictive stator current control of DFIG under harmonic grid voltages,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1072-1080, Sept. 2017.

    2. Chenwen Cheng, Heng Nian, Xiaohe Wang, Dan Sun, “Dead-beat predictive direct power control of voltage source inverters with optimized switching patterns,” IET Power Electron., vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1438-1451, Oct. 2017.

    3. Chenwen Cheng, Heng Nian, Longqi Li, “Improved three-vector based dead-beat model predictive direct power control strategy for grid connected inverters,” Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, to be published.

    4. Heng Nian, Chenwen Cheng, Yipeng Song, “Coordinated control of the DFIG system based on repetitive control strategy under generalized harmonic grid voltages,” Journal of Power Electron., vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 733-743, May 2017.

    5. Chenwen Cheng, Peng Cheng, Heng Nian, Dan Sun, “Model Predictive Stator Current Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generator During Network Unbalance,” IET Power Electron., to be published.

    6. Chenwen Cheng, Heng Nian, Jian Wu, Peng Cheng, Yipeng Song, “An independent control technique of DFIG’s RSC and GSC based on repetitive control in generalized harmonic power grids (in Chinese),” Proceedings of the CSEE, vol. 36, no. 15, pp. 4099-4107, Aug. 2016.

    7. Heng Nian, Chenwen Cheng, Yipeng Song, Peng Cheng, “A direct power control technique of DFIG based on repetitive control in generalized harmonic power grids (in Chinese),” Proceedings of the CSEE, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 407-416, Jan. 2016.

Conference Publications

    1. Heng Nian, Chenwen Cheng, “Improved grid connection operation of type-III wind turbine under unbalanced fundamental and distorted grid voltages,” 10th International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management (APSCOM 2015), 2015.

Tianze Kan, Doctoral Candidate

Students

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, September 2015 – present, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, September 2015 – present, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, August 2011 – May 2013, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  • B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, September 2007 – June 2011, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Research Interest

  • Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles and Comsumer Electronics

  • Electromagnetics Design

  • Compensation Topology

  • Power Converters Design and Validation

Work Experience

  • 01/2018 – 04/2018, Wireless Power Modeling Intern, Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

  • 09/2015 – 12/2017, Reserach Assistant, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 09/2013 – 08/2015, Graduate Student Research Assistant, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI, USA

  • 01/2013 – 05/2013, Student Worker, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Teaching Experience

  • 08/2017 – 12/2017, Teaching Associate, EE-330L Engineering Electronics Lab, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Academic Services

  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, and IEEE Engergy Conversion Congress and Exposition.

Honors/Awards

 

  • 2015 IEEE IFEC Best Innovation Design

  • 2015 IEEE IFEC Dedicated Volunteer

Journal Publications

  1. T. Kan, F. Lu, T. D. Nguyen, P. P. Mercier, and C. Mi, “Integrated Coil Design for EV Wireless Charging Systems Using LCC Compensation Topology,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 2018. [accepted]

  2. T. Kan, R. Mai, P. P. Mercier, and C. Mi, “Design and Analysis of a Three-Phase Wireless Charging System for Lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 2017. [in press]

  3. T. Kan, T. D. Nguyen, J. C. White, R. K. Malhan, and C. Mi, “A new integration method for an electric vehicle wireless charging system using LCC compensation Topology: Analysis and Design,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1481-1492, Feb. 2017.

  4. X. Zhang, T. Kan, C. You, and C. Mi, “Modeling and analysis of AC output power factor for wireless Chargers in electric vehicles,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1638-1650, Feb. 2017.

  5. Z. Bi*, T. Kan*, C. C. Mi, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhao, and G. A. Keoleian, “A review of wireless power transfer for electric vehicles: Prospects to enhance sustainable mobility,” Applied Energy, 179, pp. 413-425, Oct. 2016. [*equal contribution]

  6. W. Li, H. Zhao, S. Li, J. Deng, T. Kan, and C. C. Mi, “Integrated LCC compensation topology for wireless charger in electric and plug-in electric vehicles,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 4215-4225, July. 2015.

Conference Publications

  1. T. Kan, R. Mai, P. P. Mercier, and C. Mi, “A Three-Phase Wireless Charging System for Lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., 2017, pp. 1407-1411.

  2. W. Li, H. Zhao, T. Kan, and C. Mi, “Inter-operability considerations of the double-sided LCC compensated wireless charger for electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle applications,” in Proc. IEEE PELS Workshop Emerging Technol. : Wireless Power, 2015, pp. 1-6.

Ziwei Liang, Exchange Master Student

Education

  • Joint MSc, Electrical Engineering, August 2017 – Present, San Diego State University, Ann Arbor, USA

  • MSc., Electrical Engineering, August 2016 – Present, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, August 2012 – July 2016, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

Experience

  • 11/2017 – present, Research Assistant, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation,?San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 09/2016 – 11/2017, Research Assistant,?National Active Distribution Network Technology Research Center,?Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle

  • Long-distance Inductive Power Transfer System

Hobbies

  • I like sports, such as basketball and hiking, and also singing.

Honors/Awards

 

  • First Grade Academic Scholarship for Graduate Students of Beijing Jiaotong University,2017

  • First Grade Academic Scholarship for Graduate Students of Beijing Jiaotong University,2016

  • Caterpillar Leadership Scholarship of China University of Mining and technology,2016

  • Caterpillar Leadership Scholarship of China University of Mining and technology,2015

  • Outstanding Student Cadre of China University of Mining and technology,2015

  • First Grade Academic Scholarship for Undergraduate Students of China University of Mining and technology,2015

  • Outstanding Student Cadre of China University of Mining and technology,2014

  • Second Grade Academic Scholarship for Undergraduate Students of China University of Mining and technology,2014

  • First Grade Academic Scholarship for Undergraduate Students of China University of Mining and technology,2013

Conference Publications

  1. Huiwen Wen, Ziwei Liang, Jianqiang Wang, “Effects of Coil Parameters on Transfer Efficiency in LCL Wireless Power Transfer System”? IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1-5, 2017.

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.

Chong Zhu, Post-Doctor

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2010 – December 2016, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2006-July 2010, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

Experience

  • 05/2017 – present, Post-doctor,?DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Battery Thermal Management for Connected and Automated Hybrid Electric Vehicles

  • Island Micro-Grid with Wind Power, Solar PV, Ocean Current Power and Energy Storage System

  • Basic Research of Reliable Operation of High-Efficiency Motor and Its Advanced Drive Systems

  • Fault-Tolerant Control of Converters in PMSG Based Wind Power Generation Systems

  • Optimization for Low-Cost Three-Phase Grid-Connected Converters

Hobbies

  • I like bicycling.

Journal Publications

    1. Chong Zhu, Zhiyong Zeng, Rongxiang Zhao, “Torque Ripple Elimination Based on Inverter Voltage Drop Compensation for a Three-phase Four-switch Inverter-fed PMSM Drive under Low Speeds,” IET Power Electron., vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1430-1437, May 2017.

    2. Zhiyong Zeng, Chong Zhu, Xiaoliang Jin, Wen Shi, Rongxiang Zhao, “Hybrid Space Vector Modulation Strategy for Torque Ripple Minimization in Three-Phase Four-Switch Inverter-Fed PMSM Drives,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 2122-2134, Nov. 2017.

    3. Chong Zhu, Zhiyong Zeng, Rongxiang Zhao, “Comprehensive Analysis and Reduction of Torque Ripples in Three-Phase Four-Switch Inverter-Fed PMSM Drives Using Space Vector Pulse-Width Modulation,” Journal of Power Electron., vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 2258-2271, Nov. 2016.

    4. Chong Zhu, Zhiyong Zeng, Rongxiang Zhao, “Comprehensive Analysis and Reduction of Torque Ripples in Three-Phase Four-Switch Inverter-Fed PMSM Drives Using Space Vector Pulse-Width Modulation,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 5411-5424, Jul. 2017.

    5. Chong Zhu, Zhiyong Zeng, Rongxiang Zhao, “Adaptive Suppression Method for DC-link Voltage Offset in Three-phase Four-switch Inverter-fed PMSM Drives,” Electron. Letters, vol. 52, no. 17, pp. 1442-1444, Aug. 2016.

    6. Zhiyong Zeng, Weiyi Zheng, Rongxiang Zhao, Chong Zhu, Qingwei Yuan, “The Comprehensive Design and Optimization of the Post-Fault Grid-Connected Three-Phase PWM Rectifier,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1629-1642, Oct. 2015.

    7. Zhiyong Zeng, Weiyi Zheng, Rongxiang Zhao, Chong Zhu, Qingwei Yuan, “Modeling, Modulation, and Control of the Three-Phase Four-Switch PWM Rectifier Under Balanced Voltage,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 4892-4905, Sep. 2015.

Conference Publications

    1. Chong Zhu, Fei Lu, Hua Zhang, Kangxi Zhu, Chris Mi, “A Finite-Set Model-Based Predictive Battery Thermal Management in Connected and Automated Hybrid Electri Vehicles,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), 2018.

    2. Zhiyong Zeng, Chong Zhu, Qingwei Yuan, Weiyi Zheng, Rongxiang Zhao, “Modeling, control and modulation strategy of a three-phase four-switch PWM voltage-source rectifier based on novel non-orthogonal coordinate,” IEEE Ind. App. Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Oct. 2015.

    3. Weiyi Zheng, Chong Zhu, Zhiyong Zeng, Qingwei Yuan, Huan Yang, Rongxiang Zhao, “An optimized algorithm for SVPWM based on three-phase stationary frame,” IEEE Ind. App. Society Ann. Meeting (IAS), Oct. 2015.

    4. Chong Zhu, Zhiyong Zeng, Qingwei Yuan, Huan Yang, Rongxiang Zhao, “Improved voltage vector control for a stand-alone DFIG system based on predictive current regulation algorithm,” Int. Conf. on Elec. Mach. and Syst. (ICEMS), Oct. 2014.

    5. Xuemei He, Rongxiang Zhao, Chong Zhu, Huan Yang, “Improving short-term voltage stability problems by variable-speed air-conditioners,” Int. Conf. on Elec. Mach. and Syst. (ICEMS), Oct. 2012.

Fei Lu, Post-Doctor

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, August 2012 – April 2017, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  • MSc., Electrical Engineering, August 2010 – July 2012, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, August 2006 – July 2010, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Experience

  • 05/2017 – present, Post-doctor and Lecturer, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 01/2014 – 04/2017, Research Assistant, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Michigan, USA

  • 08/2012 – 01/2014, Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Capacitive Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle

  • High Power Inductive Power Transfer System for Electric Bus

  • Dynamic In-Motion Charging System for Electric Vehicle

  • High-Frequency Stationary Inductive Power Transfer System

  • High-Efficiency Stationary Inductive Power Transfer System

  • High-Frequency Three-Phase Resonant Inverter for Electric Vehicle

  • High Voltage Printable Mirco-Inverter for Module-Integrated Photovoltaic

Teaching Activities

  • Spring 2018 EE430L Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits Lab

  • Fall 2017 EE330L Engineering Electronics Lab

Hobbies

  • I like to play soccer.

Honors/Awards

 

  • 10/2017 Second Prize, Student Project Demonstration on Emerging Technology, Awarded by IEEE Power and Energy Society in ECCE Conference

  • 07/2017 Second Prize, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award

  • 10/2016 IEEE Strudent Travel Scholarship to ECCE 2016 Conference

  • 07/2016 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Letter Award

  • 10/2015 IEEE IAS-PELS Travel Grant to ECCE 2015 Conference

  • 07/2015 Best Innovation Design Award, IEEE International Future Energy Challenge, Topic A, Awarded by IEEE Power and Energy Society, (Graduate Student Mentor)

  • 09/2012 Electrical Engineering Department Fellowship Award, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Journal Publications

  1. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “A Review on the Recent Development of Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Technology,” Energies,10, pp. 1-26, 2017.

  2. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “A Two-Plate Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 964-969, 2018.

  3. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Double-Sided LC-Compensation Circuit for Loosely Coupled Capacitive Power Transfer,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1633-1643, 2018.

  4. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, W. Su, C. Mi, “A Dual-Coupled LCC-Compensated IPT System with a Compact Magnetic Coupler,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2748391.

  5. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An Inductive and Capacitive Integrated Coupler and Its LCL Compensation Circuit Design for Wireless Power Transfer,”IEEE Transaction on Industry Application, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 4903-4913, 2017.

  6. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An Inductive and Capacitive Combined Wireless Power Transfer System with LC-Compensated Topology,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 8471-8482, 2016.

  7. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Dynamic Charging System with Reduced Output Power Pulsation for Electric Vehicles,”IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6580-6590, 2016.

  8. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Double-Sided LCLC-Compensated Capacitive Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 6011-6014, 2015.

  9. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, W. Liu, C. Mi, “A Six-Plate Capacitive Coupler to Reduce Electric Field Emission in Large Air-gap Capacitive Power Transfer,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017, doi: 10.1109/ TPEL.2017.2662583.

  10. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, W. Liu, C. Mi, “A Four-Plate Compact Capacitive Coupler Design and LCL-Compensated Topology for Capacitive Power Transfer in Electric Vehicle Charging Application,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 8541-8551, Dec. 2016.

  11. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, W. Liu, C. Mi, “An LC Compensated Electric Field Repeater for Long Distance Capacitive Power Transfer,”IEEE Transaction on Industry Application, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 4914-4922, 2017.

  12. Y. Shang, B. Xia, Fei Lu, C. Zhang, N. Cui, C. Mi, “A Switched-Coupling-Capacitor Equalizer for Series-Connected Battery Strings,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 7694-7706, 2017.

Conference Publications

  1. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Reverse-Coupled Bipolar Coil Structure for an Integrated LCC-Compensated Inductive Power Transfer System,” Accepted by 2018 IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC).

  2. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A High Efficiency and Compact Inductive Power Transfer System Compatible with both 3.3kW and 7.7kW Receiver,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1-5, 2017.

  3. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, Y. Mei, C. Mi, “A Dual-Coupled LCC-Compensated IPT System to Improve the Misalignment Performance,” IEEE Workshop Emerg. Tech. Wireless Power Trans.(WoW), pp. 1-5, 2017.

  4. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An Inductive and Capacitive Integrated Coupler and Its LCL Compensation Circuit Design for Wireless Power Transfer,” IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), pp. 1-5, Sept. 2016.

  5. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, Y. Mei, C. Mi, “A Dynamic Capacitive Power Transfer System with Reduced Power Pulsation,” IEEE Workshop Emerg. Tech. Wireless Power Trans.(WoW), pp. 60-64, 2016.

  6. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A CLLC-Compensated High Power and Large Air-Gap Capacitive Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1721-1725, 2016.

  7. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A High-Efficiency 3.3kW Loosely-Coupled Wireless Power Transfer System without Magnetic Material,” IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), pp. 2282-2286, 2015.

  8. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “Output Power and Efficiency Sensitivity to Circuit Parameter Variations in Double-sided LCC-compensated Wireless Power Transfer System,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 597-601, 2015.

  9. N. Zhao, Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “Design and Optimization of a Dielectric-Gas-Based Single-Phase Electrostatic Motor,” Accepted by 2018 IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC).

  10. C. Zhu, Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “A Finite-Set Model-Based Predictive Battery Thermal Management in Connected and Automated Hybrid Electric Vehicle,” Accepted by 2018 IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC).

  11. Y. Shang, Fei Lu, B. Xia, C. Zhang, N. Cui, C. Mi, “A Switched-Coupling-Capacitor Equalizer for Series-Connected Battery Strings,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1425-1429, 2017.

  12. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Loosely Coupled Capacitive Power Transfer System with LC Compensation Circuit Topology,”Proc. IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), 2016, doi: 10.1109/ECCE. 2016.7854702.

  13. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An LC compensated Electric Field Repeater for Long Distance Capacitive Power Transfer,”Proc. IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), 2016, doi: 10.1109/ECCE. 2016.7854858.

  14. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Large Air-gap Capacitive Power Transfer System with a 4-plate Capacitive Coupler Structure for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1726-1730, 2016.

  15. J. Deng, Fei Lu, W. Li, R. Ma, C. Mi, “ZVS Double-sided LCC Compensated Resonant Inverter with Magnetic Integration for Electric Vehicle Wireless Charger,”Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1131-1136, 2015.

  16. J. Deng, Fei Lu, S. Li, T. Nguyen, C. Mi, “Development of a High-Efficiency Primary Side Controlled 7 kW Wireless Power Charger,”Proc. of IEEE Intern. Electric Veh. Conf., (IEVC), pp. 1-6, Dec. 2014.

Zhengcjao Yan, Joint Doctoral Student

Students

Education

  • September 2017 – Present, Joint Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

  • September 2013 – Present, Ph.D Student, Electrical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

  • September 2009 – July 2013,BSc., Manufacture of Machine Design and Automatization, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

Work Experience

    • September 2017 – Present, Research Assistant,DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation,San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

    • September 2013 – September 2017, Research Assistant, School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

Research Interest

      • Wireless Power Transfer

      • High Power Inductive Power Transfer System for Electric Bus

      • High-Efficiency Underwater Stationary Inductive Power Transfer System

Hobbies

      • I like playing basketball.

Honors/Awards

 

  • 2017 China Government Funded Overseas Study

  • 2013 Outstanding Graduate of Northwestern Polytechnical University

  • 2011 National Encouragement Scholarship of China

  • 2010 National Scholarship of China

Journal Publications

    1. Kehan Zhang, Longbin Yan, Zhengchao Yan, Haibing Wen, and Baowei Song, “Modeling and analysis of eddy-current loss of underwater contact-less power transmission system based on magnetic coupled resonance,” Acta Physica Sinica, vol. 65, 2016.

Conference Publications

    1. Zhengchao Yan, Kehan Zhang, Haibing Wen, and Baowei Song, “Research on characteristics of contactless power transmission device for autonomous underwater vehicle,” in OCEANS 2016-Shanghai, 2016, pp. 1-5.

    2. Haibing Wen, Kehan Zhang, Zhengchao Yan, and Baowei Song, “Comparison of two electromagnetic couplers in an inductive power transfer system for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle docking application,” in OCEANS 2016-Shanghai, 2016, pp. 1-5.

Yunlong Shang, Post-Doctor

Students

Education

  • October 2017 – December 2017, Ph.D, Control Theory and Control Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China

  • September 2015 – October 2017, Joint Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

  • September 2012 – September 2015, Ph.D., Control Theory and Control Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China

  • September 2010 – September 2012, MSc., Control Theory and Control Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China

  • September 2004 – July 2008, BSc., Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

Work Experiences

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

  • September 2015 – October 2017, Research Assistant, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • September 2010 – September 2015, Research Assistant, Power Electronic Energy-saving Technology & Equipment Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry, Shandong University, Jinan, China

  • September 2008 – September 2010, Electrical Engineer, Jiangnan Furnace Co., LTD, Danyang, China

Research Interest

  • Balancing Technologies for Series-Connected Battery Strings of Electric Vehicles

  • AC Heater for Battery Strings of Electric Vehicles

  • Design and Control for Battery Management Systems

  • Battery Modeling

  • Battery States Estimation

  • Battery Charging Mode

  • Battery Testing

Activities

  • Reviewer of IEEE and IET (Jul. 2015 – Present): Being a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, IET Power Electronics, APEC, and ECCE, etc.

  • IEEE Membership

  • IEEE Industry Applications Society Membership

  • IEEE Power & Energy Society Membership

Honors/Awards

  • 2015 China Government Funded Overseas Study

  • 2015 First-Class Prize of Excellent Academic Achievement of Shandong University

  • 2014 Young Academic Talent of Shandong University

  • 2014 National Scholarship of China

  • 2014 Outstanding Graduate Students of Shandong University

  • 2014 Guanghua Scholarship

  • 2013 Outstanding Graduate Students of Shandong University

  • 2008 Outstanding Graduate of Anhui Province

  • 2008 Outstanding Graduate of Hefei University of Technology

  • 2006 National Scholarship of China

  • 2005 National Scholarship of China

Journal Publications

  1. Yunlong Shang, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, Jufeng Yang, and Chris Mi, “A delta-structured switched-capacitor equalizer for series-connected battery strings,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Major Revision, 2017.

  2. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Naxin Cui, Chenghui Zhang, and Chris Mi, “An automotive on-board AC heater without external power supplies for lithium-ion batteries at low temperatures,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Accept, to be published, DOI 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2768661, 2017.

  3. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, Jufeng Yang, and Chris Mi, “A modularization method for battery equalizers using multi-winding transformers,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 8710-8722, Oct. 2017.

  4. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, Jufeng Yang, and Chris Mi, “An automatic equalizer based on forward-flyback converter for series-connected battery strings,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 5380-5391, July 2017.

  5. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Fei Lu, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, and Chris Mi, “A switched-coupling-capacitor equalizer for series-connected battery strings,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32,no. 10, pp. 7694-7706, Oct. 2017.

  6. Yunlong Shang, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, and Josep M. Guerrero, “A cell-to-cell battery equalizer with zero-current switching and zero-voltage gap based on quasi-resonant LC converter and boost converter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30,no. 7, pp. 3731-3741, Jul. 2015.

  7. Chenghui Zhang, Yunlong Shang, Zeyuan Li, and Naxin Cui, “An interleaved equalization architecture with adaptive fuzzy logic control for series-connected lithium-ion battery strings,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66,no. 12, pp. 10923-10934, Dec. 2017.

  8. Yunlong Shang, Qi Zhang, Naxin Cui, and Chenghui Zhang, “A cell-to-cell equalizer based on three-resonant-state switched-capacitor converters for series-connected battery strings,” Energies, vol. 10,no. 2, pp. 1-15, Feb. 2017.

  9. Yunlong Shang, Qi Zhang, Naxin Cui, and Chenghui Zhang, “Research on variable-order RC equivalent circuit model for lithium-ion battery based on the AIC criterion,” Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, vol. 30,no. 17, pp. 55-62, Sep. 2015.

  10. Yunlong Shang, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, and Qi Zhang, “State of charge estimation for lithium-ion batteries based on extended Kalman filter optimized by fuzzy neural network,” Control Theory and Applications, vol. 33,no. 2, pp. 212-220, Mar. 2016.

  11. Bing Xia, Yunlong Shang, Truong Nguyen, and Chris Mi, “A correlation based fault detection method for short circuits in battery packs,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 337, pp. 1-10, Jan. 2017.

  12. Yun Zhang, Yunlong Shang, Naxin Cui, and Chenghui Zhang, “Parameters identification and sensitive characteristics analysis for Lithium-Ion batteries of electric vehicles,” Energies, vol. 11,no. 1, pp. 1-15, Dec. 2017.

  13. Jufeng Yang, Bing Xia, Yunlong Shang, Wenxin Huang, and Chris Mi, “Improved battery parameter estimation method considering operating scenarios for HEV/EV applications,” Energies, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1-20, Dec. 2016.

  14. Jufeng Yang, Bing Xia, Yunlong Shang, Wenxin Huang, and Chris Mi, “Adaptive state-of-charge estimation based on a split battery model for electric vehicle applications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66,no. 12, pp. 10889-10898, Dec. 2017.

Conference Publications

  1. Yunlong Shang, Naxin Cui, Chenghui Zhang, and Chris Mi, “A fast-speed heater with internal and external heating for Lithium-Ion batteries at low temperatures,” In Proc. IEEE 2018 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2018, pp. 1-5.

  2. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Jufeng Yang, Naxin Cui, Chenghui Zhang, and Chris Mi, “A delta structure of switched-capacitor equalizer for series-connected battery strings,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2017, pp. 4493-4496.

  3. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Fei Lu, Naxin Cui, Chenghui Zhang, and Chris Mi, “A star structure of switched-capacitor equalizer for series-connected battery strings,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2017, pp. 2723-2727.

  4. Yunlong Shang, Naxin Cui, Qi Zhang, and Chenghui Zhang, “A battery equalizer with zero-current switching and zero-voltage gap among cells based on three-resonant-state LC converters,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2017, pp. 1647-1651.

  5. Yunlong Shang, Bing Xia, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, Jufeng Yang, and Chris Mi, “An automatic battery equalizer based on forward and flyback conversion for series-connected battery strings,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2017, pp. 3218-3222.

  6. Yunlong Shang, Fei Lu, Bing Xia, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, and Chris Mi, “A switched-coupling-capacitor equalizer for series-connected battery strings,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2017, pp. 1425-1429.

  7. Yunlong Shang, Chenghui Zhang, Naxin Cui, Josep M. Guerrero, and Kai Sun, “A crossed pack-to-cell equalizer based on quasi-resonant LC converter with adaptive fuzzy logic equalization control for series-connected lithium-ion battery strings,” In Proc. IEEE 2015 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2015, pp. 1685-1692.

  8. Yunlong Shang, Bo Sun, Naxin Cui, and Chenghui Zhang. Study on Large-scale Electric Vehicle Charging Load Modeling of Different Charging Modes and Its Impact on the Power Grid [C]. The 32th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2013, pp. 8803-8808.

  9. Naxin Cui, Yunlong Shang, Qi Zhang, and Chenghui Zhang, “A direct multi-cells-to-multi-cells equalizer based on LC matrix converter for series-connected battery strings,” In Proc. IEEE 2018 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2018, pp. 1-5.

  10. Bing Xia, Yunlong Shang, Truong Nguyen, and Chris Mi, “A correlation based detection method for internal short circuit in battery packs,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2017, pp. 2363-2368.

  11. Jufeng Yang, Bing Xia, Yunlong Shang, Wenxin Huang, and Chris Mi, “Improved battery modeling approach considering operating scenarios for HEV/EV applications,” In Proc. IEEE 2017 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2017, pp. 1216-1222.

  12. Zeyuan Li, Yunlong Shang, Bin Duan, and Chenghui Zhang, “A pack-to-cell-to-pack battery equalizer with soft-switching based on buck-boost and bidirectional LC resonant converters,” In Proc. IEEE 2016 Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2016, pp. 1-7.

  13. Qi Zhang, Yunlong Shang, Naxin Cui, Yan Li, and Chenghui Zhang, “A fractional-order KiBaM model of lithium-ion batteries with capacity nonlinearity,” In Proc. CAC2017&CIMIC2017, 2017, pp. 1-5.

  14. Qi Zhang, Naxin Cui, Ke Li, Yunlong Shang, and Chenghui Zhang, “Co-simulation of energy management strategy for hybrid electric vehicle in AVL InMotion,” In Proc. CAC2017&CIMIC2017, 2017, pp. 1-5.

  15. Yongzhe Kang, Bin Duan, Yunlong Shang, Zhongkai Zhou, Chenghui Zhang, “Multi-fault online detection method for series-connected battery packs,” In Proc. CAC2017&CIMIC2017, 2017, pp. 1-5.

  16. Zhongkai Zhou, Bin Duan, Yunlong Shang, Yan Li, and Chenghui Zhang, “An iterative identification method for equivalent circuit battery models,” In Proc. CAC2017&CIMIC2017, 2017, pp. 1-5.

  17. Qi Zhang, Yunlong Shang, Yan Li, Bin Duan, and Chenghui Zhang, “Variable-order fractional equivalent circuit model for lithium-ion batteries,” In Proc. IEEE 2016 Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2016, pp. 2277-2282.

  18. Zhongkai Zhou, Yunlong Shang, Bin Duan, and Chenghui Zhang, “An any-cell (s)-to-any-cell (s) equalizer based on bidirectional inductor converters for series connected battery string,” In Proc. IEEE 2016 Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2016, pp. 2511-2515.

  19. Yao Han, Yunlong Shang, Bin Duan, and Chenghui Zhang, “An automatic equalization method without voltage sensing circuits for series connected battery string,” In Proc. IEEE 2016 Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2016, pp. 2327-2328.

  20. Tong Wang, Yunlong Shang, Naxin Cui, and Chenghui Zhang, “The cycle life prediction for lithium-ion battery based on GM (1, N) grey model,” 34th CCC & SICE2015, 2015, pp. 4010-4014.

  21. Zeyuan Li, Yunlong Shang, Naxin Cui, and Chenghui Zhang, “The prediction method for battery open circuit voltage based on GM (1, 1) grey model,” 34th CCC & SICE2015, 2015, pp. 1902-1906.

  22. Xiang Ji, Naxin Cui, Yunlong Shang, Chenghui Zhang, “Modularized charge equalizer using multiwinding transformers for lithium-ion battery system,” In Proc. IEEE 2014 IEEE Transportation Electrification Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific) Conference and Expo, 2014, pp. 1-5.

  23. Bing Xia, Yunlong Shang, Truong Nguyen, and Chris Mi, “External short circuit fault diagnosis based on supervised statistical learning,” ITEC 2017 Asia-Pacific, 2017, pp. 1-5.

Patents

  1. Chris Mi, Yunlong Shang, and Bing Xia, An automatic equalizer based on forward and flyback conversion for series-connected battery strings, U.S Patent, filed 62/436,447.

  2. Chris Mi, Yunlong Shang, and Bing Xia, A switched-coupling-capacitor equalizer for series-connected battery strings, U.S Patent, filed 62/426,511.

  3. Chris Mi, Bing Xia, and Yunlong Shang, A correlation based fault diagnosis method for short circuits in electrified vehicles, U.S Patent, filed 62/409,881.

Project Experiences

  1. Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China

  2. Major Scientific Instrument Development Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

  3. Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

  4. Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province

  5. Project of Nanjing Golden Dragon Bus Co., Ltd

  6. U.S. Department of Energy under the Graduate Automotive Technology Education Center Program

  7. Project of Gotion Co., Ltd

Kangxi Zhu, Doctoral Student

Students

Education

  • August 2017 – Present, Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

  • September 2014 – June 2017, MSc., Agricultural Mechanization Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

  • September 2010 – June 2014, BSc., Vehicle Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Experience

  • August 2017 – present, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Research Interest

  • Battery Thermal Management for Connected and Automated Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Hobbies

  • I like hiking.

Honors/Awards

 

  • 2017 China Government Funded Overseas Study

  • 2015 the 1st prize of Intelligent Agricultural Equipment Innovation Contest (Dongfanghong Cup 1st session,China)

  • 2014 Outstanding Graduate of Southwest University

Conference Publications

  1. Chong Zhu, Fei Lu, Hua Zhang, Kangxi Zhu, Chris Mi, “A Finite-Set Model-Based Predictive Battery Thermal Management in Connected and Automated Hybrid Electri Vehicles,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), , 2018.

Hua Zhang, Post-Doctor

Students

Education

  • Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, September 2013 – November 2017, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

  • MSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2011 – March 2014, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

  • BSc., Electrical Engineering, September 2007 – June 2011, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

Experience

  • 11/2017 – Present, Post-doctor,DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation,San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 09/2015 – 11/2017, Research Assistant,DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation,San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 09/2014 – 09/2015, Research Assistant,DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation,University of Michigan-Dearborn, Michigan, USA

  • 09/2011 – 09/2014, Research Assistant,School of Automation,Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

The Research I have Been Working on

  • Capacitive Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle

  • High Power Inductive Power Transfer System for Electric Bus

  • Dynamic In-Motion Charging System for Electric Vehicle

  • High-Frequency Stationary Inductive Power Transfer System

  • High-Efficiency Stationary Inductive Power Transfer System

  • High-Frequency Three-Phase Resonant Inverter for Electric Vehicle

  • High Voltage Printable Mirco-Inverter for Module-Integrated Photovoltaic

Teaching Activities

  • 08/2017 – Present EE430L Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits Lab

  • 01/2016 – Present EE330L Engineering Electronics Lab

Honors/Awards

 

  • 10/2017 Second Prize, Student Project Demonstration on Emerging Technology, Awarded by IEEE Power and Energy Society in ECCE Conference

  • 10/2017 Woman in Engineering Travel Grant in ECCE 2017

  • 07/2017 Second Prize, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award

  • 07/2016 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Letter Award

Journal Publications

  1. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, W. Liu, C. Mi, “A Six-Plate Capacitive Coupler to Reduce Electric Field Emission in Large Air-gap Capacitive Power Transfer,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017, doi: 10.1109/ TPEL.2017.2662583.

  2. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, W. Liu, C. Mi, “A Four-Plate Compact Capacitive Coupler Design and LCL-Compensated Topology for Capacitive Power Transfer in Electric Vehicle Charging Application,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 8541-8551, Dec. 2016.

  3. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, W. Liu, C. Mi, “An LC Compensated Electric Field Repeater for Long Distance Capacitive Power Transfer,”IEEE Transaction on Industry Application, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 4914-4922, 2017.

  4. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “A Review on the Recent Development of Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Technology,” Energies,10, pp. 1-26, 2017.

  5. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “A Two-Plate Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 964-969, 2018.

  6. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Double-Sided LC-Compensation Circuit for Loosely Coupled Capacitive Power Transfer,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1633-1643, 2018.

  7. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, W. Su, C. Mi, “A Dual-Coupled LCC-Compensated IPT System with a Compact Magnetic Coupler,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2748391.

  8. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An Inductive and Capacitive Integrated Coupler and Its LCL Compensation Circuit Design for Wireless Power Transfer,”IEEE Transaction on Industry Application, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 4903-4913, 2017.

  9. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An Inductive and Capacitive Combined Wireless Power Transfer System with LC-Compensated Topology,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 8471-8482, 2016.

  10. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Dynamic Charging System with Reduced Output Power Pulsation for Electric Vehicles,”IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6580-6590, 2016.

  11. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Double-Sided LCLC-Compensated Capacitive Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging,”IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 6011-6014, 2015.

Conference Publications

  1. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Loosely Coupled Capacitive Power Transfer System with LC Compensation Circuit Topology,”Proc. IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), 2016, doi: 10.1109/ECCE. 2016.7854702.

  2. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An LC compensated Electric Field Repeater for Long Distance Capacitive Power Transfer,”Proc. IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), 2016, doi: 10.1109/ECCE. 2016.7854858.

  3. H. Zhang, Fei Lu, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Large Air-gap Capacitive Power Transfer System with a 4-plate Capacitive Coupler Structure for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1726-1730, 2016.

  4. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A Reverse-Coupled Bipolar Coil Structure for an Integrated LCC-Compensated Inductive Power Transfer System,” Accepted by 2018 IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC).

  5. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A High Efficiency and Compact Inductive Power Transfer System Compatible with both 3.3kW and 7.7kW Receiver,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1-5, 2017.

  6. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, Y. Mei, C. Mi, “A Dual-Coupled LCC-Compensated IPT System to Improve the Misalignment Performance,” IEEE Workshop Emerg. Tech. Wireless Power Trans.(WoW), pp. 1-5, 2017.

  7. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “An Inductive and Capacitive Integrated Coupler and Its LCL Compensation Circuit Design for Wireless Power Transfer,” IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), pp. 1-5, Sept. 2016.

  8. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, Y. Mei, C. Mi, “A Dynamic Capacitive Power Transfer System with Reduced Power Pulsation,” IEEE Workshop Emerg. Tech. Wireless Power Trans.(WoW), pp. 60-64, 2016.

  9. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A CLLC-Compensated High Power and Large Air-Gap Capacitive Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 1721-1725, 2016.

  10. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “A High-Efficiency 3.3kW Loosely-Coupled Wireless Power Transfer System without Magnetic Material,” IEEE Energy Convers. Congr. Expo. (ECCE), pp. 2282-2286, 2015.

  11. Fei Lu, H. Zhang, H. Hofmann, C. Mi, “Output Power and Efficiency Sensitivity to Circuit Parameter Variations in Double-sided LCC-compensated Wireless Power Transfer System,” IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC), pp. 597-601, 2015.

  12. N. Zhao, Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “Design and Optimization of a Dielectric-Gas-Based Single-Phase Electrostatic Motor,” Accepted by 2018 IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC).

  13. C. Zhu, Fei Lu, H. Zhang, C. Mi, “A Finite-Set Model-Based Predictive Battery Thermal Management in Connected and Automated Hybrid Electric Vehicle,” Accepted by 2018 IEEE Appl. Power Electr. Conf. (APEC).