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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.

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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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

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.

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).