Speakers of ICPEA 2024

Prof. Jizhong Zhu
South China University of Technology, China
IEEE/IET/CSEE Fellow

Jizhong Zhu is a Professor of South China University of Technology, and National Distinguished Expert. He is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, CSEE Fellow, Chair of IEEE PES Smart Building, Loads, Customer Systems Technical Committee (China), Chair of IEEE Standard IEEE P2781 - Load Modeling and Simulation for Power Systems, Chair of IEEE Standard IEEE P2783 – Quick Response System, IEEE SMC Technical Committee member on Intelligent Power and Energy Systems. He is also an Expert of International Electrotechnical Commission WGs IEC SEG6, IEC TC22 AHG1, IEC TC22 AHG2, respectively. Dr. Zhu has worked at ALSTOM Grid Inc. in Washington State, Howard University in Washington, D.C., the National University of Singapore, Brunel University in England, Chongqing University in China, and China Southern Power Grid. He was a Fellow with ALSTOM Grid Inc., and an honorable advisory professor of Chongqing University. He has hosted and participated in more than 20 international large-scale power engineering projects, as well as led and participated in the compilation and formulation of 6 IEC and IEEE international standards. He has published six books, as well as over three hundred papers in the international journals and conferences. He has authorized more than 20 national patents and won more than 10 international and domestic academic awards. His research interest is in the analysis, operation, planning and control of power systems, integrated energy systems, smart grid, power markets as well as applications of renewable energy.

Prof. Yutian Liu
Shandong University, China
IEEE PES Chairman(Jinan Chapter), IEEE Senior Member

Prof. Yutian Liu is a chair professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, China. Prof. Liu was the dean of the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University from the year 2008 to 2018. He established the Key Laboratory of Power System Intelligent Dispatch and Control of Ministry of Education and was the director from 2010 to 2020. Prof. Liu has been a senior member of the IEEE since 1996. He is the IEEE PES Jinan chapter chair and the chair of the power system dynamic subcommittee of the IEEE PES China Council since 2018.

 

Prof. Jie (Peter) Liu
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
IET Fellow, IEEE Senior Member, Professional Engineer of Ontario

Dr. Jie (Peter) Liu is a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He completed his B.Eng. in Electronics and Precision Engineering at Tianjin University (China) in 1998, his M.Sc. in Control Engineering at Lakehead University in 2005, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2008. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UC Berkeley in 2008-2010. He is leading international research efforts in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) with applications to several engineering systems including gas turbine engines, lithium-ion batteries, and mechanical power transmissions. His research contributions have led to 56 journal papers and 36 conference papers. Several of his research works were considered as seminal/pioneering ones in the field and the total citations are over 5000 (Google Scholar). He was the recipient of Carleton University Research Achievement Award (2017), IEEE Ottawa Section Outstanding Service Award (2017), France-Canada Research Award (2013-2015), and Governor General’s Gold Medal of Canada (2006). He served as the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Prognostics and Health Management (2020-present), the Senator of Carleton University (2017-2020), the IEEE Reliability Society Administrative Committee Member (2018-2020), Interim Vice President of IEEE Reliability Society (2019), the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Reliability (2016-2020), and the Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Aeronautics since 2013 and Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering since 2018. He also served as the General Chair for 2017 IEEE SDPC Conference in Shanghai, 2018 IEEE PHM Conference in Seattle, 2018 PHM China Conference in Chongqing, 2019 IEEE PHM Conference in San Francisco, and 2019 PHM Europe Conference in Paris. He is a Fellow of IET, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Professional Engineer of Ontario.

 

Prof. Miao Yu
Zhejiang University, China

Miao Yu (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in automation and the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, in 2007 and 2012, respectively.,From 2013 to 2015, he was working as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Aalto University, Finland. He is currently working as a Professor with the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University. He has authored or coauthored more than 110 technical articles in journals and conferences. His current research interests include control strategies in microgrids and renewable power generation.