Keynote Speakers
Dr. Hassan Haes Alhelou
Monash University, Australia
Biography:
Dr. Hassan Haes Alhelou (Senior Member, IEEE) is currently a Faculty Member with Tisheen University, Lattakia, Syria, and Monash University, Australia. He was with University College Dubline (UCD), Ireland, as a Senior Researcher. He serves as a Consultant at Sultan Qaboos Universit, Oman. He has published more than 30 research papers in the high-quality peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He has also performed more than 160 reviews for high prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Energy, and International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems. He has participated in more than 15 industrial projects. His major research interests include power systems, power system dynamics, power system operation, and control, dynamic state estimation, frequency control, smart grids, micro-grids, demand response, load shedding, and power system protection. He is included in the 2018 and 2019 Publons List of the Top 1% Best Reviewer and Researchers in the field of engineering. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Energy Conversion and Management journal, in 2016; ISA Transactions journal, in 2018; Applied Energy journal, in 2019; and many other awards. He was a recipient of the Best Young Researcher in the Arab Student Forum Creative among 61 researchers from 16 countries at Alexandria University, Egypt, in 2011.
Prof Eric Cheng
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Biography:
Prof. Eric Cheng obtained his BSc and PhD degrees both from the University of Bath in 1987 and 1990 respectively. Before he joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1997, he was with Lucas Aerospace, United Kingdom as a Principal Engineer and led a number of power electronics projects.
He is the electrical designer for the Hong Kong 1st commercial electric vehicle in Hong Kong. He is also the designer for the 1st charging network in Hong Kong. He received the numerous awards related to electrical engineering, energy and automotive. He has published over 500 papers and 7 books. He has over 100 interviews by media on his research and development. He is now the professor and director of Power Electronics Research Centre of the university. His research interests are all aspects of power electronics, Power Quality, Renewable Energy, Motor Drives, Energy Storage, Energy Saving, Power Distribution, EMI, High Speed Rail, Electric Vessel, Electric Vehicle and Automotive advanced components. He is the recipient of the international award in Seoul International Invention Fair 2015 Gold prize for his contribution in super-capacitor to electric vehicles, 2016 iCAN Gold Medal for his contribution in active suspension, and Gold Award of Hong Kong Innovation and Technology in 2017 and Geneva’s Invention Expo Silver Award for his contribution in antilock braking system, in 2021. Prof. Cheng is a fellow of IEEE and IET.
Prof. Shanyong Zhang
Southwest university, China
Biography:
Professor Sam Zhang Shanyong, FRSC, FTFS, FIoMMM, academically known as Sam Zhang, was born and brought up in the famous "City of Mountains" Chongqing, China. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Materials in 1982 from Northeastern University (Shenyang, China), Master of Engineering in Materials in 1984 from Iron & Steel Research Institute (Beijing, China) and Ph.D. degree in Ceramics in 1991 from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He was a tenured full professor (since 2006) at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Since January 2018, he joined School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, China. He serves as the founding and current director of the Centre for Advanced Thin Films and Devices
Prof. Haoxi Cong
State Key Laboratory of New Energy Power Systems, North China Electric Power University, China
Biography:
Prof. Cong Haoxi, graduated from the School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, with a bachelor's degree in engineering and a doctorate in engineering in 2011 and 2016 respectively; from 2012 to 2016, he visited and studied in the State Key Laboratory of New Energy Power Systems, North China Electric Power University. Mainly engaged in the teaching of circuits and electrical engineering courses, as well as research work in advanced power transmission and transformation technology, electrical equipment intelligence and other aspects. Presided over 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, participated in the completion of 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 sub-project of the National High-tech Research and Development Program (863 Program), and a number of scientific research projects of the State Grid Corporation, and published 1 academic monograph, both at home and abroad. He has published more than 50 research papers in important academic journals and conferences. He was selected into the Young Talent Support Program of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, and served as a number of academic part-time jobs, including a member of the IEEE P2869 working group, a member of the CIGRE China National Committee Youth Committee, a member of the China Electrotechnical Society Youth Work Committee, and the IEEE PES Power Transmission and Distribution Technical Committee (China) Member of the Overhead Line Technology Sub-Committee, Youth Editor of the Journal of Insulation Materials, etc.
Prof. Yiming Zhang
College of Electrical Engineering and automation, Fuzhou University
Biography:
Prof. Yiming Zhang received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2011 and 2016, respectively. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA. From 2019 to 2020, he was a Research Fellow with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is now a full professor with Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China. He has authored 1 book from Springer, authored or co-authored more than 80 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include wireless power transfer for electric vehicles and mobile phones, and power electronics converters.
Prof. Yiming Zhang was the recipient of the National Oversea High-Level Talent Program and Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations of Tsinghua University in 2016. He was recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2019 and a Distinguished Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics in 2020.