Invited Speakers

 

Han Yang | IEEE Senior Member

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Biography: Yang Han (S’08-M’10-SM’17) received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2010. In 2010, he joined the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, where he has been an Associate Professor in 2013, and Full professor in 2021. From March 2014 to March 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, UESTC. His research interests include the ac/dc microgrids, active distribution networks, power quality, grid-connected converters for renewable energy systems, active power filters, multilevel converters, and static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs).
Dr. Han is listed as Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier in 2023, the “World’s Top 2% Scientist” (single year and whole career) by Stanford University in 2022 and 2023, and the recipient of the Young Scientist Award in CPESE 2021, the Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2020 and 2022, Science and Technology Award from Sichuan Electric Power Company in 2019, Academic Talent Award by UESTC, in 2017, Baekhyun Award by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics, in 2016. He has published a book “Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters for Microgrid Applications”, ISBN: 978-3-030-74512-7, Springer. He serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, and the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

 

Hui Hou | IEEE Senior Member

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Biography: Dr Hui Hou received the B.S. degree from Wuhan University, Wuhan, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, in 2009. During 2015-2016, she was a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney. She is currently associate professor and Ph.D supervisor, as well as the Department Head of Electrical Engineering，School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology. Her research interests include risk assessment of power system, energy internet, electric vehicles, etc. She has been AE or Young professional AE for a number of journals such as PCMP (Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems), Electric Power Construction, etc. She has been nominated as World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford and Elsevier in 2024.