Plenary Speech 9


Plenary  Speech 9 : TBA

 

Zhenbin Zhang (IET Fellow) received the Ph.D. degree at the Institute for Electrical Drive Systems and Power Electronics  (EAL), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, with “summa cum laude”. From 2016 to 2017, he worked as a Research Fellow and the group-leader for “Modern Control Strategies for Electrical Drives” group in EAL. Since 2017, he has held the position of full professor and International Collaboration Ambassador of Shandong University, China. From 2018 to 2022, he was a guest professor in TUM with the “August-Wilhelm Scheer Professorship Award." Prof. Zhang focuses on design and (predictive) control of renewable energy and power conversion systems, including interests of power electronics and motor drives. micro-grids with energy storage, and predictive maintenance of power conversion systems. Prof. Zhang is an IET Fellow, IET Chartered Engineer, IEEE Senior Member. and World Top 2% Scientists released by Stanford University. He was awarded the “VDE-AWARD-2017” for his contributions in advanced control for wind power generation and electrical drives. He was selected for the “1000-Talent” national program of China, and granted the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shandong Province, China. In addition, he won the First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Electrotechnical Society, the Second Prize of both Shandong and Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, for his contributions in design and control of renewable energy and power conversion systems.