Invited Speakers
Prof. Kei Eguchi
Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Kei Eguchi received the B.Eng., the M.Eng., and the D.Eng. degree from Kumamoto
University, Kumamoto, Japan in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively. His research
interests include circuits and systems, and low-voltage analog integrated
circuits.
From 1999 to 2006, he was an Associate Professor and a Lecturer in Kumamoto
National College of Technology. From 2006 to 2012, he was an Associate Professor
in Shizuoka University. In 2012, he joined the faculty of Fukuoka Institute of
Technology, where he is now a Professor and dean of the Graduate School of
Engineering.
Prof. Dr. Eguchi received CPESE2021 Best presentation Award, ICIC International
Outstanding Contribution Award, AEES2021 Best Presenter Award, ICPEA2021 Best
Presentation Award, CEEGE2021 Best Presentation Award, ICPE2020 Best Oral
Presentation Award, ICIEE2020 Award of Contribution, Top Peer Reviewer Award2019
(Web of Science), ICEAST2019 Best Paper Award, CPESE2019 Best Presentation
Award, ICICIC2018 Best Paper Award, ICICIC2017 Best Paper Award, 2016 Institute
of Industrial Applications Engineers Award, 2016 Contribution Award of Japan
Society of Technology Education, ICICIC2016 Best Paper Award, ICEEI2016
Excellent Oral Presentation Award, ICEESE2016 Best Presenter Award, Best
Presentation Award in ICIAE2016, ICSGC2015 Excellent Oral Presentation Award,
ICACTE2015 Excellent Paper Award, ICIC International Contribution Award,
ICIAE2015 Best Presentation Award, Session Best Paper in IPECE15, Session Best
Paper in ICEECE2015, ICPEE2014 Excellent Oral Presentation Award, iCABSE2014
Excellent Paper Award, KKU-IENC2014 Outstanding Paper Award, ICEEN2014 Excellent
Paper Award, JTL-AEME2013 Best Paper Award, ICTEEP2013 Best Session Paper Award,
2010 Takayanagi Research Encourage Award, 2010 Paper Award of Japan Society of
Technology Education, ICICIC2009 Best Paper Award, and ICINIS2009 Outstanding
Contribution Award.
He is a president of the Intelligent Networks and Systems Society and a senior
member of IEEJ.
Prof. Jaroslaw Milewski
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Jaroslaw Milewski is is employed by Warsaw University of Technology,
Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Institute of Heat Engineering.
He is a Head of Power Division at the Institute of Heat Engineering,
Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Power Technologies, and a Member of the Editorial
Board of Applied Energy.
He has experience in fuel cell research (Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells–-MCFC and
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell–-SOFC) and other power sources, hybrid systems, advanced
power systems (hydrogen-based), and steam/gas turbine power generation systems.
He has substantial experience with cooperation with the power engineering
industry.
He is an author and a co-author of 300+ publications and 5+ patents.
He teaches students in turbomachinery, theory of fluid flow machinery,
environment protection, numerical tools in power plant simulations, hybrid
systems, and others.
Prof. Yutian Liu,
Shandong University, China
Prof. Yutian Liu received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Currently, he 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. His main research interests include power system analysis and control, renewable energy integration to smart grids and artificial intelligence application to power systems. 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. Yang Han,
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
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 was listed as “World Top 2% Scientist 2020” by Stanford University in 2020, and the recipient of the Young Scientist Award in CPESE 2021, the Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2020, 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 served as an Associate Editor of Journal of Power Electronics (2019.01-2020.12) and IEEE ACCESS.
Assoc. Prof. Haihong Qin
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Haihong Qin was born in Jiangsu Province, China, in 1977. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Master’s Degree, and Doctorate in Power Electronics and Motion Control from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 1998, 2002, and 2007, respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2007. He studied in University of Maryland from 2009 to 2010, and in University of Nottingham from 2019 to 2020 as a visiting scholar. Currently, he is an associate professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the founder of New Energy Power Generation Innovation Zone for University Students, and the technical director of Research Lab for Wide Bandgap Devices’ Applications. His research interests include power electronics and motion control and applications of wide bandgap devices in more electric aircraft. He published seven books and more than 100 papers, and is the holder of 21 Chinese patents. He was awarded Distinguished Expert in Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Science and Technology Department in Jiangsu Province.
Assoc.Prof. Meijie Chen,
Central South University, China
Meijie Chen is an Associate Professor in the School of Energy Science and Engineering at Central South University. He received his B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Energy Science and Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology in 2014, 2016, and 2019, respectively. He has published more than 40 papers with a citation of over 1300. His research interests are in photothermal conversion, transport, storage, and applications.