Education
Jul. 2004 - Nov. 2009 PhD, Power System Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Sept. 2000 – Apr. 2003 M. Eng., Power System and Its Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Sept. 1996 – Jul. 2000 B. Eng., Power System and Its Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Employment
Jan. 2022 – Now Associate Professor (Tenured), Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, China
Oct. 2009 – Aug. 2021 Postdoc (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2010), Assistant Professor (Nov. 2010 – Aug. 2013), Associate Professor (permanent) (Sept. 2013 – Aug. 2021) Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Mar. 2008 - Oct. 2009 Senior R&D Engineer, Vestas Technology R&D Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Oct. 2007 – Mar. 2008 Electrical Engineer, Squire Mech Consulting Mechanical & Electrical Engineers Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Visiting Experience
Aug. 2021 – Dec. 2021 Visiting Associate Professor, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, China
Nov. 2017 – Oct. 2018 Visiting scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, USA
Nov. 2013 - Visiting researcher, SINTEF Energy Research, Norway
Feb. 2012 – May 2012 Visiting scholar, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Research Topic
Decentralized/Distributed optimal operation and control of power systems and energy systems with high penetration of renewables, including decentralized congestion management, distributed voltage control, and distributed service restoration of active distribution networks, flexibility and ancillary services from prosumers, decentralized energy scheduling and real-time dispatch of integrated energy systems under uncertainty, and distributed model predictive control of wind power.
Academic Service
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, (Oct. 2019 - )
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Jan. 2021 – )
Editor, IEEE Power Engineering Letters (Oct. 2015 -)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Aug. 2016 - )
Regional Editor for Europe, IET Renewable Power Generation (July 2019 - )
Subject Editor on HVDC for renewable energy integration, in particular offshore wind, IET Renewable Power Generation (Mar 2018 - )
Associate Editor, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (Jan. 2017 - )
Subject Editor on Electric Vehicles, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (Sept. 2018 - )
Selected Publications
(in total 378, including 259 SCI journal papers, 29 other journal papers, and 90 conference papers)
Selected Journal Papers
T. B. H. Rasmussen, Q. Wu*, J. G. Moller, and M. Zhang, “MPC Coordinated Primary Frequency Support of Small- and Large-Scale Heat Pumps,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, in press
M. Zhang, Q. Wu*, J. Wen, B. Zhou, Q. Guan, J. Tan, Z. Lin and F. Fang, “Day-ahead stochastic scheduling of integrated electricity and heat system considering reserve provision by large-scale heat pumps,” Applied Energy, in press.
Y. Zhang, Q. Wu*, Q. Ai, and J. P. S. Catalao, “Closed-loop Aggregated Baseline Load Estimation using Contextual Bandit with Policy Gradient,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, in press.
W. Jiao, J. Chen*, Q. Wu*, C. Li, B. Zhou, and S. Huang, “Distributed Coordinated Voltage Control for Distribution Networks with DG and OLTC based on MPC and Gradient Projection,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, in press.
M. Zhang, Q. Wu*, J. Wen, X. Xue, Z. Lin, and F. Fang, “Real-time optimal operation of integrated electricity and heat system considering reserve provision of large-scale heat pumps,” Energy, Vol. 237, pp. 121606, Dec. 2021.
S. Huang, Q. Wu*, W. Liao, G. Wu, X. Li, and J. Wei, “Adaptive Droop-based Hierarchical Optimal Voltage Control Scheme for VSC-HVDC Connected Offshore Wind Farm,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 17, No. 12, pp. 8165-8176, Dec. 2021.
J. Tan, Q. Wu*, M. Zhang*, W. Wei, F. Liu, and B. Pan, “Chance-Constrained Energy and Multi-type Reserves Scheduling Exploiting Flexibility from Combined Power and Heat Units and Heat Pumps,” Energy, Vol. 233, 121176, Oct. 2021.
E. Raheli, Q. Wu*, M. Zhang, and C. Wen, “Optimal coordinated operation of integrated natural gas and electric power systems: a review of modeling and solution methods,” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 145, 111134, Jul. 2021.
X. Jin, Q. Wu*, H. Jia, and N. D. Hatziargyriou, “Optimal Integration of Building Heating Loads in Integrated Heating/Electricity Community Energy Systems: A Bi-Level MPC Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp.
J. Zhao, Q. Wu*, N. D. Hatziargyriou, F. Li, and F. Teng, “Decentralized Data-Driven Load Restoration in Coupled Transmission and Distribution System with Renewable Energy Integration,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 4435-4444, Sept. 2021.
