2024 4th International Conference on Energy, Power and Advanced Thermodynamic Systems (EPATS 2024)
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IEEE Fellow

 Prof. Fushuan Wen
Zhejiang University, China


Professor Fushuan Wen received the BE and ME degrees from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and the PhD degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1991, all in electrical engineering. He joined the faculty of Zhejiang University in 1991, and has been a full professor and the director of the Institute of Power Economics and Information since 1997, and the director of Zhejiang University-Insigma Joint Research Center for Smart Grids since 2010. His research interests include: 1) power economics and electricity markets; 2) power system investment, planning and operation optimization; 3) smart grids and electric vehicles; 4) power system alarm processing, fault diagnosis and system restoration; 5) artificial intelligence applications in power and integrated energy systems. He has published 200+ SCI-indexed papers, 670+ EI-indexed papers, and 760+ Scopus-indexed papers. His publications have been cited for 16500+ times. He has completed and is undertaking more than 180 grants and projects from governmental organizations and industry. Prof Wen received many awards both at the national level and provincial level, including the most prestigious National Natural Science Award of China. He has been listed in "Most Cited Chinese Researchers" in seven consecutive years since 2015 by Elsevier, and is the author of one of the China's 100 Most Influential Domestic Academic Papers in 2016. Prof Wen is the editor-in-chief of Energy Conversion and Economics (SPERI, IET, Wiley), the deputy editor-in-chief of Journal of Automation of Electric Power Systems, a subject editor in power system economics of IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, associate editor of Journal of Energy Engineering and Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy. He is also on the editorial boards of more than 10 journals. Prof Wen was the General Chairman of 2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES 2020), Nov. 23-26, 2020, Perth, Australia. Prof Wen was elected to IEEE Fellow for contributions to fault diagnosis in power grids.

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Prof. Chong Kok Keong

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia


Prof. Dr. Chong Kok-Keong received B.Sc. (Hons) 1st class degree from University of Malaya in 1998 and Ph.D. (Optical Engineering) degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2002. He is also Fulbright visiting scholar in Princeton University, USA for the period of Sep-Dec 2015. Currently, he is full professor in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman teaching the subjects of solar cell technology, renewable energy, optoelectronics, electronic circuit, microsystem technology, circuit theory, electronic power converter etc. He is a chartered engineer registered under the engineering council, United Kingdom and a certified HRDF trainer with certificate no. TTT/14963.
For research experience, he has been working in the field of solar energy and photovoltaic system for more than 17 years and his research interest including concentrating solar power, high concentrator photovoltaic system, organic solar cell, photovoltaic system, and solar thermal system. To date, he has produced more than 100 publications, including journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters. Up to today, he has been principal investigator and project leader for seven external and three internal research grants with total amount of RM 3.45 Million, including the largest research grant with total amount of RM 1.988 Million from Ministry of Energy, Water and Green Technology to commercialize his research output. As main supervisor, he has produced five graduates in Ph.D. of engineering and seven graduates in Master of Engineering Science by research.
For recognition, he has been honored to receive Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) 2018, Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) Science & Technology Award 2017, JCI Ten Young Outstanding Malaysian (TOYM) Award 2013, Fulbright Scholar Award 2015-16, Gold Award in PECIPTA’17, as well as UTAR Research Excellence Award 2010 and UTAR Innovation Excellence Award 2012 & 2014. He is also elected as Fellow of Academy of Science Malaysia 2019, Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) 2018, Associate Fellow of AAET 2013, Global Young Academy 2014, Young Affiliate Fellow for The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2011, Young Scientist Network-Academy of Science Malaysia 2012, and Honorary Treasury of Fulbright Alumni Association Malaysia. In addition, he was invited to showcase research product in main exhibition hall of Malaysia Pavilion – World Expo 2017 Astana with theme “Future Energy”, which is the largest exhibition in the world.
For the community services, he is appointed as sub-group leader of Working Group on Solar Photovoltaic System (WG/E/8-1), SIRIM, and Accreditation Committee Member of Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA). For editorial services, he is associate editor of Frontiers in Energy Research: Solar Energy (Frontiers: a Swiss-based open access publisher part of the Nature Publishing Group).

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Prof. Pierluigi Siano

University of Salerno, Italy


Pierluigi Siano is Full Professor of Electrical Power Systems and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. Since 2019 he received the award as Highly cited Researcher by ISI Web of Science Group.

According to the study conducted by some Stanford University researchers, it has been included in the ranking of 100 thousand international scientists, belonging to different disciplinary fields and with greater scientific impact. The investigation was conducted by some Stanford University researchers who, starting from the SCOPUS database containing the list of scholars of the world classified by scientific production, developed a composite indicator that takes into account all possible bibliometric parameters (h index, number publications, citations, journal relevance, sector relevance, etc.), in order to generate a wider ranking, focused on the scientific relevance of scientists, in relation to the activity of the last 23 years. 

He is Full Professor of Electrical Energy Engineering and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. His research activities are centered on demand response, on the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids and on planning and management of power systems. He has co-authored more than 450 papers including more than 200 international journal papers that received more than 7600 citations with an H-index equal to 44.

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Prof. I.Neethi Manickam

Renganayagi Varatharaj College of Engineering, India


Dr. I.Neethi Manickam is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering presently working as the Principal at Renganayagi Varadharaj College of Engineering, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. He has 34 years of experience in teaching, administration and research at various levels as Professor, Head of the Department and Principal. He holds B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (Madurai Kamaraj University, 1989), M.Tech. Energy Engineering (Distinction) (2000) (National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirapalli, Ph.D. Energy Engineering (2009) (Anna University, Chennai).


He has received 8 awards and appreciations from different organizations. He has organized 24 numbers of TEDA, MNRE, ISRO, PCRA, SAE, DIC, AICTE, Anna University sponsored workshops, seminar, conference, FDP, webinars, Entrepreneurship Development and Renewable Energy Awareness Programs. He has attended 21 numbers of workshop, training, seminars, national & international conferences, convention, FDP and 43 numbers of webinars organized by premier organizations. He has delivered 11 numbers of expert lectures in different institutions. He is a member in professional societies Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Association of Hydrologist (IAH) and Institution of Engineers (IE).


He has published 21 numbers of research papers in various Scopus and SCI indexed journals and 23 papers in peer reviewed different international journals. He has presented 10 papers in various international conferences and 8 papers in national conferences. He has carried out 3 demonstration projects sponsored by MNRE, New Delhi and 1 from TNSCST, Chennai. He has chaired many conferences and acting as reviewer for 5 different international journals.


He is a recognized research supervisor of Anna University, Chennai and produced 4 Ph.D. He authored five test books in the field of Thermal engineering, Power Plant Engineering, Advanced IC Engine and Engineering Graphics.

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Assoc Prof. Ranjith kumar Gatla
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, India


Ranjith Kumar Gatla is working as an Associate Professor in the EEE Department and Dean of Intellectual Property Management and Commercialization at the Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Hyderabad, India. He received the M.Tech. degree in power electronics from SRM University, Chennai, India, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2008 and 2019, respectively. Dr. Ranjith Kumar Gatla has 11+ years of experience in academia, research, teaching, and academic administration. His current research interests include the reliability of power electronics systems, grid-connected PV systems, multilevel inverters, and electric vehicle technologies.


Dr. Ranjith Kumar Gatla is an IEEE Senior Member. He is a Life-Member of ISTE, Associate Member of IE (I), and Member of IAENG. He published 40+ research papers and 4+ patents. He is a frequent reviewer, editorial board member and TPC member in flagship conferences and refereed journals.

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Assoc Prof. Veera Venkata Subrahmanya Kumar Bhajana

KIIT University, India


Veera Venkata Subrahmanya Kumar Bhajana received his degrees B.E in Electronics and Communication engineering from Sapthagiri college of engineering Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu, India(University of Madras), in 2000, M.E from the P.S.N.A College of engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamilnadu,India under Anna University, Chennai in the year 2005 and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Bharath University, Chennai, India in 2011. He has 17 years of teaching experience in various engineering institutes in India. He is previously associated as a post-doc researcher at the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic from August 2013 to June 2015. He has collaborated with the Department of Electrical Machines and Drives, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland as a Visiting Professor. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the School of Electronics Engineering at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India since December 2011. He has presented papers in many reputed IEEE international conferences and has published many international journal (SCI) papers. He was currently being a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals like IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, IET Power Electronics, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications,International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems. He has presented papers in most reputed IEEE international conferences are IECON, ISIE, ICIT, EPE-ECCE and PEDS. His areas of interest include Power Electronics Engineering, Soft-Switching DC-DC converters, AC-AC, and Multilevel converters.

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Assoc Prof. Anjali garg

The NorthCap University, India

Dr Anjali Garg did her graduation from Murthal College of Engg., MD University and post graduation from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University. She topped her batch in MTech and was awarded the gold medal by the University. During her MTech She did her thesis on “Rough Set Theory” and participated in National Conference held at DCE, Delhi. She has done PhD in Intelligent Control on Induction Generators, from NIT Kurukshetra. She is life time member of ISTE. A specialist in control and instumentation , Dr Anjali Garg has guided a number of projects based on machines, control and fuzzy logic. She has contributed significantly to the development of the Network Theory Laboratory; Control system Laboratory, Electrical Technology and Machines Laboratory and Fuzzy Logic Laboratory at the Institute. Various Lab Manuals are also prepared under her guidelines. Prior to her appointment as Lecturer at NCU, Gurugram she worked as Lecturer at Dronacharya College of Engg., Gurugram. She has a total teaching experience of 15 years. Her areas of interest are control system, Network Theory, Electrical Technology, Electrical machines and Fuzzy Logic.
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Assoc. Prof. Ali khosravi
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark


Currently, Ali khosravi is an Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. he received his Ph.D. degree in Energy and Sustainability from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. Before joining SDU, he worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University, where he focused on building system-level solutions for Finland's current sustainable energy transition (2018-2022). His areas of interest include energy and sustainability, energy planning, renewable energy systems, energy storage, artificial intelligence (AI), and thermodynamics. His expertise is integrating artificial intelligence in energy engineering to develop carbon-neutral and cost-effective energy systems. He have been listed in the Stanford University World's Top 2% of scientists in the field of energy, 2021 and 2022.
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Assoc. Prof. Xiaomin Kang

University of South China, China


He achieved his bachelor and Ph.D degree in Material Sciecne and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University in 2011 and 2017, respectively. After graduation, he further served as a postdoctor and research fellow in Prof. Luo Jinglli’s group (Fellow of the Canadian Academay of Engineering) to fulfil his job in the research of next generation energy conversion and storage devices, with an emphasis on exploring the oxygen evolution/reduction reaction and electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion at room temperatures. In 2022, he worked as an Associated Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, University of South China. Till now, He is hosting a National Natural Science Foundation of China, Shenzhen Postdoctral innovatiove research progam, respectively. As a core-participant, he is a member in Shenzhen Innovative Research Team Program:  Hydrogen energy and fuel cell electrocatalytic materials and Innovative project of Shenzhen graphene manufacturing innovation center: Development of graphene based materials for anti-corrosion and antifouling of marine equipment and facilities, respectively. Besides, he once hosted a China Postocroral Science Foundation in 2019. Till now, he has published over 15 papers and 4 patents in Chemical Communication, Polymer Chemistry, Journal of Material Chemistry A, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, etc.
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Prof. Chunhua Liu

City University of Hong Kong, China


Prof. Chunhua Liu received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in automatic control from Beijing Institute of Technology, China, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 2009. From Mar. 2010 to Aug. 2013, he served as Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. From Sep. 2013 to Aug. 2014, he served as Assistant Professor, and then in 2015 as Honorary Assistant Professor also at The University of Hong Kong.


Prof. Liu joined the School in CityU as Assistant Professor in Aug 2015. His research interest covers the Electrical Energy and Power Technologies for smart energy conversion, integration, distribution, and utilization, including electric motors and drives, electric generators; electric vehicle technologies, vehicle-to-home, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-grid; smart grid & microgrid technologies; sustainable & renewable energy systems; wireless power transfer technologies, and smart devices for robotics. He is all-round in electrical and electronic engineering and hence accomplished over 30 projects in the abovementioned areas and corresponding abundant publication record.


Prof. Liu is Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of IEEE Societies of IES, PES, IAS & RAS, and serves as Reviewer for over 30 international journals. He serves as Associate Editor of IET – Renewable Power Generation, and Editorial Board Member of Wireless Power Transfer from Cambridge Journals, etc.. He has published over 70 leading papers in journals and over 30 papers in conferences in 2015. His Google-Scholar Citations are over 1800 in June 2015.
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Assoc. Prof. Bowen Zhou

Northeastern University, China


Bowen Zhou received the PhD degree from Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, in 2016, in electrical and electronic engineering. e joined Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2016, where he is currently working as an associate professor. He is also the vice dean of School of Future Technologies, Northeastern University. 

His research interests include power and energy system operation and control, vehicle to grid, virtual energy storage and demand response, intelligent control of industrial loads. He is the PI of more than 15 government and industry sponsored projects, including NSFC and National Key R&D Program of China. He has published more than 70 SCI or EI indexed papers and holds 20 patents, 5 software, and 1 standard. 4 papers that he authored or co-authored have won best paper awards including IEEE TCE. He has also received 4 first awards of provincial level science and technology advances award, and 2 silver awards of the 48th Geneva Inventions.

He is a member of the Expert Committee of China Energy Society. He is also a standing director or director of several IEEE PES China committees and subcommittees. He has served as a Youth Editorial Board Member, Editorial Board Member, and Special Issue Guest Editor of several international and domestic journals, and the session chairs and TC/PC members for more than 10 IEEE, IET, CCDC international conferences.

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Prof. Ahmad Sedaghat

Australian University, Kuwait


Dr. Ahmad Sedaghat is currently an associate professor at Australian College of Kuwait (ACK), an adjunct professor of the Central Queensland University (CQU) Australia, and a fellow member of Engineers Australia. He is the principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI of several ACK and the jointly ACK-CQU international research projects in energy saving for buildings, nanofluid system for smart biomedical devices and water treatment networks, aeroelastic energy harvesting, wheelchair fall, and is engaged with development of a patented automated viscometer. He has more than 25 years of international academic and research experiences including Postdoctoral positions in High Performance Computing (MMARINE European project at K.U. Leuven in Belgium, 1997), and three EPSRC Postdoctoral positions: in CFD & Computational Non-linear Aeroelasticity (Manchester Univ. & BAE Systems, 1998), Combustion Instabilities (Leeds Univ., 2001), and Innovative Wind Turbines (UCLan, 2008).His past research include experimental heat transfer of nanofluids, irradiative properties of nanolayers, hermetic gas heater, wind tunnel development & testing, innovative wind turbine concepts, wind turbine optimization, hybrid renewable energy systems for hydrogen production, solar systems for water distillation systems, nanofluid for friction reduction of drilling fluids, and development and application of project based learning (PBL) teaching for engineering students. Dr Sedaghat published more than 272 refereed articles with over 1000 citation in various peer reviewed international journals or conferences. He is the associate editor of Natural Resources Conservation and Research journal and in the Editorial board of JEPS, IJEPE, AJEE, & IJSGE, former co-editor and head of publishing office of JAFM and reviewer of several Elsevier journals such as RSER, Applied Energy, ECM, Energy, and International Hydrogen Energy.

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Prof. Khalil El-Hami, University of Mohammed 5 of Rabat, Morocco

Prof. I.Neethi Manickam, Renganayagi Varatharaj College of Engineering, India

Prof. Ting Yang, Tianjin University, China

Prof. Kamil Arslan, Karabük University, Turkey

Prof. Ahmad Sedaghat, Australian University, Kuwait

Prof. Chunhua Liu, City University of Hong Kong, China
Assoc. Prof. Ali khosravi, 
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Assoc. Prof. Bhupender Sharma, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

Assoc. Prof. Rohit Singh Lather, The NorthCap University, India

Assoc. Prof. Tareq Manzoor, Comsats University, Lahore, Pakistan

Assoc. Prof. Hojjatollah Rokhgireh, University of Larestan, Iran

Assoc. Prof. Zafar Said, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

Assoc. Prof. Muhammad Junaid, China University of Mining and Technology, China

Assoc. Prof. Jinghui Zhao, Zhengzhou University, China

Assoc. Prof. Muhyiddine Jradi, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Senior Researcher Yangyang Zhao, State Grid (Suzhou) City and Energy Research Institute, China
Senior Engineer Yizheng Xu, China Electric Power Research Institute, China

Asst. Prof. Sheeraz Iqbal, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
Asst. Prof. Zhen Jiang, Nanjing Guodian Nanzi Power Grid Automation Co., Ltd.

Dr. G K Naveen Kumar, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India

Dr. Mehrdad Rostami, Senior Electrical Engineer at Stantec, Canada

Dr. Arman Oshnoei, Aalborg University, Denmark

Dr. S. Haddout, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco

Dr. Hengshan Xu, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, China
Dr. HongFei Yang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China