Junpeng Zhan, PhD
Biography
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Junpeng Zhan received the B.Eng. and the Ph.D. degrees both in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2009 and 2014, respectively.
He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada since March 2015. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2014. He was a Visiting Research Assistant in University of Liverpool in 2012 and 2013.
From 2008 to 2014, he participated in several government and utility sponsored projects, such as the National High Technology Research and Development 863 Program of China, the National Basic Research Program 973 Program of China, and projects funded by the Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. and the Guangdong Yudean Group Co., Ltd., etc. His research experiences engaged in these projects covered the generation dispatch, maintenance scheduling, wind power integration and load forecast. His current research interest includes the integration of the dynamic thermal rating and renewable electric energy sources in power system operation and planning.
He is the author or co-author of 11 peer-review journal papers and 3 patents. He is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Electric Power Components and Systems, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, etc.
Internship Experience
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1. 2009.07-2009.08: Guangzhou Zhiguang Electric Co., Ltd.
Honors and Awards
- 2014 PhD thesis marked “excellent” by all the five external anonymous reviewers
2. 2013 First-class Award of Honor for Graduate, Zhejiang University
3. 2013 Excellent All-round Student, Zhejiang University
4. 2013 Huayi Scholarship
5. 2012 Second-class Award of Honor for Graduate, Zhejiang University
6. 2012 Voith Scholarship
7. 2011 Scholarship for Joint Training Doctoral Students of Public-sent Graduate Programs of National Building High-level University Project
8. 2010 Outstanding Graduate Leader, Zhejiang University
9. 2010 Second-class Award of Honor for Graduate, Zhejiang University
10. 2009 Recommended Graduate Student of Zhejiang University Exemption of Entrance-Examinations
11. 2009 Honorary Title of "Excellent Graduate of Zhejiang University"
12. 2008 Zhejiang University "Scholarship for Outstanding Merits" (Second class)
13. 2008 Zhejiang University "Scholarship for Outstanding Students" (Second class)
14. 2008 ASUS Scholarship
15. 2008 New Hengli Electric Machine Scholarship
16. 2007 Zhejiang University "Scholarship for Outstanding Merits" (First class)
17. 2007 Zhejiang University "Scholarship for Outstanding Students" (First class)
18. 2007 Zhejiang University "Research and Innovation Scholarship" (First class)
19. 2007 NARI-Relay Scholarship
20. 2007 Zhejiang University "The Contest of Electrical and Electronic Experiment Skills" (Third class)
21. 2007 Zhejiang University "Triple-Good Cup" Class Challenge Match of Table Tennis (The eighth)
22. 2006 Zhejiang University "Scholarship for Outstanding Merits" (Third class)
23. 2006 Zhejiang University "Scholarship for Outstanding Students" (Third class)
24. 2006 Zhejiang Province University Student Higher Mathematics (Calculus) Contest (First class)
Selected Publications
- J. P. Zhan, C. Y. Chung, and A. Zare. A Fast Solution Method for Stochastic Transmission Expansion Planning. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Accepted 2017.
- J. P. Zhan , C. Y. Chung, and Elemer Demeter. Time series modelling for dynamic thermal rating of overhead lines. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Accepted 2016.
- J. P. Zhan, Q. H. Wu, C. X. Guo and X. X. Zhou. Economic Dispatch With Non-convex Objectives–Part I: Local Minimum Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 710-721, 2015.
- J. P. Zhan, Q. H. Wu, C. X. Guo and X. X. Zhou. Economic Dispatch With Non-convex Objectives–Part II: Dimensional Steepest Decline Method. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 722-733, 2015.
- J. P. Zhan, Q. H. Wu, C. X. Guo and X. X. Zhou. Fast λ-iteration Method for Economic Dispatch With Prohibited Operating Zones, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 990-991, 2014.
- C. X. Guo, J. P. Zhan and Q. H. Wu. Dynamic Economic Emission Dispatch Based on Group Search Optimizer With Multiple Producers. Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 86, pp.8-16, 2012.
- J. P. Zhan, C. X. Guo, Q. H. Wu and L. L. Zhang. Generation Maintenance Scheduling Based on Multiple Objectives and Their Relationship Analysis,Journal of Zhejiang University Science C (Computers & Electronics), vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 1035-1047, 2014.
- X. D. Chen, J. P. Zhan, Q. H. Wu and C. X. Guo. Multi-objective Optimization of Generation Maintenance Scheduling. 2014 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (IEEE PES GM 2014). National Harbor, MD, USA. (The Best Conference Paper)
- J. P. Zhan, Q. H. Wu, C. X. Guo, J. H. Zheng, L. L. Zhang and M. Bazargan. Impacts of Wind Power Penetration on Risk Constrained Economic Dispatch. 2013 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC 2013), Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- J. P. Zhan, C. X. Guo, Q. H. Wu and B. J. Wen. Fast Group Search Optimizer and its Application on the Economic Dispatch of Power Systems. Proceedings of the CSEE, Supplement, vol. 38, pp. 1-6, 2012. (In Chinese)
- J. P. Zhan, Y. J. Yin, C. X. Guo and Q. H. Wu. Integrated Maintenance Scheduling of Generators and Transmission Lines Based on Fast Group Searching Optimizer. 2011 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (IEEE PES GM 2011), Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Patents
- Q. H. Wu, J. P. Zhan and X. X. Zhou. Power System Dispatch Method Based on Combined Multi-objective λ-iteration and Newton Method. 2013.09, China, Application No.: CN201310422944.3 (Issued)
- Q. H. Wu, J. P. Zhan and X. X. Zhou. Power System Dispatch Method Considering Generation Units’ Prohibited Operation Zones Based on Extended λ-iteration Method. 2013.09, China, Application No.: CN201310422897.2 (Issued)
- Q. H. Wu and J. P. Zhan . Local Minimum Solution Determination and Global Minimum Searching Method for Power Grid Economic Dispatch. 2013.10, China, Application No.: CN201310482363.9 (issued)
Research
Current Research Area
Real-time Thermal Rating
Contact Information
Junpeng Zhan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan,
3C73, Engineering Building, 57 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
Email: zhanjunpeng@gmail.com