Advanced Power Electronics Technologies and Applications
This special session focuses on the frontiers of power electronics and energy electrification. It covers wireless power transfer and micro-energy harvesting, power electronic converter topologies, modeling, and control, electric traction systems and control, power electronics and artificial intelligence, wind, PV, and energy storage conversion for new energy systems and microgrids, as well as rail transit, electric vehicles, and electric drive systems. The session aims to bring together experts, scholars, and engineers in related fields to showcase the latest research achievements, discuss key theories, core technologies, and engineering applications, promote interdisciplinary integration and industry-academia-research collaboration, and advance the development of power electronics technology in transportation electrification, renewable energy utilization, and intelligent energy systems.Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Advanced Power Electronics Technologies and Applications
2. Wireless Power Transfer and Micro-Energy Harvesting Technologies
3. Power Electronic Converter Topologies, Modeling, and Control
4. Electric Traction Systems and Control
5. Power Electronics and Artificial Intelligence
6. Wind, PV, and Energy Storage Conversion for New Energy Systems and Microgrids
7. Rail Transit, Electric Vehicles, and Electric Drive Systems
Chairs:
Xiaoqiang Wang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
He has long been engaged in research on high-efficiency power conversion, advanced digital control technologies, wireless power transfer, and related fields. He has published 16 SCI/EI-indexed papers as first author, including 12 papers in Q1 journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE) and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPE), with a cumulative impact factor of over 100. He has been granted or has pending 5 invention patents. He received the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from Southwest Jiaotong University, the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, multiple best paper awards and outstanding presenter awards at high-level domestic and international conferences, and the National First Prize as supervisor at the 17th China Graduate Electronics Design Contest. He is currently leading projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), the Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Program), as well as enterprise-sponsored technology development collaborations.
Xin Zhang, Zhejiang University, China
He is a tenured researcher and doctoral supervisor at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas), Category A. He received dual Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Control Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the University of Sheffield in 2014 and 2016, respectively. From 2017 to 2020, he served as an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (QS World University Rankings No. 15 in 2025), while also serving as Director of the New Energy Research Institute. He joined Zhejiang University in 2020 as a Hundred Talents Program Researcher (Category A in Natural Science) and was exceptionally promoted to a tenured position in January 2025. He currently serves as Executive Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration Battery Energy Storage Technology R&D Center, Associate Editor of seven SCI journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE), a review expert for the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Education, and Chief Energy Storage Scientist at CATL Headquarters.
Junhong Yi , Xihua University, China
His research focuses on high-efficiency, high-power-density power converter topologies and control. He has published 5 SCI/EI-indexed papers as first author and more than 20 additional papers in collaboration with other researchers. He has been granted or has pending 1 invention patent. He previously worked in power supply R&D at ZTE Energy Research Institute and Beijing Xinleineng, where he gained extensive experience in product development. He is currently leading one major science and technology special project funded by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, as well as multiple enterprise technology development cooperation projects.