Prof. Suhua Lou

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

IEEE Senior Member

Biography: Suhua Lou (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, in 1996, 2001, and 2005, respectively. She is currently a Professor with HUST. Her research interests are in areas of power system planning, power economics and renewable energy integration.

Prof. Rui Quan

Hubei University of Technology, China

Biography: Quan Rui, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, and External Doctoral Supervisor at China Three Gorges University. His main research focuses on hydrogen energy and fuel cells, thermoelectric power generation, control and energy management of new energy vehicles, and artificial intelligence. In recent years, he has led one project under the National Key R&D Program of China, one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program (rated excellent upon completion), one NSFC Youth Program, one talent program project from the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and one industry-university-research collaboration subsidy project from Hongshan District. He has also presided over more than 10 enterprise-commissioned technical development projects. As the first author or corresponding author, he has published over 40 SCI/EI-indexed papers in top-tier domestic and international journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, Renewable Energy, Applied Thermal Engineering, and the Journal of Electrotechnical Society (including one paper awarded the Outstanding Paper Award by the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and two ESI Highly Cited Papers). He has been granted 22 invention patents as the first inventor and co-authored one national-level planning textbook as associate editor. He has been selected as an expert for the Key Special Project "Energy Storage and Smart Grid" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, an academic backbone of the "Nanhu Scholar" program at Hubei University of Technology, and a "Technology Deputy" in the second batch of the Hubei Provincial Program and the 2021 Jiangsu Provincial Program. He currently serves as a peer review expert for the NSFC, a science and technology award evaluation expert for Hubei and Guangdong provinces, a youth editorial board member of EcoEnergy, a member of the Education Working Committee of the Hubei Electrotechnical Society, and a senior member of the China Society of Automotive Engineers.

Assoc. Prof. Jiashen Teh

University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia

IEEE Member, IET Member

Biography: Dr. Teh demonstrates the advantages of flexible transmission line rating on high voltage (138-400kV) power grids to enhance the integration of solar and wind energies. The research is state-of-the-art because the new relationships of the flexible line rating technology with existing conditions and legacy technologies are investigated. The research enables the optimal enhancements of line ratings while preserving the life-cycle of transmission lines, and thereby improving the reliability of transmission grids. With this new discovery, electric utilities worldwide can safely increase the power capacity of their existing grids, which can enhance the integration of renewable energy and improves the delivery of clean energy to consumers at a minimal cost. Consequently, the dependency on traditional, carbon-emitting fuels is reduced. This assists electric utilities to reduce carbon emissions and, enable them to commit to higher level of ESG standard. Dr. Teh is also a Technical Director of UPE-Power in Taiwan, which he has implemented his research findings on line sensor products developed for applications in Taiwan and Japan. He has published more than 50 journal articles indexed in the globally recognized SCIE database, which he is the first/corresponding author in 34 (>70%) of them, and 30 (>65%) of the articles are ranked in the database’s first quarter. His publications have attracted 2085 citations and 28 h-index on Google Scholar. He has secured around RM800k of research funding, where more than 40% of the amount was obtained abroad (Taiwan, Saudi). He has accumulated RM30k of local consultancy projects. He has 1 pending patent filed in Malaysia. He is the main supervisor of 4 graduated PhD students, and another on-going 9 PhD students. For three consecutive years in 2019, 2020 and 2021 he was the top 2% world-most-cited-researchers according to field by Stanford University. He was the 2021 Outstanding Engineer by the IEEE Power & Energy Malaysia and the 2022 Outstanding Young Professional by the IET Malaysia.