Richard Zhang
Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professor
Mailing Address
900 N Glebe Rd
Arlington, VA 22203
900 N Glebe Rd
Arlington, VA 22203
- Office: 4-014 VT Research Center (Arlington)
- Scholar Profile
- Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1998
- M.S., Tsinghua University, 1993
- B.S., Tsinghua University, 1989
- Introduction to Power and Power Electronics Systems
- EMI and Noise Reduction Techniques and Filter Design
- High Power Electronics and Systems for Renewable and Grid of the Future
Advanced power conversion and systems technologies for Electrified Green Infrastructure, including
- Grid 3.0
- HVDC/MVDC and multi-terminal DC grids
- Renewable integration to the grid
- Utility-scale energy storage integration
- Intelligent Energy Router & microgrids
- ML/AI applications in high power electronics
- Cyber security of infrastructure power conversion
- EV fast-charging infrastructure
- Data center power solutions
- Clean H2 production thru high power electrolysis
- WBG device applications in high power electronics
- IEEE Fellow
- Member-at-Large, IEEE Power Electronics Society (‘08-‘10)
- IEEE Fellow Evaluation Technical Committee– Power Electronics Society, (‘19-‘21)
- 4 IEEE Transaction and Conference Paper Awards
- Chairman, Board of Directors, Powerex, US (‘13 –‘17)
- Chairman/Co-Chair, Industrial Advisory Board, CPES, Virginia Tech (’06 – ’20)
- Board of Directors, GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited, UK (’12-’14)
- Member of Steering Committee, SuperGrid Institute SAS, France (’17-’20)
- CEO Awards – GE Power Conversion, GE Oil & Gas
- Engineering Innovation Award - GE Energy Management
- Best New Product Introduction Award - GE Oil & Gas
- Outstanding Innovation Award - GE Oil & Gas