Assoc. Prof. Muhammad Junaid

China University of Mining and Technology, China

IEEE PES Member/ IEEE Senior Member

Biography:

Muhammad Junaid received his Ph.D. (2020), M.S. (2015), and B.Eng. (2011) in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power system engineering. Since late 2020, he has been serving as an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at King's College Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, and a Lecturer in Power Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering, SARHAD University of Science & Information Technology, in Pakistan. Dr. Junaid's research focuses on alternatives to the SF6 gas and key technologies for fault current interruption, including vacuum interrupters, cryogenic dielectrics, and high voltage insulation. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering (CSEE), the European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS), and IAENG Hong Kong, and a life member of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). He has been involved in 10 funded projects, presiding over 8 of them, and holds 10 patents and 54 publications.

Prof. Weixing Li

Dalian University of Technology, China

Chair of the IEEE PES Northeast Chapter, China

Biography:

Weixing Li, Ph.D., Professor, and Doctoral Advisor, is the Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Dalian University of Technology. He is a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation of Liaoning Province. He serves as Chair of the IEEE PES Renewable Energy Modeling Satellite Subcommittee and expert member of the IEC SC8A New Energy Modeling Working Group. Additionally, he is the Vice Chairman of the Power System Simulation Committee of the China Society for Simulation, Chair of the IEEE PES Northeast Chapter, Vice President of the Liaoning Electrical Engineering Society, Deputy Leader of the Large Power Grid Intelligent Analysis and Control Group of the China Artificial Intelligence Society, and member of the Energy Internet Committee of the China Electrical Engineering Society. He also serves as an editorial board member for SCI/EI journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. Dr. Li has led 12 national-level projects, including key programs funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key R&D Program. He has published over 100 SCI/EI indexed papers and holds nearly 30 authorized national invention patents. His honors include the First Prize of Technical Innovation from the China Energy Research Society, the Second Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress from China Electric Power, the IEEE PES Outstanding Contribution Award in China, and the IEEE Best Conference Paper Award.

Prof. Haoran Zhao

Shandong University, China

Biography:

Haoran Zhao is currently a National Distinguished Professor (appointed in 2017), doctoral advisor, Qilu Young Scholar (selected in 2016), and since January 2022, the Associate Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Shandong University. Starting March 2025, he serves as Assistant to the President of Shenyang Ligong University (concurrently appointed), dispatched by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee to serve Northeast China. He earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Shandong University, Technische Universität Berlin, and the Technical University of Denmark, respectively, between 2001 and 2014. He was awarded the National Outstanding Overseas Student Scholarship in 2014. Previously, he has worked at State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, Younicos AG (Germany), DIgSILENT GmbH (Germany), and the Power and Energy Center at the Technical University of Denmark. He joined the School of Electrical Engineering at Shandong University full-time in October 2017. From 2019 to 2020, he also served as Deputy Director of the Construction Office for Shandong University’s Longshan Campus (Innovation Harbor). In terms of academic service, he is currently Vice President of the Shandong Energy Research Society, a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of the China Electrotechnical Society, and an expert in higher education teaching evaluation for the Ministry of Education. He is a member of CIGRE Working Groups C6.C1.33 (Integrated Energy Systems) and C4.56 (Electromagnetic Transient Simulation Models for Large-Scale Power Electronic Grid Connections), as well as an expert of the IEC SC 8A working group. Additionally, he serves on committees including the Power Distribution Network Control and Operation Committee and the Energy Internet Committee of the China Electrical Engineering Society, the Artificial Intelligence and Electrical Applications Committee of the Chinese Society for Electrical Technology, the Comprehensive Energy Digital Twin Committee of the China Society for Simulation, and the Integrated Energy Committee of the Renewable Energy Society. He has been listed in the global top 2% annual influential scientists ranking.

Assoc. Prof. Bowen Zhou

Northeastern University, China

Biography:

Bowen Zhou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Communist Party Member. He was admitted to the School of Electrical Engineering at Wuhan University in September 2006, majoring in Electrical Engineering and Automation, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in June 2010. In September 2010, he was recommended through an interview to pursue a master's degree in Power Systems and Automation at the same school and graduated in June 2012. In February 2012, he was nationally sponsored to study for a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He obtained his doctoral degree in July 2016 and then joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University. He previously served as Assistant to the Dean of the School of Information Science and Engineering and was appointed Associate Dean of the School of Future Technology in January 2021. His main areas of teaching and research include power and energy system operation, electric vehicle and grid interaction, virtual energy storage, demand response, and industrial intelligence. He currently serves as a board member of the IEEE PES Transformer Committee China Chapter, an executive member of the IEEE PES PSOPE Committee’s Subcommittee on Integrated Energy System Operation, Planning and Business Models China Chapter, and a board member of the IEEE PES Electric Vehicle Committee’s Power Battery Subcommittee China Chapter. He has been awarded two first prizes and two third prizes of provincial and ministerial-level Scientific and Technological Progress.