About Me

Currently a Ph.D. candidate
focusing on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy

Ph.D. candidate at Northeastern University, MA, USA, surpervised by Prof. Brad Lehman and Prof. Mahshid Amirabadi. My current research focuses are:

  • Robust and generalized fault detection, classification and segmentation in PV plant.
  • PV grid-tie (grid-forming) inverter topology modeling and control.
  • Real-time accurate battery state-of-health assessment algorithm.

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), supervised by Dr. Zian Qin, focusing on decentralized multiport converter.

B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering (Cum laude) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong Univerisity (SWJTU).

Please find my brief CV here.

Publication

Conference Paper

S. Wang, M. Amirabadi and B. Lehman, "A Real-Time Degradation Estimation Approach for Batteries in PV and Battery Hybrid Plant Operation," 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023, pp. 493-499, doi: 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362788.

Journal Paper

Still working on it...

Peer Reviews

Reviewer for ECCE 2024

Reviewer for ECCE Europe 2024

Reviewer for ITEC 2024

Reviewer for APEC 2024

Reviewer for PEDG 2023

News

2024.10

My paper for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo 2024 (ECCE 2024) will be scheduled in poster session 2, on Tuesday, October 22nd at 10:30 AM in Exhibit Hall, and the pdf version can also be found here.

2023.10

My poster for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo 2023 (ECCE 2023) will be scheduled in poster session 2, on Tuesday, October 31st at 10:00 AM in Exhibit Hall B, and the pdf version can also be found here.

2023.09

My paper entitled A Real-Time Degradation Estimation Approach for Batteries in PV and Battery Hybrid Plant Operation has been accepted for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo 2023 (ECCE 2023), and I will present a poster at the conference.

2023.05

I passed the qualifying exam and am officially a Ph.D. candidate.

2022.09

I officially joined Prof. Brad Lehman's group at Northeastern University, to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engieering.

2022.08

I have successfully graduated from Delft University of Technology and obtained a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.

2022.01

Congratulations on my advisor Dr. Zian Qin being promoted to be a tenured assistant professor @ TU Delft!

2021.12

I officially joined DCE&S group of TU Delft for my master research of multi-port power converter.

2021.12

I have deployed my own website! :)

Teaching

EECE5684 Power Electronics

2023.1 - 2023.5

Teaching Assistant @ Northeastern University.

EECE5670 Sustainable Energy

2023.9 - 2023.12

Teaching Assistant @ Northeastern University.

EECE5684 Power Electronics

2024.1 - 2024.5

Teaching Assistant @ Northeastern University.

Master Thesis Project

Multi-Active-Bridge Converter

GaN-Based Hot-Swappable Multi-Active-Bridge (MAB) Converter

Master thesis project @ TU Delft.
The research aims to design a multi-port DC-DC converter via a single multi-winding transformer, by which multiple sources, storages, and loads in a DC microgrid systems can be interconnected and hot-swapped.
The thesis can be found at this link.

The converter has the following key features.

GaN HEMT based switching bridge guarantees low semiconductor losses and high power density.

A planar transformer with PCB winding minimizes leakage inductance.

Master-slave configuration facilitates decoupled power flow.

Modular ports with different power ratings and voltage ratings are hot-swappable from the live MAB converter.

Adaptive decentralized control independently controls power flow.

Reference:
[1] Bandyopadhyay, S., Purgat, P., Qin, Z., & Bauer, P. (2021). A Multiactive Bridge Converter With Inherently Decoupled Power Flows. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(2), 2231-2245. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2020.3006266
[2] POWER MODULE, MULTI-PORT POWER CONVERTER AND ENERGY SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME, 4A/P183582NL00, patent filed

Previous Projects

Ample experiences in various aspects of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Modular Power Supply

2021.9 - 2021.11

Research Intern @ ABB. 1.5kW inverter modules with high scalability and high overload capability.

200kW Three-Phase Inverter

2021.4 - 2021.6

A 200kW grid-tie three-phase half-bridge inverter with high stability margins in control system, and efficiency higher than 99% and a THD of 3.5%.

Coil Design for Inductive Power Transfer

2020.10 - 2020.11

A 40W and 20mm vertical distance coupling coil with 95% efficiency. The description poster can be found here.

Voltage-Controlled Filter

2020.2 - 2020.6

Bachelor thesis project @ KU Leuven. The modular peak filters whose central frequency and amplification are voltage-controlled can be used in audio processing. Typical application: music equalizer. The video description can be found through this link.

Server Programming

2019.9 - 2020.1

Temperature sensor data management server based on Linux environment. Server main process is required to fetch sensor data from TCP data stream and store them in file and database, while auxiliary process keeps log.

Personalized Map with Navigation

2019.4 - 2019.6

Normal map will choose the shortest or fastest path from A to B, but this Java-based Android app provides you with a personalized detour solution based on your personality.

Eletronic Piano with LED Matrix Display

2019.2 - 2019.6

An educational electronic piano with 8 keys (1 octave) that is capable of producing chords. The LED matrix display cues the notes three syllables ahead and gives feedback on the keys players pressed. The detailed manual can be found here.

Contact Me

Email: wang.shum(at)northeastern(dot)edu
Address: Dana Research Center, 100 Forsyth St, Boston, MA 02115