Zhenbin Zhang

Short CV

Dr. Zhang is currently a full professor and institute director at Shandong Uni. Jinan, China. He is interested in design and control of renewable energy conversion systems, including power electronics and motor drives, micro-grids with energy storage, and predictive maintenance of energy conversion systems. Prof. Zhang is an IET Fellow, IET Chartered Engineer, IEEE Senior Member, and selected as the "Lifetime Scientific Impact List" of the world top 2% of scientists released by Stanford Uni. He was awarded the “VDE-AWARD-2017” for his contribution in advanced control for wind energy conversion systems and electrical drives. He was selected for the “1000-Talent” national program of China, and granted the Science Fund for Distinguished Scholars of Shandong Province, China. In addition, he won the Gold Award of Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, the First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Electrotechnical Society, etc. He has been awarded the Best Paper and Presentation prizes at international conferences on a total of 25 occasions.

Selected Awards

• 2024, Science and Technology Innovation Award, China Power Supply Society
• 2024, “Outstanding Paper Award” of IEEE Ind. Electron. Mag., IEEE Ind. Electron. Society
• 2024, Second Prize of University Educator Teaching Competition of Shandong Province, China
• 2024, Gold Award of Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2023, First Prize of Science and Tech. Progress Award, China Electrotechnical Society
• 2022, “Best Paper Award”, IEEE-ICIEA-2022, China (top1 of 460 papers)
• 2021, Second Prize of Anhui Provincial Science and Tech. Progress Award, China
• 2019, “Distinguished Lecturer and Educator”, Shandong University, China
• 2018, National Distinguished Expert (1000 Talents Program) of China, priority support
• 2017, “VDE-Award-2017”, VDE, Bayern, Germany

Research Interests

1. High-power offshore wind energy and motor drives;
2. Hybrid microgrids and intelligent power converters;
3. Predictive maintenance of energy conversion.

Selected Publications

• Y. Sun, D. Kong, Z. Zhang*, et al., “Decoupled Distributed Control of Offshore Wind Farms Connected to DR-HVDC Based on Novel Adaptive Virtual Impedance”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 2024.
• Z. Zhang*, J. Li, Z. Li, et al., "Adaptive Fast-Optimization Predictive Control of MMC with Improved Hybrid Control Framework", IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2024.
• O. Babayomi, Z. Zhang*, Z. Li, et al., “Robust Predictive Control of Grid-Connected Converters: Sensor Noise Suppression with Parallel-Cascade Extended State Observer”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2024 (highly cited paper).
• Z. Zhang*, H. Li, S. Zhou, et al., "An Effective Adaptive-Observer Based Wide Range Encoderless Control for PMSM Drives", IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2023.
• H. Chen, Z. Zhang*, et al., “Digital Twin Techniques for Power Electronics-Based Energy Conversion Systems: Concepts, Application Scenarios, Future Challenges, and Trends”, IEEE Ind. Electron. Mag., 2023.
• M. Zhang, Z. Zhang*, et al. “A Unified Open-Circuit-Fault Diagnosis Method for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Power Converters”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 2023.
• Y. Li, H. He, Z. Li, Z. Zhang*, “Predictive Zero-Sequence Current Control of Multiple Paralleled Power Converters”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2022.
• Z. Zhang*, M. Kazmierkowski, R. Kennel, et al., “Robust Predictive Control of Three-Level NPC Back-to-Back Power Converter PMSG Wind Turbine Systems with Revised Predictions”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 2018 (citation number till Sep. 2024: 203).
• Z. Zhang, F. Gao, et al. “Multiple Vector Model Predictive Power Control for Grid-Tied Wind Turbine System with Enhanced Steady State Control Performances”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2017 (citation number till Sep. 2024: 202).
• Z. Zhang, C. M. Hackl, et al., “Computationally Efficient DMPC for Three-level NPC Back-to-Back Converters in Wind Turbine Systems with PMSG”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., 2017 (citation number till Sep. 2024: 150).