Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Xu Yan
Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Cham Tao Soon Professor in Engineering, College of Engineering
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Dr Xu received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, and PhD degree from The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, all in electrical engineering.
After graduation, he conducted postdoctoral research with the University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship in Australia and then joined Nanyang Technological University with Nanyang Assistant Professorship. He was promoted to Associate Professor in early 2021, and since early 2024 has been appointed as the inaugural Cham Tao Soon Professor in Engineering (an endowed professorship named after the founding president of NTU). He is now serving as the Director of Center for Power Engineering (CPE) and Co-Director of SP Group-NTU Joint Lab at School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the Cluster Director (Smart Grids & Microgrids) at Energy Research Institute (ERI@N) at NTU.
Dr Xu and his SODA (Stability, Optimization, and Data-Analytics) group are focusing on:
1) stability and control of renewable-energy power systems
2) control, operation, and planning for microgrids and distributed energy resources (DERs)
3) AI and data-analytics for smart grids
As the first/corresponding author, Dr Xu has published 3 books, along with 135 IEEE Transactions and 35 IET journal papers. He has 23 "Web-of-Science Highly Cited Papers”, 10 IEEE/IET paper contest and conference best paper awards, the 2022 IET Premium Award (Best Paper), the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Award, the 2020 IET Energy Conversion & Economics Premium Paper Award, and the 2018 Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award. His research outcomes have been practically applied/licensed to industry partners in Australia, the USA, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, China Mainland, and Singapore.
His research in Singapore is funded by a range of agencies and industry partners, including National Research Foundation (NRF), Ministry of Education (MOE), Energy Market Authority (EMA), AStar, Housing & Development Board (HDB), DSO National Laboratories, Rolls-Royce, Singtel, Infineon, JTC (Jurong Town Corporation), SingaporePower (SP) Group, Lite-On, TrinaSolar, and technology start-up companies, etc.
Besides, he has been actively collaborating with universities in Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, UK, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Germany, India, and the USA through joint research projects and research student exchanges.
Dr Xu's professional service roles include Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. Smart Grid and IEEE Trans. Power Systems, Chairman of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter (2021 and 2022), and the General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE ISGT-Asia Conference, Nov. 2022.
Dr Xu is the recipient of the 2024 Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) by NTU, and the 2024 Outstanding Engineer Award by IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter.
Dr Xu and his SODA (Stability, Optimization, and Data-Analytics) group are focusing on:
1) stability and control of renewable-energy power systems
2) control, operation, and planning for microgrids and distributed energy resources (DERs)
3) AI and data-analytics for smart grids
As the first/corresponding author, Dr Xu has published 3 books, along with 135 IEEE Transactions and 35 IET journal papers. He has 23 "Web-of-Science Highly Cited Papers”, 10 IEEE/IET paper contest and conference best paper awards, the 2022 IET Premium Award (Best Paper), the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Award, the 2020 IET Energy Conversion & Economics Premium Paper Award, and the 2018 Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award. His research outcomes have been practically applied/licensed to industry partners in Australia, the USA, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, China Mainland, and Singapore.
Besides, he has been actively collaborating with universities in Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, UK, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Germany, India, and the USA through joint research projects and research student exchanges.
Dr Xu's professional service roles include Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. Smart Grid and IEEE Trans. Power Systems, Chairman of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter (2021 and 2022), and the General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE ISGT-Asia Conference, Nov. 2022.
Dr Xu is the recipient of the 2024 Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) by NTU, and the 2024 Outstanding Engineer Award by IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter.
Power Systems Engineering, Smart Grid, Microgrids, Renewable Energy Systems, Data Analytics
- Wide-Area Measurements based Data-Driven Stability Analysis and Operation of Renewable Energy-based Power Grids
- Physics and Knowledge Transfer-based Cognitive Digital Twin for Advanced Battery Analytics
- Integrated Energy Storage Solutions
- Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS)for Energy Grid 2.0
- WP1 - Project 1.2: Battery Testing and Modelling (PI: Xu Yan)
- Risk-based Asset Investment and Planning Optimisation
- Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator)
- Cyber and Physical Security Assessment of Power Grid with High-Level Distributed Energy Resources and Asset Ageing & Degradation
- Next Generation AI based System Security Assessment Tools for Renewable Dominated Power Grids with HVDC Links
- Temporal-Spatial Impact Analysis of Climate Changes on Renewable Energy and Load Demands
- WP3: Energy Market Operations
- Cham Tao Soon Professor in Engineering
- Project 1: Risk-Based Asset Investment and Planning Optimization
- Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS) for Energy Grid 2.0
- Project 3-2: Energy Management System for Onshore Microgrid
- Data-driven Dynamic Simulator for Power System Stability Assessment
Awards
- 2024 Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator), by NTU
- 2024 Outstanding Engineer Award, by IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter
- 2023 IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Hangzhou, China, Best Paper Award
- 2022 IET Premium Award (Best Paper)
- 2021 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Award
- 2020 IET Energy Conversion & Economics, Premium Paper Award
- 2018 Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award
- 2020 WCCI Competition “Learning to Run a Power Network (L2RPN)”, Third Prize
- IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Best Paper Award (2020, 2019, 2017)
- IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Best Paper Award (2023, 2017)
- 2018 IET Int. Conf. Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM) Conference, Hong Kong, Best Paper Award
- 2024 Outstanding Engineer Award, by IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Singapore Chapter
- 2023 IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Hangzhou, China, Best Paper Award
- 2022 IET Premium Award (Best Paper)
- 2021 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Outstanding Paper Award
- 2020 IET Energy Conversion & Economics, Premium Paper Award
- 2018 Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award
- 2020 WCCI Competition “Learning to Run a Power Network (L2RPN)”, Third Prize
- IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Best Paper Award (2020, 2019, 2017)
- IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Best Paper Award (2023, 2017)
- 2018 IET Int. Conf. Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM) Conference, Hong Kong, Best Paper Award
Fellowships & Other Recognition
- Cham Tao Soon Professorship in Engineering (an endowed professorship named after the founding president of NTU)
- Nanyang Assistant Professorship (university named assistant professorship)
- University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship (university named postdoctoral fellowship)
- Nanyang Assistant Professorship (university named assistant professorship)
- University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship (university named postdoctoral fellowship)
Courses Taught
EE4533 Power Apparatus and Protection
EE3015 Power Systems and Conversion
EE2005 Electric Machine and Devices
EE2010 Circuit Analysis
EE6509 Renewable Energy Systems in Smart Grids
EE4530 Power System Analysis and Control
EE3015 Power Systems and Conversion
EE2005 Electric Machine and Devices
EE2010 Circuit Analysis
EE6509 Renewable Energy Systems in Smart Grids
EE4530 Power System Analysis and Control