Zhenyu Zhao

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Birmingham

I defended my PhD thesis in November 2024 and have started working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Power Systems | Renewable Energy | Machine Learning | Data Science

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About Me

Who am I
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I earned my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Temple University, where I was advised by Prof. Liang Du. I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher working with Prof. Weiqi Hua at the University of Birmingham.

My CV

Skills

What I can offer

Research experience

More than 4 years

Collaborate with PJM Interconnection

Power system with large scale renewable energy injection research

Collaborate with Plug Power

Device prognostic health monitoring system research

Data analysis

Multiple research projects

Data warehousing

Quantitative analysis

Topological Data Analysis

Machine Learning

Multiple research projects

LSTM

Transformer

Factorization Machine

Industry Experience

Multiple internships during PhD

Intern at PJM Interconnection, 11 months

Intern at Siemens, 3 months

Experience

My personal journey
Education
Work

PhD, Electrical Engineering

Temple University
Jan 2021 - Dec 2024

PhD, Computer and Information Science

Temple University
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 , Transfered to ECE

MS, Electrical Engineering

George Washington University
Aug 2018 - May 2020

BE, Automation

Wuhan University of Technology
Aug 2014 - May 2018

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Birmingham
Nov 2024 - Present

Intern

Siemens
Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Intern

PJM Interconnection
Jun 2023 - Apr 2024 (part-time since Aug 2023)

Research Assistant

Temple University
Jan 2021 - Dec 2024

Teaching Assistant

Temple University
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

Publication and Activities

Academic achievement

Selected
Conference
Papers

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Conference Paper

  • D. Moscovitz, Z. Zhao, L. Du, and X. Fan, ''Bilevel Nodal Behind-the-meter Solar Disaggregation Under Unexpected Extreme Weather Conditions," 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Seattle, WA, USA, 2024
  • Z. Zhao, D. Moscovitz, L. Du and X. Fan, "Factorization Machine Learning for Disaggregation of Transmission Load Profiles with High Penetration of Behind-the-Meter Solar" , IEEE Energy Conversion Congres & Expo. (ECCE 2023), Nashville, TN, October 29- Nov 2, 2023
  • Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, and L. Du, ”Modeling and Classification of EV Charging Profiles Utilizing Topological Data Analysis”, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conf. & Expo, (ITEC 2023), Detroit, MI, June 19-21, 2023
  • Z. Zhao, D. Moscovitz, S. Wang, X. Fan, and L. Du, ”Semi-Supervised Disaggregation of Daily Load Profiles at Transmission Buses with Significant Behind-the-Meter Solar Generations”, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo. (ECCE 2022), Detroit, MI, October 9-13, 2022

Selected
Journal
Papers

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Transaction Paper

  • Z. Zhao, D. Moscovitz, L. Du, S. Wang, and X. Fan, ''Deep Factorization Machine Model for Disaggregation of Transmission Load Profiles with High Penetration of Behind-The-Meter Solar", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, in press
  • Z. Zhao, D. Moscovitz, Z. Huang, and L. Du ''Long-Term Transmission-scale Behind-The-Meter Solar Prediction with Time-series Dense Encoder", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, under review
  • S. Ziyabari, Z. Zhao, L. Du and S. K. Biswas, "Multi-Branch ResNet-Transformer for Short-Term Spatio-Temporal Solar Irradiance Forecasting," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • D. Moscovitz, Z.Zhao, L. du, X.Fan, "Semi-Supervised, Non-Intrusive Disaggregation of Nodal Load Profiles with Significant Behind-the-Meter Solar Generation" in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Selected
Review
Activity

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Reviewer for

  • IET Smart Grid
  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • IEEE VPPC
  • IEEE CDC

News

Recent work and life

Start New Journey in UK

As of November 2024, I have started working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Birmingham.

Passed Defense Presentation

As of November 2024, I have successfully defend my PhD thesis.

Siemens Internship

I am excited to announce that I will be joining Siemens as an intern for the summer of 2024 at their Minnetonka location.

Passed Defense Proposal

As of December 2023, I successfully presented my defense proposal and have been elevated to the status of PhD candidate.

PJM Internship Extended

As of December 2023, I finished my fall semester intern at PJM Interconnection and will continue working there as a part-time intern throughout the 2024 spring semester.

Attend ITEC 2023

As the recipient of IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Student Travel Award, 2023, I attended ITEC 2023 to present my paper and volunteer at the event.

Passed Preliminary Test (QE)

I passed my PhD preliminary test in December 2022.

Contact Me

Open to Work & Collaboration

Email

z.zhao@bham.ac.uk

Location

SW11 5PZ, London, England