JIE ZHANG
jiezhang@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4541
Mailstop: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 3.150F
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
PROFESSOR
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2012
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 2008
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 2006
Research Interests
Machine learning, power & energy systems, sustainable energy, complex networks, energy management, small modular reactors, complex engineered systems
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- Wang, J., Kaushik, H., Jacob, R. A. and Zhang, J., Spatiotemporal Planning of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Demand Estimation and Grid-aware Optimization under Uncertainty, iScience, Vol. 28, Issue 9, 2025, pp. 113368.
- Badakhshan, S., Kaushik, H. and Zhang, J., Stochastic Optimization of Small Modular Reactor and Battery Sizing for Maritime Decarbonization Under Voyage Uncertainties, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, Vol. 11, Issue 5, 2025, pp. 11488-11496.
- Rahman, J. and Zhang, J., Steady-state Modeling of Small Modular Reactors for Multi-timescale Power System Operations with Temporally Coupled Sub-models, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 40, Issue 1, 2025, pp. 793-805.
- Senemmar, S., Jacob, R. A., Badakhshan, S., Rad, A. M., Dowling, M., Mukhi, S., Chow, J., Emblemsvag, J. and Zhang, J., Navigating the Future: Exploring Small Modular Reactors in the Maritime Sector, IEEE Electrification Magazine, Vol. 12, Issue 4, 2024, pp. 30-42. (Invited Paper)
- Jacob, R. A., Paul, S., Chowdhury, S., Gel, Y. R. and Zhang, J., Real-Time Outage Management in Active Distribution Networks Using Reinforcement Learning over Graphs, Nature Communications, Vol. 15, 2024, pp. 4766. (Featured Article)
Major Honors and Awards
- Faculty Research Award, UTD Jonsson School, 2025
- Federal Research Innovation and ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) of the UTD Office of Research and Innovation, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar award, 2022-2023
- Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 2020
- Young Investigator Award, ASME Design Automation Committee, 2020
- 16 Best Paper Awards, e.g., IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (4 times, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2024), Featured Article at Nature Communications
- Associate Editor: Solar Energy, Journal of Mechanical Design, and Journal of Energy Engineering.