JIE ZHANG
jiezhang@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4541
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 3.150F
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
ASSOCIATE 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
Power & energy systems, sustainable energy, complex networks, energy management, machine learning, multidisciplinary design optimization, complex engineered systems
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- 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)
- Badakhshan, S., Rahman, J. and Zhang, J., Black Start of Coastline Power Networks from Grid-forming Ship-to-Grid Services, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 1670-1679.
- Jacob, R. A. and Zhang, J., Modeling and Control of Nuclear-Renewable Integrated Energy Systems: Dynamic System Model for Green Electricity and Hydrogen Production, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 15, Issue 4, 2023, 046302. (Featured Article)
- Li, H. and Zhang, J., Towards Sustainable Integration: Techno-Economic Analysis and Future Perspectives of Co-located Wind and Hydrogen Energy Systems, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 146, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 020903 (15 pages).
- Feng, C., Sun, M. and Zhang, J., Reinforced Deterministic and Probabilistic Load Forecasting via Q-Learning Dynamic Model Selection, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2020, pp. 1377-1386.
Major Honors and Awards
- Invited Participant, U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, 2024
- Federal Research Innovation and ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) of the UTD Office of Research and Innovation, 2023 and 2024
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar award, 2022-2023
- Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 2020
- Young Investigator Award, ASME Design Automation Committee, 2020
- 15 Best Paper Awards, e.g., IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (4 times, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2024)
- Associate Editor: Solar Energy, Journal of Mechanical Design, and Journal of Energy Engineering