Jie Zhang
[email protected]
Phone: 972-883-4541
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 3.150F
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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
Multidisciplinary design optimization, complex engineered systems, power & energy systems, renewable energy, grid modernization, big data analytics, probabilistic design
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- He, L., Liu, Y. and Zhang, J., Peer-to-Peer Energy Sharing with Battery Storage: Energy Pawn in The Smart Grid, Applied Energy, 2021, Vol. 297, pp. 117129.
- Li, B., Ofori-Boateng, D., Gel, Y. R. and Zhang, J., A Hybrid Approach for Transmission Grid Resilience Assessment Using Reliability Metrics and Power System Local Network Topology, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Vol. 6, Issue 1-2, 2021, pp. 26-41.
- He, L. and Zhang, J., A Community Sharing Market with PV and Energy Storage: An Adaptive Bidding-based Double-side Auction Mechanism, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2021, pp. 2450-2461.
- Liu, Y. and Zhang, J., Electric Vehicle Battery Thermal and Cabin Climate Management Based on Model Predictive Control, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 143, Issue 3, 2021, pp. 031705.
- 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
- Top 10 Best Paper Award, ASME Design Automation Conference, 2021 and 2020
- Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 2020
- Young Investigator Award, ASME Design Automation Committee, 2020
- Best Paper Award, IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), 2018
- SAS-IIF Research Award, International Institute of Forecasters, 2017
- Best Paper Award, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2017 and 2015