Chair: Assoc. Prof. Haihong Qin, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Haihong Qin was born in Jiangsu Province, China, in 1977. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Master’s Degree, and Doctorate in Power Electronics and Motion Control from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 1998, 2002, and 2007, respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2007. He studied in University of Maryland from 2009 to 2010, and in University of Nottingham from 2019 to 2020 as a visiting scholar. Currently, he is an associate professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the founder of New Energy Power Generation Innovation Zone, and the technical director of Research Lab for Wide Bandgap Devices’ Applications. His research interests include power electronics, motion control and applications of wide bandgap devices in more electric aircraft. He published 9 books and more than 100 papers, and is the holder of 30 Chinese patents. He was awarded Distinguished Expert in Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Science and Technology Department in Jiangsu Province.
Co-chair: Ms. Ziyue Zhu, Changzhou University, China
Ziyue Zhu was born in Jiangsu Province, China, in 1992. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 2014 and 2017. She worked as an electric engineer of the Bosch Group R&D department in Changzhou. She is currently a lecturer in Xbot School of Changzhou University. She was honored as "My Favorite Teacher". She also won the Bronze Award instructor of the 7th China College Students' 'Internet+'Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the first prize excellent instructor of the provincial competition, the second prize instructor of the 20th National Undergraduate Robot Competition ROBOMASTER 2021, and the first prize instructor of the 20th National Undergraduate Robot Competition in 2021. She is co-author of 2 books and and is the holder of 8 Chinese patents. She received the Best Paper Award and the Third Place Thesis Award from the lEEE Industry Application Society. She served as a guest associate editor for the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, and an invited topic chair for the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition.
Co-chair: Dr. Yajun Zhao, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Yajun Zhao was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China, in 1990. He received the bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and the master’s and Ph.D. degrees in power electronics and electrical drives from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in 2012, 2015, and 2022, respectively.
In 2023, he joined the Electronic Technology Center, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research interests include stand-alone power systems, power electronics and power flow management in more electric aircraft. He has published over ten papers and is the holder of multiple Chinese patents. He was awarded the first prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.