Prof. Liwei Zhou’s lab at the University of Texas, Arlington, Department of Electrical Engineering is focusing on the advanced design and control technologies for power electronics to improve the energy conversion performance of transportation electrification and renewable energy utilization.
Net Zero Power Electronic System Lab – Led by Prof. Liwei Zhou
Advanced power electronic control and design lab at the University of Texas, Arlington, Department of Electrical Engineering
Dr. Liwei Zhou is a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Electrical Engineering. He received his bachelor and master’s degrees both from Shandong University in 2014 and 2017. He obtained his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in 2022. His research interests include power electronics, advanced control technologies for power converters, grid-connected converters, renewable energy and EV charging systems optimal design. He has published more than 50 papers in the leading journals and conferences of power electronics. He has four patents and one book in Springer for publication. He serves as the tutorial/short course chair in ITEC 2023 and ITEC 2024, topic chair in ECCE 2023 and session chairs in ITEC 2022 and ITEC 2023. He was the recipient of the First Prize Winner of IEEE Industry Applications Society PhD Thesis Contest 2023, Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Applied Energy, MIT A+B 2022. He also received the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2021 and the (merit based) Student Travel Grant at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2018.