Welcome to MESPO (Multi-energy System Planning & Operation) Research Lab!
Professor Bio
Dr. Li received a Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2020. During 2019-2021, he was a Research Fellow with the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA under IEEE Fellow, Prof. Wu Lei. From 2021-2023, he was a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University and Singapore ETH Center under IEEE Fellow, Prof. Wang Peng and Prof. Xu Yan. From April. 2023, Dr. Li joined Aalto University as an Assistant Professor.
Till Nov 2023, he has published 36 journal papers, 9 conference papers, 2 books, and 2 patents. Among them, there are 13 first-authored journal papers of which 10 are top-tier journals and 4 first-authored conference papers. He got Google Scholar citations 1911 times (h index 22, i10 index: 32) and in total 6 highly cited research papers (4 of which are first-authored journal papers). One paper is regarded as pioneering research on the IEEE Spotlight website. In 2023, he was selected into the World’s Top 2% of Scientists in the subfield of “Energy”.
Besides, his team is now running an official WeChat account named “综合能源新视界”. You are free to subscribe and contact us for the promotion of academic news or student recruitment.
Research Interests
His research topics include but not limited to the following aspects:
Planning and operation of integrated-energy systems: such as (islanded/grid-connected) microgrids, ships, seaports, smart buildings, etc., with integrated power, thermal, and gas networks.
Tackling diverse uncertainties: such as those from renewable energies, outdoor temperature, gas prices, and ship swinging with the multi-stage (distributional) robust/stochastic optimization methods in multi-energy systems.
Resilience enhancement of integrated-energy systems with demand response scheme and heterogeneous transportable energy storage.
Advanced algorithms development and application in multi-energy operations such as approximate dynamic programming, deep reinforcement learning, machine learning, etc.
[NOV. 2023] Thanks to Dr. Leng Ruoxuan for her presentation on the topic of “Two-stage Stochastic Programming for Coordinated Operation of Distributed Energy Resources in Unbalanced Active Distribution Networks with Diverse Correlated Uncertainties”.
Yan Xu, Wang Yu, Cuo Zhang, Zhengmao Li, “Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources in Microgrids: optimization, control, and hardware-in-the-loop validation,” (published), 2021.
Yan Xu, Zhengmao Li, Xue Feng, Yumin Chen, “Optimally Coordinated Operation of a Combined-Heat-and-Electrical Microgrid with Multi-Energy Demand Response” (chapter 15) for the book “Coordinated Operation and Planning of the Modern Heat and Electricity Incorporated Networks”, in Wiley-IEEE Press, 2022.
Optimal energy management of offshore microgrid with ships under Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) 2023-2025
Recovery of Cyber-Physical System from Disasters and Attacks under NTU and ETH 2021-2023
Supporting Sustainable Evolution of Electrical Energy Systems via Closed Loop Consumer Behavior and Market System in the USA 2020-2022
Data based resilience of multi-energy Microgrid (DR-MEMG), Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022 2023-2024
Optimal smart online resilient planning and operation of various multi-energy systems under heterogeneous uncertainties and contingencies. Lee Kuan Yew Postd oct oral Fellowship (pending) 2021-2023
How Can We Activate the Flexibility Market in Singapore?-A City-scale Analys is for Demand side Flexibility Considering the High Penetration of PV Generation and EV Charging Demand in Singapore (Pending) 2020-2021
Grant Applications
Travel Grant for internal conference$400, MDPI office 2023
Travel Grant for internal conference$400, MDPI office 2022
Participated Project and Research Experience
Methods for resilience assessment and capacity expansion of power system under State Grid Corporation of ChinaResearch consultant Jan. 2022-now
Recovery of Cyber-Physical System from Disasters and Attacks under NTU and ETH projectResearch fellow April. 2021-now
Supporting Sustainable Evolution of Electrical Energy Systems via Closed-Loop Consumer Behavior and Market System under the National Science Foundation in the USAParticipator/research fellow Nov. 2019-Apr. 2021
Recovery of Cyber-Physical System from Disasters and AttackSingapore Ministry of Education under Academic Research Fund Tier-1 projectParticipator April. 2016-2019
Powering the City project, Future Cities Lab Global, Singapore-ETH Centre 2022
Optimal operation, design, and simulation of power systems under the project Science and Technology Foundation for Middle-aged and Young Scientists of Shandong ProvinceParticipator Sep. 2013- Jun. 2016
Professionals
Editorial & Reviewer Experiences
Best reviewer award for CSEE JPES
Best reviewer award for CSEE JPES
Chairs at the IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration
Assistant editor for the official WeChat account of Applied Energy
TPC of the IEEE SmartGridComm'23 Workshop
Task chair of IEEE GCCE 2023 (IEEE 12th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE))
Guest editor for “IET Smart Grid”
Guest editor for “Frontiers in Eneegry research”
Guest editor for “Electronics”
Guest editor for “IET Generation Transmission & Distribution”
Guest editor for “Energies”, “Resources”, “Electricity”, “Electronics” and “Processes”
Associate editor for “Frontiers in energy research”
Guest editor for “IET Energy Conversion and Economics”
Guest editor for “Energies”
Guest editor for “Energies”, “Resources”, “Electricity” and “Sustainability”
Editor for “Journal of Modern Industry and Manufacturing”
Editor for “World Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering”
Associate editor and review editor for “Frontiers In Electronics”
200+ papers reviewed for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, IEEE Access, Applied Energy, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, et al.
International Academic Activities
Guest editor for the special session in “IEEE ICEI 2023” in Shenyang China”- 20-22 Nov 2023.
Guest editor for special session in “2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (IEEE ETFG 2023)” “Multi-Energy Systems to Facilitate Low-Carbon Energy Transition”- 3-6 Dec 2023
Volunteer for the 11th International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT-Asia) 2022
Technical Program Committee member of 4th Annual International Conference on Energy Development and Environmental Protection [EDEP 2021] Jul-2021
Attended the Distinguished Lecture on the “Dynamic Estimation and Control of Power System” by Prof Bikash Pal at Imperial College London 2020
Attended the webinar "2021 Top 5 Papers of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid” 2022
Workshop for future resilience project midterm review with researchers from NTU, NUS, ETH, and all kinds of industrial companies
IEEE PES student member
International Academic Awards
The ECE premium awards Feb-2023
Applied Energy 2018 “Highly Cited Research Paper” Award Oct-2020
Web of Science- highly cited paper 2021
Web of Science- highly cited paper 2019
The ECE premium awards Feb-2021
Chinese government award for Outstanding self-finance students abroad Aug-2021
Shortlisted candidate for Wallenberg - NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows Jan-2020
The 2nd prize of Outstanding Practice Achievement for provincial professional degree postgraduates 2016
Invited Talk and Presentation
Invited talk: “Optimal Operation of Mobile and land-based Multi-energy Microgrid,” Southeast University, Nanjing China, May. 2023
Invited talk: “Optimal Smart Operation of Ship Energy Systems,” China Three Gorges University, Yi Chang, China, Sep. 2021
“Smart operation of the multi-energy system via reinforcement learning”, Shanghai Insitute of Technology, Shanghai, 2022
Presentation at ISGT-Asia 2022, Singapore 2022
Invited talk for iSPEC conference Nov-2020
2019 IEEE/IAS 55th Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, CA. Oral presentation
2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, USA. Poster presentation
Group Member
Current Ph.D. Students (Chief Supervisor)
Current Ph.D. Students (Co-Supervisor)
Current MSc Students (Chief Supervisor)
Current MSc Students (Co-Supervisor)
Current Bachelor Students (Supervisor)
Contact
Thank you for your interest in working with us!
We are always looking for self-motivated fully-funded, CSC-funded(preferred), or exchanging Ph.D. students. If you are interested in working with me, please send your detailed CV, transcripts, TOFEL/IELTS scores, and publication records via email: zhengmao.li@aalto.fi and use “Ph.D.Application+Student Name” in the email’s subject line .