Please join us for a RISES Cluster candidate presentation by Ziang (John) Zhang, Ph.D. this Monday, Feb. 20, from 3-4 p.m. in R1-101A. Dr. Zhang will be sharing Challenges and Opportunities of Battery Storage in Future Energy Systems, followed by a brief Q&A session. Dr. Zhang is being considered for a member position of the collaborative faculty cluster for RISES with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Bio:
Ziang “John” Zhang is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Binghamton University – SUNY, Binghamton, NY.
Zhang received his B.S. degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2007; his M.S. degree from Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN, in 2009; and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 2013. Before joining Binghamton University, Zhang worked at ABB US Corporate Research Center in Raleigh, NC. He is an R&D advisor of the National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium, a member of the IEEE P2800-2 Test and Verification of BPS-connected Inverter-Based Resources working group, and a member of the IEEE PES Task Force on Decision Support Tools for Energy Storage Investment and Operations. His current research interests include power system stability, battery systems operations, and renewable energy integration.
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