Open Lecture Dedicated to IEEE PELS Day
The Current Research Projects: PV-Battery Hybrid Power Plant and DC Hybrid Circuit Breaker
Fang Z. Peng, Florida State University, USA
Fang Z. Peng (M’92–SM’96–F’05) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Wuhan University, China, in 1983 and the M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in electrical engineering from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, in 1987 and 1990, respectively.
From 1990 to 1992, he was a Research Scientist with Toyo Electric Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Japan, and engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of active power filters, flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) applications, and motor drives. From 1992 to 1994, he was a Research Assistant Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and he initiated a multilevel inverter program for FACTS applications and speed-sensorless vector control of motors. From 1994 to 2000, he was with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Lead (Principal) Scientist for the Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Center from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, he became an Associate Professor at Michigan State University, where he founded and directed the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Center. He became a Full Professor in 2006 and was designated as a University Distinguished Professor in 2012.
Since 2018, Dr. Peng has been with Florida State University as the inaugural Distinguished Professor of Engineering.