Dong Zhang

Dong Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering. He leads the Energy Systems and Controls Lab (ESCL), focusing on energy storage systems, dynamic systems control, electrified transportation, and data-driven decision-making. His research includes battery management systems, electrochemical modeling, optimal control, and machine learning applications in energy systems.

Education: Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from UC Berkeley (2020), dual M.S. in Systems Engineering (UC Berkeley, 2016), and dual B.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2015) and Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Michigan, 2015).

Research interests emphasize battery state estimation, thermal dynamics, and safety-enhanced charging strategies for electric vehicles. He has received awards including the ASME Energy System ACC Best Paper Award (2020) and served as an invited session chair at SIAM control conferences.

Key contributions include real-time battery capacity estimation, adaptive observers for electrochemical models, and PDE-based thermal control frameworks. His lab develops solutions for heterogeneous battery pack management and cyber-physical system integration in energy systems.