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Dr. Nanpeng Yu is a Full Professor at the University of California, Riverside, serving as Vice Chair and Graduate Advisor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He maintains cooperative faculty affiliations with the Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistics, and directs the Energy, Economics, and Environment Research Center at UCR.
- Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University (2006), M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Economics, and Ph.D. from Iowa State University (2010)
- Prior Industry Experience: Senior Power System Planner and Project Manager at Southern California Edison (2011-2014)
Dr. Yu’s research bridges smart grid technologies, data-driven optimization, and machine learning for energy systems. Key areas include voltage control, renewable energy integration, transportation electrification, and grid resilience. His recent work focuses on physics-informed graph learning for unit commitment problems and adversarial purification in power system classifiers.
The AI-Energy Nexus Laboratory under Dr. Yu has produced impactful publications in Applied Energy, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, and Transportation Research series, covering topics like heavy-duty EV charging infrastructure and dynamic distribution network reconfiguration. Lab members have won the American-Made Digitizing Utilities Grand Prize ($300,000) from the U.S. DOE.
- Leadership Roles:
- Chair, IEEE Power and Energy Society Distribution System Operation and Planning Subcommittee
- Chair, IEEE Power and Energy Society Working Group on Data-Driven Modeling for Power Distribution Networks
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE Power Engineering Letters
- Scientific Awards:
- Regents Faculty Fellowship
- Regents Faculty Development Award
- Multiple IEEE Best Paper Awards
