Shan Jiang

Dr. Shan Jiang is a Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney, specializing in power electronics and power system stability. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from UNSW (2025), an MEng (2020), and a B.Sc. (Eng) (2017) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with visiting scholar experience at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2024) and Nanyang Technological University (2023).

• Education:
  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, UNSW Sydney (2021–2025)
  • MEng, Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2017–2020)
  • BSc(Eng), Electric Power Engineering and Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2013–2017)
  • Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2024)
  • Visiting Scholar, Nanyang Technological University (2023)

Research Interests: His work focuses on power electronics-dominated power systems, addressing challenges in renewable energy integration, energy storage, and grid stability. Key contributions include grid-forming converter control, modular multilevel converter (MMC) design, and mission profile emulation for converter testing, with applications in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) transition.

• Scientific Awards:
  • UNSW Scientia Scholarship (2021–2025)
  • IEEE IFEEC First Place Paper Award (2023)
  • Energies Best Paper Award (Second Prize) (2023)
  • IET Renewable Power Generation Best Conference Paper (Second Prize) (2019)
  • Outstanding Author, Proceedings of the CSEE (2019)

Grants: He has secured funding as Lead CI for UNSW Digital Grid Future Institute's OPENSAT project (AU$25,000, 2024) and collaborates on CSIRO's Australian Research in Power Systems Transition (AU$394,000, 2025–2026) and Australia-Germany joint research on smart transformers (AU$25,000, 2024–2025).