Zongjie Wang
Associate Director, Eversource Energy Center
Assistant Professor, ECE Department
Office: ITE 441
Phone: 860-486-9452
Email: zongjie.wang@uconn.edu
CV: download here
Lab: Sustainable Power Energy Laboratory

Education:

  • Cornell University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Joint Ph.D. Training;
  • Harbin Institute of Technology, China, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.;
  • Harbin Institute of Technology, China, Electrical and Computer Engineering, B.Sc.

Academic Appointments:

  • Associate Director, Eversource Energy Center, University of Connecticut, 2024 - present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2021–present
  • Eversource Energy Center, Power System and Renewable Energy Integration Team, University of Connecticut, 2021–present
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Systems Engineering, Cornell University, 2018–2021
  • Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2019-2020
  • Graduat Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, 2014-2017

Research Interests:

  • Modern power systems planning and operation
  • Grid resilience
  • High penetration level of variable renewable energy integration
  • Electricity market
  • Non-linear power optimization and simulation techniques
  • Coordinated transmission and distribution systems
  • Data analytics

Awards and News

Professor Zongjie Wang, Awarded $4.5M DOE Grant to Benefit Grid Reliability for Transmission and Distribution Systems

March 21, 2024

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