Research Vision: 
We develop strategic protective measures scientifically, to let everyone enjoy safe, reliable and resilient energyat every present in the future.

Dr. Keng-Weng Lao, Johnny, 劉景榮

Assistant Professor, IEEE Senior Member
Chariman of University of Macau Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Alumni Association,
IEEE Macau Chair of Board of Supervisors
Address: Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China, Room: E11-3046
Phone: 8822-4896         email: johnnylao[at]um.edu.mo
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Research Interests
Energy Data Analysis, Cyber-physical Energy IoT Modeling, Cyber-physical Security, Artificial Intelligence and its Transparency, Distributed Energy Source Control

Research Vision Statement
We research hard on understanding and exploring scientific strategic protective measures, to let everyone enjoy the benefits from safe and reliable energy, for every present in the future.

Research Mission Statement
Emerging high integration of data-driven, power-electronics and decentralized-control techniques is reshaping our energy internet of things system. This revolution demands attention, especially on safety and relaibiltiy concerns, which can lead to severe problems. Therefore, we are working hard on the research of the followings: 1) Efficient usage of emerging techniques to protect energy system; 2) Understanding and analyzing arising new threats due to energy revolution, investigate the impact and strategies to protect the system.

PostDoc Researchers

Ph. D. Students

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[Joined Aug. 2024, ]

Jianyong Zhan received his B.S. degree in Automation from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2016, and his M.E. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA, in 2020. From 2016 to 2017, he worked as an Associate Engineer at the Zhuhai Hengqin Branch of SPIC. From 2021 to 2024, he served as a Lecturer at Guang University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. His research interests include cyber-physical security in power systems.

 

胡肖瑞

[Joined Aug. 2023, ]

Xiaorui HU is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. He received the B.S. in Electronic Information Engineering from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, in 2023. His research interests include power system resilience.

 

NIEYU

[Joined Aug. 2023, ]

Yu NIE received a B.Eng. degree in Computer Science and Technology from Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China in 2023. He is working toward a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IoTSC), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau. His current research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning.

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[Joined Jan. 2023, ]

Zhanghao HUANG received the B.S. degree from Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, in 2019, and the M.S. degree from Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China, in 2022, both in Electrical Engineering. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at SKL-IoTSC, University of Macau, Macau. His research interests include modeling and optimization of cyber-physical power systems.

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[Joined Aug. 2022, ]

Fengrui LIU is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. He received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China,  in 2020. His research interests include Cyber-physical security and integrated energy system.

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[Joined Aug. 2022, ]

Nan LIN received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from Fuzhou University, China, in 2019 and 2022, respectively. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Macau, Macau. Her research interests include power system resilience, and the application of machine learning in power system.

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[Joined Oct. 2020, ]

Jianhua GONG received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Its Automation from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China,  in 2019. He is currently working toward the Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, SKL-IoTSC, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau.

From October 2020 to July 2021, he worked as a research assistant in University of Macau. His research interests include DC microgrid and distribution network, electric springs, and IoT for smart energy.

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[Joined Aug. 2019, ]

Guangxu FENG is currently pursuing his Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. He received Bachelor of Engineering in Automation in 2018 from Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. From AUG to DEC 2016, he was an exchange student at ECE Department, University of Macau. His research interests include Cyber-Physical Anomaly Detection in Energy IoT , Deep Learning and Data Processing.

Master Students

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[Joined Aug. 2024,]

Zhongyu REN is currently pursuing his M.Sc. degree in the Internet of Things from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from Southwest University in Chongqing, China in 2022. His current research interests include energy data analysis.

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[Joined Aug. 2024,]

Danni ZUO received the Bachelor degree in E-Commerce in 2023 from Central South University, Changsha, China. She is currently pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Internet of Things at SKL-IoTSC, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau. Her current research interests include the machine learning and data analysis in smart energy.

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[Joined Aug. 2024,]

Die CONG is currently pursuing her M.Sc. degree in Internet of Things at SKL-IoTSC, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau. She received the Bachelor degree in IoT in 2021 from Hunan University, Hunan, China. Her current research interests include the artificial intelligence protection applications in energy security.

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[Joined Mar. 2024,]

Yunan LIN is currently pursuing the M.Sc. degree in Internet of Things at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau’s. She received the Bachelor degree in Information Engineering from Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China in 2021. Her current research interests include the processing and analysis of electricity data.

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[Joined Oct. 2022,]

Hongzhe JIN received the Bachelor degree in Automation from Yanshan University, Hebei, China,in 2019.He is currently pursuing his M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at SKL-IoTSC,Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau.His current research interests include power electronics technology.

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[Joined Sep. 2022,]

Maodong LI is currently pursuing his M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at SKL-IoTSC, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau. He received the Bachelor of Engineering in Automation in 2021 from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, and minored in the second bachelor’s degree program in Communication Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University from Sep 2021 to July 2022. His current research interests include integrated energy systems and their reliability.

Research Assistants

Alumni

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[PhD, Joined Aug. 2021, Graduated July 2024]

Shaohua YANG received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Macau. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology. His research interests include cyber-physical power systems, demand response and resilient control, with a special focus on security. He has published 4 top SCI journal papers as the first author. One of the papers is selected as an ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%).

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[Postdoc. Joined Dec. 2021, Completed Mar. 2023]

Li LIU received the B.S. degrees in applied physics, as well as, electrical and its automation from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2014. He also received  M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Macau in 2017 and 2021 respectively. He is currently is a post-doctor fellow in the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City. His research interests include the modular multilevel converter, traction power supply system, partial compensation, and electrical spring.

Current Career: Academia, 

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[Postdoc. Joined Sep. 2021, Completed Sep. 2022]

Yulin CHEN received the B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China,  in 2014 and 2017, respectively, and Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Macau, Macau, China. His research interests include active distribution networks, distributed cooperative control and Cyber-physical security.

Current Career: Academia, Hainan Institute of Zhejiang university

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[Postdoc. Joined Aug. 2020,  Completed Aug. 2022]

Lidan CHEN received the B.S. degree in automation from Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, in 2003 and the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in power system and its automation from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, in 2009 and 2018, respectively.

She served on building automation at Hangzhou Hongxin Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd during 2003 to 2006. In 2009, she joined Guangzhou College of South China University of Technology, where she has been with the Electrical Engineering Department. From 2012 to 2014, she was a Research Assistant with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. From 2018 to 2019, she became a visiting scholar with the Michigan Technological University. And She is currently a post-doctor fellow in the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City at University of Macau, Taipa, China. Her research interests include the electric vehicles integrated with power grid, application of metaheuristic optimization (artificial intelligence) techniques in power system’s problem.

 

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[Postdoc: Joined Jan. 2021,  Completed Dec. 2021]

Jian WANG received the B.S. and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, in 2015 and 2020 respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Visiting Research Student at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Macau, Macau, China. His research interests include active distribution networks and convex optimization.

Current Career: Academia, Hohai University

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[Master Joined Nov. 2020,  Graduated Jun. 2023]

Hou-Wang IAO received the degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Macau, Macau, China, in 2020. He is currently pursuing the M.Sc. degree with the University of Macau, Macau, China. His research interests include smart grids, and heterogenous data-integration load forecasting.

Current Career: Engineer, Local Power Company

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[Master: Joined Aug. 2019, Graduated Jun. 2022 ]

Zheng XING is a Master Student at State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. He received the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Economics at the Bei Jing University of Technology in 2019. His main research is Power System Edge Computation based on Data-driven Approach and establish a fast and accurate multi-source heterogeneous intelligent energy system model. 

Thesis Title: Modified Data-Driven Power Flow Model in Smart Grid: A Regression Approach based on Incomplete Data

Current Career: Engineer, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited

Address:
Faculty of Science and Technology, 
University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, 
Macau, China,

Room: E11-3046

Contact:
Phone: 8822-4896
email: johnnylao[at]um.edu.mo