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Dr Haimeng Wu

Senior Lecturer

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

I am currently the Head of Electrical Power and Control Systems at the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Electrical Engineering at Northumbria University, where I have been working since 2020. I also serve as the Delivery Group Chair in the management team of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU), a collaboration between Northumbria, Newcastle, and Durham Universities.

Before joining Northumbria University, I was part of the Electrical Power Research Group at Newcastle University from 2012 and continued as a guest staff member at the School of Engineering in 2020. As a postgraduate researcher, I was awarded a full PhD scholarship by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) and the China Scholarship Council, completing my PhD in Power Electronics at Newcastle University in 2016. I then joined Prof. Volker Pickert's research team as a Research Associate until 2020, contributing to several major collaborative research projects, including two EPSRC and two Innovate UK-funded projects, with total funding exceeding £1.2 million.

In 2018, I had the honour of winning the Siemens European Competition in Power Electronics for my work on bidirectional wireless power transfer systems, beating over 200 proposals from across Europe. In 2020, I was appointed as an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of IET Power Electronics. I have also served as a management committee and technical programme chair for international conferences, including IEEE ECCE Europe 2025, ISEEIE 2025, IEEE PEAC 2022, and IEEE CoEEPE 2022. I am actively involved in technical committees for numerous conferences and regularly review for over 20 prestigious IEEE, IET, and Elsevier journals (e.g. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and Industrial Electronics).

As a full Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), I have developed and taught various MSc and undergraduate modules in electrical engineering, including Smart Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Supply, and Analogue Electronics and Instrumentation. I currently supervise research projects for four PhD students, as well as multiple MSc and undergraduate students.

My research interests include electrical power conversion and advanced control algorithms for electric vehicles and renewable energy networks, health monitoring and condition control of next-generation wide bandgap (WBG) power modules, and wireless power transfer techniques. With over 50 peer-reviewed publications, three patents, and extensive collaboration with industry partners, I continue to explore innovative research directions. I welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students interested in pursuing research in these areas.

Feel free to contact me at Haimeng.wu@northumbria.ac.uk.

Haimeng Wu

  • Design, modelling and control of power converters for electric vehicles (EV)/renewable energy network
  • Health monitoring and condition control on the next generation wide bandgap (WBG) power modules
  • Wireless power transfer techniques and control

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Advanced Global Maximum Power Point Tracking (GMPPT) in PV Systems Using a Triangular Four-Subset Fuzzy Logic and P&O Hybrid Approach, Wu, H., Gao, Z. 11 Jul 2024, 2024 4th International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE 2024), IEEE
  • An Adaptive Fuzzy Control Technique for a High-Speed Vehicular Platoon Experiencing Communication Delays, Li, H., Wu, H., Gulati, I., Ali, S., Pickert, V., Dlay, S. 1 Jan 2024, In: IET Intelligent Transport Systems
  • An Improved Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique in Photovoltaic Systems Based on Reinforcement Learning Algorithm, Ge, Z., Li, X., Xu, F., Wu, H., Wang, R., Ding, S. Jan 2024, In: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Techniques using Cubic Spline Interpolation – Perturb and Observe (P&O) for Partial Shading Conditions, Wu, H., Yang, F., Jiang, J. 4 Jul 2024, 2024 4th International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE 2024), IEEE
  • Multivariant Short-Term Residential Load Forecasting with Dual Path Trigonometric Encoding LSTM and Attention Mechanism, Mudiyanselage, M., Wu, H., Mehrabidavoodabadi, A. 2 Jul 2024, 2024 4th International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE 2024), IEEE
  • Real-time monitoring of internal temperature of a lithium-ion battery using embedded fiber Bragg gratings, Huang, F., Gu, B., Wu, Q., Yang, H., Hu, Y., Liu, J., Fu, Y., He, X., Wu, H., Jiang, J., Putrus, G., Ghassemlooy, Z., Yuan, J., Liu, B. 11 Sep 2024, In: Chinese Optics Letters
  • Short-Term Load Forecasting using Machine Learning for Decarbonisation and Cost-Reduction in a Water Network-based Power System, Duggal, D., Wu, H., Beattie, N. 2 Jul 2024, 2024 4th International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE 2024), IEEE
  • Wireless powered surface acoustic wave platform for achieving integrated functions of fogging/icing protection and monitoring, Ong, H., Yang, F., Haworth, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Wu, H., Luo, J., Wu, Q., Fu, Y. 13 Nov 2024, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  • A Multi-input Single-output DC-DC Converter with Fuzzy Supervisor Controller for Hybrid Renewable Energy Applications, Chen, L., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yu, J. 10 Nov 2023, 2023 IEEE 2nd International Power Electronics and Application Symposium (PEAS), Piscataway, NJ, USA, IEEE
  • Editorial: Re-electrification technology and application of the energy consumption terminal, Wang, W., Ji, Z., Wu, H., Jaffery, Z., Wu, Y., Xue, M., Tan, L. 13 Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in Electronics

  • Divyabhan Duggal Low-Carbon Engineering Framework for a Resilient Water Network Using Renewable Energy and Storage Integration Start Date: 01/10/2021
  • Dinithi Wijesooriya Mudiyanselage Data-Driven Algorithms for Enhanced Energy Management in Smart Homes. Start Date: 06/09/2023
  • Feixuan Yang Optimization of Wireless Power Transfer Systems using Resonant Techniques and Metamaterials for Smart Homes Start Date: 01/10/2023
  • Bohua Deng Advanced Wireless Power Transfer Technology for Dynamic and Static Electric Vehicle Charging Start Date: 01/10/2024

 

Recent Grants:

  • A novel PV-powered efficient outdoor lighting system with advanced battery management and optimised maximum power point tracking algorithm (£208,000) Innovate UK, KTP, PI, 2025.02-2027.02 (under review)
  • Transforming Smart Homes: Integrating Photovoltaic Energy Router and Wireless Power Transfer with Metamaterial Technology for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications (£316,000), Newton International Fellowship, The Royal Society, PI, 2024.12-2026.12 (under review)
  • Low-carbon engineering framework for a resilient water network using renewable energy and storage integration (RENU21/EE/MPEE/WU) (£100k) PI PhD studentship 2021-2025
  • Current distribution measurement of Press-pack power module (£17,000), (Dynex semiconductor), PI, 2020-2021
  • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU) (£5.476M) Co-I (EP/S023836/1) 2019-2026
  • Solar Powered Wireless Power Transfer using innovative Multi-coil Resonance Array integrated in Thin Film Solar Cells. University Interdisciplinary Research Theme (IDRT) Research Fund, PI, (£10,000) 01/2023-06/2023
  • Wireless power transfer kit - Commercial feasibility study research project (£20,000), Innovation fund Northumbria University, PI, 01/2022-12/2022
  • NU: Opportunities Scheme - Internal Funding Bid - Electrical Power and Control Systems internship (£2,000) Project supervisor  2021

 

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering PhD March 17 2016
  • Electrical Engineering MSc May 31 2011
  • Electrical Engineering BEng (Hons) July 31 2008
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy FHEA 2020
  • Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology MIET 2020
  • Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) IEEE member 2011


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