Dr Haimeng Wu

Assistant Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

I started to work at the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering at Northumbria University in 2020. I am a management committee member and chair of the delivery group at The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU), Northumbria University, which collaborates with Newcastle and Durham Universities. Before joining Northumbria University, I have been with the Electrical Power Research Group at Newcastle University since 2012 and is currently a guest staff member at the School of Engineering. As a postgraduate researcher, I was awarded a full PhD scholarship by the Engineering and Physical Science Council (EPSRC), and then received my PhD in power electronics from Newcastle University in 2016. Then I joined Prof Volker Pickert's research team as a Research Associate until 2020.

During the period of 2012-2020, I have successfully completed multiple collaborative UK research projects as a principal researcher, including two EPSRC-funded projects and two Innovate UK-funded projects totalling over £1.2 million. I am the winner of the Siemens European TAPAS community challenge competition in 2018, beating out over 200 other proposals from throughout Europe. In 2020, I was appointed as an associate editor on the Editorial Board of IET Power Electronics, and I'm also the session chair for two IEEE international conferences in electrical and power engineering (IEEE PEAS 2021, IEEE CoEEPE 2021). I have been serving on the technical committees of numerous conferences and as an active reviewer for over 20 renowned IEEE, IET, and Elsevier journals (e.g. IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics and Industrial Electronics).

I am a full Fellow of the High Education Academy and an active member of IEEE and IET. As the module tutor, he has been involved in 5 course modules for MSc/UG students in the field of Electrical Engineering(e.g. MSc: Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Supply, UG: Analogue Electronics and instrumentation). In the past two years, I have supervised four 4 PhD students, 8 MSc students and 9 undergraduates for their individual research projects.

My current research interests include electrical power conversion and control algorithms for electric vehicles and renewable energy networks, health monitoring and condition control on the next generation wide bandgap (WBG) power modules for converters, and wireless power transfer techniques. Please contact me if you are interested in pursuing a PhD in these fields or other relevant research areas. Haimeng.wu@northumbria.ac.uk

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

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

Key Publications

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 internal temperature of 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. 13 May 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
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
Optimized Maximum Power Point Tracking for PV System Under Partial Shading Conditions, Yang, F., Wu, H., Li, X., Gao, Z., Alkanderi, M. 10 Nov 2023, 023 IEEE 2nd International Power Electronics and Application Symposium (PEAS), Piscataway, NJ, USA, IEEE

PGR Supervision

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

Further Information

Recent Grants:

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

Electrical equipment for the electrical power and control system group (£10,000) Internal fund, PI Northumbria University 2021
NU: Opportunities Scheme - Internal Funding Bid - Electrical Power and Control Systems internship (£2,000) Project supervisor 2021

Qualifications

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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