On December 30, 2024, Professor Xiongfei Wang from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology visited the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He delivered a distinguished lecture on "Ensuring Control Stability of Grid-Forming Converters: Challenges and Innovations" in the Academic Report Hall B205.
The lecture was hosted by Professor Fang Jiakun, the vice dean of the school. He introduced professor Wang to more than 200 teachers and students and extended a warm welcome to his visit.
Professor Xiongfei Wang conducted in-depth discussions on relevant technical issues such as the modeling of grid-forming converters, new grid-forming control schemes, the differences and essential distinctions between grid-following control and grid-forming control, and the future research directions of grid-forming converters.
The content of this lecture was rich and at the forefront of the relevant field, enabling the participants to further understand the progress and challenges of grid-forming converters in terms of stability and control, which is an important leading direction in the current research of the electrical engineering discipline.
Biography
Xiongfei Wang is currently a Full-time Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, a Part-time Professor at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, and a Visiting Professor at Hitachi Energy Research Center, Vasteras, Sweden. His research interests include modeling and control of power electronic converters, stability and power quality of power-electronic-dominated power systems, and high-power converters. Prof. Wang currently serves as the Chair of IEEE International Roadmap of High-Power Electronics for Modern Energy Grids. From 2025, he will be the Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. He is IEEE Fellow and has received 11 IEEE Prize Paper Awards, including four IEEE Transactions Prize Papers and the IEEE PES Prize Paper Award, the 2016 AAU Talent for Future Research Leaders, the 2018 Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award, the 2019 IEEE PELS Sustainable Energy Systems Technical Achievement Award, and the 2022 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award.
