Award | Power and Energy Chapter Best PhD Thesis Competition 2023
The IEEE UK and Ireland PES Chapter is pleased to announce the winner of the ‘Best PhD Thesis Competition Award’ 2023.
Dr Zhongda Chu, IEEE and PES Member, received the highest score after gathering the rubric’s form from the judges and carefully summarising them. Dr Chu’s submission was selected as the most exceptional entry in this highly competitive event. His thesis entitled: ‘Stability-Constrained Optimal Operation of Power Systems with High IBR Penetration’ provides power system stability solutions by the integration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs).
To celebrate Dr Chu’s accomplishment, a well-deserved plaque, will be awarded to him during UK and Ireland PES Chapter AGM to be held early December 2023.
Dr Chu was also invited by the UK and Ireland PES Chapter Committee, to deliver a one-hour webinar to share with our members and the general public the highlights of his thesis. This event will take place on July 13 at 16:00 pm (BST). More details coming soon.
Congratulations to Dr Chu on this incredible accomplishment! His dedication, passion, and talent have set a remarkable standard that should inspire others, and are a shining example of excellence.
About the Winner
Dr Zhongda Chu received a BEng in electrical engineering from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China and University of Edinburgh, UK in 2016, an MSc in electrical engineering and information technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland, in 2018 and a PhD in electrical engineering from Imperial College London, in 2022.
Dr Chu is currently a Research Associate with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London.
His research interests include stability analysis, cyber-resiliency, control and optimisation of power systems with high power electronics penetration.
The Competition
The applicants produced a video submission summarising their PhD research along with an endorsement letter from their thesis supervisor explaining the contributions achieved with the research and a link to the thesis if it is available.
Each submission was reviewed by at least three judges from across the UK and Ireland Section to score and rank the video submissions. Reviewers were asked to score the video submissions according to the following four aspects with their respective category weights:
- Problem definition (20%)
- Design methodology (20%)
- Achieved outcomes (20%)
- Quality of video and presentation (40%)
