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Dr Junhua ( Andy ) Zhao

Work Phone (02) 4033 9187
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Position Senior Lecturer
School of Elect Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office EAG15

Biography

I obtained my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Queensland in 2007. Since then, I have been working as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (2007 - 2008), a Graduate Analyst at Suncorp Corporation (2008), and a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (2009 - 2011). I joined the University of Newcastle at 2011 as a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks (CIEN). Since Jun 2012, I have been appointed as a Senior Lecturer at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Queensland, 2007

Research

Research keywords

  • computational intelligence
  • cyber-physical systems
  • data mining
  • energy economics and electricity markets
  • power system control and stability
  • power system planning
  • renewable and distributed generation technologies
  • smart grid
  • statistical methods

Research expertise

Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems

Power System Planning

Power System Control and Stability

Renewable and Distributed Generation Technologies

Energy Economics and Electricity Markets

Computational Intelligence and its application

Data mining and statistical methods

Collaboration

I have established research collaboration with a number of top research institutes around the world, which include:

  • Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA
  • The University of Sydney, Australia
  • The University of Western Australia, Australia
  • The University of Michigan, USA
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • State Grid Electric Power Research Institute (SGEPRI), China
  • Zhejiang University, China
  • Hunan University, China

Languages

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • Mandarin

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
090607 Power And Energy Systems Engineering (Excl. Renewable Power) 50
080109 Pattern Recognition And Data Mining 30
090600 Electrical And Electronic Engineering 20

Centres and Groups

Centre

Awards

Honours.

2012 PVC's Award for Excellence in Research Performance
The University of Newcastle (Australia)
This award is for the researcher with outstanding research performance.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • electricity market
  • information systems
  • power systems analysis

Teaching expertise

Electricity market

Power system analysis

Curriculum development for electricity market and power systems courses

Information systems