Faculty

Biography

Changhong Zhao received BE ('10) in Automation from Tsinghua University, and MS ('12) and PhD ('16) in Electrical Engineering from Caltech. He worked at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, US before joining CUHK in 2019. He received Early Career Award from Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Wilts Prize for outstanding research from Caltech EE Department, and Demetriades Prize for best PhD thesis from Caltech EAS Division.

Recent Selected Publications

• Y. Chen, C. Zhao, S. H. Low, and S. Mei, "Approaching prosumer social optimum via energy sharing with proof of convergence," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2021.
• C. Zhao, V. Gupta, and U. Topcu, "Distributed load management," Advanced Data Analytics for Power Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• X. Zhou, Z. Liu, C. Zhao, and L. Chen, "Accelerated voltage regulation in multi-phase distribution networks based on hierarchical distributed algorithm," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 35(3):2047-2058, May 2020.
• E. Weitenberg, Y. Jiang, C. Zhao, E. Mallada, C. De Persis, and F. Dorfler, "Robust decentralized secondary frequency control in power systems: Merits and trade-offs," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64(10):3967-3982, October 2019.
• A. S. Zamzam, E. Dall'Anese, C. Zhao, J. A. Taylor, and N. D. Sidiropoulos, "Optimal water-power flow-problem: Formulation and distributed optimal solution," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 6(1):37-47, March 2019.
• C. Zhao, E. Mallada, S. H. Low, and J. Bialek, "Distributed plug-and-play optimal generator and load control for power system frequency regulation," International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 101:1-12, October 2018.
• S. S. Guggilam, C. Zhao, E. Dall'Anese, Y. C. Chen, and S. V. Dhople, "Optimizing DER participation in inertial and primary-frequency response," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 33(5):5194-5205, September 2018.