2026年9月18日-20日，第四届江苏省电源学会学术年会（JSPSSC 2026）在无锡成功举办。本次年会大咖云集，汇聚了350余位高校师生、科研院所及工业界代表，聚焦新型电力系统、新能源发电与并网等前沿方向。大会共设6个大会报告、16个专题报告、16个工业报告及40个口头报告，并设有墙报交流与产学研对接活动。

本期，我们为大家分享的是由弗吉尼亚理工大学 Richard Zhang 教授带来的大会报告《Fundamentals of SST & Energy Router - Applications & Technologies》。

报告人简介：

        Dr. Richard Zhang is the Director of the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), the Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Chair Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, and a IEEE Fellow.

        Dr. Zhang is the former Chief Technology Officer of GE Grid Integration Solutions, based in the UK, where he led HVDC and FACTS technology and product development that resulted in a new industry-standard 2 GW/±525 kV HVDC solution currently deployed for offshore wind integration in Europe. During 1998–2008, he was with GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York, leading power electronics research serving GE industrial businesses such as Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation, and Healthcare. Subsequently, from 2009–2020, he held several executive technology and business leadership positions based in Paris, Shanghai, and Stafford, UK. Over the years, Dr. Zhang has led large global R&D teams across GE organizations, won major research programs with government agencies such as DARPA and DOE, created major business research initiatives such as GE’s SiC wide-bandgap device program and Oil & Gas electrification, and defined and led an extensive business R&D portfolio.

        Dr. Zhang has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Powerex, a U.S.-based power semiconductor and packaging company; as a steering committee member for SuperGrid Institute SAS in France; and as Chair/Co-Chair of the CPES Industry Advisory Board.

           Dr. Zhang’s current research focuses on electrified green infrastructure power conversion, including the grid of the future with HVDC/MVDC and FACTS, intelligent energy routers and microgrids, data center power solutions, fast EV charging infrastructure, green hydrogen production, and renewable energy and energy storage integration.