Dr. Weixiang Shen   Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering

Qualifications

• PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• MEng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• BEng, Anhui Institute of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, China

Areas of Expertise and Research

• Battery modelling and charging technology for electric vehicles
• Battey energy management system for electric vehicles
• Solar photovoltaic system technology
• Distributed energy generation and micro-grid
• Simulation and optimization of renewable energy systems
• Power electronics in non-conventional systems
• Efficient energy conversion technology

Current Research Projects

• Battery modelling technology for electric vehicles
• Battery charging technology for electric vehicles
• Electric vehicle drive system
• Electric vehicles to grid (V2G) technology
• Standalone solar photovoltaic systems
• Modelling and simulation of micro-grid

Brief Biography

Weixiang received his BEng., MEng. and PhD degrees all from Electrical Engineering. He worked in several universities as Lecturer, Associate Professor and Research Fellow in China, German, Singapore and Malaysia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Weixiang's research interests are battery modelling and charging technology for electric vehicles, battery energy management system, simulation and optimization for both electric vehicles and renewable energy systems as well as efficient energy conversion technology, the distributed energy generation and micro-grid, solar photovoltaic system technology, power electronics in non-conventional systems. In these areas, he has published more than 50 papers in referred journals and conference proceedings. In addition, he has actively sought research fund from various organizations and has been a principal investigators and co-investigators of many national, industrial and university sponsored projects for solar photovoltaic system technology and electric vehicle technology in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Since 2002, Weixiang has been served as the reviewer of IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, Electrochimica Acta and Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, etc. He was also invited as a secession chair and a track chair for several international conferences.

Selected Publications

1. C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, W.X. Shen, “The available capacity computation model based on artificial neural network for lead-acid batteries”, Journal of Power Sources, vol. 87, no. 1-2, 2000, pp. 201-204.
2. W.X. Shen, C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, K.T. Chau, “A new battery available capacity indicator for electric vehicles using neural network,” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 43, no. 6, 2002, pp. 817-826.
3. W.X. Shen, C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, K.T. Chau, “Estimation of battery available capacity under variable discharge currents,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 103, no. 2, 2002, pp. 180-187.
4. W.X. Shen, C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, K.T. Chau, “Adaptive neuro-fuzzy modeling of battery residual capacity for electric vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 49, no. 3, 2002, pp. 677-684.
5. K.T. Chau, K.C. Wu, C.C. Chan, W.X. Shen, “A new battery capacity indicator for nickel-metal hydride battery powered electric vehicles using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system,” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 44, no. 13, 2003, pp. 2059-2071.
6. W.X. Shen, K.T. Chau, C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, “Neural network based residual capacity indicator for nickel-metal hydride batteries in electric vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 54, no. 5, 2005.
7. W. X. Shen, “Estimation of Residual Available Capacity for Lead Acid Batteries in Electric Vehicles,” Asian Electric Vehicles, Vol. 4, No. 1, June 2006.
8. W.X. Shen, “State of Available Capacity Estimation for Lead-acid Batteries in Electric Vehicles Using Neural Network,” Energy Conversion and Management, 48, 2007, pp. 433-442.
9. W.X. Shen, “Optimally sizing of solar array and battery in standalone photovoltaic system in Malaysia,” Renewable Energy, Vol. 34, no. 1, 2008, pp. 348-352.
10. Zhi jian Zhou, Xing Zhang, Po Xu, W. X. Shen, “Single-Phase Interruptible Power Supply Based on Z-Source Inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 2997-3004, 2008.
11. C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, W.X. Shen, “A battery monitoring technology for electric vehicles,” Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Engineering in Hong Kong, September, 1999, vol.2, section D4, pp. 318-321.
12. C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, W.X. Shen, “The overview of battery technology in electric vehicles,” Proceedings of International Electric Vehicle Symposium, Oct.13-16, 1999, Beijing, China.
13. C.C. Chan, E.W.C. Lo, W.X. Shen, “The new calculation approach of the available capacity of batteries in electric vehicles,” Proceedings of International Electric Vehicle Symposium, October, 2000, Montreal, Canada.
14. Shen Weixiang, Alex See Kok Bin and Ong Kok Seng, “A Study on Standalone Photovoltaic Systems using Real Meteorological Data in Malaysia,” The Eighth International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 27-29 September, 2005, Nanjing, P. R. China.
15. Alex See Kok Bin, W.X. Shen, Ong Kok Seng, Saravanan Ramanathan, Low I-Wern, “Development of LabVIEW Based Test Facility for Standalone Photovoltaic Systems,” The Third IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Design,Test & Applications (DELTA 2006), 17-19 January, 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
16. S. Y. Yang, C. W. Zhang, X. Zhang, R. X. Cao, W.X. Shen, “Study on the Control Strategy for Parallel Operation of Inverters Based on Adaptive Droop Method,” The First IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2006), 24-26 May, Singapore, 2006.
17. Q. Zhang, C.W. Zhang, X. Zhang, W.X. Shen, “A Control Method for PWM AC/DC Converter by Use of Inductor Current Feed Forward and Feedback,” The First IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2006), 24-26 May, Singapore, 2006.
18. X. Zhang, L. X. Wang, W.X. Shen, “Study on a Novel Boost Battery Charger,” The First IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2006), 24-26 May, Singapore, 2006.
19. X. Zhang, H. Ni, D. Yao, R.X. Cao, W.X. Shen, “Design of Single Phase Grid-connected Photovoltaic Power Plant based on String Inverters,” The First IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2006), 24-26 May, Singapore, 2006.
20. W. X. Shen, Chan Chui Chui, Alex See Kok Bin, Ong Kok Seng, “Investigation of Standalone Photovoltaic System Using LabVIEW Based Test Facility,” International Conference on Man-Machine Systems, 15-16 September 2006, Kangar, Malaysia.
21. W. X. Shen, Sultan.A.A. Al-harazi, “Electronic circuit simulation of fuel cell,” The Third IASTED Asian Conference on Power and Energy Systems (AsiaPES 2007), April 2 - 4, 2007, Phuket, Thailand.
22. W. X. Shen, “Experimental study of standalone photovoltaic system,” 17th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-17), December 3-7, 2007, Fukuoka, Japan.
23. Tan Zheng Hong, Shen Weixiang, "Application of Genetic Algorithms in the Design of a Solar Array–exclusive Standalone Photovoltaic System", The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon 08), December 1–3, 2008, Johor Baharu, Malaysia.
24. Shen Weixiang, "Design of standalone photovoltaic system at minimum cost in Malaysia", The 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2008), June 3–5, 2008, Singapore.
25. Shen Weixiang, Dingyi, Choo Fook Hoong, Wang Peng, Loh Poh Chiang and TAN Kuan Khoon, "Mathematical model of a solar module for energy yield simulation in photovoltaic systems", The Eighth International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS2009) November 2–5, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.
26. Wang Peng, Zhu Haipeng, Shen Weixiang, Choo Fook Hoong, Loh Poh Chiang and TAN Kuan Khoon, "A novel approach of maximizing energy harvesting in photovoltaic systems based on bisection search theorem", The Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC2010), February 21–25, 2010, Palm Springs, CA, USA.
27. Shen Weixiang, Choo Fook Hoong, Wang Peng, Loh Poh Chiang, Khoo Sui Yang, "Development of a mathematical model for solar module in photovoltaic systems", The Sixth IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2011), 21–24 June, Beijing, China, 2011.
28. Shen Weixiang and Alex See Kok Bin, "Investigation of standalone photovoltaic systems", The 6th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2011), 21–24 June, Beijing, China, 2011.

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Looking for Research Fellow Opportunities in Electric Vehicle Drive System?

The applicant must have a PhD or equivalent with significant research/industry experience (4–10 years) in an appropriate discipline, preferably in electrical engineering.

Experience in electric motor control, power electronics, embedded control and battery energy management system will be a distinct advantage. A deep understanding of electric vehicles and a strong interest in electric vehicle applications are desirable.

For further information, please send me an email through wshen@swin.edu.au including your full CV.

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Looking for PhD Research Opportunities?

If you are interested in the following areas,

• Battery Available Capacity Indicator for Electric Vehicles
• Battery Charging Algorithm and Hardware Implementation for Electric Vehicles
• Battery energy management system for electric vehicles
• Integration of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles into power grids
• Solar photovoltaic system technology
• Distributed energy generation and micro–grid

with an average score of 75 or above for a bachelor degree in electrical engineering and ideally a master degree by research, wish to pursue a PhD degree supported by scholarship, please contact me through the email address wshen@swin.edu.au at any time. Before you send me any enquiry you should check Swinburne's requirements of research higher degree at the following website:

• http://www.research.swinburne.edu.au/higher–degrees/    

Then write a 1 or 2 page research proposal (including references) showing how your research interests map into one of my projects above, particularly in the first three projects. Together with your email, you should also send me a copy of your academic records (transcript) in English detailing:

• all subjects you studied, the time and duration of the subject.
• content of the subject if any (provide the link to the course taught by your university would be sufficient).
• marks you have obtained from those subjects (you should also provide the marking scheme for the obtained marks, i.e. what is the maximum mark and what is the pass mark for that subject).

For international students you should also provide English test results to demonstrate English language proficiency and communication skills, such as results of the IELTS, see the details on this website :

• http://www.international.swinburne.edu.au/courses/english–re    

This information will help me decide whether to have further discussions with you about possible candidature and scholarships.

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role	Institution
Xiao Peng Chen	PhD	Faculty	2011	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Parisa Amiribavandpour	PhD	Electrical	2011	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Tu Thanh Vo	PhD	Faculty	2011	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Fengxian He
	PhD	Elec Eng	2012	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne

Topics for Prospective Ph.D Students - View ALL topics for Dr. Weixiang Shen

Intelligent energy management system for electric vehicles
The purpose or this project is to develop a intelligent energy management system (iEMS) for electrical vehicles (EVs).