Biography

Dr. Liang Du is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Temple University. Prior to joining Temple, Dr. Du worked as an Electrical Engineer with Schlumberger Sugar Land, TX after receiving his Ph.D. in Electric Energy from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in 2013. His other industry experience includes summer research internships with Eaton Corporation Innovation Center in Milwaukee, WI, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, MA, and Philips Research North America in Briarcliff Manor, NY, in 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively.

Personal link: gliangdu.github.io

Research Interests

  • Electric Power Grid Modernization
  • Energy Systems Integration
  • De-Centralized and Autonomous Power Architectures
  • Data-Driven Analytics
  • Renewable Integration

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

ECE 3091

Indep Research in EE: Integration of Energy Storage Systems & Electrified Transportation

Undergraduate

ECE 4712

Power System Analysis

Undergraduate

ECE 4722

Power Electronics

Undergraduate

ECE 5432

Game Theory and Applications in Engineering

Graduate

ECE 5442

Engineering Optimization: Methods and Applications

Graduate

ECE 5600

Graduate Seminar

Graduate

ECE 5712

Power Systems Engineering

Graduate

ECE 5722

Power Electronic Devices and Systems

Graduate

Selected Publications

  • Ma, S., Li, Y., Du, L., Wu, J., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., & Xu, T. (2022). Programmable intrusion detection for distributed energy resources in cyber–physical networked microgrids. Applied Energy, 306. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118056

  • Sun, D., Lu, X., Du, L., & Lu, F. (2021). An effective fault management scheme and comprehensive double line-frequency ripple propagation analysis for MVDC networks. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 15(22), pp. 3151-3163. doi: 10.1049/gtd2.12246

  • Wang, S., Du, L., Fan, X., & Huang, Q. (2021). Deep reinforcement scheduling of energy storage systems for real-time voltage regulation in unbalanced LV Networks with high PV penetration. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 12(4), pp. 2342-2352. doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2021.3092961

  • Ye, J., Guo, L., Yang, B., Li, F., Du, L., Guan, L., & Song, W. (2021). Cyber-Physical Security of Powertrain Systems in Modern Electric Vehicles: Vulnerabilities, Challenges, and Future Visions. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 9(4), pp. 4639-4657. doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2020.3045667

  • Jiang, X., Li, Y., Du, L., & Huang, D. (2021). Identifying hopf bifurcations of networked microgrids induced by the integration of EV charging stations. 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2021, pp. 690-694. doi: 10.1109/ITEC51675.2021.9490159

  • Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, D., & Du, L. (2021). Scalable distributed reachability analysis for cyber-physical networked microgrids with communication latency. 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2021, pp. 266-270. doi: 10.1109/ITEC51675.2021.9490036

  • Li, Y. & Du, L. (2021). Programmable and reconfigurable cyber-physical networked microgrids through software-defined networking. 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2021, pp. 255-259. doi: 10.1109/ITEC51675.2021.9490123

  • Ross, M., Du, L., & Seibold, B. (2021). Spatial-temporal EV charging demand model considering generic second-order traffic flows. 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2021, pp. 789-794. doi: 10.1109/ITEC51675.2021.9490052

  • Qu, L., Duan, Y., & Du, L. (2021). An enhanced linear extended state observer based sensorless control for PMSM Drives. Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, pp. 2485-2489. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487064

  • Guo, L., Ye, J., & Du, L. (2021). Cyber-Physical Security of Energy-Efficient Powertrain System in Hybrid Electric Vehicles against Sophisticated Cyberattacks. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(2), pp. 636-648. doi: 10.1109/TTE.2020.3022713

  • Guo, L., Yang, B., Ye, J., Chen, H., Li, F., Song, W., Du, L., & Guan, L. (2021). Systematic Assessment of Cyber-Physical Security of Energy Management System for Connected and Automated Electric Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 17(5), pp. 3335-3347. doi: 10.1109/TII.2020.3011821

  • Wang, S., Du, L., Li, Y., & Fan, R. (2021). Stochastically Stable Synchronous Learning for EV Aggregators Considering Their Collective Age of Information. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. doi: 10.1109/TTE.2021.3095262

  • Zhi, N., Ming, X., Ding, Y., Du, L., & Zhang, H. (2021). Power-Loop-Free Virtual DC Machine Control with Differential Compensation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. doi: 10.1109/TIA.2021.3119512

  • Wang, S., Du, L., Ye, J., & Zhao, D. (2020). A Deep Generative Model for Non-Intrusive Identification of EV Charging Profiles. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 11(6), pp. 4916-4927. doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.2998080

  • Ziyabari, S., Du, L., & Biswas, S. (2020). Short-term Solar Irradiance Forecasting Based on Multi-Branch Residual Network. ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, pp. 2000-2005. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235930

  • Sun, D., Lu, X., Du, L., & Cao, Y. (2020). Optimal Design of PV Systems Considering Levelized Cost of Energy and Power Density. ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, pp. 1708-1714. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235436

  • Sun, D., Lu, X., & Du, L. (2020). Optimal Design of Grid Interactive Inverters Based on Harmonic State Space Modeling. ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, pp. 5040-5045. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235676

  • Zhi, N., DIng, K., Du, L., & Zhang, H. (2020). An SOC-Based Virtual DC Machine Control for Distributed Storage Systems in DC Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 35(3), pp. 1411-1420. doi: 10.1109/TEC.2020.2975033

  • Ziyabari, S., Du, L., & Biswas, S. (2020). A Spatio-temporal Hybrid Deep Learning Architecture for Short-term Solar Irradiance Forecasting. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2020-June, pp. 0833-0838. doi: 10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300789

  • Sitch, K., Sun, D., Du, L., & Yang, H. (2020). Pulsed electric bus charging management considering charge redistribution effect. 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020, pp. 1088-1092. doi: 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161717

  • Wang, S., Du, L., & Li, Y. (2020). Decentralized Volt/Var Control of EV charging station inverters for voltage regulation. 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC 2020, pp. 604-608. doi: 10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161713

  • Wang, S., Du, L., Ye, J., & He, L. (2020). Noncooperative Social Welfare Optimization with Resiliency against Network Anomaly. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 16(4), pp. 2403-2412. doi: 10.1109/TII.2019.2936830

  • Rong, S., He, L., Du, L., Li, Z., & Yu, S. (2020). Intelligent Detection of Vegetation Encroachment of Power Lines with Advanced Stereovision. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2020.3043433

  • Zhi, N., Ding, Y., & Du, L. (2019). Virtual DC generator control strategy based on differential compensation. 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019, pp. 1454-1458. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912875

  • Zhang, S., Zhang, S., Li, S., Du, L., & Habetler, T.G. (2019). Visualization of multi-objective switched reluctance machine optimization at multiple operating conditions with t-SNE. 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019, pp. 3793-3798. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912768

  • Wang, S., Du, L., & Zhou, Q. (2019). A Semi-Supervised Deep Transfer Learning Architecture for Energy Disaggregation. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2019-August. doi: 10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973556

  • Sitch, K., Sun, D., & Du, L. (2019). Integration of Pulsed Electric Bus Fleet Charging Profiles Through Coordinated Control of Hybrid Microgrids. ITEC 2019 - 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo. doi: 10.1109/ITEC.2019.8790513