{"id":25,"date":"2016-09-03T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:43:54","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/people\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tiefu Zhao\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7143001652223758;width:209px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/files\/2022\/04\/zhao_tiefu_3-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Tiefu Zhao, Ph.D.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC<\/em><\/span>)<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">University of North Carolina \u2013 Charlotte<\/span><br><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Address: EPIC 1160, 8700 Phillips Rd, Charlotte, NC 28223<\/span><br><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Phone: 704-687-0939<\/span><br><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Tiefu.Zhao@charlotte.edu\">Tiefu.Zhao@charlotte.edu<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong>Edu<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">cation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Ph.D., North Carolina State University, USA, 2010<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">M.S., Tsinghua University, China, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">B.S. with Excellent Graduate Honor, Tsinghua University, China, 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Industry Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Eaton Corporate Research &amp; Technology<strong>, <\/strong>Milwaukee, WI, 2010 &#8211; 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Honors<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">2015 IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Award (to recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the profession by an IAS member less than 35 years of age)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">2015 STEM Forward Young Engineer of the Year Award (to recognize an outstanding contributor to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area under the age of 40)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">As the Chair of IEEE Milwaukee Section IAS\/IES Joint Chapter<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0led the chapter with winning the 2015 IES Best Chapter Activity Award for demonstrated and outstanding performance.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Editorial Services<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Associate Editor for <em>IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics<\/em>, 2014 &#8211; 2019<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Associate Editor\u00a0for <em>Chinese Journal of Electrical Engineering<\/em>, 2018 \u2013 present<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Reviewer of <em>IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics<\/em>, <em>IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications<\/em>, <em>IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and <\/em>various national and international IEEE conferences, including ECCE, APEC, IECON, PEDG, and ITEC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Conference Organization <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Track Chair for IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2022<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Topic Chair and Session Chair for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022 and 2021<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Session Chair for IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC), 2021<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Session Chair for the 4th IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM), 2021<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Award Chair for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2019, Baltimore, Maryland.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Publicity Chair for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2018, Portland, Oregon.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Publicity Chair for International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) 2018, Charlotte, NC.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Invited Session Chair for IEEE International Power Electronics and Application Conference and Exposition (PEAC) 2018, Shenzhen, China.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Topic Chair for International Conference on Power Electronic (ICPE 2019-ECCE Asia), Busan, Korea.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Publicity Chair for IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC) 2017 at Miami, Fl.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Publicity Chair and Topic Chair for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2016 at Milwaukee, WI.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Chair of IEEE Milwaukee Section IAS\/IES Joint Chapter, 2012 &#8211; 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Program Chair and Technical Session Chair for International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Milwaukee, WI, 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Tutorial Chair for IEEE Symposium on Power Electronics &amp; Machines for Wind and Water Applications (PEMWA 2014), Milwaukee, WI, 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Professional Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award Committee, 2016 &#8211; Present<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Member of IEEE PELS TC6 (Emerging Power Electronic Technologies) Sub-Committee on New Initiatives and Conferences, 2020 &#8211; Present<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Member of IEEE International Technology Roadmap of Power Electronics for Distributed Energy Resources (ITRD), Working Group (WG4) on Security and Protection for DERs, 2020 &#8211; Present<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Industry Advisory Board Member of National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) &#8211;\u00a0Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center, at North Carolina State University, 2014 &#8211; 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">IEEE Senior Member Review Panelist, Milwaukee, WI, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>IEEE Standard Working Group<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">IEEE SASB\/SCC21 (Standards Association, Standards Board\/Standards Coordinating Committee 21) 1547 Working Group Member, 2021 &#8211; Present<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Local IEEE Service and Outreach<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Founding Chair of IEEE Charlotte section PELS\/IAS\/IES Chapter, 2016 &#8211; Present. Led the chapter to bring together over 300 attendees from the region\u2019s industry leaders, university faculties, and students for knowledge exchange and collaborations.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Chair of IEEE Milwaukee IAS\/IES Joint Chapter, 2011- 2016. 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