Wenyuan Tang
Biography
Wenyuan Tang joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University as an assistant professor in August 2017. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University from September 2015 to August 2017. His research interests include power system operation, energy economics, and data analytics for smart grids.
Education
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Ph.D.
2015
Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles -
Master's
2014
Applied Mathematics
University of Southern California, Los Angeles -
Master's
2010
Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles -
Bachelor's
2008
Electrical Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing
Research Focus
- Power Electronics and Power Systems
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2022)
- Bennett Faculty Fellow Award (2021)
Awards & Honors
- 2014 - SmartGridComm 2014 Student Travel Grant, IEEE Communications Society
- 2013 - Best Honorable Mention Poster Award, University of Southern California
- 2010 - Annenberg Graduate Fellowship, University of Southern California
Recent News
Wenyuan Tang and Spyridon Pavlidis Receive NSF CAREER Award
Posted on January 31, 2022 | Filed Under: Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Tang and Dr. Pavlidis for receiving prestigious NSF CAREER Awards for their work on electricity market design and ultra-wide bandgap devices.
Tang, Zhou, and Ricketts are Recipients of ECE Faculty Awards
Posted on May 7, 2021 | Filed Under: Faculty
ECE is proud to announce that Wenyuan Tang, Huiyang Zhou, and David Ricketts are the 2021 recipients of the Departmental Faculty Awards — the Bennet Faculty Fellow Award and the William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award.
FREEDM researchers receive funding for work on grid resilience tools
Posted on May 23, 2019 | Filed Under: Power and Research
Researchers in the FREEDM Systems Center received a $3.1 million research award from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the U.S. electricity grid.
Recent Media Mentions
Department Of Energy Announces Winners Of Solar Forecasting Prize
March 28, 2022