Professor Q. H. Wu
Professor Qinghua Wu was born in Wuhan, China. He was among the first cohort of graduate students in Chinese universities after the Culture Revolution, and obtained an MEng degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), majoring in Power System and Its Automation, in 1981. After teaching in HUST for three years, he went to the UK in 1984 to pursue his further studies and obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering from The Queen’s University Belfast in 1987. Up till now, he has been working in the UK for 30 years. Professor Wu is the first scholar from mainland China who has been appointed Chair Professor in the UK since the Reform and Opening of China. He has been a Chair Professor in The University of Liverpool and Director of National Instruments e-Automation Laboratory since 1995. He is Director of Energy Research Institute of South China University of Technology, China.
Professor Wu has been long engaged in research on power systems and intelligence engineering. He worked as a Lecturer and later on a Senior Lecturer in a first-class Department of Mathematical Science in Loughborough University, UK from 1991 to 1995. He is theoretical and practical and has solid foundation of a wide range of knowledge and experience of engineering. He has been doing research in the areas of power grids and energy systems with his multidisciplinary expertise. He has undertaken creative work in artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, machine learning, multi-agent system, mathematical morphology, nonlinear adaptive control, system on chip, power electronics, simulation and optimization of complex systems, and applications of the subjects mentioned above in power engineering and energy systems. Many research activities undertaken in these areas are rooted from Professor Wu’s early original work.
Professor Wu weaves computational intelligence, systems engineering and power grids together, and is a pioneer in the Smart Grid research. He has authored/co-authored more than 260 papers in international journals including 190 SCI papers and over 300 papers of international conferences. He has also contributed over 20 book chapters and published 3 research monographs issued by Springer, and he holds 20 registered international and Chinese patents. Professor Wu has supervised 26 post-doctoral researchers, 80 PhD students, a great number of MSc, MEng and MPhil students and 28 visiting academic scholars.
Professor Wu has managed and undertaken many research projects of the UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, National Natural and Science Foundation of China, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), Guangdong Innovative Research Team Program, British Telecom, Alstom Ltd, Siemens Ltd, National Grid, National Instruments, China Southern Power Grid, and he has been supported by a large amount of research funds. He has been awarded the prize for Advanced Technology of National Semiconductor, Outstanding Scientist Award of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the prize for the Best Paper of Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Best Paper of Institute of Measurement and Control.
Professor Wu is Fellow of IEEE, Royal Chartered Engineer, Fellow of IET, and Fellow of InstMC. He is a Visiting Professor and Overseas Academic Expert Reviewer of Chinese Academy of Science, Expert Reviewer of China Science and Technology Award, Guangbiao Professor of Zhejiang University, Adviser of National Smart Grid Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University. In addition, Professor Wu has also been appointed as Guest Professor of a number of universities and Senior Technical Adviser in several power companies, and has served as the committee member of a number of international academic conferences.