Pro. Xie Congzhen

·Education:

1994 Degree of B.Eng. in High voltage and insulation, Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering

2010 Degree of Ph.D.，South China University of Technology

·Work Experience:

1994-2007 Engineer, senior engineer, vice chief engineer, Dongguan Gaoneng Electric Co.,Ltd, P. R. China

2010-2016  Associate Professor, South China University of Technology, P. R. China

2017-present  Professor, South China University of Technology, P. R. China

2013-2014  Visiting Scholar, Arizona State University , P. R. China

·Other Optional information:

15 years working experience in domestic large electrical equipment manufacturing enterprises; awarded the labor model of Dongguan city and the honorary title of Nanyue female; served as CPPCC member in Dongguan. Assessment expert in National natural science foundation, IEEE member,  Member of the professional committee of insulator of the national transmission and distribution technology cooperation network, Member of the electric power industry insulator committee, Technical institute of electrical engineering testing committee members

·Research Interests:

·High voltage insulation: dielectric insulation and defect diagnosis, Fault diagnosis for the operation of transmission equipment and Insulation design

·Smart power grids: On-line Monitoring of High-Voltage Electric Apparatus, big data in electric power and cloud computing

·The biological properties of electromagnetic fields

·Project Funding:

Host a National Natural Science Funds for Young Scholar, a sub-projectof The National Key Technology R&D Program, three Open foundation of National Engineering Laboratory for extra high voltage engineering technology, a General projects for the Central Universities, multiple power grid company technology projects. Participate two sub-project of National High Technology Research and Development Program.

·Main achievements:

As the main investigator, developed a number of new power products including high voltage ac and dc composite insulators, and won the provincial and ministerial science and technology progress award several times. As the first inventor, applied for more than 10 patents, and won the China patent excellence award.Published more than 20 papers in SCI/EI. Instructed undergraduates to get the first prize of National College Students' Social Practice and Science and Technology Competition.