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Sheng Wang

Dr Sheng Wang

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Overview

A Lecturer at Cardiff University. He has nearly 14+ years of experience in DC transmission/distribution, HV and MV power electronic converters, power system operation, and 6+ years of experience in domestic solar PV inverters, EV battery chargers, and wide-bandgap semiconductors.

He has (co-)authored 50+ papers.

He is the Chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Power Electronics Chapter (UK-I PELS) Chapter (https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/power-electronics/)

He has acted as principal or co-investigator in 15 projects. Ongoing projects cover the development of active gate drivers, data-driven-based design optimisation of compound-semiconductor-based power converters, AC/DC technology for offshore wind energy integration, solar battery energy storage systems, and protection solutions for low to high voltage DC power systems. 

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Thesis

Teaching

He has been awarded the HeHEA Fellowship (FEEA) and in parallel, is recognised as a Cardiff University Education Fellow. 

He is the MSc Electrical Energy Systems Year Tutor.  

His teaching covers: 

  • Personal Tutor of Year 1. 
  • Control Engineering (EN2058)
  • Power Electronics (EN3058)
  • Power System Protection (EN4807, tutorial/lab, from 2021 to 2023)
  • Integrated Building Design (EN4102, electrical services)
  • Supervisor of Year 3 and MSc projects. 

Biography

Sheng Wang received the B.Eng. degrees from Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K., and North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree from Cardiff University, in 2016. He was a Research Assistant during 2013–2014, a Research Associate from 2016 to 2018, and a KTP Associate from 2018 to 2020 with Cardiff University. Since 2020, he has been a Lecturer with the School of Engineering, Cardiff University.

Appointments

  • 11.2020 - present: Lecturer, School of Engineering, Cardiff University.
  • 05.2018- 11.2020: KTP Associate, SRS Works & Cardiff University.
  • 02.2016- 05.2018: Research Associate, School of Engineering, Cardiff University.
  • 05.2013 - 05.2014: Research Assistant, School of Engineering, Cardiff University.

Professional memberships

  • IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Senior Member.
  • IEEE Power Electronics Society, Member.  
  • IEEE Power Energy Society, Member.

Committees and reviewing

Editorial Roles:

  • Guest Editor, Special Issue of Applied Sciences on Power Electronics in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Systems 2022.
  • Gest Editor, Special Issue of Electronics in Advanced Applications of Power Electronics in Net-Zero Power Systems, 2024. 

Reviewer:

  • Reviewer for IEEE, IET and Elsevier journals.

Supervisions

Current Researcher  

Name Post Start Date Role
Dr Manish Kumar KTP Associate  10/2022 Line Manager
Dr  Jingmu Lai Research Asscioate  02/2025 Line Manager

 

 

Current supervision

Tian Jin

Tian Jin

Muhammad Helal Uddin

Muhammad Helal Uddin

Junaid Khalid

Junaid Khalid

Yawen Zhang

Yawen Zhang

Past projects