The 2025 International Conference on Transport Electrification and Energy Storage (ICTEES 2025) was successfully held in University of Leicester, UK, from 14-16,November . It was organized by University of Leicester.                                                                  

      Committee

Alex Q. Huang (IEEE Fellow,  University of Texas Austin, USA)

Hongbiao Dong (Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow, University of Leicester, UK)

Dmitry Svechkarenko (ABB, Sweden)

Phil Mawby (IET Fellow, University of Warwick, UK)

Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd (University of Leicester, UK)

Volker Pickert (Newcastle University, UK)

Jinrong Wang (Guizhou University, China)

Bing Ji (University of Leicester, UK)

Cungang Hu (Anhui University, China)

Yun Hong (Guizhou University, China)

Ralph Kennel (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

Wenping Cao (IET Fellow, Anhui University, China)

Volodymyr Havryliuk (Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Ukraine, Ukraine)

Xiaoyan Huang (Zhejiang University, China)

Jia Shuai (Guizhou University, China)

Lassi Aarniovuori (Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology)

Xuebao Li (North China Electric Power University, China)

Tianhong Pan (Anhui University, China)

Yang Xiao (University of Leicester, UK)

Nadjim Horri (University of Leicester, UK)

Haimeng Wu (Northumbria University, UK)

Xiangping Chen (Guizhou University, China)

Paulo Lopes (IET China Head)

Krishna Shenai (IEEE Fellow, University of Chicago, USA)

Zhongbei Tian (University of Birmingham, UK)

Bashar Zahawi (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates)

Pericle Zanchetta (University of Pavia, Italy)

Stoyan Stoyanov (University of Greenwich, UK)

Stefano Nuzzo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Morvillier Raphaël (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, France)

Janine Ebersberger (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)

Andrii Chub (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)

Tetina Serdiuk (Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies , Ukraine)

Shu Yang (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

Zhenbin Zhang (IET Fellow, Shandong University, China)

Fengyu Zhang (University of Nottingham, UK)

Ravita Lamba (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)

Qingsong Wang (École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS),  Canada)

Mohamed Dahidah (Newcastle University, UK)

Paul Lefley (Collins Aerospace, UK)

Kun Tan (Anhui University, China)

Dimosthenis Peftitsis (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Li Liu (Guangxi University, China)

Jing Wu (Guizhou University, China)

Yixiong Feng (Guizhou University, China)

Yong Fu (Guizhou University, China)

Menglan Lv (Guizhou University, China)

Zhengqiang Tang (Guizhou University, China)

Vanja Ambrozic (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Speakers

Keynote Speaker  I

                                                                                                                                      Huai Wang

                                                                                                                       Aalborg University, Denmark

Title: Advances in Reliability of Power Electronic Components and Systems

 Bio:Huai Wang is a Professor at the Department of Energy (AAU Energy), Aalborg University, Denmark. He leads the Reliability of Power Electronic Converters (ReliaPEC) group and chairs the Mission of Digital Transformation and AI at AAU Energy. His research focuses on efficient, reliable, and cognitive power electronic converters. He collaborates with companies across the value chain, from materials and components to systems. Part of the research outcomes have become the underpinning technologies of three start-up companies. Over the past decade, he has initiated five short-term industrial/PhD courses, attended by over 1,000 PhD students and industry engineers. He received his PhD degree from the City University of Hong Kong in 2012 and B.E. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2007. He is a member of Danish Academy of Technical Sciences.

Abstract: TBC

Keynote Speaker  II

                                                                                                                          Paul Taylor

                                                                                                 Dynex Semiconductor and CRRC Times Electric

Title: Advancing Renewable Energy Power and Transportation Solutions Through Advances in Power Semiconductor Electronics

Bio: Paul Taylor studied a B.Sc. honours degree in electronic engineering and physics and completed a Ph.D. in compound semiconductor research at Leeds University. He started his industrial career with GEC Marconi as a research engineer in power semiconductor device design and applications. After leading the R&D and product marketing of a range of fast switching products and gate turn off thyristors, he was appointed operations manager responsible for all power device production and engineering and overall business manager for power semiconductor electronic products at Lincoln.

In year 2000 he was one of the founding Officers of Dynex, and subsequently  he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Dynex with listing on the Toronto venture stock exchange and led the business through a growth period increasing turnover from £10M to £24M, and a successful acquisition in 2008 by CRRC Times Electric Co Ltd, Hunan, China.

After stepping down as CEO in 2017 he was appointed Chief Advisor to CRRC Times Electric Co Ltd supporting their international business and technology development, particularly in semiconductor, renewable energy and electric vehicle power electronics, and continues in that position today.  His professional roles include Chairman of Power Electronics UK, Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, member of IEEE Power Electronics Society, and Honorary Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham.

Abstract: Zhuzhou CRRC Institute is a leader in green energy solutions, focusing on innovative, intelligent, and reliable power generation and transportation technologies. The company excels in R&D, manufacturing, and service, driving advancements in EV transportation and renewable energy system integration. CRRC Zhuzhou's main industrial products include rail transit systems, new energy equipment, EV automotive and industrial equipment founded on a core technology in Power Electronic Converter equipment. Collaboration with its UK subsidiary, Dynex Semiconductor Ltd has led to the introduction of an in house advanced IGBT and Silicon Carbide MOSFET capability that has significantly enhanced the efficiency and reliability of these product solutions. This presentation will illustrate the key power semiconductor product technology developments and discuss the future road map in both silicon and wide band gap semiconductor technology  and its contribution to the development of more efficient energy management and EV transportation solutions.

Keynote Speaker  III

                                                                                                                          Teng Long

                                                                                                                 University of Cambridge

Title: Use Less: Removing Packaging Boundaries to Integrate Power Electronics

Bio: Prof. Teng Long is Professor of Power Electronics in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he leads the Advanced Power Electronics Laboratory (“The Long Group”). He is a Fellow (and Director of Studies) of Peterhouse.  His research spans power electronics and conversion systems for transport electrification (more-electric vehicles in road, rail, marine and aerospace), electrical energy storage, renewable energy and smart grids.  Career milestones at Cambridge include appointment as Lecturer in 2016, promotion to Associate Professor in 2021, and to Full Professor (Power Electronics) in 2022. He established The Long Group within the Electrical Engineering Division.  Before joining Cambridge, he worked at GE Power Conversion, contributing to projects such as a transformer-less all-electric platform supply vessel, the Royal Navy’s Type-45 all-electric warship programme, and an electromagnetic aircraft-catapult demonstrator.

Abstract: Power electronics is ubiquitous in the energy system, nearly 80% of the world’s total electrical power or more than 12 billion kilowatts on average is being processed by power electronics-based power converters in every hour of every day. From renewable energy to power supplies, from transport electrification to smart grids, every Watt is converted and controlled by power converters several times from the end to end. In quest of high performance and sustainability of power electronics, we will demonstrate a new design paradigm for power converter systems by means of structural and functional integration with consideration of circularity at the design stage. We introduce a smart control method which exploits electroluminescence from the semiconductor physics to empower a desirable soft-switching control for a significant increase of efficiency. This smart control is, accurate, robust, self-adaptive, and has EMI immunity. Instead of the linear design process using available components, we will cohesively design novel power electronic and passive component packages oriented from the system requirement. The novel packaging design takes new structures, materials, and fabrication/assembling technologies to advance their performance as well as enable their reusability and recyclability for their ‘another life’ and ‘after-life’. New design concept and deliverables enable reusability, repairability, recyclability of most of parts. In consequence, an unprecedented performance is expected, and the circular power electronics is enabled.

Keynote Speaker  IV

                                                                                                                        Zhengyu Lin

                                                                                                                  Loughborough University

Title: Power Sharing Control of Energy Storage Systems in DC microgrids

Bio: Dr. Zhengyu Lin is Reader in Power Electronics at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) of Loughborough University. His research area includes power electronics and its applications in renewable energies, machine drives, and microgrid based low-carbon energy systems. He was a UK EPSRC Fellow on plug-and-play DC microgrids (EP/S001662), and the coordinator of 3 EU microgrids projects: MSCA-RISE project ‘RDC2MT’, MSCA-IF project ‘PAINTING’, and MSCA-PF project ‘I-CARE’. Before joining Loughborough University, he has worked at Aston University, Sharp Laboratory of Europe and Emerson (Now Nidec) Control Techniques.

Abstract: DC microgrids are small-scale localised power systems that operate in DC form instead of AC, offering higher efficiency and seamless integration of renewable energy and storage. However, achieving accurate power sharing among energy storage units and maintaining stable converter interaction remain key technical challenges.

This keynote presents two control strategy to improve the power sharing accuracy and system stability in DC microgrids. First, in DC microgrids under traditional droop control, mismatched and time-varying line resistances will degrade power-sharing performance, particularly in multi-bus configurations. To address this, an adaptive line resistance estimation and compensation approach is introduced, which accurately estimate and compensate line resistances without additional hardware, ensuring accurate power sharing. Second, the issue of low frequency beat frequency oscillations in parallel-connected converters is introduced, and then a hybrid mitigation strategy, combining separated switching frequency channels and additional line inductors, is proposed to eliminate these oscillations and enhance system reliability.

Keynote Speaker  V

                                                                                                                                                                 Jun Liang

                                                                                                                                                         Cardiff University

Title: Interoperability in HVDC Systems 

Bio: Jun Liang is a Chair Professor at Cardiff University. He has over 30 years’ experience in renewable energy, DC transmission/distribution, power electronic converter control, power system operation and electrified transport. He currently leads a research team in power electronics and DC technologies for renewable power generation and transmission. He has obtained research funding over £22M,including £10M external funding under his portfolio, in 35 projects. He has been the Coordinator and Scientist-in-Charge of three EC FP7/Horizon-2020/Horizon-Europe Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Action ITN/ETN/DN projects (total €13M, 2013-2026). He also leads several major UKRI projects, including UK EPSRC-China NSF project (total £1.1M), UK-Australia, UK-US and UK-Africa projects. He has published over 290 papers including 180 journal papers, 1 book in IEEE/Wiley, and 4 book chapters. He has supervised over 340 PhD students and 15 post-doctoral researchers.

He is an IEEE Fellow and an IET Fellow. He has been the Chair of UK&RI Chapter of IEEE Power Electronics Society, an Organising Committee member of the IET ACDC conferences, CIGRE C6 UK Regular Member, a committee member of CIGRE Working Groups, Committee member of the British Standards Institution (BSI), the Committee member of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) SC 8A, an Editorial Board member of CSEE JPES, an Editorial Board member of Energy Internet, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy.

Abstract: With development of HVDC links and multi-terminal HVDC networks, there is a challenges of inter-operation of HVDC converters supplied by different vendors due to the potential competition, concern over technical confidentiality and IP protection, and requirement of their coordinated control operation. This talk will present relevant definitions, history, clarification of understanding, current challenges, potential solutions and future trends of this issue.

Tutorials

Tutorial I

                                                                                                                                                        Yunhong Che

                                                                                                                            MIT & Aalborg University

Bio: Dr Yunhong Che is a Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering at MIT and an Assistant Professor of Energy at Aalborg University (joint appointment). His work sits at the intersection of AI and electrochemistry, developing physics-informed models and diagnostics for batteries and energy systems. He earned his PhD from Aalborg University (2024) and previously visited EPFL and Stanford in 2023.

Title: Beyond Black Boxes: Physics-Guided AI for Battery Health in Electric Transportation

Abstract: Accurate and reliable state monitoring, health diagnosis, and lifetime prediction are critical to ensure the safe operation of batteries in energy storage systems. Factors such as different battery types, varying battery pack topologies, diverse user scenarios, and regional characteristics contribute to significant pattern differences, thus challenging optimal management. Integrating artificial intelligence technologies has brought new opportunities for the intelligent management of batteries. However, existing battery system management still faces challenges such as low model generalizability, poor generalization capability, and weak mechanistic interpretability. This seminar will introduce three main topics to address the above challenges. The first part of this seminar focuses on the development of algorithms for dynamic state estimation and prediction throughout the entire lifecycle of battery systems. An integrated multi-state estimation and prediction framework applicable to battery systems under varying operating conditions across their full lifecycle will be illustrated. Then, focusing on battery health prediction research tailored to practical applications with limited labeled data and model adaptability requirements, transfer learning-based model enhancement strategies suitable for variable data conditions will be introduced. Finally, targeting the development of interpretable models that integrate mechanism-based and data-driven approaches, as well as online non-destructive health diagnostics for batteries, a multi-source information fusion and mechanism-data-coupled interpretable battery health diagnosis and prognosis technology will be presented.

Tutorial II

                                                                                                                                                Xiao Chen

                                                                                                                                 University of Sheffield

Bio: Dr. Xiao Chen is a senior lecturer in electrical machines at University of Sheffield. He led various research projects / work packages on bearing currents, high frequency effects and manufacturing effects in electrical machines, high-fidelity modelling of electrical machines, and high-speed machines, funded by EPSRC, ORE CATAPULT, Royal Society, ATI, and Rolls-Royce.

Title: Bearing currents in electrical machines

Abstract: Bearing problems contribute to at least 20% of electrical machine failures, and this figure goes even higher for large machines (e.g. machines in wind turbines, more electric aircraft, etc). This tutorial will first introduce the mechanism of bearing currents in electrical machines driven by voltage source inverters, followed by a literature review of bearing current modelling approaches and mitigation techniques. Then, the bearing current research activities at University of Sheffield will be presented, including bearing impedance modelling, parasitic capacitance modelling, common mode, stator and rotor impedance modelling, combined electrical discharge machining and circulating bearing current modelling and validation, and zig-zag slot opening technique for bearing current mitigation.

Tutorial III

                                                                                                                         Muhammad Zubair 

                                                                                                                                 University of Glasgow

Bio: Dr. Muhammad Zubair (SFHEA, SMIEEE, SMOptica) received his PhD in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, followed by postdoctoral research at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore. Before joining Leicester as an Assistant Professor (UK Lecturer), he held academic and research appointments at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Information Technology University (ITU), Lahore; and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Dr. Zubair’s research interests span applied electromagnetics and metasurfaces, with a focus on developing next-generation models, materials, and devices for future communication, sensing, imaging, and energy applications. He has contributed as PI/ Co-PI or researcher co-lead in projects funded by several international agencies, including the EPSRC (UK), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), HEC/PHEC (Pak), Singapore Temasek Labs, and the US Department of Defense (DoD). He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, co-authored two book chapters/monographs, and has been listed among the top 2% most-cited researchers worldwide by Stanford-Elsevier since 2022. His contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the URSI Young Scientist Award, Punjab Innovation Research Challenge Award, IEEE Education (ETOP 2025) Change Champion, and the RSC Emerging Investigator 2024/2025 distinction. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Senior Member IEEE, Senior Member Optica, IEEE AP-S Young Professionals Ambassador 2025, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) Ambassador 2025, and an active member of IET, ACES, and SPIE. He currently serves or has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, PLOS ONE, Wiley International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, and IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation.

Title: Metasurfaces for Next-Gen Communication and Sustainable Energy Innovations

Abstract: This tutorial explores the transformative role of metamaterials and metasurfaces as versatile platforms for next-generation electromagnetic (EM) wave manipulation across a wide range of applications. Metasurfaces have the potential to revolutionize communication, sensing, imaging, and sustainable energy by enabling unprecedented control over EM waves in ultra-thin and highly customizable structures. The presentation will cover advanced metasurface applications, such as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for 5G/6G communication, high-sensitivity sensors for health and transportation, high-resolution imaging systems, and energy-efficient absorbers for solar and thermophotovoltaic devices. By examining recent breakthroughs and future directions, this talk aims to inspire innovative solutions and collaborations within the wider engineering community.

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