Ning Zhou received his BEng and his MS in automatic control at Beijing Institute of Technology in 1992 and 1995 respectively. He completed his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2005. He has taught classes such as Electric Circuit Analysis, Communication Theory, Sensors and Measurement Instruments, Digital Signal Processing, and Algorithms and Data Structures.
Zhou has a large body of scholarly publications, including 30 journal papers, 68 technical conference papers and 15 technical reports, with over 1,900 citations. He has also been the principal investigator for projects supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Bonneville Power Administration and Battelle.
Zhou is also a member of the IEEE PES technical professional society, serving as the session chair for the general meeting from 2011-18. He is a peer reviewer for major IEEE PES transactions and was awarded the Outstanding Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems in 2016.
Zhou is passionate about creating resiliency within power grids by creating situational awareness through his research with power grid information systems.
Ning Zhou is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering who researches power grid systems, signal processing, integration of renewable generation and smart appliances. One of Ning’s primary research focuses is developing ways to increase situational awareness for power grid operators, which will help to predict power grid behavior and ensure the resilience and reliability of power generation. Faculty Profile: https://www.binghamton.edu/electrical-computer-engineering/people/profile.html?id=ningzhou See more Faculty Focus Videos: https://www.binghamton.edu/communications-and-marketing/media-public-relations/faculty-focus.html http://www.binghamton.edu
In North America, we can think about grids of the components in the power system. Also, think about, "How do we interact as human beings, with the power grids?" That makes it more complex. You turn on the light. You turn it off. Actually, that is kind of an action with the power grid. It may cause the frequency to go down a little bit. And the generator may sense it and then pump more energy into the power grid.