Seminar on "Building Hurricane-Resilient Urban Grids by Climate-Informed System Hardening Optimization" by Mr Shuo Li

Date: 24 October 2025, Friday
Time: 4:30 PM
Venue: FYW-3316, City University of Hong Kong
Zoom Meeting ID: 859 8869 4437
Password: 123456
Speaker: Mr Shuo Li, City University of Hong Kong

Abstract: Climate-driven hurricanes pose escalating threats to urban electricity distribution networks, undermining energy security and community wellbeing. A key challenge lies in developing integrated resilience strategies that effectively address emerging climate patterns—including fewer but more intense hurricanes and increasingly prevalent compound wind-rainfall hazards—alongside the spatial heterogeneity of risks and diverse vulnerabilities across urban and rural contexts. This seminar presents ongoing research efforts focused on building hurricane-resilient urban grids through climate-informed optimization frameworks. Specifically, the presentation will cover three complementary themes: (1) Long-term grid hardening and modernization, where high-resolution hurricane modeling is integrated with synthetic distribution networks to enable exposure-tiered reinforcement strategies that optimize infrastructure investments according to spatially diverse risk profiles; (2) Pre-event resilience planning, which addresses compound wind-rainfall hazards and trajectory uncertainties through stochastic optimization of emergency measures tailored to distinct urban-rural network characteristics; and (3) Post-disaster resilient restoration, which explores the integration of social vulnerability metrics alongside economic factors to achieve more equitable and effective recovery outcomes. Through interdisciplinary integration of electrical engineering and earth science, this work aims to contribute practical frameworks for enhancing grid resilience in hurricane-prone regions.
 
Speaker’s Bio: Shuo Li received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2023. He is currently pursuing dual Ph.D. degrees with the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, and the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University. His research interests include modeling and optimization of hurricane impacts on urban grids, resilience assessment and planning, and interdisciplinary integration of climate science and power systems engineering.
 
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