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Dr. Bendong Tan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. From 2024 to 2025, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Connecticut, working with Dr. Junbo Zhao, and a Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Dr. Deepjyoti Deka. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut (UConn) in 2024, advised by Dr. Junbo Zhao. Prior to his Ph.D. studies at UConn, He obtained his M.S. degree in 2020 and B.E. degree in 2017, both in Electrical Engineering from Wuhan University.
Dr. Tan has received the 2023 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, the GE Fellowship for Excellence at the University of Connecticut, and the Ezra Postdoctoral Associate Fellowship at Cornell University. He is also a recipient of multiple awards, including Best Paper Awards at the IEEE PES General Meetings in 2021, 2022, and 2024, the Best Journal Paper Award from the International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems in 2022, and the Outstanding Reviewer Award from IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2021–2023).
Dr. Tan’s research focuses on the modeling, stability assessment, and control of next-generation power systems. He is particularly interested in the areas, including but not limited to:
- Dynamic power system modeling, including dynamic load and inverter-based resources
- Inverter-penetrated power system inertia estimation and tracking
- Static and dynamic power system risk assessment with high penetration of inverter-based resources
- Stochastic power system decision-making and control
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Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in power system analysis and control
Interesting ideas from other research areas are also welcome for discussion. More details about our group can be found in my personal website.
Openings: I'm actively looking for Ph.D. students to work with me. Feel free to drop me an email (bendong.tan@polyu.edu.hk) with the subject "{PhD Application}-{Your Name}" (e.g., PhD Application-Ming Li) with your CV, transcripts, and representative publications (if any) attached, if you are interested. Please include a brief statement of motivation for joining the research group in the email.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering, Wuhan University
- Master of Science in Engineering, Wuhan University
- Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut
