| Heng Wu Title: Professor Research directions: Modeling, Stability analysis and Control of Power Electronic Dominated Power Systems Email: hengwu@seu.edu.cn office phone: |
Biography：
Heng Wu is a Professor with Southeast University. He has published over twenty papers in IEEE journals as the first/corresponding author with more than 6300 Citations in total (Google scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jIcFijMAAAAJ&hl=en ). He was selected for the National Young Talents Program and received the First Prize of Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education. Since 2019, he has been annually listed in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists, ranking in the top 0.2% globally in the fields of Energy, Electrical Engineering, and Electronics. He serves as Chair of the IEEE Working Group on Frequency-Domain Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of HVDC and FACTS, and as a review expert for national science foundations in Canada, Sweden, and Israel. He also serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
Dr. Wu’s recent research focuses on the modeling, stability analysis, and control of grid-forming converters. He serves as subgroup leader for two Cigré working groups on grid-forming converters: JWG B4/C4.93 and WG B4.101. He has participated in the drafting or discussion of grid-forming converter standards for the UK, Danish, and Finnish grids. He has led or contributed to multiple research projects on grid-forming converter system modeling, stability analysis, and control algorithm design in collaboration with companies such as NR Electric, Sungrow, Energinet, Elia Group, Royal Dutch Shell, and DNV.
Education:
2017.05 - 2020.07:Ph.D., Electrical Engineering,Aalborg University, Denmark
2012.09 - 2015.04:M.Sc., Electrical Engineering,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
2008.09 - 2012.06:B.Sc., Electrical Engineering,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Work Experience:
2025.09 – Present:Professor,Southeast University, China
2023.01 – 2025.07:Leader of eGrid research group,AAU Energy, Aalborg University, Denmark
2022.01 – 2025.07:Assistant Professor,AAU Energy, Aalborg University, Denmark
2024.11 – 2024.12:Guest Researcher,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
2020.07 - 2022.12:Postdoctoral Fellow,AAU Energy, Aalborg University, Denmark
2019.09 - 2019.12:Guest Researcher,Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
2018.11 - 2018.12:Guest Researcher,Ørsted Wind Power, Denmark
2015. 07 - 2017.03:Electrical Engineer,NR Electric Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China
Publications：
G. Humblot-Renaux, Y. Wu, S. Escalera, T. B. Moeslund, X. Wang andH. Wu*, "Uncertainty-aware stability analysis of IBR-dominated power system with neural networks,"IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 16055-16060, Nov. 2025 .
Y. Xiong,H. Wu*, Y. Li and X. Wang*, "Comparison of power swing characteristics and efficacy analysis of impedance-based detections in synchronous generators and grid-following systems,"IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 2545-2556, May 2025.
P. Huang,H. Wu*, L. Vanfretti and O. Gomis-Bellmunt, "Wideband impedance passivation of MMCs for suppressing harmonic oscillations,"IEEE Trans. Power Deliv., vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 3101-3113, Dec. 2024
S. Liu, R. G. Cirstea,H. Wu*, T. Bosma and X. Wang*, "Comparative evaluation of converter control impact on torsional dynamics of Type-IV grid-forming wind turbines,"IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy., vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 2803-2814, Oct. 2024.
S. Liu,H. Wu*, T. Bosma and X. Wang*, “Impact of DC-Link voltage control on torsional vibrations in grid-forming PMSG wind turbines,”IEEE Trans. Energy Convers.,vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 2631-2642, 2024(Best Paper Award).
H. Wu, X. Wang and L. Zhao, "Design considerations of current-limiting control for grid-forming capability enhancement of VSCs under large grid disturbances,"IEEE Trans. Power Electron.,vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 12081-12085, Oct. 2024.
H. Wu and X. Wang, "Control of grid-forming VSCs: a perspective of adaptive fast/slow internal voltage source,"IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 10151-10169, Aug. 2023 (Prize Paper Award)
X. Wang,H. Wu*, X. Wang, L. Dall and J. B. Kwon, "Transient stability analysis of grid-following VSCs considering voltage-dependent current injection during fault ride-through,"IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 2749-2760, Dec. 2022.
T. Lund,H. Wu*, H. Soltani, J. G. Nielsen, G. K. Andersen and X. Wang, "Operating wind power plants under weak grid conditions considering voltage stability constraints,"IEEE Trans. Power Electron.,vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 15482-15492, Dec. 2022.
H. Wu and X. Wang, "Small-signal modeling and controller parameters tuning of grid-forming VSCs with adaptive virtual impedance-based current limitation,"IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 7185-7199, June 2022 .
H. Wu and X. Wang, "Passivity-based dual-loop vector voltage and current control for grid-forming VSCs,"IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 8647-8652, Aug. 2021.
H. Wuand X. Wang, “Virtual-flux-based passivation of current control for grid-connected VSCs”,IEEE Trans. Power Electron.,vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 12673-12677, Dec. 2020.
H. Wu, X. Wang, and Ł. Kocewiak, “Impedance-based stability analysis of voltage-controlled MMCs feeding linear AC systems,”IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron., vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 4060-4074, Dec. 2020
H. Wu and X. Wang, “Dynamic impact of zero-sequence circulating current on modular multilevel converters: complex valued AC impedance modeling and analysis,”IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron.,vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1947-1963, June 2020
H. Wuand X. Wang, "A mode-adaptive power-angle control method for transient stability enhancement of virtual synchronous generators,"IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1034-1049, June 2020.
H. Wu and X. Wang, “Design-oriented transient stability analysis of PLL-synchronized voltage-source converters,”IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 3573 - 3589, Apr. 2020(ESI highly cited paper).
H. Wu and X. Wang, “Design-oriented transient stability analysis of grid-connected converters with power synchronization control”IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 6473–6482, Aug. 2019(ESI highly cited paper).
H. Wu, X. Ruan, D. Yang, X. Chen, W. Zhao, Z. Lv and Q. C. Zhong,“Small-signal modeling and parameters design for virtual synchronousgenerators,”IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 4292–4303,Jul. 2016(ESI highly cited paper).
Research：
2026-2028: PI, “Control and stability analysis of grid-connected inverters”, National Natural Science Foundation of China
2026-2028: PI, “Control optimization of Grid-Forming converters and its comparison with synchronous generators,” NR Electric
2026-2028: Co-PI, “Design of Grid-Forming STATCOMs for stable operation of LCC-HVDC systems,” State Grid Corporation of China
Teaching：
Graduates：
1.Shiyi Liu, now with TenneT Netherland
2.Xinshuo Wang, now with Hitachi Energy Sweden
