Special Session 1

SS01. Advanced Battery Technologies for Emerging Transportation

Abstract

Batteries are the core power source for emerging autonomous electric vehicles, fully electric boats, electric aircraft, and bio-robots. Advancements in battery technologies, spanning new materials, management systems, and power converters-are vital to improving the lifespan, reliability, and safety of battery operations in these innovative transportation systems. This Special Session seeks to bring together the latest developments in battery technologies specifically for transportation applications. The scope of this Special Session includes, but is not limited to:

• Hybrid and all-solid-state batteries

• Heat-to-electricity conversion materials

• Edge computing for battery management systems

• Cloud-based battery management systems

• Thermal management solutions for Li-ion batteries

• High power density and efficient battery charging/discharging circuits

• Energy management systems for battery arrays

• AI-driven technologies for batteries

Biography

The Session Chair Yun Yang is currently an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University. He has been recognized as one of the top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University for the past two consecutive years. He is also the recipient of the 2023 Second Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, as well as the 2022 and 2024 Outstanding Reviewer Awards from IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

The Co-chair Lijun Hang is currently a full Professor at Hangzhou Dianzi Technology University. She has authored or coauthored more than 140 published technical papers.

The Co-chair Rui Xiong is a full Professor and the director of the International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage and Application at the Beijing Institute of Technology. He has authored over 200 papers, including 28 that are recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers. 

The Co-chair Eric Ka-wai Cheng is currently a full professor at the University of California, Merced. He was a full professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has developed a number of electric vehicle techniques including the battery charging system, battery management, electric drive, lighting, power conversion, in-wheel and integrated charger. He is also the project leader of a number of electric vehicle projects. He is also then project leader of a number of power electronics projects including medical robotics, intelligent clothing, DC distribution, electromagnetic modeling and excitation. He received the IEE Sebastian Z De Ferranti Premium Award (1995), outstanding consultancy award (2000), Faculty Merit award for best teaching (2003) from the University, Faculty Engineering Industrial and Engineering Services Grant Achievement Award (2006), Brussels Innova Energy Gold medal with Mention (2007), Consumer Product Design Award (2008), Electric vehicle team merit award of the Faculty (2009), Special Prize and Silver Medal of Geneva’s Invention Expo (2011) and Eco Star award (2012), Seoul International Invention Fair Gold prize (2015)for his contribution in super-capacitor to electric vehicles, iCAN Gold Medal (2016) for his contribution in active suspension , and Gold Award – 7th Hong Kong innovation and technology Award – for the contribution body integrated upper-capacitor electric vehicle. He has published over 450 papers and 7 books. His research interests are all aspects of power electronics, electric vehicles, electromagnetics, motor drives, renewable energy and energy systems.