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Zian Qin is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He received the B.Sc. degree from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2009; M.Sc. degree from Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2012; and Ph.D. degree from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, in 2015; all in electrical engineering. In 2014, he was a Visiting Scientist at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. His research interests include power quality and stability of power electronics-based grids, solid-state transformers, and battery energy storage. He has more than 100 journals/conference papers, 4 book chapters, and 3 international patents, and he has worked on several European, Dutch national and industrial projects in these areas.
He is an associate editor of IEEE TPEL, TIE and JESTPE. He is the Founding Chair of IEEE Transportation Electrification Council Benelux Chapter, and the Dutch National Member in the Cigre WG 4.101 Grid-Forming Energy Storage Application. He served as the technical program chair of IEEE-PEDG 2024, IEEE-PEDG 2023, IEEE-ISIE 2020, IEEE-COMPEL 2020, etc. He is a winner of IEEE Open Journal in Power Electronics Prize Paper Award for the year 2020~2023 and IEEE International Challenge in Design Methods for Power Electronics Excellent Innovation Award 2023.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Innovative electric vehicle charging infrastructure for european transportation electrification: megawatt charging hubs with battery energy storage and solid-state transformers for medium-voltage grid integration
Qin, Z., Rivera, S., Yu, H. & Blaabjerg, F., 2025, In: IEEE Electrification Magazine. 13, 3, p. 6-16 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A converter for bipolar dc grids with an arrangement of two series resonant circuits to achieve zero voltage turn-on soft switching in the whole operating power range
Qin, Z. (Inventor), Yadav, S. (Inventor) & Bauer, P. (Inventor), 2025, IPC No. H02M, Priority date 28 Feb 2024, Priority No. NL2037137Research output: Patent
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A Consensus Algorithm-Based Secondary Control With Low Vulnerability in Microgrids
Xiao, J., Wang, L., Bauer, P. & Qin, Z., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 21, 4, p. 3196-3205 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A Partially Rated Interlinking Converter With Distributed Energy Storage for Active Power Sharing in DC Microgrids
Zhang, H., Yu, H., Sun, P., Zhu, X., Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., Bifaretti, S., Qin, Z., Li, G. & Chen, Z., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 40, 7, p. 9370-9387 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A transformer-enhanced framework for lithium-ion battery capacity estimation using limited imaginary impedance feature
Liu, R., Zhang, D., Wang, L., Mi, C. C., Bauer, P. & Qin, Z., 2025, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 122, 13 p., 116313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Prizes
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IEEE International Challenge in Design Methods for Power Electronics, Excellent Innovation Award, 2nd Place
Li, Z. (Recipient), Mirzadarani, R. (Recipient), Liu, R. (Recipient), Luo, T. (Recipient), Lyu, D. (Recipient), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (Recipient) & Qin, Z. (Recipient), 2024
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IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics Prize Paper
Wang, L. (Recipient), Qin, Z. (Recipient), Slangen, T. (Recipient), Bauer, P. (Recipient) & van Wijk, T. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Distinguished Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Qin, Z. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (Journal)
Qin, Z. (Editorial board member)
2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (Journal)
Qin, Z. (Editorial board member)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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IEEE Benelux Section Transportation Electrification Council Chapter (External organisation)
Qin, Z. (Chair)
2024 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Cigre WG B4.101 Grid-Forming Energy Storage Application (External organisation)
Qin, Z. (Member)
2024 → 2028Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (Journal)
Qin, Z. (Editorial board member)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Flexible Offshore Wind Hydrogen Power Plant Module
Qin, Z. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Bauer, P. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (Participant), Li, Z. (Participant) & Mirzadarani, R. (Participant)
1/04/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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ECS4DRES: Electronic Components and Systems for flexible, coordinated and resilient Distributed Renewable Energy Systems
Qin, Z. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Dong, J. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)), Bauer, P. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)), Yu, H. (Participant), Xiao, J. (Participant) & Zhang, S. (Participant)
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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GROW
Qin, Z. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Bauer, P. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)) & Amadou Adamou, A. (Participant)
1/07/24 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
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Power Quality of Energy Hubs-Modeling, Analysis, and Improvement
Bauer, P. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Qin, Z. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)) & Yang, F. Y. (Participant)
1/06/23 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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PROGRESSUS: Highly efficient and trustworthy electronics, components and systems for the next generation energy supply infrastructure
Bauer, P. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Qin, Z. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)), Dong, J. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)), Batista Soeiro, T. (Co-Principal Investigator (CoPI)), Wang, L. (Participant) & Riekerk, C. (Participant)
1/04/20 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
Press/Media
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More reliable wind turbines with chips, and better batteries for the grid
2/04/25
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement