Yifan Dong

About Me

I am a Ph.D. student in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, working with Prof. Junjie Qin. Before joining Purdue, I got my bachelor's degree in North China Electric Power University (Beijing), majoring in Electrical Engineering.

Updates

• 09/2024 Attended 2024 ASPIRE Annual Meeting in Utah, and presented my work during the technology showcase. [Poster]
• 07/2024 Attended 2024 IEEE PES General Meeting in Seattle, and presented my work during the poster session. [Poster]
• 02/2024 Registered as a participant on Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE).
• 02/2024 Our Paper regarding Real-Time Charging Control for Electric Roadways was accepted by IEEE PES General Meeting, 2024.
• 08/2023 Arrived in the U.S. and became a Ph.D. student at Purdue University.
• 06/2023 Abtained the Bachelor's degree at North China Electric Power University (Beijing).

Education

• [08/2023 - Present] Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
  Doctor of Philosophy, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• [09/2019 - 06/2023] North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
  Bachelor of Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
  Overall GPA: 93.4/100 (Top 1%)

Publications

• Yifan Dong, Junjie Qin, S. Sivaranjani, Xiaonan Lu, Dionysios Aliprantis and David Love, "Real-Time Charging Control for Electric Roadways: Formulation and Causal Algorithms," 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Seattle, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM51994.2024.10689067. [Paper]

Teaching

• Fall 2024: Teaching Assistant, Power Systems Engineering (ECE 31032), Purdue University.