Yuan Gao
Flexible Funding Awardee
Dr Yuan Gao (Senior Member, IEEE) received his PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, in 2021. He studied his masters in Aeronautical Engineering at the Beihang University, Beijing, China, 2014-2017. He finished his Bachelor of Engineering degree in 2013 at the Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China. In Feb 2023, He joined the School of Engineering at the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, as a lecturer in EEE. Prior to that, he was a postdoc research associate in hybrid autonomous system engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering, at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. His research interests include motor drive, model predictive control, multi-agent autonomous system, AI-aided design, control, and maintenance for power converter-based systems.
Dr. Gao is a Guest Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, an Associate Editor for IET Power Electronics, e-Prime, Electronics and Signal Processing, and an editorial board member for Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. He serves as the Financial Chair of ISEEIE 2024, Session Chair of IECON 2025, ESARS-ITEC 2024, and AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS) 2020. He is a recipient of a highly prestigious Chinese National Award for Outstanding Students Abroad in 2021.
Contact - yuan.gao@leicester.ac.uk