Wei Sun

Wei Sun is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He is also the Director of Siemens Digital Grid Lab. He received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University in 2011, and his M.S. and B.S. degrees from Tianjin University in 2007 and 2004, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. He was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at South Dakota State University in 2013-2015, a power system engineer at Alstom Grid in 2011-2012, a visiting scholar at the University of Hong Kong in 2011, and an intern at California Independent System Operator in 2010.

Dr. Sun’s research interests include electric power and energy systems, in particular, power system restoration and self-healing, interdependent critical infrastructure, cyber-physical security, microgrid and data centers, renewable integration, distributed energy resources, transmission and distribution operation and control. His research is funded by NSF, DOE, Florida Center for Cybersecurity, and Microsoft. He received Microsoft Research Software Engineering Innovations Award in 2014.

Research Interests

• Power System Restoration and Self-healing Smart Grid
• Resilient and Secure Critical Infrastructure
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Renewable Energy and Microgrid

Ongoing Research Projects

• Scalable/Secure Cooperative Algorithms and Framework for Extremely-high Penetration Solar Integration (SolarExPert) (US Department of Energy)
• Developing Cybersecurity Laboratory and Curriculum for Critical Energy Infrastructure (Florida Center for Cybersecurity)
• Cyber-Physical Attacks Recovery in Smart Grids: Security, Resiliency, and Interdependency (Florida Center for Cybersecurity)

Professional Activities

• Director of Siemens Digital Grid Lab
• Associate Editor of Energy Systems
• Co-chair of WG on Power System Restoration in IEEE PES
• Task Lead of Restoration from Cascading Failures in IEEE PES CFWG
• Panel Chair in IEEE conferences, including Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, PES General Meeting
• Panelist and reviewers for NSF and DoE

Honors & Awards

• Microsoft Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Award (2014)
• Best Paper Award, 2019 IEEE PES ISGT Asia
• Mentor of the Year, UCF Graduate Student Association, 2019