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Dr. Minghui Lu is a Research Engineer at the Optimization and Control Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) from Sep. 2023. His research expertise mainly lies in the field of power electronics, grid-forming inverters, converter hardware and modeling, and distributed control. His pioneering contributions have concentrated on developing architectural and control algorithmic foundations for power electronics inverters in low-inertia power grids, linear and nonlinear distributed control theory for robust and resilient power system operation. He has had significant technical responsibility for multi-million-dollar DOE-funded projects that have impact on both industry and academia. He is also the recipient of research awards, including the 2023 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award, 2020 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Outstanding Reviewer Award. He is listed among the world top 2% scientists in the global list compiled by Stanford University for the calendar year 2022.

Dr. Lu has authored 50 peer-reviewed publications with over 1000 citations. Prior to joining PNNL, he was a research associate at the University of Washington Seattle, and University of Texas at Austin, where he collaborated with faculties on the topic of scalable control architecture for 100% PV penetration with grid-forming inverters. Dr. Lu received his Ph.D. from Aalborg University in power electronics engineering in 2017, master's and bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering from top Chinese universities in 2014 and 2011, respectively.

• Power Electronics
• Power System Dynamics
• Inverter Control
• Dynamical Systems Theory
• System Modeling

• Ph.D., Aalborg University, Electric Power Engineering
• M.E., AHuazhong University of Science and Technology, Electric Power Engineering
• B.E., Harbin Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering

• Member of IEEE
• Member of IEEE Power and Energy Society
• Member of IEEE Power Electronics Society

• 2023 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award
• 2020 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Outstanding Reviewer Award
• 2017 IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Best Paper Award
• 2013 The 7th Symposium on Power Electronics & Electrical Drives, Best Paper Award
• 2013 The 8th Wuhan Power Supply Society Conference, Best Paper Award

2025

• Biswas S., X. Lyu, Q.H. Nguyen, X. Fan, M. Lu, and W. Du. 2025. "Impact of IBR Location and Parameters on Inter-Area Oscillation Modes in Bulk Power Grids." IEEE Access 13, no. _:6556 - 6566. PNNL-SA-196774. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3520497

2024

• Lu M., M.A. Elizondo, T. Salsbury, V.A. Adetola, and K.P. Schneider. 2024. "A Fully Decentralized Modulation Scheme for Modular Multilevel Converters." In IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2024), October 20-24, 2024, Phoenix, AZ, 3548-3552. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-196443. doi:10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10861390