Ye ZHAO (PhD candidate)


418 Dana Research Center
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115

Voice:(617) 938-9070
zhao.ye@husky.neu.edu

Research Interests:

Fault analysis, detection and protection in solar photovoltaic systems

Publications

Journal Papers

[1] Y. Zhao, J. F. de Palma, J. Mosesian, R. Lyons, and B. Lehman, "Line-Line Fault Analysis and Protection Challenges in Solar Photovoltaic Arrays," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2012. (to appear)

Conference Papers

[1] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, R. Ball and J.-F. de Palma, "Graph-based Semi-supervised Learning for Fault Detection and Classification in Solar Photovoltaic Arrays," Fifth IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE) , Denver, CO, USA, 2013.
[2] Jen-Hung Huang, Dzung Nguyen, Ye Zhao, Brad Lehman, "Fast Switching Reconfigurable Photovoltaic Modules Integrated Within DC-DC Converters", 14th IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2013.
[3] Y. Zhao,B. Lehman, R. Ball, J. Mosesian, and J.F. d. Palma, "Outlier Detection Rules for Fault Detection in Solar Photovoltaic Arrays", IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) , Long Beach, CA, 2013.
[4] Ye Zhao, Ling Yang, and Bradley Lehman, "Reconfigurable Solar Photovoltaic Battery Charger Using a Switch Matrix," 34th International Telecommunications Energy Conference (INTELEC 2012), Scottsdale, AZ, 2012.
[5] Y. Zhao, L. Yang, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Decision Tree-Based Fault Detection and Classification in Solar Photovoltaic Arrays," IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, 2012
[6] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Challenges to overcurrent protection devices under line-line faults in solar photovoltaic arrays," in Third IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2011.
[7] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Fault analysis in solar PV arrays under low irradiance conditions and reverse connections," in 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, WA, 2011.
[8] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Challenges of overcurrent protection devices in photovoltaic arrays brought by maximum power point tracker," in 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference , Seattle, WA, 2011.
[9] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. de Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Fault evolution in photovoltaic array during night-to-day transition," in Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2010 IEEE 12th Workshop on, 2010, pp. 1-6.
[10] Nakagomi, R.M., Zhao, Y. and Lehman, B., “Multi-level converters for three-phase photovoltaic applications,” Proceedings of the IEEE Compel Workshop, Boulder, CO, June 2010.
[11] Xingze He, C.-C Jay Kuo, Man-On Pun, and Ye Zhao, "A Change-Point Detection Approach to Power Quality Monitoring in Smart Grid", 1st IEEE International Workshop on Smart Grid Communication, Cape Town, South Afica, 2010

Awards

"Best Student Presentation Award" at 2013 Fifth IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE) Denver, CO.
The paper title: "Graph-based Semi-supervised Learning for Fault Detection and Classification in Solar Photovoltaic Arrays"

One of the 11 best papers selected.

  • ECCE 2013 Student Prize Winners

  • "Best Student Presentation Award" at 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
    The paper title: "Fault analysis in solar PV arrays under low irradiance conditions and reverse connections"

    One of the 9 best papers selected from 1049 accepted papers.

  • 37th IEEE PVSC-Past Student Award Winners
  • Photo of Ye Zhao (left) and the 37th PVSC Conference Chair Dr. David Wilt (right).

    Affiliations

    IEEE student member