Liuxi(Calvin) Zhang, Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

Dr. Liuxi (Calvin) Zhang is an industry recognized leader in decarbonization, smart grid and renewable energy area with extensive experience in research, innovation, strategy, software development, product management and deployment. He is currently Global Technology Director in Eaton overseeing its global energy system R&D team in US, Asia and Europe.Prior to Eaton, Calvin was Sr. Manager of Distribution Engineering, and Sr. Manager of Smart Grid and Innovation at ComEd. He led efforts to identify and evaluate emerging technologies, develop smart grid strategy and roadmap, lead and manage demonstration projects related to Microgrid, Solar, Energy Storages, Smart Inverter standards, Electric Vehicles, DERMS, ADMS, PMU applications, and Resilience Metrics. He developed and managed 10+ innovation projects, including Bronzeville Community Microgrid, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (with $40M+ portfolio) collaborating with National Labs, Universities, and other solutions providers. His leadership and innovative projects owned several industrial awards, such as EPRI Tech Transfer Award, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC) Achievement Award, and Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) Product Innovation Award.Before joining ComEd, he was lead of distribution systems analytic team in Nexant, where he leads the research, software development and product management of Smart Grid analytic platforms. His expertise includes modeling and analytics of power transmission and distribution systems with renewable energy, EMS/DMS/DERMS applications such as state estimation, load flow and optimization with renewable energy, as well as PMU applications.Dr. Zhang is IEEE Senior Member. He is core member of several working groups in IEEE PES Technical Committees. He has been frequently invited as panelist/session chair in major IEEE conferences. Dr. Zhang obtained his Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Boston, MA and his M.S. and B.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He is the recipient of 2013 IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award in Boston Chapter and 2012 IEEE Student Achievement Award in Boston Chapter. He currently serves as Co-Chair of 2023 IEEE Grid Edge Technology Conference & Exposition.