● Collaborate with Motor Control Blockset team to deliver a suite of model-based design (MBD) workflows for electric motor applications● Incorporate pseudo-random binary signal as a wide-band identification signal for Simulink Control Design tools● Author technical articles to show the system identification and control design workflows for various plant models● Use Simulink Control Design tools to solve control design problems in electrification trend, including renewable energy resources, distributed energy resources, and microgrids

● Developed multiple-feedback-loop controller tuning workflows for permanent magnet synchronous motors and induction motors● Developed auto-tuning PID controller tuning workflows for various plant models, including power electronics circuits, electric motors, mini-drone quadcopters and robotic arms● Developed Simulink Control Design tools to streamline and speed up control design workflows

Provide Technical Support to MathWorks Customers Using Control Design Automation & Signal Processing and Communication Tools.Work on Projects:● Model Power Network and Dynamics of Electric Aircraft● Apply Control Design Workflow on Power Electronics Circuits● Develop Machine Vision Based Tracking and Navigation Example Model● Model Dynamics of a Steering System for Automotive Industry

● Proposed a hierarchical controller, solving a “voltage-rise” problem for General Electric (GE) Energy and enabling 30% more power injection from distributed generators to the grid● Applied the control architecture to standalone microgrids to provide reliable electricity to three remote East African school facilities (sponsored by Accenture)● Conducted comprehensive stability analysis on stressed power distribution networks and presented results in 2013 American Control Conference (ACC)For details, please check my personal website at: http://www3.nd.edu/~zwang6/research.html

● Designed and constructed a multi-functional power pole board for a power electronics lab session with ten students● Demonstrated power conversion up to 100W for interconnection of distributed energy resources (such as solar panels) to the grid● Supervised undergraduate “Power Electronics” lab sessions to ensure concept understanding and lab safety with high-power electronic circuitsFor details, please check my personal website at: http://www3.nd.edu/~zwang6/labwork.html

● Investigated dynamic security assessment using smart grid technology (mentor: Dr. Hongbo Sun)● Developed a voltage collapse detector using only local information for distributed energy resources (DER)● Developed decentralized control algorithms to improve voltage stability for DERs in Microgrids● Granted two US patents US10148089B2 and US9971371B2● Published two conference papers at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and IEEE PES General Meeting

● Investigated infrastructure health management strategies in smart grid (mentor: Dr. Feng Gao)● Presented an educational poster on fault diagnosis in CRL research workshop● Developed a knowledge-based fault diagnosis system and published at IEEE PES General Meeting