Yang Shiyu, Professor

School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Yang Shiyu is a Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He has been selected for several talent programs, including a national-level young talent program, Shaanxi Province’s “Sanqin Yingcai” (Young Talent) program, Xi’an Jiaotong University’s Young Top Talent Program (Class A) in China, and the Ezra Scholar program at Cornell University in the US. He is currently a core member of the research team on highly resilient energy and power systems at Xi’an Jiaotong University. He has previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Oregon Institute of Technology, and a Senior Scientist at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). His research focuses on applying optimal control theory and artificial intelligence to building energy systems, integrated energy systems, and related fields, and he has led multiple research projects, including a topic under a national major science and technology project.

• 2025 to present: Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, CN

• 2024 to 2025: Senior Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), SG

• 2023 to 2024: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Oregon Institute of Technology, US

• 2021 to 2023: Ezra Scholar and Guest Lecturer, Systems Engineering, Cornell University, US

• 2020 to 2021: Research Fellow, Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, SG

• 2016 to 2020: Doctorate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SG

• 2013 to 2016: Master's degree, Aeronautical Engineering, Beihang University, CN

• 2009 to 2013: Bachelor's degree, Aircraft Environment and Life-Support Engineering, Beihang University, CN

Model Predictive Control (MPC); Scientific Machine Learning (SciML); Integrated Energy Systems; Smart Buildings; Resilient Power Distribution Systems; Building-Grid Integration/Interaction; Demand Flexibility;  

Projects as PI:

• 2026 – 2029: National Major Science and Technology Project (Topic 3)
• 2026 – 2028: NSFC National-Level Young Talents Program
• 2025 – 2031: Xi’an Jiaotong University Young Top Talent Support Program (Category A)
• 2025 – 2031: Shaanxi Province “Sanqin Talents” Recruitment Program (Youth Category)
• 2023 – 2024: OREC Renewable Energy Research and Innovation (RERI) Fund
• 2021 – 2023: Cornell University Ezra Scholar Support Program
• 2020 – 2020: NTUitive Multidisciplinary Team Fund

Projects participated in as a key member :

Projects supported by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Singapore's National Research Foundation (NRF), Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO), AI Singapore (AISG), Temasek Foundation, Building and Construction Authority (BCA), National Heritage Board (NHB), PSA Corporation, et al.

• 2024, Bronze Award. 2024 Shenyang Overseas Elites Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, Shenyang Association for Science and Technology.
• 2021, Ezra Postdoctoral Fellowship. Cornell University.
• 2021, Best Presentation Award. IEEE 5th International Conference on Green Energy and Applications.
• 2020, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. China Scholarship Council.
• 2020, First prize, ENGIE x NTU Innovation Challenge. ENGIE.
• 2018, Outstanding Paper Award, 7th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2018).

• Commeitee Member, First Expert Committee on Intelligent Technology for the Haier Air Industry
• Guest Editor of Frontiers in Energy Research, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Sustainability, Frontiers in Built Environment etc.
• Technical Committee Member & Session Chair, 2022 IEEE 6th International Conference on Green Energy and Applications
• Session Chair, 2022 14th International Conference on Applied Energy
• Reviewer of Advances in Applied Energy, Applied Energy, Energy, Automation in Construction, Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Journal of Building Engineering, Journal of CO2 Utilization, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, International Journal of Ambient Energy, Optimization and Engineering, Heliyon, Microelectronic Engineering, etc

• MECH 433/REE 533 HVAC, Lecturer & Course Coordinator, Oregon Institute of Technology.
• ENGR 465 Capstone, Lecturer & Course Coordinator, Oregon Institute of Technology.
• SYSEN 6880: Industrial Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning, Guest Lecturer, Cornell University
• SYSEN 6000: Foundations of Complex Systems and SYSEN 6100/8100 Systems Seminar Series, Course Coordinator, Cornell University.

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yangshiyu@xjtu.edu.cn