Qianfan Wang

Working Experience

2013-2015	Engineer, Alstom Grid (Acquired by General Electric), Redmond, WA
2010-2011	Visiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

*Ph.D.*, Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Advisor: Dr. Yongpei Guan	2009-2013
*B.S.*, Computer Science Peking University, Beijing, China	2005-2009

C. Zhao, Q. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Guan, “Expected Value and Chance Constrained Stochastic Unit Commitment Ensuring Wind Power Utilization”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 29, no. 6, pp.2696 - 2705, Nov. 2014. [ PDF ]
Q. Wang, J. Watson, Y. Guan, “Two-Stage Robust Optimization for N-k Network and Contingency-Constrained Unit Commitment”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol.28, no.3, pp.2366 - 2375, Aug., 2013. [ PDF ]
Q. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Guan, “Price-Based Unit Commitment with Wind Power Utilization Constraints”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol.28, no.3, pp.2718 - 2726, Aug., 2013. [ PDF ]
Q. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Guan, “Stochastic Unit Commitment with Uncertain Demand Response”, IEEE Power Engineering Letter, vol.28, no.1, pp.562 - 563, Feb., 2013. [ PDF ]
Q. Wang, Y. Guan, J. Wang, “A Chance-Constrained Two-Stage Stochastic Program for Unit Commitment with Uncertain Wind Power”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, pp.206 - 215, Feb., 2012. [ PDF ]

Y. Chen, X. Wang, Q. Wang, “Overcoming Computational Challenges on Large Scale Security Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) Problems”, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Technical Conference on Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market Efficiency through Improved Software, Washington D.C., 2014. [ PDF ]
Y. Chen, Q. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Guan, “Applying Robust Optimization to MISO Look-Ahead Commitment”, IEEE PES General Meeting, Washington D.C., 2014. [ PDF ]
* This paper will be discussed in a panel session at PES General Meeting.
Q. Wang, X. Wang, K.W. Cheung, Y. Guan, B. Frederick, “A Two-Stage Robust Optimization for PJM Look-Ahead Unit Commitment”, 2013 IEEE PowerTech Conference, Grenoble, France. [ PDF ]
C. Zhao, Q. Wang, Y. Guan, “Two-stage Robust Optimization for Power Grid with Uncertain Demand Response”, 2012 IIE Annual Conference. [ PDF ]
* Ms. Zhao receives IIE-CIS Division Best Student Paper Award for this work.

Marquis Who's Who in America 2015
2014 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, 3rd Place
2011 Outstanding International Student Award, University of Florida

Journal Reviewer: Applied Energy, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Energy Systems, Journal of Energy Engineering, IEEE Power Engineering Letter, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Energies
Conference Reviewer: 2014 IEEE PES General Meetings, 2013 IEEE PES General Meetings, 2012 IEEE PES General Meetings, 2012 ISERC
Technical Program Committee: 2014 IEEE SmartGridComm
Session Chair: 2012 ISERC, 2011 ISERC

"Two-stage Robust Optimization for N-k Contingency-constrained Unit Commitment", INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2012
“Two-stage Robust Optimization for Look-Ahead Unit Commitment”, Alstom Grid, Redmond, WA, 2012
“Chance-constrained Optimization in Stochastic Unit Commitment”, Alstom Grid, Redmond, WA, 2012
“Bidding Strategy with Uncertain Wind Power Output”, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2011
“Stochastic UC with Uncertain Demand Response”, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2011
“Chance-constrained Optimal Bidding Strategy under Wind Power Output Uncertainty”, IIE Annual Conference, Reno, NV, 2011
"Coordination of Wind-thermal Scheduling and Charging of Electric Vehicles by Stochastic Unit Commitment", IIE Annual Conference, Reno, NV, 2011
"A Chance-Constrained Two-stage Stochastic Program for Unit Commitment with Uncertain Wind Generation", INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2010