08/2012–08/2018, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, USA

08/2012–12/2015, M.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, USA

09/2009–06/2012, M.E., Power System and Automation, Shandong University, China

09/2005–06/2009, B.E., Electrical Engineering and Management, Shandong University, China

12/2021-present, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

08/2020–08/2021, Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

08/2018–07/2020, Postdoc, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

05/2017–08/2017, Power System Software Engineer, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute, North America, USA

08/2015-01/2018, Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, USA

08/2012–05/2018, Research Assistant, University of Connecticut, USA

Battery management system with applications to electric vehicles and power grids

Power system simulation, demand response, load forecasting, and PV systems

08/2021–08/2023, PI, Estimation and optimization of the key lithium-ion battery physical characteristics in hybrid plug-in electric vehicles, 595K SEK, jointly funded by The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) & National Natural Science Foundation of China, in collaboration with Chongqing University, China.

2020–2023, PI of Work Package 3: Data-driven SoH estimation and RUL prediction, 1.82 MSEK, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency - Vehicle Strategic Research and Innovation Programme, in cooperation with CEVT, with a total project budget of 8.31 MSEK.

Patent

Faisal Altaf, Weiji Han, Torsten Wik, “A method for predicting state-of-power of a multi-battery electric energy storage system,” European patent, filed on June 18th, 2020.

Book chapter

Weiji Han, Liang Zhang and Yehui Han, “Mathematical Modeling, Performance Analysis and Control of Battery Equalization Systems: Review and Recent Developments,” in Advances in Battery Manufacturing, Services, and Management Systems, Jingshan Li, Shiyu Zhou, Yehui Han, Eds. Wiley-IEEE Press, pp. 281-302, Sep. 2016.

Journal articles and Theses

[16] Weiji Han, Faisal Altaf, Torsten Wik, Changfu Zou, “Sensitivity Analysis of the Battery System State of Power,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, accepted in Sept. 2021.

[15] Weiji Han, Faisal Altaf, Changfu Zou, Torsten Wik, “State of Power Prediction of Battery Systems with Parallel-Connected Units,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, accepted in Jul. 2021.

[14] Weiji Han, Anton Kersten, Changfu Zou, Torsten Wik, Xiaoliang Huang, Guangzhong Dong, “Analysis and Estimation of the Maximum Current during Battery System Reconfiguration,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, accepted in June 2021.

[13] Guangzhong Dong, Weiji Han, Yujie Wang, “Dynamic Bayesian Network based Lithiumion Battery Health Prognosis for Electric Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 10949-10958, Nov. 2021.

[12] Weiji Han, Torsten Wik, Anton Kersten, Guangzhong Dong, Changfu Zou, “Next Generation Battery Management System: Dynamic Reconfiguration,” IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 20-31, Dec. 2020.

[11] Oskar Theliander, Anton Kersten, Manuel Kuder, Weiji Han, Emma Grunditz, Torbjörn Thiringer, “Battery Modeling and Parameter Extraction for Drive Cycle Loss Evaluation in Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters for Vehicles,” IEEE transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 6968-6977, Nov.-Dec. 2020.

[10] Quan Ouyang, Weiji Han, Changfu Zou, Guotuan Xu, Zhisheng Wang, "Cell Balancing Control for Lithium-Ion Battery Packs: A Hierarchical Optimal Approach," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 5065-5075, Aug. 2020.

[9] Xiaoyu Li, Kangwei Dai, Zhenpo Wang, Weiji Han, "Lithium-ion batteries fault diagnostic for electric vehicles using sample entropy analysis method," Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 27, pp. 1-11, Feb. 2020.

[8] Weiji Han, Changfu Zou, Liang Zhang, Quan Ouyang, Torsten Wik, “Near-fastest Battery Balancing by Cell/Module Reconfiguration,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 6954-6964, Nov. 2019.

[7] Weiji Han, Changfu Zou, Chen Zhou, Liang Zhang, “Estimation of Cell SOC Evolution and System Performance in Module-based Battery Charge Equalization Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 4717-4728, Sept. 2019.

[6] Weiji Han, "System Modeling, Performance Evaluation, and Control of Battery System Charge Balance," Ph.D. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT, United States, Aug. 2018.

[5] Weiji Han and Liang Zhang, "Battery Cell Reconfiguration to Expedite Charge Equalization in Series-connected Battery Systems," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 22-28, Jan. 2018.

[4] Weiji Han, Liang Zhang, “Mathematical Analysis and Coordinated Current Allocation Control in Battery Power Module Systems,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 372, pp. 166-179, Dec. 2017.

[3] Weiji Han, Liang Zhang, Yehui Han, “Computationally Efficient Methods for State of Charge Approximation and Performance Measure Calculation in Series-connected Battery Equalization Systems,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 286, pp. 145-158, July 2015.

[2] Jidong Liu, Xueshan Han, Weiji Han, and Li Zhang, "Model and Algorithm of Customers’ 5/6 Responsive Behavior under Time-of-Use Price," Power System Technology, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 2973-2978, Oct. 2013.

[1] Weiji Han, "Analyses of demand response characteristics of electricity consumers," Master thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Shandong, China, June 2012.

Conference papers

[10] Anton Kersten, Manuel Kuder, Weiji Han, Torbjorn Thiringer, Thomas Weyh, Richard Eckerle, "Online Battery Impedance Estimation of Battery Cells, Modules or Packs in a Reconfigurable Battery System or Multilevel Inverter," Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Oct. 2020.

[9] Weiji Han, Anton Kersten, Torsten Wik, "Analysis and Estimation of the Maximum Circulating Current during the Parallel Operation of Reconfigurable Battery Systems," IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 2020.

[8] Anton Kersten, Lukas Baum, Weiji Han, Torbjorn Thiringer, Massimo Bongiorno, “Output Voltage Synthesis of a Modular Battery System based on a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter Topology for Vehicle Propulsion: Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation vs. Fundamental Selective Harmonic Elimination," IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 2020.

[7] Anton Kersten, Manuel Kuder, Arthur Singer, Weiji Han, Torbjorn Thiringer, Thomas Weyh, and Richard Eckerle, “Elimination/Mitigation of Output Voltage Harmonics for Multilevel Converters Operated at Fundamental Switching Frequency using Matlab’s Genetic Algorithm Optimization," European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Lyon, France, Sept. 2020.

[6] Weiji Han and Liang Zhang, "Charging and Discharging Spaces-based Current Allocation in Parallel-Connected Battery Systems," IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 2016, pp. 1209-1214.

[5] Weiji Han and Liang Zhang, "Charge Transfer and Energy Transfer Analysis of Battery Charge Equalization," IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2015, pp. 1137-1138.

[4] Weiji Han, Liang Zhang, and Yehui Han, “System-Theoretic Analysis of Battery Systems during Equalization, Charging, and Discharging,” IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Taipei, 2014, pp. 158-163.

[3] Weiji Han, Li Zhang, Jidong Liu, Xueshan Han, “Demand Response Model for Characteristics Analysis of Electricity Consumers,” IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Asia, Tianjin, China, May 2012, pp. 1-5.

[2] Weiji Han, Li Zhang, Jidong Liu, Xueshan Han. “Analyses of Demand Response Characteristics of Electric Consumers based on SOM,” 27th Chinese Universities Symposium on Electrical Power System Automation, Qinhuangdao, China, 2011.

[1] Jidong Liu, Li Zhang, Weiji Han, Xueshan Han. “Dividing Steps and Fixing Base Price of Multistep Electricity Price based on SOM,” 27th Chinese Universities Symposium on Electrical Power System Automation, Qinhuangdao, China, 2011.

Associate Editor of IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, which is intended as a forum for the publication and discussion of current practice and future developments in electric power generation, transmission and distribution.

Topics Board Editor of Batteries, an international peer-reviewed open access journal of battery technology and materials published quarterly online by MDPI.

Guest Editor of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) 2020, the flagship conference of both IEEE-SMC TC on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems, and IEEE-RAS TC on Neuro-Robotics Systems.