A/ProfLi Li

Associate Professor

School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG

FUNDED RESEARCH

Power System: Smart/Micro grid control; Active distribution networks; Distributed generation integration; Power system protection; Electricity market; Energy security/resilience

Control Theory: Distributed control; Robust control; Sliding mode control; Model reduction

Postgraduate Students: I am looking for PhD students who are passionate and persistent in the research, hard-working, and independent critical thinking. Ideally students should have a Bachelor or Masters degree in a control theory or power engineering discipline. The potential research areas include distributed control, smart/micro grid control etc. I also welcome any proposals related to control theory and power systems from prospective students.

Scholarship Oppertunities for 1st class honour BEng (Electrical) from Australian Universities: If you are a motivated domestic student/graduate (PR or Citizen) holding 1st class honour BEng from any Australian University and would like to do PhD study, we have the full scholarship available for you. If you are interested, please shoot me an email with your CV, academic transcripts and your interested topics.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Dynamic Analysis and Load Modeling of Off-Grid Hybrid Gas Turbine–BESS Power Systems for High-Reliability Data Centers
    Baker Hughes Entity3 Aug 2026 - 30 Jul 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Baker Hughes Italy
  • CONSULTING
    Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Australian Onshore Wind Farms: FORCE (ESD) Field Demonstration (Phase 1)
    ENPOSS Co., Ltd1 Jul 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    ENPOSS Co., Ltd
  • GRANT
    Energy Independence and Microgrid Deployment: Examining the Implications for Defence Operations and Supply Chain Resilience
    Department of Defence16 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Army Research Scheme
  • GRANT
    Investigation of an optimum control strategy for energy management in Low-Voltage DC Microgrids
    Blue Economy CRC-CO LTD11 Dec 2023 - 11 Sep 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Blue Economy CRC-CO LTD - (3.23.001)
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    Optimal Participation Scheme for Virtual Power Plants in Energy and Reserve Markets
    Race for 2030 Limited1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Li L,
    • Zhang J,
    • Martin G,
    • Lilley B
    Race for 2030 Limited CRC - (RACE 2030 22.B4.P.0431)
  • GRANT
    The operation and control strategy of multi-energy integrated DC microgrids
    Chinese Scholarship Council1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Li L,
    • Wang F,
    • Abbasi M,
    • Shafei H,
    • Guo H
    Chinese Scholarship Council - Contract
  • GRANT
    RACE Opportunity Assessment N3 - Local DER Network Solutions [21128]
    Race for 2030 Limited22 Jun 2022 - 22 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Race for 2030 Limited CRC
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    Increase Australian Sovereign Industrial Capability
    Stahl Metall Pty Ltd25 Apr 2022 - 10 May 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Li L,
    • Mishra D
    Stahl Metall Pty Ltd
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    Optimal planning and operational strategy for biogas power generation system design in wastewater plants
    Race for 2030 Limited1 Jan 2022 - 30 Sep 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Race for 2030 Limited CRC - (RACE 2030)
  • GRANT
    Transferrable benefits from feasibility study of Derwent Bridge microgrid
    Department of Industry, Innovation & Science1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund - Microgrids - (RRCRII000012)
  • GRANT
    Optimal Design of Solar Photovoltaic & Concentrated Solar Power System for Coal- Fired Power
    Department of Planning Industry and Environment1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Li L
    Department of Planning Industry and Environment - (CINSW V18/299)
  • GRANT
    Plant-wide power and energy system optimisation for coal preparation
    Australia Coal Research Limited1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    Farm-wide microgrid decision support system for the Australian cotton industry
    Cotton RDC13 Aug 2018 - 31 Mar 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Li L,
    • Zhang J
    Cotton Research and Development Corporation Postgraduate Scholarship - (Cotton Research and Development Corporation)
  • GRANT
    National Natural Science Foundation of China1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Yu T,
    • Wang K,
    • Li L,
    • Cheng L,
    • Qu K
  • GRANT
    Vibration Analysis and Control of Clunking Noise for Digital Products
    Department of Industry, Innovation and Science7 Sep 2017 - 7 Sep 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovation Connections
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Experimentation and Evaluation of Clunking Noise Control Strategies
    Department of Industry, Innovation and Science1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovation Connections