Dr. Jimmy PENG
Dr. Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Previously, he was part of the startup team at the Masdar Institute (now part of the Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In 2013, he was appointed as a Visiting Scientist with the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts. He later became a Visiting Assistant Professor at MIT in 2014.
He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, and the secretary for IEEE PES Working Group on High-Performance Computing for Power Grid Analysis and Operation. He also serves on the Long-range Planning (LRP) committee at the IEEE PES Governing Board.
He is actively involved in industry standards. In 2020, he was nominated to serve on the Electrical and Electronics Standards Committee under the Singapore Standards Council—a body that approves the establishment, review, and withdrawal of Singapore Standards and Technical References. Previously, he was a committee member for the SPRING SS-535 Standard: Code of Practice for Installation, Operation, Maintenance, Performance and Construction Requirements of Mains Failure Standby Generating Systems. SPRING is an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore. Previously, he was an Assessor for the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, New Zealand. He was also a former member of the IEC New Zealand National Committee under the Standards New Zealand—a business unit within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand. He was nominated by the Standards New Zealand to join the IEC Young Professionals Program in 2011.
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Current and Past Teaching:
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EE2022 - Electrical Energy Systems
EE5702 - Advanced Power Systems Analysis
EPE606 - Power System Stability Analysis
EPE502 - Dynamic Systems and Control
SSC501 - Spacecraft Systems and Design
FDN455 - Introduction to Power Systems
FDN474 - Signals and Systems
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Education:
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Ph.D. (University of Auckland) in April 2012
B.E. (University of Auckland) in May 2008
Zhe GONG - Ph.D. Candidate
Zhe received her Bachelor’s degree at Shandong University, China, in 2019, majoring in electrical engineering and automation. She then continued her graduate studies at Tsinghua University, China, as a recommended postgraduate in Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute. She received her Master degree in 2022. Her thesis topic is on the risk assessment and network reconfiguration of active distribution networks.
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She is recipient of the NUS President's Graduate Fellowship. Her current research focuses on the network resilience of inverter-based distribution systems.
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Shiqi LI - Ph.D. Candidate
Shiqi received his B.ENG degree in Communication Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China in 2022, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering at National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2023. His research projects include anomaly detection and optimal allocation of generation reserves.
His current research focuses on the design of fast and safe charging algorithms for Li-ion battery devices.
Hanchen DENG - Ph.D. Candidate
Hanchen received his B.ENG degree in Communication Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China in 2023, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering at National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2024. His research projects include stability analysis of HVDC system and inverter based resources.
He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at PEng Lab. His research focuses on the design of fast and safe on-board charger for light EV.
Phong NGO - Ph.D. Candidate
Ngo Gia Phong received the B.E. degree and the Engineer degree in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, in 2024 and 2025, respectively. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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His current research focuses on the impact of data centers on power system stability.
Hariharan Meenakshi SUNDARAM - Ph.D. Candidate
Hariharan received his B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Data Science Specialization) from SRM Institute of Science and Technology in 2025, graduating as the Gold Medalist, First Rank Holder, and recipient of the Best Outgoing Student Award. During his undergraduate studies, his research focused on device-aware circuit design and ultra-low-power CNTFET-based architectures.
He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a recipient of the NUS Research Scholarship (Industry Relevant). His current research focuses on high-efficiency, high-power-density power converters for autonomous industrial mobility.
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Qingyang YU - Ph.D. Candidate
Qingyang received the B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from South China University of Technology, China, in 2024, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore, in 2025.
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His research interests include RF system design and wireless power transfer. His current research focuses on ultrasonic wireless power transfer and state-of-charge monitoring for implantable systems.
Perrine CLOTILDE - Ph.D. Candidate
Perrine received her Engineering degree from École Polytechnique, France. She is currently pursuing a M.Eng. degree at NUS.
Her research focuses on machine learning applications in hepatology, with a focus on risk stratification and survival analysis to optimize patient treatment targeting.
Corentin PLUMET - M.Eng. Visting Candidate
Corentin received his Bachelor’s degree in Microengineering from EPFL in 2023 and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Robotics at the same university. He is currently a visiting student at NUS, where he is conducting his Master’s thesis.
His interests lie at the intersection of Machine Learning and energy systems, with a particular focus on power grids. His work includes the use of Graph Neural Networks to model and learn from complex network-structured systems.
