Sheng Wang
NUAcT Fellow | Integrated Energy Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Research profile and current focus.
Dr. Sheng Wang is a NUAcT Fellow in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. His work focuses on reliability, resilience, and optimization of integrated energy systems, with a particular emphasis on hydrogen integration and low-carbon infrastructure.
He received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Zhejiang University in 2016 and 2021. His research career has included appointments at State Grid (Suzhou) City and Energy Research Institute, the University of Macau, and University College Dublin.
His research spans integrated electricity-gas-hydrogen systems, operational reliability, resilience under uncertainty, demand-side flexibility, and data-driven planning for future energy networks.
He welcomes collaboration across academia and industry on hydrogen blending, multi-vector energy systems, resilient low-carbon operation, and infrastructure planning.
Core themes across energy system modelling and resilience.
Direct links for collaboration and profile access.
- Google Scholar Scholar Profile
- GitHub shengwang-ee
- CV Download PDF
Appointments across academia, industry, and applied energy research.
- 2024 - PresentNUAcT Fellow School of Engineering, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Leading research on resilient low-carbon energy systems with a focus on hydrogen integration, sector coupling, and operational reliability.
- - Principal investigator on hydrogen-integrated energy system resilience topics.
- - Developing methods for gas interchangeability, hydrogen blending, and multi-vector system operation.
- 2023 - 2024Senior Power Systems Researcher University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Worked on advanced modelling and analysis of energy systems, bridging academic research with applied system studies.
- 2022 - 2023Postdoctoral Research Fellow State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau Macao SAR, China
Conducted postdoctoral research on integrated energy systems, uncertainty-aware operation, and low-carbon energy transition.
- - Collaborated on projects related to hydrogen integration and flexible resource coordination.
- - Extended reliability and optimization models for multi-energy systems.
- 2021 - 2022Research Engineer State Grid (Suzhou) City and Energy Research Institute Suzhou, China
Worked on urban energy strategic planning and real-world energy system studies for State Grid projects.
- 2016 - 2021Ph.D. Researcher Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China
Completed doctoral research in electrical engineering with work on reliability evaluation, integrated optimal power flow, and energy flexibility.
Formal training in electrical engineering and energy systems.
- 2016 - 2021 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Zhejiang University Advisor: Prof. Yi Ding
- - College of Electrical Engineering.
- - Research centered on integrated electricity and gas systems, reliability, and operational optimization.
- 2012 - 2016 B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering Zhejiang University
- - College of Electrical Engineering.
- - Outstanding Graduates, overall GPA 3.89/4.0.
Representative work on hydrogen integration, operational reliability, and integrated energy systems.
- AcceptedShort-Term Reliability Assessment of Integrated Power-Gas Systems With Alternative Gas Injections Using Universal Generating Function Sheng Wang, Hongxun Hui, Junyi Zhai IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications | Accepted
- AcceptedResilience of Gas Interchangeability in Hydrogen-Blended Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems: A Transient Approach With Dynamic Gas Composition Tracking Sheng Wang, Hongxun Hui, Pierluigi Siano iEnergy | Accepted
- 2023Optimal Energy Flow in Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems With Injection of Alternative Gas Sheng Wang, Junyi Zhai, Hongxun Hui IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
- 2023Operational Reliability of Integrated Energy Systems Considering Gas Flow Dynamics and Demand-Side Flexibility Sheng Wang, Junyi Zhai, Hongxun Hui, Yi Ding IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
- 2023Operational Reliability Evaluation of Urban Multi-Energy Systems With Equivalent Energy Storage Sheng Wang, Hongxun Hui, Yi Ding, Chengjin Ye, Menglian Zheng IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Funded and collaborative projects spanning integrated energy planning, resilience, and hydrogen systems.
- May 2024 - May 2026Resilience quantification and enhancement of energy system operations with hydrogen integration Principal Investigator | Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship | ~GBP 200k
Research on resilience quantification and operational enhancement for hydrogen-integrated energy systems.
- 2022 - 2025Operational reliability evaluation of multi-source and heterogeneous urban multi-energy systems Principal Investigator | Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China | RMB 0.2m
- RecentResearch on key technologies of new power system construction in typical countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany Principal Investigator | State Grid Jiangsu | RMB 0.3m
- 2018 - 2021Research on operational reliability of integrated energy systems considering demand-side flexibility and energy flow dynamics Principal Investigator | Zhejiang University Academic Rising Star Program | RMB 20k
Editorial and academic community roles.
Invited talks and conference presentations.
- Reliability issues during the decarbonization of energy systems - the case of hydrogen blended electricity and gas systems Young scholar conference at Beijing Jiaotong University | 2023 View slides
- Operational Risk for Integrated Power and Gas Systems Considering Varying Hydrogen Concentrations With High Penetration of Wind 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies | 2023 View slides
- Steady-State Optimal Power Flow in Integrated Electricity and Gas Transmission Systems with Hydrogen Injections 2022 IEEE IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia | 2022 View slides
Selected awards and recognitions.
- - Outstanding paper of conference of 2022 Integrated Intelligent Energy, 2022.
- - Zhejiang Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award, 2021.
- - First Prize for Outstanding Papers at the Academic Annual Meeting of the Energy Internet Special Committee of the Society of Electrical Engineering, 2019.
- - Academic Rising Star of Zhejiang University Doctoral Student, 2019.
- - Award of Honor for Graduate, 2019-2020.