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YuAnn Li

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Yuan Li (IEEE SM’05-M’09-SM’23) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2003, 2006, and 2009, respectively.
From 2009 to 2018, she was a lecturer and an associate professor with Sichuan University, China. From 2019 to 2024, she was an assistant professor at the FAMU–FSU College of Engineering and the Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. In 2024 she joins the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, where she is an assistant professor.

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Peng, F.Z., Huang, H., Tolbert, L.M., Lehman, B., & Li, Y. (2025). Spacetime pq theory for AC and DC electric power systems. Sci Rep, 15(1), 8169.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-90021-3.

Zhu, J., Li, Y., Peng, F.Z., Lehman, B., & Huang, H. (2025). From Active Resistor to Lossless and Virtual Resistors: A Review, Insights, and Broader Applications to Energy Grids. IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS, 13(1), 1053-1068.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2024.3481440.

He, Y., Li, Y., Zhou, B., & Peng, F.Z. (2024). Switching-Cycle-Based Startup for Grid-Connected Inverters. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 5(3), 950-961.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/jestie.2024.3365031.

He, Y., Xu, C., Li, Y., & Peng, F.Z. (2024). A Survey of Hybrid Circuit Breakers: Component-Level Insights to System-Wide Integration. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 5, 513-533.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ojpel.2024.3381000.

Peng, F.Z., Liu, C.C., Li, Y., Jain, A.K., & Vinnikov, D. (2024). Envisioning the Future Renewable and Resilient Energy GridsA Power Grid Revolution Enabled by Renewables, Energy Storage, and Energy Electronics. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 5(1), 8-26.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/jestie.2023.3343291.

He, Y., Yang, Q., Li, Y., Kim, S., Peng, F.Z., Bosworth, M., Wang, L., Jin, Z., Shi, Y., Bonaventura, N., Steurer, M., Xu, C., & Graber, L. (2023). Control Development and Fault Current Commutation Test for the EDISON Hybrid Circuit Breaker. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 38(7), 8851-8865.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpel.2023.3262605.

Gonzatti, R.B., Li, Y., Amirabadi, M., Lehman, B., & Peng, F.Z. (2022). An Overview of Converter Topologies and Their Derivations and Interrelationships. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 10(6), 6417-6429.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/jestpe.2022.3181217.

Zhang, X., Li, Y., Lu, S., Hamann, H.F., Hodge, B.M., & Lehman, B. (2019). A Solar Time Based Analog Ensemble Method for Regional Solar Power Forecasting. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 10(1), 268-279.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tste.2018.2832634.

Cha, H., Li, Y., & Peng, F.Z. (2016). Practical Layouts and DC-Rail Voltage Clamping Techniques of Z-Source Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31(11), 7471-7479.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpel.2016.2518807.

Abu-Rub, H., Iqbal, A., Ahmed, S.M., Peng, F.Z., Li, Y., & Baoming, G. (2013). Quasi-Z-Source Inverter-Based Photovoltaic Generation System With Maximum Power Tracking Control Using ANFIS. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 4(1), 11-20.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tste.2012.2196059.

Li, Y., Jiang, S., Cintron-Rivera, J.G., & Peng, F.Z. (2013). Modeling and Control of Quasi-Z-Source Inverter for Distributed Generation Applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 60(4), 1532-1541.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tie.2012.2213551.

Jiang, S., Cao, D., Li, Y., & Peng, F.Z. (2012). Grid-Connected Boost-Half-Bridge Photovoltaic Microinverter System Using Repetitive Current Control and Maximum Power Point Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 27(11), 4711-4722.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpel.2012.2183389.

Jiang, S., Cao, D., Li, Y., Liu, J., & Peng, F.Z. (2012). Low-THD, Fast-Transient, and Cost-Effective Synchronous-Frame Repetitive Controller for Three-Phase UPS Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 27(6), 2994-3005.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tpel.2011.2178266.

He, Y., Li, Y., Zhou, B., Zou, Y., & Peng, F.Z. (2023). An Ultra-Fast Inrush-Current-Free Startup Method for Grid-tie Inverter without Voltage Sensors. In 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 00, (pp. 2874-2880).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/apec43580.2023.10131356.

He, Y., Li, Y., Yang, Q., Gonzatti, R.B., Taylor, A., & Peng, F. (2020). Grid-connected converter without Interfacing Filters: Principle, Analysis and Implementation. In 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 00, (pp. 4505-4511).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ecce44975.2020.9235792.

Fang, F., Li, Y., Zhang, R., & Liu, Y. (2017). An Nonlinear Control Strategy for Single-Phase Quasi-Z-Source Grid-Connected Inverter. In IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, (pp. 7685-7690).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/iecon.2017.8217347.

Zhang, R., Li, Y., & Liu, Y. (2017). Constraints and Control Strategies of Quasi-Z-Source Cascaded Multilevel Inverter. In IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, (pp. 4209-4214).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/iecon.2017.8216722.

Li, Y., Gao, W., Li, J., Zhang, R., & Fang, F. (2016). Double Line Frequency Ripple Cancelling for Single-Phase Quasi-Z-Source Inverter. In 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), (pp. 1-6).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ecce.2016.7855051.

Li, Y., Sun, Q., Lehman, B., Lu, S., Hamann, H.F., Simmons, J., & Black, J. (2016). A Machine-Learning Approach for Regional Photovoltaic Power Forecasting. In 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), (pp. 1-5).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/pesgm.2016.7741991.

Li, Y., Zheng, Y., Sheng, S., Scandrett, B., & Lehman, B. (2016). Modular Subpanel Photovoltaic Converter System: Analysis and Control. In 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), (pp. 417-423).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/apec.2016.7467906.

Li, Y., & Peng, F.Z. (2012). AC Small Signal Modeling, Analysis and Control of Quasi-Z-Source Converter. In Proceedings of The 7th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 3, (pp. 1848-1854).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ipemc.2012.6259119.

Li, Y., Peng, F.Z., Cintron-Rivera, J.G., & Jiang, S. (2010). Controller design for quasi-Z-source inverter in photovoltaic systems. In 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), (pp. 3187-3194).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/ecce.2010.5618288.

Li, Y., Anderson, J., Peng, F.Z., & Liu, D. (2009). Quasi-Z-Source Inverter for Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems. In 2009 Twenty-Fourth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, (pp. 918-924).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/apec.2009.4802772.

Li, Y., Lee, T., Peng, F.Z., & Liu, D. (2009). A Hybrid Control Strategy for Photovoltaic Simulator. In 2009 Twenty-Fourth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1, (pp. 899-903).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/apec.2009.4802769.