1. Prof Kang Li
Queen’s University Belfast
RCUK Energy Programme
k.li@qub.ac.uk
UK-China Science Bridge in Sustainable Energy and Built Environment funded by RCUK
- Strategic links with 14 Chinese leading universities, research institutions and industrial partners
Intelligent Grid Interfaced Vehicle Eco-charging (iGIVE) Funded by EPSRC as part of the RCUK Energy Programme and NSFC
Local Region Co-ordinator
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Utility Grid
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Thermal Generation
Local Region Co-ordinator
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research fellows.
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Honours
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research training activities, 14 visiting
professorships
1. Joint Laboratory on Energy and
Automation with Baosteel, SAIC, SHU
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163 conference papers; 44 journal papers
 Engineering leaderships  Academic engagements  Joint publications
1). 2010 International Conference on Life
System Modeling and Simulation& 2010
International Conference on Intelligent
Computing for Sustainable Energy and
Environment
3). UK-China Science Bridge Forum & 2nd
International Conference on Intelligent Computing
for Sustainable Energy and Environment
2). UK-China workshop and PhD
student summer school on smart grids
Intelligent optimized
algorithms deployed in
Shanghai Waigaoqiao &
Caohejing power stations
Knowledge Transfers
Wireless data acquisition
deployed in Nantong
sewage treatment
company
Hybrid network
measurement and
monitoring system used
in Baosteel company
3. Jointly organized international
conferences/workshops
2. Joint Laboratory on Autonomous
Service Robots
Autonomous wheelchair project in
Shanghai EXPO 2010
In situ testing of
concrete in the ‘Bird’s
Nest Stadium’ Beijing
QUB structural health
monitoring station at
Hangzhou Bay Bridge
Crown cap
surface detection
systems for a
Chinese company,
detecting 280,000
caps/hour.
Technologies have been used in
developing new modules for
SUPMAX Distributed Control
System series for energy and
environment applications by SAIC,
deployed in many countries and
regions.
iGIVE project scheme
Charging and swapping
network planning for the
Yangtze River Delta Area
QUB Open PMU network
for whole UK and Ireland
QUB energy efficiency
monitoring system
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a. Joint project won Science and Technology Progress
Award by Shanghai Municipal Government
b. Creation prize from Shanghai International Industrial Fair
2010
c. first prize of Chinese Machinery Industry Science and
Technology