Assoc. Prof. Shaofeng Lu

South China University of Technology, China

Brief introduction

Shaofeng Lu is currently an associate professor (Tenure Track) with the Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology. He was an Associate Professor with Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) from Sep. 2018 to Aug. 2019. From Sep. 2013 to Sep. 2018, he was a lecturer with the same department at XJTLU.  From Sep. 2012 to Sep. 2013, he was a Research Fellow with the Energy Research Institute at the Nanyang Technological University (ERI@N). From Feb. 2011 to Aug. 2012, he was the Facilities Manager with the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, the University of Birmingham, UK.

Shaofeng Lu received the BEng degree with 1st Class Honours and PhD degree with the "School Best PhD Prize" from Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, the University of Birmingham in 2007 and 2011 respectively. He also has a BEng degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. All are in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 

Shaofeng Lu was listed in the “2017 Suzhou Industry Park High-level Talents Salary Subsidy Programme, Suzhou Industry Park” and “2014 Jiangsu PhD Holder Plan – Oversea Prestigious University Innovation”. Since 2018, he has been an adjunct academic staff with Jiangxi University of Science and Technology and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2018, He received the Certificate in Professional Studies from the University of Liverpool with a grade of “Pass with Distinction”. In 2016, his research proposal “Study on Integrated Energy-efficiency Optimization Model for Trains with On-board Energy Storage Devices” received grants from China NSFC – Young Scientist Fund. His research interests include energy-efficient train operations, electric vehicles management in smart grids, energy storage application and complex network theory applications etc. He has so far published more than 45 research articles including 20+ high-level journal articles on relevant fields. His Google Scholar page can be searched using his name “Shaofeng Lu”.