Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dandan Zhang | Composite Materials | Best Researcher Award

Associate Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dandan Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. His earned Ph.D. from HUST in 2007, following an M.Sc. from the Hubei Institute of Technology and a B.Sc. from the Huazhong Institute of Technology. With over three decades of academic experience, Dr. Zhang specializes in high-voltage engineering, cable diagnostics, and impedance spectroscopy. His research contributions include leading major industry-academia projects and publishing extensively in top IEEE journals. His received prestigious awards, including the Hainan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and the State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power Co. First Prize. Dr. Zhang holds multiple national patents and continues to play a key role in transformer stability, fault diagnostics, and cable system innovation.

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🏆 Summary of Suitability: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dandan Zhang For the Research for Best Researcher Award

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dandan Zhang is a highly deserving candidate for the Research for Best Researcher Award, with an exceptional academic and industrial track record that spans over three decades in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. His contributions have significantly advanced diagnostic technologies in power systems, high-voltage equipment reliability, and electromagnetic fault analysis.

🎓 Educational Background

• 🧠 Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
  (Sep 2003 – Jun 2007)

• 📘 M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Science
  Hubei Institute of Technology
  (Sep 1988 – Jun 1991)

• 📗 B.Sc. in Electric Power Engineering
  Huazhong Institute of Technology
  (Sep 1984 – Jun 1988)

💼 Professional Experience

• 👨‍🏫 Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HUST
  (Jul 2003 – Present)

• 📘 Lecturer, HUST
  (Jul 1993 – Jun 2003)

• 🛠️ Earlier Role (unspecified), Huazhong Institute of Technology
  (Sep 1991 – Jun 1993)

🧪 Major Research Projects (Last 5 Years)

🏛️ National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

• 🔬 Repeated Short-Circuit Impulse Impact on Transformer Stability
  (2022–2025 | ¥2.6M | Co-investigator)

🔗 Industry-Academia Collaborations

• ⚡ DC Quantum Power Standards
  (2021–2023 | ¥2.58M | PI)

• 🌱 Carbon Emission Analysis of Power Equipment
  (2022 | ¥797K | PI)

• 🧯 Fracture Mechanism of Composite Insulators
  (2020–2022 | ¥900K | PI)

• ⚡ Lightning Data Analysis & Forecasting
  (2020–2022 | ¥1.26M | PI)

• 🔌 Online Warning OLTC Technology
  (2020–2021 | ¥300K | PI)

• 💡 Josephson Junction Array Drive Technology
  (2021 | ¥910K | PI)

• 🧪 Live Detection Instruments Suitability
  (2019–2020 | ¥253K | PI)

• 🌬️ Aerodynamic Testing of Iced Conductors
  (2019–2020 | ¥361K | PI)

• 🗼 Simulation of Drilling-Spanning Towers
  (2019–2020 | ¥300K | PI)

• 🔍 OLTC Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis
  (2019 | ¥717.8K | PI)

🏆 Awards & Honors

• 🥇 1st Prize – Science & Technology Progress Award
  Hainan Provincial Government (2016)
  ➤ Project: Lightning Disaster Reduction in Hainan Grid
  ➤ Rank: 8/10

• 🏅 Hainan Provincial Patent Gold Award (2019)
  ➤ Patent: Tower Striking Rate Determination Method
  ➤ Rank: 2/8

• 🥇 1st Prize – Science & Technology Progress Award
  State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power Co. (2019)
  ➤ Sole Awardee – Cable Fault Location via Impedance Spectroscopy

🧾 Representative Patents

• 🧪 System for Collecting Gaseous Degradation Products (2021)

• 🔍 Conductive Material Identification via Frequency Characteristics (2016)

• 🌡️ Winding Detection Based on Thermocouple Principles (2015)

• ⚡ Cable Fault Location via Spectral Periodicity (2021)

• 🔧 Cable Operation State Diagnosis System (2018)

• 🛠️ Local Cable Defect Diagnosis Method (2016)

• 📡 Dielectric Dispersion-Based EM Wave Detection (2014)

📚Top Noted  Publications