Yilu Liu
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Yilu Liu is a Chinese-American electrical engineer. She is a leader in the development of the FNET GridEye monitoring system for the North American power grid,{{r|reder}} and is known for her research on electric power systems and smart grids.{{r|chair}}
Liu is UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Deputy Director of the Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT) at the University of Tennessee, and also holds an affiliation with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.{{r|curent}} She is an IEEE Fellow{{r|bredesden}} and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.{{r|nae}}
Education and career
Liu is a 1982 graduate of Xi'an Jiaotong University. She completed her Ph.D. in 1989 at the Ohio State University.{{r|curent}} She joined the Virginia Tech faculty in 1990, and was promoted to professor there in 2001. In 2009, she moved to the University of Tennessee as UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor for Power Electronics.{{r|chair}}
Recognition
Liu was named an IEEE Fellow in 2003.{{r|bredesden}} She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2016, "for innovations in electric power grid monitoring, situational awareness, and dynamic modelling".{{r|nae}}
In 2020 the IEEE Power & Energy Society gave Liu their Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award, "for innovative contributions and leadership in synchrophasor-based wide area monitoring and control systems".{{r|reder}}
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External links
- [https://govchairs.utk.edu/yilu-liu/ Home page]
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