To strengthen international academic exchange, broaden the global research perspectives of faculty and students, and advance research and technological development in new-type power systems amid the global energy transition, the School of Electrical Engineering invited IEEE Fellow and Distinguished Professor Kashem Muttaqi of the University of Wollongong, Australia, to deliver a special academic talk on 22 July 2026, entitled "Enhancing Grid Flexibility and Capacity for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Integration". The talk was held in Conference Room 316 of the Power Building, School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University. Professor Wu Xi, the Dean Assistant of the School of Electrical Engineering, Professor Chen Tao, Vice Chair of the Department of Power Engineering, together with faculty members from related disciplines and master’s and doctoral students, attended the event.
Professor Kashem Muttaqi is an internationally renowned and senior expert in the field of electric power and energy. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor and Discipline Leader in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and concurrently holds the positions of Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids, and Director of the Australian Power and Energy Research Institute.
In the presentation session, Professor Muttaqi presented an in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities for power grids with consideration of the rapid growth of renewable energy. He systematically reviewed a wide range of frontier technical solutions and explained how the regulation flexibility, controllability and operational efficiency of existing grids can be enhanced, enabling the grid integration and accommodation of a higher penetration of renewable generation without the need for large-scale investment on new grid infrastructure. The presentation focused in particular on advanced power electronics technologies, grid-forming converter technology, energy storage system technology, and digital substations together with intelligent monitoring platforms, and discussed how these technologies enable adaptive and highly resilient grid operation. In the Q&A discussion session, faculty members and students raised many questions enthusiastically on frontier issues such as coordinated dispatch and control strategies for energy storage and market mechanisms for renewable electricity. Depending on the latest international research advances and practical engineering cases, Professor Muttaqi provided detailed responses and answers with many audience interactions.
The lecture and talk lasted approximately one and a half hours. With a lot of technical content and broad perspectives, it not only deepened the understanding of faculty and students regarding the key issues of power systems with high penetration of renewable energy, but also provided fresh insights, as well as inspiration for the SEU School’s future research on new-type power systems. It further broadened the international academic horizons of faculty and students across the SEU EE School and gave strong impetus to the internationalization of the discipline development of Electrical Engineering at Southeast University.
Speaker:Professor Kashem Muttaqi
Speaker Biography:Kashem Muttaqi is Distinguished Professor and Discipline Leader in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), and a Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust). He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the flagship IEEE journal IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Director of the Australian Research Council Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids, and Director of the Australian Power and Energy Research Institute (APERI). With 30 years of experience in university research and teaching, he has published more than 600 papers in international journals and conferences, supervised 35 postgraduate students through to graduation, and secured cumulative research funding in excess of AUD 60 million. He has accumulated profound expertise and international influence in the fields of smart grids, renewable energy grid integration, power system operation and optimization, and energy storage applications.
Contributed by: Tao Chen
Reviewed by: Linlin Zhong, Wei Gu
