Liu Yitong, a master student from the School of Electrical Engineering at Shandong University (SDU), was recently awarded the 2023 IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Outstanding Student Scholarship.

Established in 2019, the scholarship is funded by the PES Endowment Scholarship Fund. It is open to all current master students in the field of electrical engineering who are members of IEEE PES.

The selection committee evaluates candidates based on academic achievement, social contributions and leadership skills, and grants the scholarship to up to six recipients worldwide (1 to 2 in the Asia-Pacific region) per year.

Having enrolled in the School of Electrical Engineering at SDU in 2020, Liu is a master student mentored by Professor Li Zhengshuo. For her master program, Liu will focus on research pertaining to the flow calculation and optimization operation methods of microgrids.

She has published five SCI papers, all of which have been published in the top industry journal IEEE Transactions - and three EI papers during her studies. She has also won two Best Paper Awards at international academic conferences and three national invention patents.

Liu is a recipient of the 2022 National Postgraduate Scholarship and the 2021 SDU Postgraduate Academic First Scholarship.