Education
- PhD (Chemical Engineering) University of California, Davis, USA, 2015
- MSc (Chemical Engineering) University of California, Davis, USA, 2012
- BSc (Chemical and Industrial Biological Engineering) Tsinghua University, China, 2011
Awards and Honours
- 2019 Applied Energy Award: Outstanding Paper for International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE 2018)
- 2018 Royal Society International Exchanges Award
- 2017 IChemE Global Awards 2017 Young Researcher finalist
- 2016 Nominated for the UC Davis College of Engineering Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation
- 2015 Graduate Studies Travel Award, University of California
- 2014 Two Best Presentation in Session Awards at American Control Conference (ACC), Power Systems/ Fault Detection and Control
- 2013 Conoco Phillips/ Phillips 66 Fellowship in Energy Research and Development
- 2012 Graduate Student Researcher Award for Engineering or Computer-related Applications
Research Interests
- Smart city and urban systems development
- Multi-scale systems modelling, automation and optimization
- Novel machine learning, AI and IoT technologies applied in Energy, Environment and Sustainability related research
- Energy and process systems engineering
- Life cycle sustainability assessment
Selected Publications
Li, Jie, Lanjia Pan, Manu Suvarna, Yen Wah Tong, and Xiaonan Wang*. “Fuel properties of hydrochar and pyrochar: Prediction and exploration with machine learning.” Applied Energy 269 (2020): 115166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115166
Li, Lanyu, Zhiyi Yao, Siming You, Chi-Hwa Wang, Clive Chong, and Wang, Xiaonan*. “Optimal design of negative emission hybrid renewable energy systems with biochar production.” Applied Energy 243 (2019): 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.183
Sana Noor, Wentao Yang, Miao Guo, Koen H. van Dam, and Xiaonan Wang*. “Energy Demand Side Management within micro-grid networks enhanced by blockchain”, Applied Energy 228 (2018): 1385-1398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.012
Xiaonan Wang*, Miao Guo, Rembrandt H.E.M. Koppelaar, Koen H. van Dam, Charalampos Triantafyllidis, and Nilay Shah. “A nexus approach for sustainable urban Energy-Water-Waste systems planning and operation”, Environmental science & technology 52, 5 (2018): 3257–3266. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04659
Xiaonan Wang, Ahmet Palazoglu, and Nael H. El-Farra*. Operational optimization and demand response of hybrid renewable energy systems. Applied Energy, 143 (2015): 324-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.004