Chengwen Zhang
Engineer Scientist IV at EPRI
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChengwen Zhang is an Engineer/Scientist IV at EPRI with nine years of experience specializing in power system dynamics, inverter-based resource modeling, and synchrophasor-enabled monitoring and analytics. He combines a PhD-level research background from the University of Tennessee with hands-on HIL testing and parameterization work to bridge advanced control theory and practical grid integration. Chengwen’s focus on inertia and frequency control and oscillation damping has informed utility-scale solutions for stability in high-renewable systems. Based in Knoxville, he pairs rigorous academic training with iterative, test-driven engineering practice and a programmer’s mindset (as his GitHub aphorism suggests), often solving system-level challenges through smart abstraction and instrumentation.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's and Master's degree Electrical Engineering - Power Systems, Bachelor's and Master's degree Electrical Engineering - Power Systems at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy Electrical Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
English, Chinese
Github Skills (15)
clash10
scs10
addon9
linux9
windows9
plugin8
obsidian7
markdown6
mindmap6
operating-system4
insert4
rust3
kernel3
risc-v3
citations2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
xLensSpace/xlensspace.github.io
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:24 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 25 days
OctopusWen/octopuswen.github.io
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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