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Dr. Yaoyu Li is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). His primary research interests lie in controls, optimization, modeling and monitoring for renewable energy and energy efficiency, inc… Expand About

Dr. Yaoyu Li is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). His primary research interests lie in controls, optimization, modeling and monitoring for renewable energy and energy efficiency, including building HVAC, wind and solar, energy and thermal managements of electrified vehicle, demand response and building/vehicle-to-grid interactions. He has authored and co-authored about 150 journal and conference papers, and eight patents. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 2004. He was assistant and associate professor in mechanical engineering at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee from 2004 to 2011, and has been with UTD since 2011. Dr. Li was an associate editor for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and is now an associate editor for IFAC Mechatronics.