Dong Zhang

Assistant Professor

Email: dzhang@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-5343
Office: Felgar Hall 204
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-4:00pm and
Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm
Lab Site: Energy Systems and Controls Lab (ESCL)

Education
Ph.D., Systems Engineering (2020)
University of California, Berkeley
M.S., Systems Engineering (2016)
University of California, Berkeley
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering (2015)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering (2015)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Focus

Energy storage systems: renewable energy, electrochemical modeling, battery management systems
Dynamic systems and control: optimal control, system identification, state estimation, PDE control
Electrified transportation: electric vehicles energy management, vehicle cybersecurity, traffic systems
Data-driven decision making: machine learning, control, and optimization

Experience and Awards

ASME Energy System ACC Best Paper Award
2020 American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO, USA
ASME Energy System ACC Best Paper Finalist
2020 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Invited Session Chair
On Estimation and Control of Batteries
SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT21, CT19)

Professional Activities and Organizations

Postdoctoral Research Associate (08/2020-08/2021)
Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Recent Publications

Dong Zhang, Satadru Dey, Hector E. Perez, Scott J. Moura, “Real-Time Capacity Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Utilizing Thermal Dynamics.” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (2019).
DOI:10.1109/TCST.2018.2885681.
Dong Zhang, Satadru Dey, Luis D. Couto, Scott J. Moura, “Battery Adaptive Observer for a Single Particle Model with Intercalation-Induced Stress.” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (2019).
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2019.2910797.
Dong Zhang, Luis D. Couto, Scott Moura,“Electrode-Level State Estimation in Lithium-ion Batteries via Kalman Decomposition.” IEEE Control Systems Letters (2020). DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3042751.
Dong Zhang, Luis D. Couto, Saehong Park, Preet Gill, Scott Moura, “Nonlinear State and Parameter Estimation for Li-ion Batteries with Thermal Coupling.” IFAC World Congress (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1752.
Dong Zhang, Luis D. Couto, Preet Gill, Scott Moura, “Thermal Enhanced Adaptive Interval Estimation in Battery Packs With Heterogeneous Cells.” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (2021).
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2021.3091108.
Dong Zhang, Satadru Dey, Shu-Xia Tang, Scott J. Moura, “Battery internal temperature estimation via a semilinear thermal PDE model.” Automatica (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109849.
Dong Zhang, Luis D. Couto, Ross Drummond, Shashank Sripad, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, “Cell-Level State of Charge Estimation for Battery Packs Under Minimal Sensing.” arXiv preprint (2021).
Dong Zhang, Luis D. Couto, Saehong Park, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, Scott Moura, “Beyond Battery State of Charge Estimation: Observer for Electrode-Level State and Cyclable Lithium with Electrolyte Dynamics.” (Under Review).