Zheng Shen, Simon Fraser University

Research

DC microgrid DC power electric aircraft electric ship fault protection HVDC systems hybrid circuit breaker MVDC systems

Latest funding

New Series Type Hybrid Circuit Breakers: Fault Protection with Ultralow Loss and Ultrafast Response for Future DC Power Networks
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$138,000

New Series Type Hybrid Circuit Breakers: Fault Protection with Ultralow Loss and Ultrafast Response for Future DC Power Networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Shen, Zheng

Keywords: power electronics; dc microgrid; dc power; fault protection; solid state circuit breaker; hybrid circuit breaker; electric aircraft; electric ship; hvdc systems; mvdc systems

$138,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: DC microgrid Dear Professor Shen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on dc microgrid connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "New Series Type Hybrid Circuit Breakers: Fault Protection with Ultralow Loss and Ultrafast Response for Future DC Power Networks" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]