Prof. Jin Ye

 Jin Ye (IEEE S’13-M’14-SM’16) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. She also received her Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 2014. She is currently an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Georgia.  She is the director of the Intelligent Power Electronics and Electric Machine Laboratory and serves as the associate director of Center for Cyber-Physical Systems at the University of Georgia. She has received a creative research medal for her significant contributions to power electronics security field and received a best paper award from IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference. She is a general chair of 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC). She has served in the organizing committee of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) since 2019 as a publication chair and\or woman in engineering (WIE) chair. She is a secretary for IEEE power electronics society (PELS) Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification (TC 4). She is an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. She was an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification 2017-2020.  Her main research areas include power electronics, electric machines, smart grids, electrified transportation, and cyber-physical security.

Honors And Awards

• Creative Research Medal, University of Georgia 2023
• Best Presentation Award, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference 2021
• Development of Research and Creativity Award, San Francisco State University 2015
• Co-recipient of Chrysler Innovation Award 2014

Research And Teaching Interests

• Power Electronics
• Electric Machines and Drives
• Electrified Transportation
• Power Electronics based Smart Grids
• Cyber-physical Security in Power Electronics and Drives
• Machining Learning and Data Analytics in Power Electronics and Drives

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2014
• M.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 2011
• B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 2008

Work Experience

• Tenured Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering – University of Georgia, Athens, GA Aug. 2022-Present
• Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering – University of Georgia, Athens, GA Aug. 2018-July 2022
• Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering – San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Aug. 2015- July 2018
• Postdoctoral Research Associate – McMaster Institute for Automotive Research and Technology (MacAUTO), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada Aug. 2014-July 2015

Research Grants And Awards

Project	Role	Award Number	Agency	Duration	Amount
Creating an Innovation Engine in Cyber Physical, Edge, and IoT Systems Security in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA)	Co-PI	–	U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)	Apr. 2023 – Apr. 2025	$250,000
Research for Undergraduate Students (REU) Supplements: Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Cyber-threat Detection and Diagnosis in Multistage Manufacturing Systems through Cyber and Physical Data Analytics	Co-PI	2019311	U.S National Science Foundation (NSF)-SaTC	Jan. 2022 – Oct. 2024	$16,000
Data-Driven Monitoring and Diagnosis of Industrial Machines via Electrical Waveform Auditing (Phase II)	UGA PI	–	U.S Airforce	July 2021-June 2024	$750,000
An Integrated Framework for Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Electric Machine Drive Systems	Single PI	2102032	U.S National Science Foundation (NSF) ECCS-EPCN	June 2021-May 2024	$360,000
Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Cyber-threat Detection and Diagnosis in Multistage Manufacturing Systems through Cyber and Physical Data Analytics	Co-PI	2019311	U.S National Science Foundation (NSF)-SaTC	Oct.2020-Oct. 2024	$1.2M
Data-Driven Monitoring and Diagnosis of Industrial Machines via Electrical Waveform Auditing (Phase I)	UGA PI	FA8571-20-C-0017	U.S Airforce	May 2020-Jan. 2021	$150,000
Multilevel Cybersecurity for Photovoltaic Systems	UGA PI	DE-EE0009026	U.S Department of Energy (DoE) SETO	Apr. 2020-Mar. 2023	$3.5M
Low-Torque-Ripple Sensorless Control of Mutually Coupled Switched Reluctance Machines (MCSRMs)	Single PI	1725636	U.S National Science Foundation (NSF) ECCS-EPCN	July 2018-July 2021	$360,000
MRI: Acquisition of a Power-Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL) System to Enhance Research and Student Research Training in Engineering and Computer Science	PI	1851785	U.S National Science Foundation (NSF) ECCS-MRI	Sept. 2017-Aug. 2020	$297,318
Position Sensorless Control of Mutually Coupled Switched Reluctance Machines Used in Electric Vehicles	Single PI	–	SFSU Development of Research and Creativity Award	Jan. 2016-Aug. 2016	$8,000

Referred Journal Papers

*Student or postdoc under my supervision; ^#Corresponding Author

• J. Ye#, A. Giani, A. Elasser, S. Mazumder, C. Farnell, H. Mantooth, T. Kim, J. Liu, B. Chen, G. Seo, W. Song, M. Greidanus, S. Sahoo, F. Blaabjerg, J. Zhang, L. Guo, B. Ahn, M. Shadmand, N. Gajanur, M. Abbaszada, “A review of cyber-physical security for photovoltaic systems,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 4879-4901, Aug. 2022. (Invited Cover Paper)
• J. Ye#, B. Bilgin, and A. Emadi, “An extended-speed low-ripple torque control of switched reluctance motor drives,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 1457-1470, Mar. 2015.
• J. Zhang, M. Greidanus, S. Mazumder, J. Ye# , W. Song, and A. Mantooth, “Model- based detection scheme for spoofed sensor data in grid connected inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 3224-3228, Mar. 2024.
• L. Guo, B. Yang, and J. Ye#, “Predictive energy management systems for electric vehicles considering temperature-dependent traction inverter losses,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1501-1515, Mar. 2022.
• F. Li, Q. Li, J. Zhang, J. Kou, J. Ye#, W. Song, and A. Mantooth, “Detection and diagnosis of data integrity attacks in solar farms based on multi-layer long short-term Memory Network,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2495-2498, Mar. 2021.

Referred Conference Papers

• B. Yang, J. Ye, and L. Guo, “Physics-based attack detection for traction motor drives in electric vehicles using random forest,” in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Conference (APEC), Phoenix, AZ, June 2021. (Best Presentation Award)
• J. Zhang, J. Ye, W. Song, J. Lian, D. Zhao and H. Yang, “Hybrid cyber-attack detection in photovoltaic farms”, in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2023.
• B. Yang and J. Ye, “Data-driven detection of physical faults and cyber attacks in dual-motor EV powertrains”, in Proc. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Los Angeles, CA, Jun. 2022.
• K. Hu, H. Yang, and J. Ye, “Dual model predictive torque control scheme for online torque ripple reduction in switched reluctance machines”, in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2023.
• L. Guo, B. Yang, J. Ye, and J.Velni, “Attack-resilient lateral stability control for autonomous in-wheel-motor driven electric vehicles,” in Proc. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Chicago, IL, June 2021.

Book Chapters

• J. Ye, H. Li, and J. Jiang, “Control of switched reluctance machines,” Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Fundamentals to Applications, CRC Press.
• J. Ye, “Power electronics converters to drive switched reluctance machines,” Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Fundamentals to Applications, CRC Press.
• J. Ye, “Position sensorless control of switched reluctance motor drives,” Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Fundamentals to Applications, CRC Press.

U.S. Patents

• A. Emadi and J. Ye, “Extended-speed low-ripple torque control of switched reluctance motor drives,” U. S. Patent, No. 9641119, May 02, 2017.
• J. Ye and A. Emadi, “Torque ripple reduction in switched reluctance motor drives,” U. S. Patent, No. 9742320, Aug. 22, 2017.
• A. Emadi and J. Ye, “Systems and methods for rotor position estimation,” U.S. Patent, No. 9722517, Aug. 1, 2017.
• H. Yang, P. Malysz, J. Ye, R. Gu, and A. Emadi, “Multi-step model predictive iterative techniques for battery system peak power estimation,” U. S. Patent, No. 9321368, Apr. 26, 2016.
• J. Lin, H. Yang, P. Malysz, J. Ye, R. Gu, and A. Emadi, “Techniques for robust battery state estimation,” U. S. Patent, Publication No. US20160054390 A1, Feb. 25, 2016.

Professional Service

• IEEE Senior Member, Power Electronics Society (PELS), Industry Application Society (IAS)Power and Energy Society (PES), Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
• Panelist, National Science Foundation (NSF), Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).
• Reviewer, Department of Energy (DoE), Vehicle Technology Office (VTO).
• Reviewer, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
• Steering Committee for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2023- Present.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL), IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, 2019-Present.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2022-Present.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2018-Present.
• Secretary, IEEE PELS TC4: Vehicle and Transportation Systems, 2021-2024.
• Vice chair and Co-publication Chair in Late Breaking Publication Committee, ECCE, Nashville, TN, 2023.
• Women in Engineering Chair, ECCE, Detroit, MI, 2022
• Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Special Issue on High Frequency DC-AC Converters, 2021.
• Nomination for PELS Member-at-Large, Administrative Committee, 2020.
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2017-2020.
• PELS Representative for Transportation Electrification Community (TEC), 2019-2020.
• TEC Representative for IEEE PELS TC4, 2019-2020.
• Member for IEEE PELS Cyber-physical Security Steering Committee, 2018-2020.
• Women in Engineering Chair, ECCE, 2020.
• Track Chair, IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, 2021.
• General Chair, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Detroit, MI, June 2019.
• Publication Chair and Women in Engineering Chair, ECCE, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 2019.
• Guest Editor, Energies, Special Issue on Advanced Power Electronics and Control for Wireless Power Transfer Systems.
• Program Co-Chair, ITEC, Long Beach, CA, June 2018.
• Publication Chair, ITEC, Chicago, IL, June 2017.
• Topic Chair, ECCE, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 2017.
• Track Chair, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, Toronto, Canada, May 2017.
• Organizer/Session Chair, Special Session on Switched Reluctance Motor Drives, ITEC, Dearborn, MI, June 2016.
• Session Chair, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Long Beach, CA, Mar. 2016.
• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics.
• Reviewer, ITEC, ECCE, and ECCE.