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Chee Shen Lim received Bright Spark Scholarship to pursue the dual-PhD degrees at University of Malaya and Liverpool John Moores University, which he completed in 2013. He was a Research Scientist with the Experimental Power Grid Centre of the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR; 新加坡科技研究局), Singapore, an Assistant Professor, and then an Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering with the University of Southampton (wholly owned campus in Malaysia;南安普顿大学). He was also the EEE deputy program leader, associate Editor (since 2015) for the IET Electric Power Applications Journal, IEEE senior member of US IEEE, and a UK Chartered Engineer (CEng). He joined the EEE Department of XJTLU in Nov'21 and currently serves as the Programme Director of Electrical Engineering BEng.

His research interest is in the area shared among by power electronics, control, energy, and intelligent algorithms. He has been working in the fundamental research works related industries of electric transportation, multi-motor and multiphase machines drives, power grid controls, and microgrids.

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Recruiting PhD research students:

I am actively looking for PhD candidates with genuine research interest in the broad area of smart grids, power electronics, electric drives and transportation, feel free to get in touch cheeshen.lim@xjtlu.edu.cn.

Qualifications
- Dual-PhD degree, University of Malaya - 2013
- Dual-PhD degree, Liverpool John Moores University - 2013
- BEng degree, University of Malaya - 2009
Experience
- Programme Director, Electrical Engineering, 2022 - present
- Associate Professor, Department of EEE, XJTLU, 2021 - present
- Deputy Program Lead, EEE, Malaysia campus, University of Southampton, 2019-2021
- Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Southampton Malaysia Campus, 2015-2021
- Research Scientist, Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC), A*STAR, Singapore, 2013-2015
Research interests
- Intelligence-enhanced predictive control of power-electronic converters
- Intelligent hierarchical control and energy management of smart/microgrids
- Classical and predictive optimal control of power-electronic converters (e.g. for grid, drives, UPS)
- Multiphase machines and multi-motor drives (e.g. for industrial and transportation applications)
Articles
- C. S. Lim, H. H. Goh, and S. S. Lee, “Long-prediction-horizon near-optimal model predictive grid current control for PWM-driven VSIs with LCL filters”, in IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 2246-2257, 2021.
- Y. C. C. Wong, C. S. Lim, H. H. Goh, A. J. Cruden, M. D. Rotaru, and X. Kong, “An optimal secondary multi-bus voltage and reactive power sharing control based on non-iterative decoupled linearized power flow for islanded microgrids,” in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 105242-105254, 2021.
- Y. C. C. Wong, C. S. Lim, A. J. Cruden, M. D. Rotaru, and P. K. Ray, “A consensus-based adaptive virtual output impedance control scheme for reactive power sharing in radial microgrids,” in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 784-794, 2021.
- H. H. Goh, R. He, D. Zhang, H. Liu, W. Dai, C. S. Lim, T. A. Kurniawan, K. T. K Teo, “Short-term wind power prediction based on preprocessing and improved secondary decomposition,” in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 13, no. 5, paper ID 053302, 2021.
- S. S. Lee, C. S. Lim, Y. P. Chrysalis Siwakoti, and K. B. Lee, “Hybrid seven-level boost active-neutral-point-clamped (H-7L-BANPC) inverter,” in IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 2044-2048, 2020.
- S. S. Lee, Y. P. Siwakoti, C. S. Lim, K. B. Lee, “An improved PWM technique to achieve continuous input current in common-ground transformerless boost inverter” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 3133-3136, 2020.
- A. B. Azuwien, H. H. Goh, A. K. Tonni, S. S. Lee, S. Y. Sim, K. C. Goh, C. S. Lim, and Y. C. Luo, “Predictive direct power control model for dual-active-bridge multilevel inverter based on conservative power theory,” Energies, vol. 13, no. 11, p. 2951, Jun. 2020.
- C. S. Lim, S. S. Lee, I. U. Nutkani, X. Kong and H. H. Goh, "Near-optimal MPC algorithm for actively damped grid-connected PWM-VSCs with LCL filters," in IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 4578-4589, 2020.
- Y. C. C. Wong, C. S. Lim, M. D. Rotaru, A. Cruden, and X. Kong, “Consensus virtual output impedance control based on the novel droop equivalent impedance concept for a multi-bus radial microgrid,” in IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 1078-1087, 2020.
- S. S. Lee, C. S. Lim, Y. P. Siwakoti, and K. B. Lee, “Dual-T-Type five-level cascaded multilevel inverter (DTT-5L-CMI) with double voltage boosting gain,” in IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 9524-9531, 2020.
- S. S. Lee, C. S. Lim, and K. B. Lee, “Novel active-neutral-point-clamped inverters with improved voltage-boosting capability,” in IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 5978-5986, 2020.
- C. S. Lim, S. S. Lee, Y. C. Cassandra Wong, I. U. Nutkani, and H. H. Goh, "Comparison of current control strategies based on FCS-MPC and D-PI-PWM control for actively damped VSCs with LCL-filters," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 112410-112423, 2019.
- S.S. Lee, K.B. Lee, B. Chu, C. S. Lim, "Two-inductor non-isolated DC-DC converter with high step-up voltage gain," in Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1069-1073, 2019.
- S. S. Lee, M. Sidorov, C. S. Lim, N. R. N. Idris, and Y. E. Heng, "Hybrid cascaded multilevel inverter (HCMLI) with improved symmetrical 4-Level submodule," in IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 932-935, Feb. 2018.
- C. S. Lim, E. Levi, M. Jones, N. A. Rahim, and W. P. Hew, “A fault-tolerant two-motor drive with FCS-MP-based flux and torque control,” in IEEE Trans. of Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 6603-14, 2014.
- C. S. Lim, E. Levi, M. Jones, N. A. Rahim, and W. P. Hew, “A comparative study of synchronous current control schemes based on FCS-MPC and PI-PWM for a two-motor three-phase drives,” in IEEE Trans. of Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 3867-78, 2014.
- C. S. Lim, E. Levi, M. Jones, N. A. Rahim, and W. P. Hew, “FCS-MPC based current control of a five-phase induction motor and its comparison with PI-PWM control,” in IEEE Trans. of Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 149-163, 2014.
- C. S. Lim, N. A. Rahim, W. P. Hew, and E. Levi, “Model predictive control of a two-motor drive with five-leg inverter supply,” in IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 54-65, 2013.
Proceedings
- Y. C. C. Wong, C. S. Lim, A. J. Cruden, M. D. Rotaru, and X. Kong, “Semi-distributed optimal secondary control based on decoupled linearized power flow for large-area droop-controlled microgrids,” in Int. Conf. on Green Energy, Computing, and Sustainable Energy GECOST, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2021. (Best Paper Award)
- S. S. Lee, C. S. Lim, Y. Yang and K. B. Lee, “Cascaded multilevel inverter with voltage-boosting capability,” in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition ECCE, Oct. 2020.
- Y. C. C. Wong, C. S. Lim, A. J. Cruden, M. D. Rotaru, and P. K. Ray, “Consensus-based adaptive virtual output impedance control scheme for reactive power sharing in meshed microgrids,” in IEEE Int. Conf. on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy PESGRE, paper id 323, 2020.
- P. K. Ray, S. Nandkeolyar, C. S. Lim, and I. W. Satiawan, “Demand response management using non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II,” in IEEE Int. Conf. on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy PESGRE, paper id 95, 2020.
- S. S. Lee, C. S. Lim, Y. P. Siwakoti, N. R. N. Idris, I. M. Alsofyani, and K. B. Lee, “A new unity-gain 5-level active neutral-point-clamped (UG-5L-ANPC) inverter,” in IEEE Conf. on Energy Conversion CENCON, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019. (Best Paper Award)
- S. S. Lee, C. S. Lim, Y. P. Siwakoti, and K. B. Lee, “Single-stage common-ground boost inverter (S2CGBI) for solar photovoltaic systems,” in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition ECCE, 2019.
- Y. C. C. Wong, C. S. Lim, M. D. Rotaru, A. Cruden and K. Xin, "Reactive power sharing study of an islanded microgrid in DIgSILENT PowerFactory," in Int. Conf. on Renewable Energy Research and Applications ICRERA, Paris, pp. 233-238, 2018.
- C. S. Lim, S. S. Lee, X. Kong and I. U. Nutkani, "Long horizon linear MPC of grid-connected VSIs: Regulation problems and a plug-in solution," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition ECCE, Cincinnati, OH, pp. 4950-4956, 2017.
- I. U. Nutkani, L. Meegahapola, D. G. Holmes and C. S. Lim, "Hybrid isochronous-droop control for power management in AC microgrids," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition ECCE, Cincinnati, OH, pp. 4085-4091, 2017.
- C. S. Lim, E. Levi, M. Jones, N. A. Rahim, and W. P. Hew, “An improved two-motor three-phase drive using FCS-MPC based flux and torque control with voltage constraint consideration,” in IEEE Int. Electric Machines and Drives Conf. IEMDC, Chicago, USA, pp. 188-195, 2013.
- C. S. Lim, N. A. Rahim, W. P. Hew, M. Jones, and E. Levi, “Experimental evaluation of model predictive current Control of a five-phase induction motor using all switching states,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Electronics and Motion Control EPE-PEMC, Novi Sad, Serbia, CD-ROM Paper No. 407, 2012.
- J. Prieto, F. Barrero, C. S. Lim, and E. Levi, “Predictive current control with modulation in asymmetrical six-phase motor drives,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Electronics and Motion Control EPE-PEMC, Novi Sad, Serbia, CD-ROM Paper No. 165, 2012.
- C. S. Lim, N. A. Rahim, W. P. Hew, M. Jones, and E. Levi, “Model predictive current control of a five-phase induction motor,” in Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Soc. Annual Meeting IECON, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1934-1940, 2011.
Grants
- PI, XJTLU Postgraduate Research Scholarship (PGRS), RMB 240k, S2 2021/22
- PI, XJTLU Research Development Fund (RDF), RMB 100k, 2022-2024
- PI, UoSM Research Seed Funding 2020-2021
- ASEAN MS-2 Lead, Development of Advanced Control on Supply Side and Demand Side Management Towards Next Generation Smart Grid, ASEAN-India Collaborative Research & Development Scheme, 2019-2021
- Co-Investigator, Investigation of Optimized Multilevel Inverter Topology for Low Voltage Microgrid, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Malaysia, 2018-2020
- Principal Investigator, Model Predictive Control based Shunt Active Power Filtering Technique for the Unbalanced Current Compensation in Microgrid, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Malaysia, 2016-2019
- Principal Investigator, A Strategic Microgrid Research Alliance, Global Partnership Award, UK Uni. of Southampton, 2016-2017
- Main/Co-Investigator, Internal and External Industrial Projects (e.g. Opal-RT modelling, HIL-based fault diagnosis, aircraft electrical system real-time model development, programmable load bank design and commissioning, high-power drive commissioning, induction motor parameter estimation), EPGC A*STAR, 2013-2015
Professional service activities
- 2021, Session chair, IoT applications in Energy Sectors, IEEE 5G World Forum 2021
- 2020, Session chair, IEEE Int. conf. on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy PESGRE 2020
- 2019 - present, GCPV competent person, Sustainable Energy Development Authority of Malaysia
- 2015 - present, Associate editor, IET Electric Power Applications
- 2012 - present, Reviewer, journal (e.g. IEEE TIE, TPE, JESTPE, TE, Access, IET EPA) and conferences (e.g. IECON, Ee, ECCE)
Courses taught
- ELEC2208 Power electronics and drives
- ELEC2213 Electrical machines
- ELEC2217 EEE design exercise
- ELEC2220 Control and communications (part)
- ELEC1207 Electronic systems (part)
- KXGE6308 Vector control of AC machines and electric vehicle applications
Professional memberships
- 2022 Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK Engineering Council
- 2019 Senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- 2019 Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
- 2017 Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- 2009 Graduate member, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
Awards and honours
- 2019 Bronze medal, Int. Conf. and Exp. on Invention of IHL PECIPTA, Malaysia
- 2010 Gold medal, Malaysian Technology Expo MTE, Malaysia
- 2010 Silver medal, International Invention, Innovation, and Technology Exhibition ITEX, Malaysia
- 2009-2013 Bright Sparks Scholarship, University of Malaya, Malaysia

电话
+86 (0)51288167127
Email
Cheeshen.Lim@xjtlu.edu.cn
地址
SC469(SIP Campus-Science Building)
Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou
P.R.China
215123

Chee Shen LimPh.D, CEng

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