Cong Chen
PhD candidate in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell University
About Me
I'm Cong Chen, a Ph.D. candidate supervised by Prof.Lang Tong in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Cornell University.
My current research focuses on decarbonization solutions through large-scale aggregation of distributed energy resources, battery storage participation in wholesale and retail electricity markets, and alternative energy resources such as green hydrogen.
Broadly speaking, my research interests lie in the intersection of power system engineering, optimization theory, power system economics, and electricity markets.
My hobbies are hiking, photography, playing the piano, rock climbing, and snowboarding.
Bio
Cong Chen is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. She is pursuing a Ph.D. major in Electrical Engineering and two Ph.D. minors in Operation Research and Data Science respectively. She received a B.E. degree from Wuhan University and an M.S. degree from Tsinghua University, both in Electrical Engineering. She was a Ph.D. summer intern in ISO New England in 2021. She was the recipient of the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) in 2019, the Prize Conference Paper Award at the IEEE PESGM in 2023, and Cornell ECE Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award in 2024. She was recognized as the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Scholar at Cornell in 2019, the Engineering and Applied Science Trailblazing Young Researcher at Caltech in 2023, and the Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellow in 2024.
Latest News
Mar 2024: It’s my great honor to receive Cornell ECE Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, a profound encouragement for me to continue my exciting and challenging research journey.
Feb 2024: Happy Lantern Festival！ I'm so excited to have the opportunity to present my research to the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth on March 27th!
Feb 2024: Happy Lunar New Year! Our new results for battery and hydrogen storage are accepted by 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), and I'm looking forward to your comments:
Siying Li, Cong Chen, and Lang Tong, “Convexifying Regulation Market Clearing of State-of-Charge Dependent Bid". The journal version is under review by IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
Shreshtha Dhankar, Cong Chen, and Lang Tong, “Enhancing Microgrid Resilience with Green Hydrogen Storage".
Jan 2024: I'm so excited to have the opportunity to present my research to the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley on Feb. 21st!
Jan 2024: Happy New Year! I'm so excited to have the opportunity to present my research to the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington on Feb. 8th!
Dec 2023: I'm going to present a poster about Distributed Energy Resources Aggregator (DERA) at Power Systems Engineering Research Center Industry Advisory Board Meeting ( PSERC IAB meeting ) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Thanksgiving 2023: Thank you very much for the support from my advisor, collaborators, and mentors in academia and industry. I would like to share our new results in State-of-Charge (SoC) dependent bid and hydrogen storage, and I'm looking forward to your comments:
S. Li, C. Chen, and L. Tong, “Convexifying Regulation Market Clearing of State-of-Charge Dependent Bid"
S. Dhankar, C. Chen, and L. Tong, “Enhancing Microgrid Resilience with Green Hydrogen Storage"
Nov 2023: It's my great pleasure to be selected for the 2023 EAS Trailblazers Symposium in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science (EAS) at Caltech.
Sept 2023: Our paper about DERA (Part I, Part II) is accepted to be presented at the 6th Workshop on Autonomous Energy Systems at NREL.
Aug 2023: I received the 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society Prize Conference Paper Award for our paper about distributed energy resources aggregation (DERA).
Jul 2023: Here are our new results in DERA, and I'm looking forward to your comments:
Part I: Cong Chen, Subhonmesh Bose, Tim Mount, and Lang Tong, “Wholesale Market Participation of DERA Part I: DSO-DERA-ISO Coordination” [link]
Part II: Cong Chen, Ahmend Alahmed, Tim Mount, and Lang Tong, “Wholesale Market Participation of DERA Part II: Competitive DER Aggregation” [link]
May 2023: Our paper, DSO-DERA Coordination for the Wholesale Market Participation of Distributed Energy Resources [link], has been selected as one of the Best Conference Papers submitted to the 2023 IEEE PES General Meeting.