Dr. Yuanzhe Liang is an assistant professor in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University, with a joint appointment as a guest researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Prof. Liang holds a B.S. degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, an M.S. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Material Science and Environmental Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Upon completing his Ph.D., Prof.

Xiangqi Zhu received her B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2013 and her Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2017. Since 2017, she has been working as a researcher with the Power Systems Engineering Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA. She is joining EECS as an assistant professor in December 2023.