Ezra’s Round Table / Systems Seminar: Jinyue (Jerry) Yan (Hong Kong PolyU)

Bio:
Jinyue (Jerry) Yan is Chair Professor with the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to assuming his current position at Hong Kong PolyU in 2022, Yan was a professor of energy engineering at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Mälardalen University, Sweden; Director of Future Energy Profile (MDH); Editor-in-Chief of Applied Energ; and Editor-in-Chief of Handbook of Clean Energy Systems.

Professor Yan received his Ph.D. at KTH in 1991. From 2001 to 2005, he was chair professor and head of energy engineering at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Prof. Yan’s research interests include simulation and optimization of advanced energy systems incl. advanced power generation; climate change mitigation technologies and related issues in environment and policy; clean development mechanism (CDM) and renewable energy, especially in biomass energy, and fundamental engineering thermodynamics. Professor Yan published about 300 papers including the paper in Science and special feature article in ASME Mechanical Engineering.