Congratulations to Dr. Chenchen Li on Her Successful Ph.D. Defense!

On July 14th, Chenchen Li successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled “Toward Affordability, Vulnerability, and Economic Efficiency in Power System Planning and Operation”. Her research focused on incorporating energy affordability, energy vulnerability into the DG planning decisions, developing a data center planning model from the perspective of private investors, and mitigating circular flows in HVDC-integrated transmission systems. Congratulations to Dr. Chenchen Li on this academic achievement!

Dr. Chenchen’s dissertation made impactful contributions across four major areas: