Dr Chun Sing Lai
Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Power Systems
Summary
Dr Chun Sing Lai is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Course Director for MSc Electric Vehicle Systems. He joined Brunel as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Jan 2020. He is an academic member of the Transnational Education (TNE) CQUPT programme for BEng Electronics and Communications Engineering. He is a member of Brunel Interdisciplinary Power Systems (BIPS) Research Centre. His current interests are in power system optimisation, energy system modeling, data analytics, electric vehicle systems, hybrid powertrains optimisation, and energy economics for renewable energy and storage systems.
From 2018 to 2020, Dr Lai was an EPSRC Research Fellow with the as the lead researcher for . He is a and Visiting Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, .
He is Vice-Chair of the. Since 2022, Dr Lai is Associate Vice President, . Since 2020, Dr Lai is Vice-counsellor for СʪÃÃÊÓƵ London IEEE Student Branch. He is a Member of Early Career Researchers Committee of
He organised the workshop on in Canada and a workshop on Blockchain for Smart Grid, IEEE SMC 2018 in Japan. He was a Publications Co-Chair for IEEE International Smart Cities Conference ISC2 ( and ). Dr Lai is a Technical Programme Chair for and Publications Co-Chair for . He was an Invited Speaker at and .
He has successfully secured funding to lead Standards-Related Activities in 2022-23 from . He is a recipient of the and in 2022. In 2024, the chaired by Dr Chun Sing Lai and Prof Loi Lei Lai recieved the
Dr Lai is an Associate Editor for (IF: 8.6), ; , and (IF: 2.6). He is an Editorial Board member for , Topics Board member for and Reviewer Board member for , as well as Guest Editor for several IEEE and MDPI journals.
Dr Lai has co-authored . He is a book editor for . He is a Member and Contributor to . He has contributed to six journal papers that appear on with three as the lead author. Since 2021, he is recognised as the top
Dr Lai is a frequent reviewer for research grant applications such as .
Qualifications
- , Advance HE, 2022
- , Engineering Council, 2021
- , thesis title: , University of Oxford, 2019
- BEng (First Class Honours) Electronic and Electrical Engineering, СʪÃÃÊÓƵ London, 2013
Responsibility
Course Director, MSc Electric Vehicle Systems
Module Leader, EE1618 Devices and Circuits
Module Leader, EE5631/EE5663 Advanced Vehicular Systems Technology
Newest selected publications
Ren, X., Lai, CS., Guo, Z. and Taylor, G. (2024) ''. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 0 (early access). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0098-3063
Wang, J., Chen, Y., Ji, X., Dong, Z., Gao, M. and Lai, CS. (2024) ''. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 0 (early access). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1524-9050
Wang, C., Zhang, J., Wang, A., Wang, Z., Yang, N., Zhao, Z., et al. (2024) ''. Applied Energy, 368. pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0306-2619
Ji, X., Dong, Z., Zhou, G., Lai, CS. and Qi, D. (2024) ''. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 54 (8). pp. 5137 - 5149. ISSN: 2168-2216
Wang, C., Wang, Z., Chu, S., Ma, H., Yang, N., Zhao, Z., et al. (2024) ''. Applied Energy, 367. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 0306-2619