Principal Investigator
Zhi Jin (Justin) Zhang
Assistant Professor
Fred Kaiser Professorship in Integration and Control of Energy Systems
Justin received the B.A.Sc. degree (with High Honours) in Engineering Science and the M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2017 and 2019, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (with a minor in Industrial Engineering) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2024. He served as the Chair of the IEEE Power Electronics Society Atlanta Chapter from 2019 to 2024 and has internship experience with Rocscience, Alectra Utilities, and Tesla.
Outside of his work, Justin is an amateur flutist, a soccer fan, and a history buff.
Website: https://ece.ubc.ca/justin-zhang/
Current
- Maliha Ferdous (2025.9 – )
- MASc at UBC
- Erin Flood (2025.9 – )
- MASc at UBC
- Received NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS M)
- Received Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) Awards
- Nima Tayebi (2025.9 – )
- MASc at UBC
- Received Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award
- Jax Liu (2025.9 – )
- MEng at UBC
- Clint Lee (2025.5 – )
- BASc at UBC
- Internship at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA), Spring 2026
Alumni
- Sam Fu (2025.1 – 2025.12)
- MEng at UBC
- Marcus Cheng (2025.5 – 2025.8)
- BASc at UBC
- Received APSC & VPRI Research Co-op Subsidy
- Received PMC-Sierra Inc. Founders’ Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chirag Vangani (2025.5 – 2025.8)
- BASc at UBC
- Received Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Award