Fangxing "Fran" Li, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
424 Ferris Hall
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
(Tel) 865-974-8401
(Email) fli6@utk.edu


Dr. Li is an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Tennessee. He is also an adjunct research scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). His current interests include reactive power, voltage stability, distributed generation, energy markets,  reliability, and utility application of power electronics.

Dr. Li had worked at ABB from February 2001 to August 2005 as a Senior Engineer and then a Principal Engineer before joining UT. He had also worked as a part-time engineer at Electrical Distribution Design (EDD) Inc., Blacksburg, VA from 1998 to 2000 and an engineer intern at NARI (China) in 1997. He received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from Southeast University (China) in 1994 and 1997 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech in 2001. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of North Carolina.

Dr. Li is a Senior Member of IEEE (2005), a Member of Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society, an Associate Editor of Int'l J. of Power and Energy Systems, and a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems/Power Delivery. He has been a chair of several panel sessions in various international conferences.

Dr. Li is the recipient of the 2006 Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Award at UT.

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Last Updated: April 14th, 2006.