Keynote Speakers
Prof. Hoay Beng GOOI
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
(IEEE Life Fellow)
Biography: Hoay Beng GOOI received his PhD degree from Ohio State University, USA in 1983. Prior to returning to Singapore, he was Assistant Professor with Lafayette College, USA and Senior Engineer with EMPROS/Siemens, USA. During 1991 to 2023, he was Associate Professor of EEE and Deputy Head of EEE Power Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore; Founding Co-Director, Singapore Power Group-NTU Joint Lab (US$30M); Director of Renewable Energy, Science and Technology Master Program, a concurrent degree offered by NTU and Ecole Polytechnique, France; Programme Lead, NTU-Wuhan University Joint Education Program; and Chairman of Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (FEE - Electrical) Sub-Committee for Professional Engineers Board (PEB) Singapore. He served as a committee member of Singapore Standards Council; Founding Chair of IEEE Singapore Life Member Affinity Group (LMAG); Guest Editor for Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy; and Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (T-PWRS). He won 2021 Outstanding IEEE T-PWRS Editor Award.
At NTU, he led and co-led several high-impact projects with a total grant of more than US$10M. They include developing a hardware-in-the-loop platform for hybrid microgrids funded by the US Navy, and an online monitoring system for switchgear for the Singapore national grid operator. He spearheaded projects on solar intermittency mitigation with energy storage and blockchain-based energy trading.
He is an Emeritus Associate Professor at EEE, NTU; a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania, USA and Singapore; an independent microgrid consultant in Singapore; a Life Fellow of IEEE; Chair Industry Relations and LMAG, IEEE Singapore Section; and a member of IEEE Access Editorial Board; Energy Technical Committee of Institution of Engineers Singapore; and FEE (Electrical) Sub-Committee for PEB Singapore.
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