Male, Ph.D., Professor, graduate supervisor.

Areas of Research

Smart Grid Status Monitoring, Superconducting Energy Storage Theory and Application Technology, Intelligent Testing and Control, Robotics, Signal and Information Processing

Professor Lei has long been engaged in teaching and research work in intelligent testing and control, robotics, signal and information processing, superconducting energy storage theory and application technology, and smart grid status monitoring. He mainly teaches graduate courses including modern testing technology and DSP technology, and undergraduate courses including circuit theory, basic electrical engineering technology, intelligent test equipment, and microcontroller. Professor Lei has led or played a principal role in over 20 various projects in intelligent detection & control and smart grid status monitoring, including National Natural Science Fund projects, “7th Five-Year Plan Project”, “8th Five-Year Plan Project”, Railways Ministry research projects. He has published more than 30 academic papers. Professor Lei presided over more than 10 projects including provincial-level teaching reform projects, ordinary projects and school-level teaching reform projects, published over 10 papers in teaching reform, and compiled 8 state-commissioned textbooks, one of which is a National-level “11th Five-Year Plan” Textbook.

Awards:

1. 2000: Second prize from the School-Level Outstanding Teaching Achievements Awards

2. 2003: Sichuan University "Shide" Teaching Award

3. 2006: Third prize from the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Progress Awards

4. 2008:  First prize from the Sichuan University Excellent Textbooks Awards

5. 2012: Sichuan University "Tang Lixin Famous Teacher" Award

6. 2012: School-level Excellent Faculty Adviser for Top-Notch Talent Award

7. 2012: Two first prizes and two second prizes from the School-Level Teaching Achievements Awards

8. 2013:  One first prize and one third prize from the Sichuan Province Teaching Achievements Awards

9. 2014: Second prize from the Sichuan University Excellent Textbooks Awards

Research Projects Undertaken in Recent Years (not all inclusive):

Detection Technology for Partial Discharge Caused by Installation Defect of Electrical Cable Accessory Installation Funded by Aba Prefecture Electric Power Corporation

Design, Installation, Debugging, and Application of Laboratory Research Platform Funded by Sichuan Electric Power Design Institute

Technology Consulting Project for Voltage Fluctuation in High-Voltage Power Systems, CSR Ziyang Locomotive Co., Ltd.

Development of Test System for Transformer Bedstand, Chengdu Dige Industrial Co., Ltd. South Rail Equipment Branch

Security Supervision Information Management System of Chengdu Electric Power Supply Bureau

Data Acquisition and Processing System for Stationary Bedstand of 89 UIC Brake Trains Funded by Sichuan Brake Technology Co., Ltd.

Academic Papers Published (not all be included):

Insulation Detection and Analysis of XLPE Medium-Voltage Cables, Electric Power

A Study on Synchronous Generator USB-Specific Data Acquisition System, Journal of Electrical & Electronic Education

Diagnosis of XLPE cable insulation using polarization and depolarization current measurements, Advanced Technology of Electrical Engineering and Energy

Nondestructive Testing of Insulation Performance of XLPE Cables Based on PDC Method, High Voltage Engineering

Diagnosis of 10kV XLPE cables insulation aging condition based on the depolarization current method, Instruments and Meters

RSSI Based Network Node Location of Wireless Sensors, Computer Simulation.

Insulation Failure of Inverter-fed Motors and Partial Discharge Detection Technology under Repetitive Square Wave Voltage, Insulation Materials.

Depolarized Current Method for Diagnosing Insulation Aging on 10KV Cables, Electrical Measurement & Instrumentation.

Textbooks Compiled:

Courses Offered:

Undergraduate Courses: Fundamentals of Electrotechnics, Circuit Theory (Chinese), Circuit Theory (English)

Graduate Courses: DSP Technology, Modern Testing Technology

Practical Teaching: Basic Experiments of Electrotechnology, Experiments in Circuit Theory, Graduation Projects, Guidance on Graduate Studies

Part-Time Responsibilities:

1 Vice chairman of the Electrical Theory and New Technology Specialized Committee of the Sichuan Provincial Society for Electrical Engineering

2 Chairman of the Electrical Theory and New Technology Specialized Committee of the Chengdu Municipal Society for Electrical Engineering

3 Executive director of the China Research Association of Institutions of Higher Learning in Electrical Engineering

4 Director-general of the Sichuan Province Research Association of Institutions of Higher Learning in Electrical Engineering

5 Executive director of the Sichuan Province Automation and Instrumentation Society