Cong Chen

Assistant Professor of Engineering

Overview

Cong Chen received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. She is pursuing a Ph.D. major in Electrical Engineering and two Ph.D. minors in Operation Research and Data Science respectively. She received a B.E. degree from Wuhan University and an M.S. degree from Tsinghua University, both in Electrical Engineering. She was a Ph.D. summer intern in ISO New England in 2021.

Research Interests

Power system engineering; optimization theory; power system economics; and electricity markets

Education

PhD, Electrical Engineering/Operation Research and Data Science, Cornell University
MS, Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University
BE, Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University

Awards

Best Paper Award, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 2024 & 2019
Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2024
Cornell ECE Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, 2024
Prize Conference Paper Award, IEEE PESGM, 2023
Engineering and Applied Science Trailblazing Young Researcher, Caltech, 2023
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Scholar, Cornell University, 2019
Outstanding Graduate Student & Thesis Award, Tsinghua University, 2019
Outstanding Undergraduate Student & Thesis Award, Wuhan University, 2017

Selected Publications

C. Chen, S.Li, and L. Tong, “Multi-Interval Energy-Reserve Co-Optimization with SoC-Dependent Bids from Battery Storage," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
C. Chen, A. Alahmed, T. Mount, and L. Tong, “Wholesale Market Participation of DERA: Competitive DER Aggregation," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
C. Chen, S. Bose, T. Mount, and L. Tong, “Wholesale Market Participation of DERA: DSO-DERA-ISO Coordination,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2024.
C. Chen, and L. Tong, “Convexifying Market Clearing of SoC-Dependent Bids From Merchant Storage Participants," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 2955-2957, May 2023.
C. Chen, and L. Tong, “Pricing Real-Time Stochastic Storage Operations," Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 212, pp. 108606, 2022.
Y. Guo, C. Chen, and L. Tong, “Pricing Multi-Interval Dispatch under Uncertainty Part I: Dispatch-Following Incentives," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 3865-3877, Sept. 2021.
C. Chen, Y. Guo, and L. Tong, “Pricing Multi-Interval Dispatch under Uncertainty Part II: Generalization and Performance,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 3878-3886, Sept. 2021.
S. Li, C. Chen, and L. Tong, “Convexifying Regulation Market Clearing of State-of-Charge Dependent Bid," Proc. of IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2024. (in Best Paper Session)
C. Chen, S. Bose, and L. Tong, “DSO-DERA Coordination for the Wholesale Market Participation of Distributed Energy Resources," Proc. of IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2023. (IEEE Prize Conference Paper Award)
C. Chen, X. Shen, Q. Guo, H. Sun, and S. Mohammed, “Adaptive Robust Planning-Operation Co-optimization of Energy Hubs with Modified Column-and-Constraint Generation Algorithm," Proc. of IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2019. (in Best Paper Session)