
Shiqi(Shawn) Ou
Professor
Personal Info.
Dr. Shiqi(Shawn) Ou is a professor at the School of Future Technology, South China University of Technology (SCUT), and a jointly appointed R&D staff at the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (Pazhou) Laboratory. As a high-level overseas talent, Dr. Ou joined SCUT’s Guangzhou International Campus in 2023 after nearly eight years at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where he advanced to the position of R&D Staff.
Academia Services
- Member, Transportation Energy Committee, Transportation Research Board (TRB), USA (2020-Present);
- Member, Sustainable Transportation Committee, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), USA (2025-Present);
- Chair, Subcommittee on International Aspects of Transportation Energy, TRB (2020-2025);
- Chair, Sustainable Development Committee, SAE (2022-2025);
- Editorial Board Member, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment(SCI Q1 Journal by Chinese Academy of Sciences);
- Editorial Board Member, Transportation Research Record (TRR);
- Young Editorial Board Member, Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR)(SCI Q1 Journal by Chinese Academy of Sciences);
- Associate Editor, SAE International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Energy, Environment, & Policy(EI-Indexed).
Education
2012-2015, University of Tennessee, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering with minor in Computational Science)
2010-2012, Dalian University of Technology, Master’s Degree (Automotive Engineering)
2006-2010, Dalian University of Technology, Bachelor’s Degree (Automotive Engineering)
Experiences
09/2023-Present, South China University of Technology, Tenured Professor
2021-2023, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Research Scientist
2017-2020, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Associate Research Scientist
2016-2017, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Postdoctoral Research Associate
05/2015-12/2015, Volvo Trucks North America, Engineering Intern
Teaching
- Discrete Mathematics
- Reinforcement Learning
Publications
Representative Publications (Last 5 Years) :
[1] Hao Jing, Jianyao Hu, Shiqi Ou*, Zhilong Lv, Renzhi Lyu, and Jingyuan Zhao*. “Scalable and generalizable deep learning for battery state of health estimation in on-road electric vehicles.” Journal of Energy Chemistry. 2025, 111: 823-841.
[2] Lanxin Shi, Shiqi Ou*, Yanzi Zhou, Yonglin Wu, Xiaolu Tan, Xin He, Daniel J. De Castro Gomez, and Zhenhong Lin. “Assessing Chinese user satisfaction with electric vehicle battery performance from online reviews.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2025, 141: 104644.
[3] Shiqi Ou, Shengyong Zhang, Zhenhong Lin*, Stacy Davis. “A method for determining optimal electric range by considering electric vehicle lightweighting on perceived ownership cost.” Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023, 385: 135606.
[4] Shiqi Ou*. “Estimate long-term impact on battery degradation by considering electric vehicle real-world end-use factors.” Journal of Power Sources. 2023, 573: 233133.
[5] Shiqi Ou; I-Yun Lisa Hsieh; Xin He; Zhenhong Lin*; Rujie Yu; Yan Zhou; Jessey Bouchard; China’s vehicle electrification impacts on sales, fuel use, and battery material demand through 2050: Optimizing consumer and industry decisions, iScience. 2021, 24(11)
Other Representative Publications:
[1] Shiqi Ou, Xin He*, Weiqi Ji, Wei Chen, Lang Sui, Yu Gan, Zifeng Lu, Zhenhong Lin, Sili Deng, Steven Przesmitzki, Jessey Bouchard. “Machine learning model to project the impact of COVID-19 on US motor gasoline demand.” Nature Energy. 2020, 5(9): 666-673.
[2] Shiqi Ou, David Gohlke, Zhenhong Lin*. “Quantifying the impacts of micro- and mild-hybrid vehicle technologies on fleetwide fuel economy and electrification.” eTransportation. 2020, 4: 100058.
[3] Shiqi Ou, Xu Hao, Zhenhong Lin*, Hewu Wang, Jessey Bouchard, Xin He, Steven Przesmitzki, Zhixin Wu, Jihu Zheng, Renzhi Lv, Liang Qi, Tim J LaClair. “Light-duty plug-in electric vehicles in China: An overview on the market and its comparisons to the United States.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2019, 112: 747-761.
[4] Xin He*, Shiqi Ou*, Yu Gan*, Zifeng Lu, Steven Victor Przesmitzki, Jessey Lee Bouchard, Lang Sui, Amer Ahmad Amer, Zhenhong Lin, Rujie Yu, Yan Zhou, Michael Wang. “Greenhouse gas consequences of the China dual credit policy.” Nature Communications. 2020, 11(5212): 1-10.
[5] Shiqi Ou, Zhenhong Lin*, Yilan Jiang, Shengyong Zhang. “Quantifying policy gaps for achieving the net-zero GHG emissions target in the US light-duty vehicle market through electrification.” Journal of Cleaner Production. 2022, 380: 135000-135000.
[6] Shiqi Ou, Zhenhong Lin*, Guoquan Xu, Xu Hao, Hongwei Li, Zhiming Gao, Xin He, Steven Przesmitzki, Jessey Bouchard. “The retailed gasoline price in China: Time-series analysis and future trend projection.” Energy. 2020, 191: 116544.
[7] Shiqi Ou, Zhenhong Lin*, Liang Qi, Jie Li, Xin He, Steven Przesmitzki. “The dual-credit policy: Quantifying the policy impact on plug-in electric vehicle sales and industry profits in China.” Energy Policy. 2018, 121: 597-610.
[8] Shiqi Ou, Zhenhong Lin*, Xin He, Steven Przesmitzki, Jessey Bouchard. “Modeling charging infrastructure impact on the electric vehicle market in China.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2020, 81: 102248.
[9] Shiqi Ou, Zhenhong Lin*, Xin He, Steven Przesmitzki. “Estimation of vehicle home parking availability in China and quantification of its potential impacts on plug-in electric vehicle ownership cost.” Transport Policy. 2018, 68: 107-117.
[10] Shiqi Ou, Zhenhong Lin*, Chieh (Ross) Wang, Stacy Davis, Shasha Jiang, Michael Hilliard, Ho-Ling Hwang, Xu Hao, Rujie Yu. “Improving the effectiveness and equity of fuel economy regulations with sales adjustment factors.” iScience. 2022, 25(9): 104902-104902.