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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.

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Academia Services

  • Member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Transportation Energy Committee (2020–Present)
  • Chair of the TRB Subcommittee on International Aspects of Transportation Energy (2020–Present)
  • Chair of the SAE Sustainable Development of Automotive Industry Committee (2022–Present)
  • Editorial board member for Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (2024–Present) and Transportation Research Record (TRR) (2023–Present)
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder (2019-2023), and member of the Global CFA Examination Standards Review Committee (Year 2020, and Year 2021)

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]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; 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

[3]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

[4]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

[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; David Gohlke; Zhenhong Lin; Quantifying the impacts of micro- and mild-hybrid vehicle technologies on fleetwide fuel economy and electrification, eTransportation, 2020, 4: 100058

[2]Shiqi Ou; Hiroyuki Kashima; Douglas S. Aaron; John M. Regan; Matthew M. Mench; Full cell simulation and the evaluation of the buffer system on air-cathode microbial fuel cell, Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 347: 159-169

[3]Xu Hao; Zhenhong Lin; Hewu Wang; Shiqi Ou; Minggao Ouyang; Range cost-effectiveness of plug-in electric vehicle for heterogeneous consumers: An expanded total ownership cost approach, Applied Energy, 2020, 275: 115394

[4]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: 1-16

[5]Shiqi Ou; Rujie Yu; Zhenhong Lin; Huanhuan Ren; Xin He; Steven Przesmitzki; Jessey Bouchard; Intensity and daily pattern of passenger vehicle use by region and class in China: estimation and implications for energy use and electrification, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2020, 25: 307-327

[6]Shiqi Ou; Zhenhong Lin; Xin He; Steven Przesmitzki; Zhixin Wu; Jihu Zheng; Renzhi Lv; Liang Qi; China’s Booming Plug-in Electric Vehicle Market—How Will It Continue? Springer, Cham, 2020

[7]Zhenhong Lin; Shiqi Ou; Amgad Elgowainy; Krishna Reddi; Mike Veenstra; Laura Verduzco; A method for determining the optimal delivered hydrogen pressure for fuel cell electric vehicles, Applied Energy, 2018, 216: 183-194

[8]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

[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; Hiroyuki Kashima; Douglas S. Aaron; John M. Regan; Matthew M. Mench; Multi-variable mathematical models for the air-cathode microbial fuel cell system, Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 314: 49-57