Wei du

About Wei du

Dr. Wei Du is a Chief Engineer and the Solar Subsector Manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He also holds a joint appointment as a Research Associate Professor at Washington State University (WSU). He is responsible for PNNL’s power electronics strategy and serves as the interim co-director of the PNNL-WSU Advanced Grid Institute (AGI). His main areas of research include control design, modeling, and simulation of power systems with a high penetration of power electronics. He is currently the Principal Investigator of multiple DOE projects that investigate the impacts of inverter-based resources on the stability of power systems. He co-leads the Modeling and Simulation Area of the Universal Interoperability for Grid-Forming Inverters (UNIFI) Consortium. In recent years, he leads the development of WECC standard library grid-forming inverter models. This work was conducted in close collaboration with inverter manufacturers, software vendors, EPRI, and transmission planners and operators. These models (REGFM_A1, REGFM_B1, REGFM_C1 and REPCGFM_C1) have been integrated into leading commercial transient stability simulation tools, including Siemens PSS®E, GE-PSLF, PowerWorld Simulator, Powertech TSAT, and DigSilent PowerFactory for industry and academic use. He also serves as an Associate Editor of Transactions on Smart Grid.

Experience

1. Chief Engineer (Level V)

   Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

   Jan 2026 — Present · Richland, WA, US

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Visiting Phd Student

  2012 — 2013

• Tsinghua University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2009 — 2014

• Sichuan University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2005 — 2009