Welcome to the Energy Systems & Controls Lab (ESCL) in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The University of Oklahoma, directed by Assistant Professor Dong Zhang!

Our research develops and utilizes dynamic systems modeling, controls, and optimization tools to maximize efficiency, ensure safety, and maintain sustainability in integrated energy systems.

As the electrified devices, e.g., electric vehicles and electricity power grids, play an increasingly critical role in our life, energy storage is essential towards enabling a smarter transportation, balancing the electricity grid, and integrating renewable energy resources. These applications create new mobility options and constraints while simultaneously imposing new energy demands and storage opportunities. In this regard, ESCL brings together a diverse consortium of knowledge to understand how resilient control systems and data-driven techniques would push the boundaries of energy storage systems and potentially how renewables can be integrated into the grid and transportation systems in a secure and efficient manner. These research exposures uniquely position us at the intersection of renewable energy, mobility, system controls,  optimization, and machine learning.

"Knowledge" and "People" are the two major products of the Energy Systems & Controls Lab so we aim to train the next generation of leaders and engineers to address emerging challenges in energy storage, control theory, and electrified transportation. We are always looking for motivated students and researchers to join us. See open opportunities here.

Our research is proudly supported by: