2026 Zhiliang Zhang: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	64	1644	1564	10	10	502	14996

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Norway Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Zhiliang Zhang is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a significant focus on electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, and civil and structural engineering. The work also touches on computer networks and communications as well as mechanical engineering.

The main topics Zhang's research covers include:

Advanced DC-DC Converters
Multilevel Inverters and Converters
Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
Microgrid Control and Optimization
Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zhang are:

Xiaoyong Ren
Qianhong Chen
Haoran Li
Shengdong Wang
Zhanbiao Gu

Key publication venues where Zhang has contributed multiple articles include:

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Journal of Vibration and Control
Case Studies in Construction Materials

Among Zhang's recent papers are:

"Analysis and Optimization of a Double-Sided S-LCC Hybrid Converter for High Misalignment Tolerance," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
"Strain-Hardening Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (SH-UHPC) with hybrid steel and polyethylene fibers: Enhanced tensile ductility at subzero temperatures," 2025, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
"Bidirectional Synchronous Rectification On-Line Calculation Control for High Voltage Applications in SiC Bidirectional LLC Portable Chargers," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
"Multifunction Capability of SiC Bidirectional Portable Chargers for Electric Vehicles," 2021, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
"A Bidirectional Synchronous/Asynchronous Rectifier Control for Wide Battery Voltage Range in SiC Bidirectional LLC Chargers," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Best Publications

A complete Gurson model approach for ductile fracture

Z.L Zhang;C Thaulow;J Ødegård

492
Citations
Determining material true stress–strain curve from tensile specimens with rectangular cross-section

Z.L. Zhang;M. Hauge;J. Ødegård;C. Thaulow

326
Citations
Application of nanoindentation testing to study of the interfacial transition zone in steel fiber reinforced mortar

Xiao Hui Wang;Stefan Jacobsen;Jian Ying He;Zhi Liang Zhang

295
Citations
Review on fracture and crack propagation in weldments - A fracture mechanics perspective

U. Zerbst;R.A. Ainsworth;H.Th. Beier;H. Pisarski

244
Citations
Multiscale crack initiator promoted super-low ice adhesion surfaces.

Zhiwei He;Senbo Xiao;Huajian Gao;Jianying He

227
Citations
An Optimal Control Method for Buck ConvertersUsing a Practical Capacitor ChargeBalance Technique

E. Meyer;Zhiliang Zhang;Yan-Fei Liu

213
Citations
Predicting mechanical response of crosslinked epoxy using ReaxFF

Gregory M. Odegard;Benjamin D. Jensen;S. Gowtham;Jianyang Wu

212
Citations
An Optimal Control Method for Photovoltaic Grid-Tied-Interleaved Flyback Microinverters to Achieve High Efficiency in Wide Load Range

Zhiliang Zhang;Xiao-Fei He;Yan-Fei Liu

194
Citations
Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding.

Yizhi Zhuo;Zhijie Xia;Yuan Qi;Takashi Sumigawa

193
Citations
A 300-kHz 6.6-kW SiC Bidirectional LLC Onboard Charger

Haoran Li;Zhiliang Zhang;Shengdong Wang;Jiacheng Tang

185
Citations
A Practical Switching Loss Model for Buck Voltage Regulators

W. Eberle;Zhiliang Zhang;Yan-Fei Liu;P.C. Sen

177
Citations
A Hierarchical Active Balancing Architecture for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Zhiliang Zhang;Handong Gui;Dong-Jie Gu;Yang Yang

175
Citations
Stress-strain curves of metallic materials and post-necking strain hardening characterization: A Review

Shengwen Tu;Xiaobo Ren;Jianying He;Zhiliang Zhang

170
Citations
A Current Source Gate Driver Achieving Switching Loss Savings and Gate Energy Recovery at 1-MHz

W. Eberle;Zhiliang Zhang;Yan-Fei Liu;P.C. Sen

166
Citations
Polysiloxane as icephobic materials – the past, present and the future

Yizhi Zhuo;Senbo Xiao;Alidad Amirfazli;Jianying He

151
Citations
A Distributed Architecture Based on Microbank Modules With Self-Reconfiguration Control to Improve the Energy Efficiency in the Battery Energy Storage System

Zhiliang Zhang;Yong-Yong Cai;Yue Zhang;Dong-Jie Gu

146
Citations
Enhancing the Mechanical Durability of Icephobic Surfaces by Introducing Autonomous Self-Healing Function

Yizhi Zhuo;Verner Håkonsen;Zhiwei He;Senbo Xiao

135
Citations
Design and preparation of sandwich-like polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sponges with super-low ice adhesion

Zhiwei He;Yizhi Zhuo;Jianying He;Zhiliang Zhang

134
Citations
Explicit consistent tangent moduli with a return mapping algorithm for pressure-dependent elastoplasticity models

Z.L. Zhang

133
Citations
Mechanical instability of monocrystalline and polycrystalline methane hydrates

Jianyang Wu;Jianyang Wu;Fulong Ning;Thuat T. Trinh;Signe Kjelstrup

128
Citations
Dynamic Anti-Icing Surfaces (DAIS)

Feng Wang;Yizhi Zhuo;Zhiwei He;Senbo Xiao

127
Citations