Ching Iu

Herbert Ho-Ching Iu is Professor and Head of the Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering discipline within the School of Engineering at the University of Western Australia. He received the BEng (Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 1997 and the PhD degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2000. After a brief period as a research fellow in the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at HKPU, he joined the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at UWA as a Lecturer in 2002, progressing through the ranks to his current leadership position.

Professor Iu's research interests include power electronics, renewable energy, nonlinear dynamics and chaos, current sensing techniques, and memristive systems, with contributions aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. He has authored over 430 publications, accumulating more than 13,000 citations and an h-index of 59. Key publications encompass 'A Model-Independent Online Learning-Based Control Strategy for DC/AC Inverters' (Lin et al., 2026, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics), 'A Neuromorphic Circuit With Supramodal Attention Effects Based on Cognitive Resource Limitation' (Guo et al., 2026, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers), 'An overview of reinforcement learning for power electronic converters: Topology derivation, parameter design, and control implementation' (Ye et al., 2026, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews), and 'Large-Signal Stability of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Control' (Fu et al., 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics). His scholarly impact is evidenced by numerous best paper awards, including the 2024 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award, 2023 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, 2021 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics Prize Paper Award, and conference accolades such as the 2023 Best Paper Award of IEEE International Conference on Memristive Computing and Applications. Professor Iu was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2025 for contributions to nonlinear analysis of power electronics circuits and systems. He has received UWA Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Mentorship (2023), HDR Supervision (2024), Excellence in Teaching (2019), and Mid-Career Research (2014). Serving as Associate Editor for International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter, he also holds IEEE CASS Distinguished Lecturer appointments for 2023-2024 and 2026-2027.

Professional Email: herbert.iu@uwa.edu.au