Rate My Professor YanYan Yin

Dr. YanYan Yin serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University. She joined the university in 2017 as a Curtin research fellow and progressed to her current role, where she contributes to both teaching and research in electrical engineering. Her career encompasses extensive work in control systems and power engineering, building on prior academic positions in China. Yin's research specializations center on modern power system stability and control, power system protection and substation automation, artificial intelligence applications in power systems, and smart grid technologies. She investigates critical areas such as virtual synchronization for hybrid energy grids, adaptive coordination of protection schemes under the IEC 61850 standard, solar panel performance degradation and mitigation strategies, and robust fault detection in singular and nonlinear Markov jump systems. Additional interests include asynchronous H∞ control for nonhomogeneous higher-level Markov jump systems, distributed leader-following consensus in nonlinear multi-agent systems, and disturbance rejection control for systems with nonhomogeneous processes.

Among her key publications are 'Robust control on saturated Markov jump systems with missing information' (2014), 'Robust filtering for nonlinear nonhomogeneous Markov jump systems by fuzzy approximation approach' (2014), 'Event-triggered constrained control of positive systems with input saturation' (2018), 'A Comprehensive Review of Solar Panel Performance Degradation and Adaptive Mitigation Strategies' (2025), and 'Development of Programmable Digital Twin via IEC-61850 Communication for Smart Grid' (2026). These works have garnered significant citations, reflecting her influence in stochastic control and power systems engineering. Yin coordinates and teaches units including ELEN4007 Electrical Machines, Drives and Control, ELEN3003 Power Grid Infrastructure and Markets, and ETEN4001 Instrumentation and Control in Automation Systems. She also supervises higher degree research students and participates in workshops on power system simulation and HIL technologies, advancing practical applications in renewable energy integration and grid reliability.