Ziyou Song

Ziyou Song joined the University of Michigan faculty in January 2025 as an assistant professor in the area of power and energy. His research focuses on the modeling, estimation, optimization, and control of energy storage systems—including batteries, supercapacitors, and flywheels—for electrified vehicles and renewable energy systems.

Prior to joining Michigan, Song was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the National University of Singapore. He earned his Ph.D. with highest honors from Tsinghua University, where he later served as a research scientist. He subsequently joined the University of Michigan’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a postdoctoral research fellow and assistant research scientist before spending a year at Apple as a battery algorithm engineer.

Song’s research has earned numerous honors, including the Applied Energy Highly Cited Paper Award, the Applied Energy Award for Most Cited Energy Article from China, the NSK Outstanding Paper Award in Mechanical Engineering, and the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference Best Student Paper Award. He serves as an associate editor for several leading journals, including IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification and the SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles, and is a Young Editorial Board member for Applied Energy and eTransportation.

At Michigan, Song teaches EECS 418: Power Electronics and a graduate course in Advanced Energy Storage. He is actively recruiting graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to join his research group.

Expertise: Research Interests: Modeling, estimation, optimization, and control of energy storage for electrified vehicles and renewable systems.