Wang Liming

1990–1993, Tsinghua University, Ph.D. in High Voltage Engineering

1987–1990, Tsinghua University, Master in High Voltage Engineering

1982–1987, Tsinghua University, Bachelor in High Voltage Engineering

2019.08 – now, Professor, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS)

2003.02 – 2019.08, Professor, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen Graduate School

1998.05 – 1999.10, Research Fellow, University of Manchester

1997.07 – 2003.02, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University

1994 – 1998, Deputy Director, High Voltage Laboratory, Tsinghua University

1993.09 – 1997.07, Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Chair, Subcommittee on UHV, IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society

Chair, Subcommittee on High Voltage Surface Discharge, IEEE PES Technical Committee on High Voltage Insulation

Convener, Working Group on Multi‑physical Field Simulation for HVDC Equipment, IEEE PES Subcommittee on DC Power Transmission and Transformation Equipment

Member, Chinese National Committee of CIGRE SC D1 Materials and Emerging Test Techniques

Member, Chinese National Committee of CIGRE B2.69 Coatings for Power Network Equipment

Senior Member, China Electrotechnical Society

Editorial Board Member, High Voltage Engineering, High Voltage Apparatus

Vice Chairman, EPTC Insulator Technical Committee, China Electricity Council

Member, Technical Committee on Electrical Ceramics, China Electrotechnical Society

Member and Secretary, Subcommittee on Advanced High Voltage Technologies, Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

Member and Leader of Mechanical and Electrical Group, Shenzhen Municipal Government Energy Conservation Expert Committee

Editorial Board Member, Power Engineering Technology

Researcher, Electric Power Research Institute, Jiangsu Electric Power Company

Associate Editor, New Carbon Materials 

High Voltage External Insulation Engineering (SIGS)

Introduction to New Energy Technologies (SIGS)

1、High voltage and insulation engineering, including flashover characteristics of insulation equipment, key technologies for insulators, mechanical performance calculation of tower‑line systems, and development and application of novel insulating materials;

2、Condition monitoring and evaluation technologies for HV equipment, including terahertz technology, infrared thermal wave technology, laser speckle technology;

3、Fundamental discharge physics, including streamer discharge, pollution flashover, and discharge under special electric field conditions;

4、Technologies for offshore wind power systems, including anti‑icing, lightning protection, and cooling of offshore electrical equipment.

As principal investigator and key researcher, he has undertaken 6 sub‑topics of national key engineering projects, including external insulation design and insulator selection for 750 kV AC and 500 kV DC high altitude power transmission and transformation systems (the highest voltage levels in China at the time of research); key technologies for 110 kV power transmission projects at 4000–5000 m altitudes for the Qinghai‑Tibet Railway; key technologies for China’s first 500 kV, 330 kV (high altitude) and 220 kV compact transmission lines;  gas‑solid interface discharge characteristics and flashover probability of UHV equipment. He has also led 3 national key research projects, 10 National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, 8 provincial key projects, and more than 100 industry‑funded horizontal projects.

More than 500 academic papers have been published, including over 140 SCI papers (more than 60 in IEEE journals and over 80 in other international journals), 235 EI journal papers, and over 130 international conference papers. More than 80 invention patents have been filed, with over 40 granted.

[1] Zimin Luo, Liming Wang, Bin Cao, Yuhao Liu, Xiaobang Tong, Libao Liu, Xiaoqing Wu, Xukai Zhu. Synergistic enhancement of heat resistance and mechanical performance of epoxy resin by introducing entanglement effect. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2026, 203, 109581.

[2] Zimin Luo, Liming Wang, Yuhao Liu, Yuheng Ren, Hao Shen, Bin Cao. Molecular dynamics elucidating imide-mediated synergistic control of thermal resistance and toughening in epoxy composites. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2026, 59, 125504.

[3] Huijie Li, Yafeng Chao, Te Li, Fanghui Yin, Hongwei Mei, Liming Wang, Masoud Farzaneh. Aging Mechanism of Composite Insulated Cross-Arm Under Multi-Factor Coupling Effect, in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2025.3634477.

[4] Xiaobo Meng, Lin Lin, Hongwei Mei, Liming Wang, The influence of the air pressure on the positive streamer discharge in the air, in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2025.3610471.

[5] Yonggang Yue, Weiyun Li, Yanxin Tu, Mingzhe Yi, Bin Cao, Liming Wang. Sensitivity analysis of hydrostatic test for defect-elimination in ultra-high voltage and large-tonnage insulators, in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2025.3574653.

[6] Huijie Li, Yafeng Chao, Fanghui Yin, Hongwei Mei, Liming Wang, Masoud Farzaneh. Detection of Carbonization Defects in Composite Insulated Cross-Arms Using Active Microwave Thermography, in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 25, no. 13, pp. 23623-23633, 1 July1, 2025, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2025.3567696.

[7] Xiaobo Meng, Lin Lin, Hao Li, Hongwei Mei, Liming Wang. Characteristic of Surface Streamer Discharge Under the AC–DC Composite Voltage, in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1373-1379, June 2025, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2025.3543792.

[8] Yuhao Liu, Ying Lin, Yunxiao Zhang, Bin Cao, Kangning Wu, Liming Wang. Understanding Water Diffusion Behaviors in Epoxy Resin through Molecular Simulations and Experiments. Langmuir 2024, 40, 9, 4871–4880.

[9] Mingzhe Li, Bin Cao, Fanghui Yin, Hongwei Mei, Liming Wang. Preparation and performance improvement of a dual-component microcapsule self-healing system for silicone rubber insulating material. High Voltage, 2024, 9, 2 453-465.

[10] Ruiqi Shang, Liming Wang, Fanghui Yin, Masoud Farzaneh, Investigation of MQ Resin Enhanced Material Used for On-Site Insulating Bare Conductors. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2023, 38, 5, 3621-3633.

Theory and Application of Dynamic Wetting for High Voltage External Insulation

[1] Topology Design Method of Embedded RTV Coating Based on Tangential Hydrophobic Migration Characteristics of Silicone Rubber, CN121122534B, Granted.

[2] A Method and Device for Arc Current Measurement of Overhead Line Faults, CN120891254A, Granted.

[3] A Nondestructive Testing Method, System and Equipment for Insulator Defects, CN120404845A, Granted.

[4] Fast Detection Method and Device for Zero‑value Porcelain Insulators Based on Impulse Current Characteristics, CN120214522A, Granted.

[5] Thermal Wave Tomography Method and Device for Polymer Insulation Materials, CN119104543A, Granted.

2 National Science and Technology Progress Awards, Second Prize; 

9 Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards ,First Prize; 

13 Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards ,Second Prize; 

16 Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards ,Third Prize.

1999, Technology and Education Progress Award, IEE Council Science, (awarded to only one person annually)

2009, Outstanding Teacher of Southern Guangdong, Guangdong.