Mentor Program: Communication, Control and Optimization for Extreme Fast Charging Stations

Dear Colleagues,

The push towards the goal of net-zero emissions coupled with the rise in fuel costs has led to the rapid proliferation of electric vehicles. Although EV ownership has been increasing significantly, the transportation market is still dominated by internal-combustion-engine-based vehicles. One of the major impediments to the adoption of EVs is the range anxiety issue among customers, which stems from the lack of fast-charging infrastructure. The industry and academia have been doing notable work in this area lately. However, significant gaps remain in terms of research and development of megawatt-level charging stations. This Special Issue aims to bring together a collection of research articles on the architecture, control, and management of extreme fast-charging facilities. Within the scope of the extreme fast-charging infrastructure, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Optimal planning of fast-charging infrastructure;
• Novel power converter topologies for fast charging stations;
• Techno-economic analysis for charging station infrastructure;
• Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-building applications;
• Grid impacts of megawatt-level charging infrastructure;
• Intelligent charging techniques to mitigate the adverse impacts of EV charging;
• Energy management within the charging stations;
• Communication for charging station infrastructure;
• Cybersecurity issues for EV grid integration.

Dr. Preetham Goli
Prof. Dr. Wajiha Shireen
Dr. Cory Beard
Guest Editors

This program intends to provide an opportunity for early career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience. Early career scientists who have novel ideas for new Special Issues of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Electronics Editorial Board or may be from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.

Certificates and awards:

When the Special Issue is closed, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all of the mentors. The young scholars involved in the program will be prioritized as candidates for Electronics Young Investigator Awards in the future.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Electronics Editorial Office (electronics@mdpi.com or ada.tian@mdpi.com), and we will discuss the process (mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Electronics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.