Congratulations to Yu-Hsin Hu (胡羽忻) for receiving the 2025 Outstanding Master's Thesis Award from the Chinese Association for Energy Economics (CAEE).

Congratulations to Yu-Hsin Hu (胡羽忻) for receiving the Outstanding Master's Thesis Award (優秀論文獎) from the Chinese Association for Energy Economics (CAEE, 中華民國能源經濟學會) in 2025.

Her awarded thesis — "Adaptive and Multifaceted Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) Energy Management: A Two-Stage Framework Addressing User Expectations and Uncertainty" (多面向具適應性的車輛到建築能源管理：解決使用者期望與不確定性之雙階段框架) — was completed in the Department of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University under the supervision of Dr. I-Yun Lisa Hsieh (謝依芸).

The work develops a two-stage energy-management framework for vehicle-to-building (V2B) systems. The first stage learns and adapts to diverse, real-world user expectations, while the second explicitly accounts for the uncertainty inherent in electric-vehicle availability and building energy demand. By coordinating when vehicles charge and discharge, the framework helps buildings use energy more flexibly and reliably — advancing the integration of electrified mobility with smart building operation. Rather than relying on one-size-fits-all dispatch rules, its multifaceted design tailors decisions to each user's charging needs and tolerance for uncertainty, keeping participation attractive even as conditions shift.

The CAEE Master's Thesis Awards recognize outstanding graduate research in energy economics across Taiwan, with the Outstanding tier reserved for the competition's most distinguished work.

We are incredibly proud of Yu-Hsin's achievement, and excited to see the E3 Center's research on vehicle-to-building energy systems recognized nationally.