Congratulations to Yun-Yi Tu (杜勻沂) for receiving an NSTC Undergraduate Research Grant (國科會大專學生研究計畫)

Congratulations to Yun-Yi Tu (杜勻沂) on being awarded a National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Undergraduate Research Grant (國科會大專學生研究計畫). Her funded project, "Establishment of a Secure Rolling-Horizon Optimization Framework for Vehicle-to-Building Scheduling" (grant no. 115-2813-C-002-370-E), is carried out under the supervision of Prof. I-Yun Lisa Hsieh at the E3 Center, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University.

A National Grant for Undergraduate Researchers

The NSTC Undergraduate Research Grant is a competitive national program that funds undergraduates to propose, design, and lead a research project of their own for a full year under faculty supervision. Winning one means a student's research idea stood up to national review — an uncommon distinction at the undergraduate level, and often the first step of a research career.

The Project

Yun-Yi's project tackles a practical weakness in vehicle-to-building (V2B) energy management: a schedule optimized once, in advance, degrades as reality drifts from the forecast — vehicles arrive late, building demand spikes, prices move. Her framework instead re-optimizes on a rolling horizon, continually updating charging and discharging decisions as new information arrives, while keeping every intermediate schedule secure and feasible for building operations. The work plugs directly into the lab's V2B research thread, from the AI-driven V2B optimization project to our V2G studies in battery-swapping ecosystems.

Supporting undergraduates into real research is central to how the E3 Center works — the same commitment recognized by Prof. Hsieh's NTU Outstanding Teaching Award. We look forward to what Yun-Yi discovers.