Rui Hou, male, born in December 1984, is an associate professor. He received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. He worked as a lecturer at Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) for six years and completed a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship at Incheon National University in South Korea from 2017 to 2018. In June 2020, he joined Qingdao University of Technology. His main research areas include microgrid and energy storage system control, power quality control, and wireless power transfer technology. He has led three provincial and ministerial-level research projects. His research achievements include winning third prize in the Shandong Higher Education Science and Technology Award (ranked 2nd) and second prize in the 14th Weihai Natural Science Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (ranked 1st).