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Tianyi Ma

Quantitative Modelling & Optimisation under Uncertainty for Energy and AI Infrastructure

PhD in Systems Modelling and Optimisation, University College London

Focus

Quantitative Systems & Uncertainty

Optimisation, Monte Carlo simulation, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, stochastic decision models.

AI & Data-Centre Infrastructure

Infrastructure sizing, energy demand, storage, resilience, techno-economics, resource allocation.

Electrochemical & Energy Systems

PEM electrolysis, degradation, lifecycle economics, hybrid energy storage.

Selected research

Sizing of PEM-integrated hybrid storage for data-centre resilience

Mixed-integer sizing optimisation of a battery–hydrogen hybrid storage system for data-centre reliability, with Monte Carlo uncertainty quantification over multi-decade planning horizons.

Degradation-aware assessment of PEM water electrolysers

Assessment of the dominant factors governing performance, durability and cost, linking electrochemical degradation to replacement cycles and lifecycle economics.

Techno-economic assessment of blue hydrogen production

Technical and economic performance assessment of a blue hydrogen production configuration through process modelling and simulation.

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Selected publications

Degradation-aware assessment of dominant factors in performance, durability, and cost of proton exchange membrane water electrolysers

T Ma, G Qiao, X Zhang, D Hou, C Spataru, G Nikiforidis, S Du

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 264, 156855 (2026)

System modelling and sizing optimization of PEM-integrated hybrid energy storage for data centre resilience

H Ma, G Nikiforidis, C Spataru

IET Conference Proceedings CP963, 2025 (44), 149–154

Technical and economic performance assessment of blue hydrogen production using new configuration through modelling and simulation

Y Li, J Ren, H Ma, AN Campbell

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 134, 104112 (2024)

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Open to conversations on quantitative research, infrastructure modelling and energy systems.