2021 IEEE 5th Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration

Yinbiao Shu

President of International Electrotechnical Commission, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, Chairman of China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd.

Yinbiao Shu was born in Hebei Province, China. He received the B.S. degree in North China Electric Power University in 1977. He was a senior visiting scholar at Strathclyde University in the UK from 1989 to 1991. He received the PhD degree in power system and automation from Wuhan University in 2007. Yinbiao Shu was awarded the Special Prize of 2017 National Science and Technology Progress Award. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019.

Mingshan Lin

Professorial senior engineer, Deputy President of Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE), Chairman of State Grid Xinyuan Holding Co., Ltd.

Mr. Lin led and participated in the formulation of 2 national standards, “Guide for Pumped Storage Power Plant Identification System (KKS)” and “Basic Terminology of Pumped Storage Power Station”. He received First Prize of China Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award, First Prize of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, and Grand Prize of State Grid Corporation Science and Technology Progress Award.

Saifur Rahman

Founding Director of the Advanced Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Arlington, VA, USA, Joseph Loring Professor of electrical and computer engineering, IEEE Millennium Medal Winner, Founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.

Prof. Rahman has published over 150 journal papers and has made over five hundred conference and invited presentations.  In 2006 he served on the IEEE Board of Directors as the vice president for publications. He is a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Power & Energy Society and has lectured on renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid, energy internet, blockchain, IoT sensor integration, etc. in over 30 countries.  He is the founder of BEM Controls, LLC, a Virginia (USA)-based software company providing building energy management solutions.  He served as the chair of the US National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering. He has conducted several energy efficiency, blockchain and sensor integration projects for Duke Energy, Tokyo Electric Power Company, the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Energy and the State of Virginia. He has a PhD in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech.

Jessica Bian

President-Elect of IEEE Power & Energy Society

Dr. Jessica Bian is the President of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). She is a visionary leader and architect, has spearheaded electric industry’s reliability metrics and grid risk assessment. Currently she is the Vice President of Grid Services at Grid-X Partners.  Before that, she was with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington, DC. Previously, she was the Director of Performance Analysis at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Under her leadership, a total of 18 industry-wide reliability indicators were established to determine grid reliability, adequacy, and associated risks.  She is widely recognized as a pioneer and trusted world leader in the field.

Before joining NERC, Dr. Bian was with PJM, ERCOT and Westinghouse Electric.  She earned her Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Taiyuan University of Technology, China; Master of Science from the Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China; and Ph.D. from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  She was the PES Secretary from 2016 to 2019.

Hongbin Sun

Changjiang scholar of the Ministry of Education, Special allowance expert of the State Council, Person in charge of national excellent course, Person in charge of national teaching team, Professor, Doctoral tutor; National-level teaching teacher

Prof. Sun is currently the deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of Taiyuan University of Technology (in charge of administrative work), the director of Tsinghua University Energy Internet Energy Management and Regulation Research Center, the deputy director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, the academic committee member of Tsinghua University, and the academic committee director of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University. Prof. Sun received a Ph.D. degree in power system and automation from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1996. He has won first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award (ranking 1), second prize of National Technological Invention Award (ranking 2), first prizes of National Teaching Achievement Award (ranking 1 and 3 respectively). He has published more than 500 papers and more than 120 academic papers have been included in SCI. He has co-authored 5 books and holds 15 US patents and more than 100 Chinese invention patents.

Xiaoxin Zhou

IEEE Fellow, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, International Member of US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Professor-level senior engineer and doctoral tutor, Honorary President of China Electric Power Research Institute, Standing Council Member of China Electrical Engineering Society and Chairman of its academic work committee, Standing Council Member of China Electrotechnical Society.

Prof. Zhou has been engaged in power system analysis methods for a long time. In the 1970s, he began to research mathematical models and calculation methods for modern power system analysis. He hosted the development of China’s first set of “power system analysis integrated program” software. In the first 330kV EHV transmission line project and the first ±500kV high-voltage transmission line project in China, a new simulation calculation analysis model, calculation method and key technology are proposed and adopted. He is responsible for the research of key projects such as controllable series compensation of EHV transmission systems and devoted to the research of power electronics technology and modern control theory applied to power systems. He was awarded the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Science and Technology Progress Award, and the He Liang Heli Fund Science and Technology Progress Award.

Jianbo Guo

Senior Consultant of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Honorary President of China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI)

Prof. Guo specializes in power system analysis and control. He has long engaged in all major aspects of power system analysis & control. As the principal investigator, he participated in Chinese National Programs for Three Gorges Power Transmission Project. He presided over the development plan for Chinese national grid interconnection project (from 2020 to 2050). He led his team to successfully develop the TCSC and UHV (1000kV) series compensator devices. Under his leadership, his team also developed the cross-regional AC/DC coordinated control system dramatically enhancing power grid’s security, reliability and transfer capability in China. He also contributed remarkably to power grid security for wind power integration, in which he supervised the establishment of Chinese National Wind Power Integration R&D and Testing Center (NWIC), and provided a public R&D testing platform for electric power sector.

Yi Jiang

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of the Center of Building Energy Conservation Research at Tsinghua University, Co-director of Tsinghua-UPENN Centre for building simulation and energy study and the Director of Tsinghua UTC Joined Lab, Member of the China State Council’s Energy Advisory Expert Committee, National Climate Change Expert Committee, Chairman of the Chinese Energy Conservation Association

Prof. Jiang is a leading figure in the field of building science and technology, which aims to create suitable indoor environments for human beings on the premise that is energy-saving and environmental-friendly. Concerning these aspects, he systematically joins in the establishment and development of the basic theories and basic methods of the subject, and has been involved in the leading position in a large number of core studies and directly hosted hundreds of artificial environmental engineering projects. He works as lead author or co-author of over twenty books and numerous scholarly articles includes: AC with Membrane for Vegetable & Fruit Storages; Green Building Assessment for Beijing 2008 Olympic; China Weather Data for Building Thermal Environment Study; Temperature & Humidity Independent Controlled Air-conditioning System; Building Thermal Simulation-DeST; Building Automation; Annual Report on China Building Energy Efficiency (year 2007-2021). His scientific work encompasses both building energy-saving technology and policy.

Tianshou Zhao

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment, Chair Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at HKUST, Director of the HKUST Energy Institute, Senior Fellow of the HKUST Institute for Advanced Study, Fellow of the American Society Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Prof. Zhao is an elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment, Chair Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at HKUST, the Director of the HKUST Energy Institute, and a Senior Fellow of the HKUST Institute for Advanced Study. He is a Fellow of the American Society Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate/Thomson Reuters (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020), and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

Weijiang Chen

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Expert in high voltage and insulation technology, Senior consultant and professor level engineer of State Grid Corporation of China, Doctoral tutor of China Electric Power Research Institute. Member of the Standing Committee of the Nineth National Committee of China Association of Science and Technology, and Chairman of UHV Working Group of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Association.

Prof.ChenHe presided over the basic research on electromagnetic and insulation characteristics of AC / DC UHV transmission system, obtained multi-time scale transient overvoltage characteristics, proposed overvoltage depth suppression method and insulation coordination scheme,  supporting the successful development of UHV transmission technology in China. He systematically studied the mechanism of lightning strike upstream lead discharge and insulation line lightning disconnection, and proposed a differentiated protection method based on lightning probability distribution to implement dredging and blocking measures. He published 127 SCI and EI papers and won 2 National Science and Technology Progress Awards. He has 31 invention patents.

Zuyu Chen

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Chen is born in 1943 in Chongqing. He has been an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2005. He was a full-time research fellow in Alberta University from 1979 to 1982. After that, Prof. Chen has worked at the department of geotechnical engineering, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research so far. Prof. Chen has firmly established an international recognition as a highly regarded researcher in the field of geotechnical engineering. He was the former vice president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering from 2008 to 2010. His research interests include slope stability, embankment dam, dam breach and reliability analysis. He is the author of more than 100 refereed technical papers in geotechnical engineering and engineering mechanics, covering a diverse range of topics from analytical method to experimental applications.

Yican Wu

Leader of FDS Team, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Academician of International Nuclear Energy Academy

Prof. WU has been working on theory, modeling, experiments, design, and analysis of advanced nuclear systems, and is involved in both basic and applied research mainly concentrating on the areas of nuclear science and engineering, radiation medical physics and technology, computer simulation and software engineering, and other interdisciplinary research.

Licheng Li

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Honorary chairman of expert committee of China Southern Power Grid (CSG), Honorary dean of School of Electric Power Engineering, South China University of Technology (SCUT)

Prof. Li specializes in power technology. He participated in and organized the construction of the first 330kV AC transmission project, the first 500kV AC transmission project, the first 500kV DC transmission project in China. Moreover, He presided over the theoretical research, key technology development and engineering construction of the world’s first ±800kV UHVDC transmission project. Li Licheng advocated VSC-HVDC transmission technology, presided over the theoretical research of VSC-HVDC and ultra high voltage multi terminal VSC-HVDC. In addition, he proposes the concept and technical theoretical system of transparent electric network, and integrate modern sensing technology, information technology, digital technology and intelligent technology into the power system.

Li Licheng won the special prize of The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 2017 as the first contributor. He also won the first and the second prize of The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award. In addition, other awards and honors he has received are as follows: Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize (2016), Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2018), Outstanding Contribution Prize of Guangdong Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2018), the fifth National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Workers (2012).

Shay Bahramirad

Vice President of Climate and Resilience at Quanta Technology, Editorial board member of the Electricity Journal, Adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, IEEE/PES Vice President of New Initiatives and Outreach, Founder of PES WiP (Women in Power).

Dr. Bahramirad has held several positions in the Energy Sector, including Vice President of Engineering and Smart Grid at ComEd; the electric utility in IL. In these roles, she has overseen and/or executed “grid of the future” visions, technical roadmaps, analytical frameworks, and investment strategies. She has also been responsible for system reliability, DER integration, grid strategy and analytics, standards, emerging technologies, STEM programming, and reimagining the power grid to mitigate and adapt to climate change. She has also developed talent strategies, industry engagement plans, and advocacy programs to support business objectives. She is responsible for assisting cities and utilities with climate change risk assessments for their assets, operations, and services and for developing mitigation strategies and investment strategies for adapting to climate change. Her work powers the planet by reducing carbon emissions, creating cleaner air for everyone, and making communities resilient.

Jianming Liu

Professor, PhD Supervisor, Director of China Smart Grid Technology and Equipment Expert Committee, Fellow of China Society of Electrical Engineering (CSEE), Secretary-General of CIGRE D2 China Committee, Leader of D2-5G Working Group

Prof. Liu id the instructor of Sparkling Star Innovation and Creative Competition of SASAC, he has 39 years of experience in the electric power industry, and presided over the research and construction of more than 70 major power system projects. He is also the former Chairman of State Grid Information and Communication Corporation of China, Director of Science and Technology Department of State Grid Corporation.