Towards future efficient, resilient, and decarbonized grid through effective building-to-grid integration panel members
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Modern buildings are becoming more intelligent with advanced optimization, communications, sensors, and control technologies, known as the grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs). GEBs are expected to integrate various flexible resources to achieve net-zero energy consumption for deep decarbonization and provide multi-time-scale ancillary services to the grid, especially under FERC order 2222. Additionally, recent extreme events have also motivated the future buildings to provide resilience when the bulk power systems are undergoing a generation outage or even blackouts. In this panel, the latest progress on controlling and integrating GEBs into the grid will be presented, showcasing the great efforts towards future building-to-grid integration.
Jamie Lian, Group Leader, Grid-interactive Controls group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Brief Biography: Dr. Lian received the M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN in 2007 and 2009, respectively. From 2010 to 2011, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Center for Advanced Power Systems, Tallahassee, FL, where he was involved in various projects related to the development of future all-electric warship supported by Office of Naval Research (ONR). Prior to joining ORNL, Dr. Lian was a Chief Engineer and Team Lead in Electricity Infrastructure & Building Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He was also the Adjunct Professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities since 2014, where he taught the undergraduate and graduate courses on control. Dr. Lian’s research interests focus on the diverse methods from control, optimization, economics, game theory, data analytics and machine learning to improve the reliability and resilience as well as security and sustainability of complex energy systems including power grid and building system. He is specialized in solving the problems with nonclassical challenges imposed by large-scale complex systems. He has served as the project manager, PI/Co-PI and key technical contributor of many large projects focusing on the engagement and integration of various distributed energy resources (DERs) into the future distribution management system. In particular, he has established the theoretical foundation of market-based control (aka. transactive control) for future transactive energy system. He has authored or co-authored 3 book chapters and over 80 technical publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and delivered more than 15 invited talks. He also hold 8 U.S. patent applications (5 granted) and 3 Canadian patent applications.
Brief Biography: Dr. Lian received the M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN in 2007 and 2009, respectively. From 2010 to 2011, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Center for Advanced Power Systems, Tallahassee, FL, where he was involved in various projects related to the development of future all-electric warship supported by Office of Naval Research (ONR). Prior to joining ORNL, Dr. Lian was a Chief Engineer and Team Lead in Electricity Infrastructure & Building Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He was also the Adjunct Professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities since 2014, where he taught the undergraduate and graduate courses on control. Dr. Lian’s research interests focus on the diverse methods from control, optimization, economics, game theory, data analytics and machine learning to improve the reliability and resilience as well as security and sustainability of complex energy systems including power grid and building system. He is specialized in solving the problems with nonclassical challenges imposed by large-scale complex systems. He has served as the project manager, PI/Co-PI and key technical contributor of many large projects focusing on the engagement and integration of various distributed energy resources (DERs) into the future distribution management system. In particular, he has established the theoretical foundation of market-based control (aka. transactive control) for future transactive energy system. He has authored or co-authored 3 book chapters and over 80 technical publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and delivered more than 15 invited talks. He also hold 8 U.S. patent applications (5 granted) and 3 Canadian patent applications.
Sen Huang, Senior R&D staff member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Brief Biography: Dr. Huang is a senior research & development staff member with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has worked intensively on control, optimization, and system modeling technologies with applications to the power grid, building systems, and building-to-grid integration.He received the 2022 International Building Performance Simulation Association - USA Regional Affiliate Emerging Contributor Award and the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Building Performance Simulation.
Brief Biography: Dr. Huang is a senior research & development staff member with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has worked intensively on control, optimization, and system modeling technologies with applications to the power grid, building systems, and building-to-grid integration.He received the 2022 International Building Performance Simulation Association - USA Regional Affiliate Emerging Contributor Award and the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Building Performance Simulation.
Boming Liu, R&D associate staff member, Grid-Interactive Controls research group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Brief Biography: Boming Liu is an R&D associate staff member in the Grid-Interactive Controls research group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. His work has mainly focused on transactive energy system, learning-assist control, building-to-grid integration and power system decarbonization.
Brief Biography: Boming Liu is an R&D associate staff member in the Grid-Interactive Controls research group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. His work has mainly focused on transactive energy system, learning-assist control, building-to-grid integration and power system decarbonization.
Milos Manic, Professor, Computer Science Department and Director of VCU Cybersecurity Center, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Brief Biography: Dr. Manic is a Professor with the Computer Science Department and Director of VCU Cybersecurity Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has completed over 50 research grants in AI/ML in cyber and energy and intelligent controls. He authored over 200 refereed articles, holds several U.S. patents and has won 2018 R&D 100 Award for Autonomic Intelligent Cyber Sensor (AICS). He is an inductee of US National Academy of Inventors (S/M 2019/2023) and a Fellow of Commonwealth Cyber Imitative (specialty in AI & Cybersecurity). He is an IEEE IES President Elect, IEEE Fellow, recipient of IEEE IES 2019 Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award, 2012 J. David Irwin Early Career Award, 2017 IEM Best Paper Award, associate editor of Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Open Journal of Industrial Electronics Society, IES President Elect, and Senior Life AdCom member. He served as AE of Trans. on Industrial Electronics, was a founding chair of IEEE IES Technical Committee on Resilience and Security in Industry, and was a general chair of IEEE ICIT 2023, HSI 2019, IECON 2018.
Brief Biography: Dr. Manic is a Professor with the Computer Science Department and Director of VCU Cybersecurity Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has completed over 50 research grants in AI/ML in cyber and energy and intelligent controls. He authored over 200 refereed articles, holds several U.S. patents and has won 2018 R&D 100 Award for Autonomic Intelligent Cyber Sensor (AICS). He is an inductee of US National Academy of Inventors (S/M 2019/2023) and a Fellow of Commonwealth Cyber Imitative (specialty in AI & Cybersecurity). He is an IEEE IES President Elect, IEEE Fellow, recipient of IEEE IES 2019 Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award, 2012 J. David Irwin Early Career Award, 2017 IEM Best Paper Award, associate editor of Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Open Journal of Industrial Electronics Society, IES President Elect, and Senior Life AdCom member. He served as AE of Trans. on Industrial Electronics, was a founding chair of IEEE IES Technical Committee on Resilience and Security in Industry, and was a general chair of IEEE ICIT 2023, HSI 2019, IECON 2018.