Jamie Lian

Dr. Lian is currently a Distinguished R&D Staff leading the Grid-interactive Controls Group. He has very strong technical background in system control and power electronics. His 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 DOE-funded projects focusing on the engagement and integration of various grid-edge 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 served as ORNL’s Subprogram Manager for U.S. DOE BTO Building Control and Grid Edge Portfolio and Commercial Building Integration Portfolio, and the Program Manager for U.S. GSA’s Technology Proving Ground (TPG) Program.