Jessica Bian
Jessica J. Bian (also published as Jinhua Bian) is a Chinese and American energy executive, the former president of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.
Education and career
[edit]Bian is the daughter of two electrical power engineers.[1] She studied electrical engineering at the Taiyuan University of Technology, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1985. After a 1988 master's degree through the China Electric Power Research Institute, she completed her Ph.D. at Tulane University in 1992.[2] Her dissertation, Modal analysis of large-scale power systems' voltage stability and voltage collapse, was supervised by Parviz Rastgoufard.[1]
She has worked for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, PJM Interconnection, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Grid-X Partners,[2] the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and RAS Fusion, where she is chief technology officer.[3]
She was president of the IEEE Power & Energy Society for the 2022–2023 term.[4]
Recognition
[edit]In 2014, Bian became the inaugural recipient of the IEEE Power & Energy Society Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award.[5]
She was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2025 class of fellows, "for contributions to bulk power system reliability improvement and advances in power flow".[6] In the same year she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, "for leadership and contributions in electric power system reliability performance metrics, and for advancement of power flow modeling and control".[7]
In 2026 she was named as a distinguished visiting professor at Tsinghua University.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bian, Jinhua (1992), Modal analysis of large-scale power systems' voltage stability and voltage collapse (Ph.D. thesis), Tulane University, ProQuest 9315335; for her family, see acknowledgements, p. ii.
- 1 2 "Speaker biography: Jessica Bian", Advancing Smart Power and Energy Innovation to Meet Societal Challenges, IEEE, 2023, retrieved 2026-07-30
- 1 2 U.S. National Academy of Engineering Academician Bian Jianhua Visits Department of Electrical Engineering and Is Appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor of Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University, April 18, 2026, retrieved 2026-07-29
- ↑ "2023 IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference and Exhibition: A Welcome Message from Jessica J. Bian, President, IEEE Power & Energy Society", 2023 Official Show Issue, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, p. 3, April 2023, retrieved 2026-07-29
- ↑ IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award, IEEE Power & Energy Society, retrieved 2026-07-29
- ↑ PES Members elected to the IEEE Fellows Class of 2025, IEEE Power & Energy Society, December 16, 2024, retrieved 2026-07-29
- ↑ "Dr. Jessica Bian", Members directory, National Academy of Engineering, retrieved 2026-07-29