Sandia Energy > Programs > Electric Grid > Advanced Grid Modeling > Key Personnel > Brian J. Pierre Ph.D. Brian J. Pierre Ph.D. Manager, Electric Power Systems Research Department Contact Information Brian Pierre / 505-284-7955 Biography Dr. Brian J. Pierre is the Manager of the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He also manages Sandia’s Advanced Grid Modeling Program. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University focused on electric power systems. He has prior experience at the NASA Glenn Research Center and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He received an R&D 100 award in 2017, and was awarded the 2020 IEEE Albuquerque Section Outstanding Young Engineer award “for the development of algorithms and software tools to co-optimize grid resilience and reliability.” The department focuses on: power system modeling, power system dynamics, grid stability, power system planning and operations, power system protection, renewable energy integration, threat modeling, grid reliability and resilience, power systems controls, grid optimization and electricity markets, grid applied artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics applied to the electric grid. Education Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Emphasis in Power Systems, Arizona State University Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering, Emphasis in Power Systems, Arizona State University Bachelors of Science, Electrical Engineering, Minor in Applied Mathematics, Boise State University Google Scholar Brian J. Pierre