Brian J. Pierre Ph.D.

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Brian J. Pierre Ph.D.

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Contact Information

Brian Pierre / 505-284-7955

Biography

Brian J. Pierre holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA; and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University focused on electric power systems, Tempe, AZ, USA. He has prior experience at the NASA Glenn Research Center and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He is presently a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA. His research interests and expertise include power system modeling, power system resilience, power system optimization, power system controls, grid dynamics, and renewable energy integration.

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

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Key Publications

    2020

    B. Pierre, B. Arguello, M. Garcia, “Optimal Investments to Improve Resilience Considering Initial Transient Response and Long-term Impacts,” Proceedings IEEE Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Aug. 2020.

    B. Pierre, R. Guttromson, J. Eddy, R. Schiek, J. Quiroz, M. Hoffman, “A Framework to Evaluate Grid Consequences from High Altitude EMP Events,” Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology (HEART) Conference, Aug. 2020.

    F. Wilches-Bernal, B. Pierre, D. Schoenwald, R. Byrne, “A Frequency-shaped Controller for Damping Power Systems Inter-area Oscillations,” Proceedings International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress, July 2020.

    F. Wilches-Bernal, B. Pierre, D. Schoenwald, R. Elliott, R. Byrne, J. Neely, D. Trudnowski, “Forced Oscillations in the Western Interconnection with the Pacific DC Intertie Wide Area Damping Controller,” Proceedings IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies North America (ISGT NA), Feb. 2020.

    B. Pierre, “Fault Types on High Phase Order Transmission Systems,” Electric Power Systems and Components Journal, vol. 47, no. 18, pp. 1667-1676, Jan. 2020.