On May 25, the 15th “Jingde Forum” Distinguished Lecture was held in Lecture Hall 217, Area 3 of the West Main Building. Professor Anjan Bose, member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, and professor at Washington State University, was invited to visit Tsinghua University and deliver a distinguished academic lecture on the development of future power systems for carbon neutrality. Attendees included Zheng Zedong, Party Secretary of the Department of Electrical Engineering; Wu Wenchuan, Deputy Party Secretary of the Department; faculty members Zhang Boming, Guo Qinglai, and Lin Chenhui; as well as more than 40 faculty and student representatives. The lecture was chaired by Sun Kai, Deputy Dean of the Department of Electrical Engineering.

At the appointment ceremony, Sun Kai introduced Professor Bose’s academic achievements and his important contributions to promoting academic exchange and talent cultivation between China and the United States. Subsequently, Zheng Zedong, Party Secretary of the Department of Electrical Engineering, presented Professor Anjan Bose with a commemorative certificate and plaque for the Jingde Forum. As an important academic activity of the Jingde Forum, this lecture carried forward the scholarly spirit represented by Mr. Gao Jingde and other distinguished predecessors, focused on frontier developments in electrical engineering, and promoted in-depth exchanges of academic thought between China and abroad.

Professor Zheng Zedong Presents the Jingde Forum Commemorative Certificate to Professor Anjan Bose

Professor Bose then delivered a keynote report titled “Grid Control, Operation, and Electricity Markets for a Carbon-Neutral Future.” In his report, Professor Bose focused on the core issue of key technologies for power grid security and energy management. He pointed out that the global deployment of clean energy installations has been steadily advancing with a positive trajectory, while the share of non-fossil-fuel electricity consumption continues to increase. However, the inherent intermittency of photovoltaic and wind power generation has introduced new challenges to energy management technologies. He systematically reviewed the development history and future trends of Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Distribution Management Systems (DMS), and analyzed the potential challenges facing future complex power systems as more power electronic devices are integrated into the grid. He emphasized that ensuring reliable control and stable operation of the power grid under conditions of highly fluctuating renewable energy integration is one of the core challenges confronting current and future power systems, requiring joint efforts from both academia and industry to address and overcome.

Professor Anjan Bose Delivers the Jingde Forum Academic Lecture

Following the lecture, faculty members and students actively raised questions on topics including microgrids, applications of artificial intelligence technologies, and future grid architectures. Professor Bose responded to each question individually, and the discussion atmosphere was highly engaging.

Q&A Session

Group photo of attendees

About the Jingde Forum

Mr. Gao Jingde was a renowned Chinese power engineering expert, an outstanding educator, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (academician), former President of Tsinghua University, founder of the State Key Laboratory of Safety Control and Simulation of Power Systems and Large Power Generation Equipment, and an IEEE Fellow.

The Jingde Forum aims to carry forward the fine traditions of the Department of Electrical Engineering, commemorate outstanding predecessors represented by President Gao Jingde, and inherit their spirit of rigorous scholarship and courageous innovation. Invited speakers are primarily influential high-level experts and scholars from China and abroad in fields related to electrical engineering, energy, and higher education. Lecture topics focus on frontier advances in science and technology, major strategic planning, talent cultivation models, and innovation in educational philosophy.

About the Speaker

Professor Anjan Bose currently serves as Regents Professor and Distinguished Professor of Power Engineering at Washington State University, where he was Dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture from 1998 to 2005. From 2012 to 2013, he served as Senior Advisor on the Power Grid for the U.S. Department of Energy. He is one of the world’s leading scholars in power system operation and control and has devoted more than fifty years to both the electric power industry and academic research. Professor Bose is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is an IEEE Fellow, a foreign fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, and a distinguished member of CIGRE. He has received numerous internationally recognized honors, including the IEEE Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award, the Philip Sporn Award from CIGRE, and the CIGRE Medal. He has also been recognized as a distinguished alumnus by Iowa State University and the Indian Institute of Technology. In 2021, Professor Bose was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University. He has long been dedicated to academic and industry service, serving on the editorial boards of multiple journals and on technical committees for international conferences. He was appointed by the Governor of Washington State to serve on the board of the Washington Technology Center and was designated by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to participate in special investigation committees following the major U.S. blackouts of 1999 and 2003. He has also long served on multiple professional committees and councils of the U.S. National Academies, was a founding member of the board of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and later served as its president, and has continuously provided professional consulting services to electric power enterprises and government agencies around the world.