Xiaorong Xie received his B.S. Degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 1996, and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2001, respectively. He is now working as a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University. In 2019, he was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 51925701). As a visiting scholar, he worked at the University of California, Los Angeles from Feb. to Aug., 2013. His research and teaching interests focus on power system dynamics analysis and control, renewable energy integration, subsynchronous resonance/oscillation, flexible transmission & distribution systems, wide-area monitoring and control of power systems. He has authored or co-authored over 200 technical papers and 3 books.

Educational Background

1996.9-2001.1, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1992.9-1996.7, B.S. candidate, Department of Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Work Experience

2018.6 – present, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2013.2~2013.8, Visiting scholar, University of California at Los Angeles

2005.12 – 2018.6, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2001.4 - 2005.11, Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Honors and Awards

Research Award

Delta Scholar, by Delta Environmental & Educational Foundation, 2020

National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Grant No. 51925701, by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2019

Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, “Subsynchronous Resonance/Oscillation Control and Protection: Technologies, Equipment and Applications”, by The State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2016

First Prize of Outstanding Achievement Award for Scientific Research in Colleges and Universities, “Online analysis and control of the damping characteristics of large-scale interconnected power systems”, by The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, 2015

National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, Grant No. 51322701, by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2013

First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, “Research and application of supplementary excitation control and torsional protection to suppress subsynchronous resonance”, by The Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 2009

First Prize of China Electric Power Science and Technology Award, “Research and application of supplementary excitation control and torsional protection to suppress subsynchronous resonance”, by Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE), 2009

Third Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award, “Power system wide-area dynamic monitoring and control system”, by Beijing municipal Government, 2008

First Prize of China Electric Power Science and Technology Award, “Development of advanced static var generator for electric power system”, by CSEE, 2001