Jimmy Peng

Dr. Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Previously, he was part of the startup team at the Masdar Institute (now part of the Khalifa University), United Arab Emirates. In 2013, he was appointed as a Visiting Scientist with the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts. He later became a Visiting Assistant Professor at MIT in 2014. He is currently the secretary for the IEEE PES Working Group on High-Performance Computing for Power Grid Analysis and Operation. He is currently an Assessor for the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, New Zealand.

He is also heavily involved in industry standards. Since 2020, he has been nominated to serve on the Electrical and Electronics Standards Committee under the Singapore Standards Council—a body that approves the establishment, review, and withdrawal of Singapore Standards and Technical References. He is also a committee member for the SPRING SS-535 Standard: Code of Practice for Installation, Operation, Maintenance, Performance and Construction Requirements of Mains Failure Standby Generating Systems. SPRING is an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore. He was a former member of the IEC New Zealand National Committee under the Standards New Zealand—a business unit within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand. He was also nominated by the Standards New Zealand to join the IEC Young Professionals Program in 2011.

Education:

• Ph.D. (University of Auckland) in April 2012
• B.E. (University of Auckland) in May 2008