Areas of Interest:

Energy Systems Engineering:

• energy market modeling, simulation and analysis; energy market risk management
• resource and network planning; distributed energy resources; power flow analysis and optimization
• reliability analysis; stability analysis; power system control; state estimation

Current Research Projects:
 
• Microgrid architecture and reliability.
• Identification of catastrophic failure modes in power systems.
• Resource optimization in microgrids.
• Application of evolutionary computation techniques in power systems.
  

Past Research Projects:

• Advanced Transformer Modeling for Transients Simulation; co-PI's: Don L. Stuehm, S. Yuvarajan.
• A Real Time Price Signal Driven Demand Management System; co-PI's: Don L. Stuehm, Joel Jorgenson.
• Dynamic Modeling of Large Induction Motors for Stability and Load Flow Studies; co-PI: Don L. Stuehm.
• Dynamic Ratings of Transmission Lines, Transformers, Traps and Current Transformers; co-PI: Don L. Stuehm.

Current Students:

Mallikarjuna R. Vallem (M.S.)
Jamil Al-Nouman (Ph.D.)
Daryl R. Jensen (M.S.)
Kaushik Vemulapally (M.S.)
Heidi M. Shray (M.S.)
Sirisha Tanneeru (M.S.)


Past Students:

Shashi B. Patra (Ph.D., 2007)
Yashwant J. Patil (M.S., 2006)
Ramesh Earla (M.S., 2005)
Tochi Nwachuku (B.S., 2005)
Narender Aeron (M.S., 2004)
Ryan D. Retzlaff (M.S., 2003)
Julan Feng (M.S., 2003)
Rio D. Mascarenhas (B.S., 2003)


Publications:

See list of publications.

Bibliography:

See bibliography.