Research Areas



*Digital Protection *Disturbance Identification and Fault Location
*Power system Harmonics *Power Quality
*Stability and Control *Wide Area Disturbance Identification
*Distributed Generation *Synchro Phasor Application in Power System Operation & Control

Recent Projects


* Development of a new Two-Level Transmission Capability Algorithm to achieve ATC/TTC of an interconnected power system
* Development of a state estimator to include synchrophasor measurements
* Contingency Ranking Incorporating Voltage Stability Criterion
* Study of interconnection of offshore wind energy into the transmission grid
* Catastrophe Theory application on wide are power system transient stability assessment
* Development of Wide Area Monitoring Schemes using synchrophasor data
* Application of Genetic Algorithm in Sensitivity Constrained PMU placement selection
* Application of Genetic Algorithm in control decisions to stabilize the system
* Loss Minimization in Deregulated Power Systems
* Optimal Load Shedding and Restoration in Deregulated Power Systems
* Development of Voltage Stability Indices based on voltage magnitude derivative and slope condition of the P-V curves
* Development of a new Two-Level State Estimation to achieve Wide Area State Estimation
* Decentralized Control of Power Systems with Distributed Generation (Frequency and Voltage Control)
* Voltage Control of Energy Systems with Distributed Generation
* Development of Adaptive Protection Scheme for Electric Distribution System with Distributed Generation
* Development of Fault Location Methods in Distribution and Transmission Systems
* Load Shedding Using Synchro Phasor Based Voltage & Frequency Data