Electric Power System Group

Funded Projects

  1. Co-Investigator (Co-PIs A.D. Patton, J. Foster), Large Scale System Effectiveness Analysis, US Department of Energy, $300,000, 1978-99
  2. Principal Investigator, Modeling of Unit Operating – Considerations in Generating Capacity Reliability Evaluation, EPRI RP153 4-1, Project No. RF 4220-1, 3, Jan. 1980 to May 1982,  $103,817.00
  3. Principal Investigator, Reliability Evaluation of Electric Power Systems with Unconventional Energy Sources, Center for Energy & Mineral Resources (CEMR) Project 12970, $23,500.00
  4. Principal Investigator, Reliability Modeling of Interconnected Systems Recognizing Operating Considerations, EPRI RP 1534-2, Project RF 4908, starting June 1983, $102,151.00.
  5. Co-PI, Study of Effect of Load Management on Generating System Reliability, EPRI Project RP 1955-3, 1984, $75,000.00.
  6. Principal Investigator, Reliability Evaluation of Bulk Power Systems, Center for Energy & Mineral Resources, Nov. 1984 – Aug. 1985, $8,000.00.
  7. Principal Investigator (Co-PI A.D. Patton), Reliability Study of Space Station Electrical Power System, NASA – Johnson Space Center, Jan. 1985, $46,167.00.
  8. Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs, A.D. Patton, M. Ehsani, Bob Nevels), Conceptual Design of Power Management and Distribution System for Space Station, NASA – Johnson Space Center, Jan. 1985, $54,386.00.
  9. Principal Investigator, Reliability Evaluation of Generation Systems Including the Effect of Energy Limitations, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, 1986-1987, $13,200.00.
  10. Principal Investigator (Co-PI A. D. Patton), Reliability Analysis of Space Electric Power System, NASA, JSC, Jan. 1987, $57,367.00.
  11. Co- PI, Reliability Modeling and Evaluation in Power Systems, funded by U.S.-Yugoslav Join Board on Scientific & Technological Cooperation.
  12. Co-Principal Investigator, (PI M. Styblinski) Optimal Engineering Design Methodologies for High Manufacturing Yield and Reliability, Institute for Innovation in Design and Engineering, TAMU, 1987, $13,680.00.
  13. Principal Investigator, A Knowledge Based Approach to Power System Reliability Evaluation Including Station Originated Outages, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, 1987-88, $13,600.00.
  14. Principal Investigator, (Co-PI M. Styblinski) Reliability in the Design and Operation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Program for Automated Manufacturing, 1987-89, $38,500.00.
  15. Principal Investigator, A Realistic and Viable Methodology for Reliability Analysis of Multi-Area Interconnected Power Systems, National Science Foundation, 1987-91, $215,000.00.
  16. Co-PI, (PI: M. Styblinski), New Design Techniques For High Manufacturing Yield and Reliability, Texas Advanced Technology and Research Program, 1988-91, $300,000.00.
  17. PI, Monte Carlo Approach to Estimate Statistics for Bulk Power System Reliability,” EPRI & PSG&E, 1990-1991, $51,425.00.
  18. PI, Developing a Realistic and Viable Methodology for Reliability Analysis of Multi-Area Interconnected Power Systems, National Science Foundation, 1991-1994, $200,000.00.
  19. Co-PI (PI: P. Enjeti), Effect of High Frequency PWM Waveforms on the Operation of Adjustable Speed AC Motor Drives in Energy Sensing Applications, Energy Resources Program, 1994-1995, $25,000.00.
  20. PI, Analytical Techniques for Probabilistic Production Costing, Geographically Differentiated Marginal Cost, and Reliability Indices in Interconnected Power Systems, National Science Foundation, 1994-1997, $143,311.00.
  21. PI, Open Transmission Access: Challenges and Solutions, Energy Resources Program, 1995-1996, $25,000.00.
  22. Co-PI and Advisor, (PI: P. Enjeti), Acquisition of Advanced Instrumentation and Test Equipment for Research, Education and Training in Electric Power Quality, National Science Foundation, 1994-1995,$446,398.00.
  23. PI, IPA Assignment, National Science Foundation, 1995-1996, $125,313.
  24. Co-PI, (PI- P. Enjeti) Development of An Active Filter to Cancel Neutral Current Harmonics, Texas Higher Education Board, 1996-1998, $126,000.00.
  25. PI, Advanced Power Quality Research, Energy Resources Program, $25,000, 1997-1998.
  26. Co-PI, (PI: M. Styblinski), Comprehensive IC Design for Quality Using a Statistical Behavioral Modeling Approach, Semiconductor Research Corporation, $107,000.00, 1996-1998.
  27. Co-PI, (PI: M. Styblinski), Behavioral Statistical Modeling Approach to Top-Down IC Design for Quality and Manufacturability, Texas Higher Education, Coordinating Board, $179,770.00, 1996-1998.
  28. PI, Electric Power Network Reliability Evaluation Using Self-Organizing Maps, Energy Resource Program, $25,000, 1999-2000
  29. PI, Concepts and Algorithms for Power Network Reliability Evaluation Using Self-Organizing Maps and New Insights into the Structure of State Space, National Science Foundation, $135,212, 1999-2002.
  30. Co-Pi, (PI- G. Huang) Power System Reliability Analysis including Dynamics, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $159,504, 2000-2002
  31. Co-PI (PI – P. Enjeti), Acquisition of Test Equipment, National Science Foundation,$150,000, 2001-2005
  32. Co-PI (with M. Kezunovic, J. McCalley & V. Honavar -Iowa State), Automated Integration of Condition Monitoring with an Optimized Maintenance Scheduler for Circuit Breakers and Power Transformers, $225,000, PSERC, 2002-2005
  33. PI, “Enhancing the Quality and Quantity of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduates”, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $850,192. , 2002 – 2007.
  34. Co-PI (with George Gross of UIUC, Sakis Meliopoulos of Georgia tech and Richard Schuler of Cornell), Reliability Assessment Incorporating Operational Considerations and Economic Aspects for Large Interconnected Grids, $ 180,000, PSERC, 2004- 2006.
  35. PI, “Improving the Quality, Quantity, and Diversity of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduates”, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $313,828. , 2004 – 2006
  36. PI,” SGER: Exploring the future of Distributed Generation and Micro-Grid Networks”, National Science Foundation, $50,000, 2004-2005
  37. PI (Co- PIs Drs. Sprintson and Guikema), Modeling of Catastrophic Failures in Power and Communication Systems: Supporting Design, Preparation and Recovery, National Science Foundation, $299,842.00, 2007-2010
  38. Co-PI with J. McCalley (Iowa State), Special Protection Schemes: Limitations, Risks, and Management, $92,600, PSERC 2008-2010.
  39. Collaborator (with Dipti Srinivasan and Panida Jirutitijaroen of National University of Singapore), Computational Tools for Optimal Planning and Scheduling of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources, $515,557 (S$ 787,410), 2008-2011.
  40. Collaborator (with Panida Jirutitijaroen of National University of Singapore), Optimization Techniques and Computational Tools for Reliability Analysis of a Large Interconnected Network, $113468 (S$173,300), 2008-2011.
  41. PI (Co-Pis Alex Sprintson &  E. Martinez from Mexico) Modeling and Analysis of Interdependent Cyber-Physical Systems with Applications to Power Grids, Conacyt, $24,000, 2011-2012
  42. Co-PI (with Alex Sprintson TAMU, George Gross & A. Garcia-Dominquez, UIUC), Integration of Storage Devices into Power Systems with Renewable Energy Sources,PSERC,$240,000, 2010-2012
  43. Co-PI (with V. Vittal-ASU,A. Bose-WSU,S. Grijalva-GTECH,G.  Heydt-ASU,S. Oren-UC Berkeley,T. Overbye-UIUC,), The Future Grid to Enable Sustainable Energy Systems: An Initiative of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center, Dept of Energy, $5,512,900, 2011-2013.
  44.   PI (Co-PIs: Alex Sprintson and Visvakumar Aravintham ), Reliability Assessment and Modeling of    Cyber Enabled Power Systems with Renewable Sources and Energy Storage, , PSERC, $220,000, 2014-2016.
  45.  Co-PI with Garng Huang, Gamal Ibrahim and Omar Ellabban), Stability and Reliability Issues of Smart Grid with Network Topology and Flow Controls”,QNRF,$899,783, 2015 to 2018.
  46. Co-PI (with Carmen Borges, UFRJ), RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF POWER GRIDS WITH HIGH PENETRATION OF VARIABLE SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, R$201,000 ,2015-1016
  47. PI- C.singh , Co-PI V. Vittal, Reliability Evaluation of Renewable Generation Integrated Power Grid including Adequacy and Dynamic Security Assessment, PSERC (170,000),2017-2019.
  48. Co_Pi with M. Kezunovic and M. Begovic, UI-Assist US-India Collaborative for Smart Distribution System with Storage,Washington State University/DOE, 2018-20123, 1,179,998.00.