| |
Current
position
Previous
appointments
Academic
record
Research
interests
Publications
Editorships
Awards/recognition
Research
grants
Postgraduate
supervision/examination
Teaching
Consulting
Professional
activities
Updated
July 7, 2016
Vennema Professor of
Engineering
Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
|
1986-1992
Planning
Engineer Transmission Systems
Transmission
Planning
Queensland
Electricity Commission
|
Transmission planning; controller
design/tuning and commissioning; transmission investigations. |
|
|
1983-1986
Security
Applications Engineer
System
Operations
Queensland
Electricity Commission
|
EMS security subsystem
development; state-estimation development and commissioning. |
|
|
1980 - 1982
Distribution Engineer
Capricornia Electricity
Board
|
Substation maintenance; distribution system planning. |
|
| 1991 Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Newcastle,
Newcastle, Australia. |
| 1983 Bachelor of Applied Science
(Mathematics), Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education,
Rockhampton, Australia. |
| 1980 Bachelor of Engineering
(Electrical), Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education,
Rockhampton, Australia. |
|
Power
system analysis:
| System
dynamics and control; Non-disruptive load control; Wind generation
(impact on system dynamics, voltage regulation); Load behaviour (plug-in
electric vehicle charging, power electronic loads); Dynamic models and parameter
estimation; Optimization. |
|
|
Nonlinear
systems:
| Inverse
problems; Hybrid dynamical systems; Trajectory
sensitivity analysis; Stability
theory; Differential-algebraic
systems; Bifurcation analysis; Uncertainty
analysis. |
|
|
Control:
| Optimal
control; Predictive control; Nonlinear control; Distributed control. |
|
| Journal
papers: 63 |
| Book
chapters: 8 |
| Conference
papers: 145 |
|
Numerous
reports |
| Former Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. |
| Former Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control
Systems Technology. |
| Former Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems-I: Regular Papers. |
| Technical Program Committee member for numerous
conferences, including: Power
Systems Computation Conference, IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, American
Control Conference, IEEE International
Symposium on Circuits and Systems. |
| 2013 Honorary Professor at Beijing Institute of
Technology, China. |
| 2012 Honorary Professor at the University of
Newcastle, Australia. |
| 2010 Prize paper award for the IEEE PES Power
System Dynamic Performance Technical Committee. |
| 2007 Honorary Professor in the School of
Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of
Queensland, Australia. |
| 2007 Elected Fellow of Engineers Australia. |
| 2006 Elected Fellow of the IEEE for
contributions to modelling and analysis of power systems. |
| 2001 Honorary membership of Eta Kappa Nu (electrical
and computer engineering honour society). |
| 1998 Prize paper at AUPEC'98. |
| 1996 Nominated for Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year. |
| 1995 Prize paper at Stockholm PowerTech. |
| 1993 Centre for Advancement of Learning and
Teaching Conference Fellowship. |
| 1983 Prize for best undergraduate Mathematics thesis. |
| 1976-1979 Three prizes for achievement in the
Electrical Engineering degree program. |
| Plenary presentations at numerous conferences. |
| Invited presentations at more than thirty-six
institutions worldwide. |
|
Advanced
Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
|
Energy
Positioning: Control and Economics (2011-2014) |
|
High
Fidelity, Year Long Power Network Data Sets for Replicable Power System
Research (2016-2018) |
|
|
National
Science Foundation
|
Foundations
of Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems (FORCES) (2013-2018) |
|
Modeling
and Analysis of Uncertain Cyber-Enabled Power Systems (2013-2017) |
|
An
Algorithm Suite for Computational Nonlinear Analysis of Power Systems
(2010-2013) |
|
A
Multi-Scale Design and Control Framework for Dynamically Coupled
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures, with Application to
Vehicle-to-Grid Integration (2008-2013) |
|
Uncertainty
Evaluation and Mitigation in Electrical Power Systems (2007-2011) |
|
System
Integration of Distributed Generation (2005-2008) |
|
Distributed
Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale, Networked Systems (2005-08) |
|
Integrating Electrical, Economic and Environmental Factors into Flexible Power System Engineering (2003-2005) |
|
A Hybrid Systems View of Inverse Problems in Power System Dynamics
(2001-04) |
|
Optimal
Bidding Strategies in Transmission Limited Electricity Power Markets
(2000-02) |
|
A
Hybrid Approach to Transport Industry Modeling: A Power System Viewpoint
(2000-02) |
|
|
Department
of Energy
|
US-China
Clean Energy Research Center - Clean Vehicles (2011-2016) |
|
Reconfiguring
Power Systems to Minimize Cascading Failures: Models and Algorithms
(2009-2012) |
|
Strategies
for Voltage Control and Transient Stability Assessment (2009-2012) |
|
Transportation
Electrification Education Partnership for Green Jobs and Sustainable
Mobility (2009-2012) |
|
Tuning
of WECC Generic Dynamic Model of Wind Turbine Generators (2008-2010) |
|
|
Australian
Research Council
|
Analysis
and Assessment of Voltage Collapse (1998-2000) |
|
Estimation
of Power System Parameters (1997-98) |
|
Security
Analysis and Enhancement of Large Power Systems (1993-95) |
|
|
EPRI -
Department of Defence
|
Towards
Understanding Faults and Failure Within Large Distributed Networked
Systems (1999-2001) |
|
|
PSerc
|
Impact
of Increased DFIG Wind Penetration on Power System Reliability and
Consequent Market Adjustments (2007-09) |
|
Optimal
Allocation of Static and Dynamic VAR Resources (2005-07) |
|
Security
Enhancement Through Direct Non-Disruptive Load Control (2002-05) |
|
New
System Control Methodologies (1999-2002) |
|
|
Australian
Electricity Supply Industry Research Board
|
Voltage
Collapse Analysis and Control (1992-95) |
|
| Supervision of 36 graduate students. |
| Thesis examination/opponent for doctoral candidates
at sixteen universities across nine countries. |
|
University
of Michigan
| EECS215
Introduction to Electronic Circuits |
|
EECS463
Power System Design and Operation |
|
EECS498
Grid Integration of Alternative Energy Sources |
|
EECS598
Infrastructure for Vehicle Electrification |
|
EECS598
Electricity Networks and Markets |
|
|
University
of Wisconsin - Madison
|
ECE230
Circuit Analysis |
| ECE334
State Space Systems Analysis |
|
ECE342 Electronic Circuits II |
|
ECE427 Electric Power Systems |
|
ECE723 On-line Control of Power Systems |
|
ECE731
Advanced Power System Analysis |
|
ECE733
Computational Methods for Large Sparse Systems |
|
ECE905
Special Topics in Electric Power System Operation, Markets, Reliability,
and Blackouts |
|
|
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|
ECE210
Analog Signal Processing |
|
ECE330
Power Circuits and Electromechanics |
|
ECE452
Computational Techniques for Circuit Analysis and Design |
|
ECE497
Advanced Topics in Power System Dynamics |
|
|
University
of Newcastle, Australia
|
ELEC231
Electrical Circuits |
|
ELEC312
Introduction to Electrical Systems |
|
ELEC350
Communications |
|
ELEC410
Advanced Power |
|
ELEC411
Electrical System Design |
|
ELEC412
Electrical System Dynamics and Control |
|
ELEC454
Engineering Electromagnetics |
|
|
Bonneville
Power Administration |
|
Powerlink,
Queensland.
|
Powerflow
development |
|
Optimal
load-shedding design |
|
|
Transgrid
|
Investigation
of oscillations in distribution system |
|
AGC
behaviour over weakly connected systems |
|
|
DOE Power
Outage Study Team. |
| Presentation
to Lake County (IL) Regional Planning Commission |
|
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
|
Power
Engineering Society
|
Power System Dynamic Performance
Committee; Power System Stability Controls Subcommittee; Power System Stability
Subcommittee. |
|
|
|
Circuits
and Systems Society
|
Past-Chair, Power Systems and Power Electronic Circuits Technical Committee. |
|
|
Control
Systems Society
|
Past-Chair,
Technical Committee on Control of Energy Processing and Power Systems. |
|
|
Fellow,
Engineers Australia.
|
| Chartered
Professional Engineer in Australia. |
Back
Top
|