Electric power and energy systems research
The electric power and energy systems curriculum in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering includes six upper division undergraduate and fourteen graduate courses in the area of power system analysis, power generation, transmission and distribution, power system dynamics and stability, energy conversion, electric machines, power electronics, high voltage engineering, and nuclear power engineering.
ASU is the lead university in the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), an industrially and federally supported program of industry/university cooperation. Students are exposed to industrial projects, professional society meetings, laboratory experience, and research partially supported by PSERC. More information about PSERC may be found at http://www.pserc.org
Also, the ASU power engineering program is part of a NSF funded engineering research center, the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution Management (FREEDM) center. The FREEDM center deals with the use of solid state controllers and devices to implement a ‘next generation’ power distribution system, including distributed energy resources.
Research activities
The EPES program concentrates on PhD education sponsored by various federal and private sources. Most of the PhD students receive financial support in the form of research assistantships or fellowships.
Courses
Upper division undergraduate courses
EEE 460: Nuclear Power Engineering
EEE 463: Electrical Power Plants
EEE 470: Electric Power Devices
EEE 471: Power System Analyses
EEE 472 – Power Electronics
EEE 473: Electrical Machinery
Elective courses
EEE 562: Nuclear Reactor Theory and Design
EEE 563: Nuclear Reactor System Dynamics and Diagnostics
EEE 564: Interdisciplinary Nuclear Power Operations
EEE 571: Power System Transients
EEE 572: Advanced Power Electronics
EEE 574: Computer Solution of Power System
EEE 577: Power Engineering Operations and Planning
EEE 579: Power Transmission and Distribution
EEE 598: Electric Power Quality
EEE 598: Power System Stability
EEE 598: Power System Dynamics
EEE 598 : Power Electronics applications in Power Systems
EEE 770: Advanced Topics in Power Systems
Electric power and energy systems faculty research interests
Computer-aided design for power electronics
Ravi Gorur
Ravi Gorur
Professor Emeritus
Gerald Heydt
Gerald Heydt
Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Professor of Advanced Technology
Research Interests
Power engineering, electric power quality, distribution engineering, transmission engineering, computer applications in power engineering, power engineering education, power system sensors and instrumentation
Cyber physical systems security and data privacy
Oliver Kosut
Oliver Kosut
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Information theory, cyber-security, smart grids, active adversaries
Lalitha Sankar
Lalitha Sankar
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Cyber-security and privacy in the Smart Grid, privacy of electronic data, information- theoretic privacy measures, applications of game theory to privacy problems, finite block-length source coding, distributed state estimation and optimal power flow with security and privacy guarantees in the Smart Grid
Yang Weng
Yang Weng
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Power systems, machine learning, demand response, data analytics, cyber-physical systems, and convex optimization
Data processing and decentralized optimization for power systems
Anna Scaglione
Anna Scaglione
Professor
Research Interests
Statistical signal and array processing, sensor networks and network science, communication and information theory, energy delivery and power systems.
Demand side management
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal
ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems
Ira A. Fulton Chair
Research Interests
Electric power, power system dynamics and controls, nonlinear systems, computer applications in power, sustainable energy, modeling and simulation of complex systems
Dielectrics, nanodielectrics, insulating materials for power delivery
Ravi Gorur
Ravi Gorur
Professor Emeritus
Electric motors
Raja Ayyanar
Raja Ayyanar
Professor
Research Interests
Power electronics, DC-DC converters, power management, power conversion and control for renewable energy interface, especially PV and wind, electric vehicles, motor drives, wide bandgap devices and applications
Energy storage
Qin Lei
Qin Lei
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
High power converters for high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission/medium voltage direct current (MVDC) transmission, medium voltage drive, grid-integration of renewable energy sources, transportation electrification/electric vehicle/hybrid electric vehicle, power management for smart-grid/micro-grid, wide-band gap device application (SiC, GaN), energy storage
High-voltage power electronics
Raja Ayyanar
Raja Ayyanar
Professor
Research Interests
Power electronics, DC-DC converters, power management, power conversion and control for renewable energy interface, especially PV and wind, electric vehicles, motor drives, wide bandgap devices and applications
Qin Lei
Qin Lei
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
High power converters for high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission/medium voltage direct current (MVDC) transmission, medium voltage drive, grid-integration of renewable energy sources, transportation electrification/electric vehicle/hybrid electric vehicle, power management for smart-grid/micro-grid, wide-band gap device application (SiC, GaN), energy storage
Information networks for intelligent infrastructures
Oliver Kosut
Oliver Kosut
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Information theory, cyber-security, smart grids, active adversaries
Lalitha Sankar
Lalitha Sankar
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Cyber-security and privacy in the Smart Grid, privacy of electronic data, information- theoretic privacy measures, applications of game theory to privacy problems, finite block-length source coding, distributed state estimation and optimal power flow with security and privacy guarantees in the Smart Grid
Daniel Tylavsky
Daniel Tylavsky
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Electric power systems, numerical methods applied to large-scale system problems, parallel numerical algorithms, new educational methods and technologies, applying social optimization to power system markets, and transformer thermal modeling
Numerical method for wide area systems
Daniel Tylavsky
Daniel Tylavsky
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Electric power systems, numerical methods applied to large-scale system problems, parallel numerical algorithms, new educational methods and technologies, applying social optimization to power system markets, and transformer thermal modeling
Optimization, game theory
Kory Hedman
Kory Hedman
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Power and energy systems, operations research, renewable energy, power system economics, operations and planning, transmission engineering, mathematical programming, stochastic optimization, market design, energy economics, financial engineering
Plug-in electric vehicles, electric storage
Raja Ayyanar
Raja Ayyanar
Professor
Research Interests
Power electronics, DC-DC converters, power management, power conversion and control for renewable energy interface, especially PV and wind, electric vehicles, motor drives, wide bandgap devices and applications
Qin Lei
Qin Lei
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
High power converters for high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission/medium voltage direct current (MVDC) transmission, medium voltage drive, grid-integration of renewable energy sources, transportation electrification/electric vehicle/hybrid electric vehicle, power management for smart-grid/micro-grid, wide-band gap device application (SiC, GaN), energy storage
Anna Scaglione
Anna Scaglione
Professor
Research Interests
Statistical signal and array processing, sensor networks and network science, communication and information theory, energy delivery and power systems.
Power distribution systems
Gerald Heydt
Gerald Heydt
Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Professor of Advanced Technology
Research Interests
Power engineering, electric power quality, distribution engineering, transmission engineering, computer applications in power engineering, power engineering education, power system sensors and instrumentation
Power markets economics
Kory Hedman
Kory Hedman
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Power and energy systems, operations research, renewable energy, power system economics, operations and planning, transmission engineering, mathematical programming, stochastic optimization, market design, energy economics, financial engineering
Mojdeh Khorsand
Mojdeh Khorsand
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Power systems operations and planning, power systems restoration and cascading events, cyber-security for electric power systems, renewable energy, transient stability studies, protection systems, power flow control technologies, stochastic optimization, and electric energy markets
Anna Scaglione
Anna Scaglione
Professor
Research Interests
Statistical signal and array processing, sensor networks and network science, communication and information theory, energy delivery and power systems.
Daniel Tylavsky
Daniel Tylavsky
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Electric power systems, numerical methods applied to large-scale system problems, parallel numerical algorithms, new educational methods and technologies, applying social optimization to power system markets, and transformer thermal modeling
Power systems sensors, power quality
Gerald Heydt
Gerald Heydt
Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Professor of Advanced Technology
Research Interests
Power engineering, electric power quality, distribution engineering, transmission engineering, computer applications in power engineering, power engineering education, power system sensors and instrumentation
Power transmission systems
Kory Hedman
Kory Hedman
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Power and energy systems, operations research, renewable energy, power system economics, operations and planning, transmission engineering, mathematical programming, stochastic optimization, market design, energy economics, financial engineering
Gerald Heydt
Gerald Heydt
Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Professor of Advanced Technology
Research Interests
Power engineering, electric power quality, distribution engineering, transmission engineering, computer applications in power engineering, power engineering education, power system sensors and instrumentation
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal
ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems
Ira A. Fulton Chair
Research Interests
Electric power, power system dynamics and controls, nonlinear systems, computer applications in power, sustainable energy, modeling and simulation of complex systems
Junshan Zhang
Junshan Zhang
Ira. A Fulton Chair Professor
Research Interests
Wireless networks, mobile social networks, privacy and security, information theory, optimization and control in cyber-physical systems and smart grid
Smart grids
Oliver Kosut
Oliver Kosut
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Information theory, cyber-security, smart grids, active adversaries
Ying-Cheng Lai
Ying-Cheng Lai
ISS Professor
Research Interests
Nonlinear dynamics, complex networks, quantum transport in nanostructures, graphene physics, signal processing, biological physics
Lalitha Sankar
Lalitha Sankar
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Cyber-security and privacy in the Smart Grid, privacy of electronic data, information- theoretic privacy measures, applications of game theory to privacy problems, finite block-length source coding, distributed state estimation and optimal power flow with security and privacy guarantees in the Smart Grid
Anna Scaglione
Anna Scaglione
Professor
Research Interests
Statistical signal and array processing, sensor networks and network science, communication and information theory, energy delivery and power systems.
Meng Wu
Meng Wu
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Electric power systems, data analytics for power system planning and operations, modelling and stability assessment for renewable energy integration, optimization methods for smart grids and electricity markets.
Junshan Zhang
Junshan Zhang
Ira. A Fulton Chair Professor
Research Interests
Wireless networks, mobile social networks, privacy and security, information theory, optimization and control in cyber-physical systems and smart grid
Yanchao Zhang
Yanchao Zhang
Professor
Research Interests
Network and distributed system security, wireless networking, mobile computing
Solar photovoltaics systems
Raja Ayyanar
Raja Ayyanar
Professor
Research Interests
Power electronics, DC-DC converters, power management, power conversion and control for renewable energy interface, especially PV and wind, electric vehicles, motor drives, wide bandgap devices and applications
Zachary Holman
Zachary Holman
Trustee Professor
Research Interests
Amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells, light management in solar cells, transparent conductive oxides, semiconductor nanoparticles, optical and electronic properties of nanoscale materials, plasma synthesis of powders, deposition of powders and thin films
Armando Rodriguez
Armando Rodriguez
Professor
Research Interests
Control of nonlinear distributed parameter systems, approximation theory, sampled data and multi-rate control, embedded systems, rapid prototyping, modeling, simulation, animation, and real-time control (MoSART) of Flexible Autonomous Machines operating in an uncertain Environment (FAME), integrated real-time health monitoring, modeling, … read more
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal
ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems
Ira A. Fulton Chair
Research Interests
Electric power, power system dynamics and controls, nonlinear systems, computer applications in power, sustainable energy, modeling and simulation of complex systems
Transient stability, non-linear dynamics analysis and simulation of power systems
Michael Kozicki
Michael Kozicki
Professor
Research Interests
Nanoionics, dendritic/fractal structures, low-energy resistive memory (CBRAM, RRAM)
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal
ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems
Ira A. Fulton Chair
Research Interests
Electric power, power system dynamics and controls, nonlinear systems, computer applications in power, sustainable energy, modeling and simulation of complex systems
Wide-area monitoring
Anamitra Pal
Anamitra Pal
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Power and energy systems, energy modeling and smart grids, wide-area monitoring, protection and control
Wind power generation
Raja Ayyanar
Raja Ayyanar
Professor
Research Interests
Power electronics, DC-DC converters, power management, power conversion and control for renewable energy interface, especially PV and wind, electric vehicles, motor drives, wide bandgap devices and applications
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal
ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems
Ira A. Fulton Chair
Research Interests
Electric power, power system dynamics and controls, nonlinear systems, computer applications in power, sustainable energy, modeling and simulation of complex systems
Junshan Zhang
Junshan Zhang
Ira. A Fulton Chair Professor
Research Interests
Wireless networks, mobile social networks, privacy and security, information theory, optimization and control in cyber-physical systems and smart grid