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December, 2008
Mladen Kezunovic |
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Texas A&M University Department of Electrical Engineering College Station, Texas 77843-3128 Tel. (979) 845-7509 Fax: (979) 845-9887 E-mail: kezunov@ece.tamu.edu |
3210 Sunflower Trail College Station, Texas 77845 Tel. (979) 696-8623 Email: keza@verizon.net mladen@tli-inc.com |
Date of Birth: May 1, 1951
Place of Birth: Sarajevo, Bosnia (former Yugoslavia)
Marital Status: Married, two children
| School | Degree | Date |
| University of Kansas | Ph.D. | June, 1980 |
| University of Kansas | M.Sc. | October, 1977 |
| University of Sarajevo (Bosnia, former Yugoslavia) |
Dipl. Ing. | October, 1974 |
Electric Power Systems:
Analysis and Control; Protective Relaying; Power System Modeling; Protection System Modeling and Evaluation; Power Engineering Education; Power Quality Monitoring; Applications of: Digital Signal Processing, Expert Systems, Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Synchronized Sampling.
Local Area Networks:
Industrial Applications, Custom Designed Real-Time LANs, Wireless LANs
Computer Systems:
Hardware, Software and Firmware for Real-time Applications; Advanced Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for Power System Applications, Embedded Control Systems.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE), Fellow (1999)
"For contribution to the development and implementation of systems for automated fault analysis"
Member, Power System Relaying Committee (1995-Present)
Member, Line Protection Subcommittee (1993-Present), Systems Protection Subcommittee (1997-Present), Relay Input Sources Subcommittee (1995-Present), and Relay Practices Subcommittee (1994-2008)
Member, Working Group on "Power System Protection Testing" (2006-Present)
Member, Working Group on "File Naming Convention" (2003-Present)
Member, Working Group on "Revision of C37.111-IEEE Comtrade Standard" (2003-Present)
Member, Working Group on "PC37.232: Recommended Practice for Naming Time Sequence Data Files" (2003-2008)
Member, Working Group on "Phasor-Based Models for Analyzing Relay Performance" (1999-2007)
Member, Working Goup on "Relay Engineering in Power Engineering Training Curriculum" (2003-2007)
Member, Working Group on " Deployment and Uses of Fault Recorders " (2001-2007)
Chairman, Working Group on "Intelligent System Applications to Protection Engineering" (1994-1999)
Chairman, Working Group on "Digital Simulator Performance Requirements for Relay Testing" (1993-1997)
Member, Working Group on "Analysis of Substation Data" (1997-2003)
Member, Working Group on "Fault Locating" (1997-2003)
Member, Working Group on "Software Models for Digital Relays" (1996-2001)
Member, Working Group on "Mathematical Models for CTs and VTs" (1993-2000)
Member, Working Group on "COMTRADE Users" (1996-1998)
Member, Working Group on "Review of COMTRADE Standards" (1997-1999)
Member, Working Group on "Application of Peer-to-Peer Communications in Substations" (1998-1999)
Member, Working Group on "Relay Performance Testing" (1992-1997)
Member, Working Group on "Transient Recording Data" (1990-1997)
Member, Working Group on "University/Industry Interaction" (1994-1997)
Member, Working Group on "Bibliography and Publicity" (1988-1997)
Member, Working Group on "Digital Protection System Design" (1987-1999)
Member, Working Group on "Application of Expert Systems to Power System Protection" (1988-1994)
Member, Working Group on "COMTRADE Standard" (1989-1992)
Member, Working Group on "Sychronized Sampling and Phasor Measurements for Relaying and Control" (1990-1994)
IEEE, Power Engineering Society, Transmission and Distribution
Committee:
Member, "Working Group on Modeling and Analysis of System Transients Using Digital Programs ", General Systems Subcommittee (1994-2000)
Member, "Working Group on Application of Intelligent Methods to Transmission and Distribution Problems", General Systems Subcommittee (1994-1999)
Member, Task Force on "Protection and Control Modeling", Working Group on
"Modeling and Analysis of System Transients Using Digital Programs", General Systems Subcommittee (1994-1998)
IEEE, Power Engineering Society, Energy Development and Power Generation Committee:
Member, "Working Group on Intelligent Methods in Station
Control", Station Control Subcommittee (1996-1998)
IEEE Power Engineering Society, Power System Analysis, Computing and Economics Committee:
Member,
Subcommittee on "Intelligent System Applications"
(1997-Present)
Member,
Task Force on "Fault Analysis", Working Group on "Practical Applications of Intelligent System Technologies", Subcommittee on Intelligent System Applications
(2000-present)
Chairman, Task Force on "Fault Analysis", Working Group on "Practical Applications of Intelligent System Technologies", Subcommittee on "Intelligent System Applications" (1997-2000)
International Conference on Large H.V. Electric Systems- CIGRE, Paris, Member
Member, U. S. National Committee (1990-Present)
Convener, U.S. Representative, Working Group B5.20," New Trends for Automated Fault and Disturbance Analysis," Study Committee B5 (Protection) (2005-Present)
Member, U.S. Representative, Working Group B5.14,"Wide Area Protection and Control Technologies," Study Committee B5 (Protection) (2005-Present)
Member, U.S. Representative, Working Group B5.03,"Fault and Disturbance Data Analysis Including Intelligent Systems," Study Committee B5 (Protection) (1999-2007)
Member, U.S. Representative, Working Group B5.17, "Software Models for Use with Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Programs," Study Committee B5 (Protection) (2001-2005)
Convener, Task Force on "Tools for Protective Relay Engineering," Study Committee B5 (Protection), (1999-2005)
Corresponding Member, U.S. Representative, Working Group on "Analysis and Guidelines for Testing Numerical Protection Schemes", Study Committee B5 (Protection), (1996-2000)
Convener, Task Force on "Practical Intelligent System Applications to Protection and Substation Monitoring and Control," Study Committee 34 (Protection) (1997-1999)
Member, U. S. Representative, Working Group on "Configuration, Functional Integration, and Use of Expert Systems", Study Committee 34 (Protection), (1992-1997)
| 1/00-Present | Eugene E. Webb Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 5/99-Present | Site Director, NSF I/UCRC - Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSerc), Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 6/97-12/06 | Director of Electric Power and Power Electronics Institute (EPPEI) and Coordinator of the Electric Power and Power Electronics (EPPE) Program. Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 9/96-Present | Professor (Tenured), Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 1/92 - Present | Director, Power System Control and Protection Laboratory, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 9/89-Present | Graduate Student Advisor, Texas A&M University,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U.S.A.
Graduate students supervised:
12 Ph.D. and 20 M.Sc. and 6 M.E.
Graduate students presently supervised:
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| 9/07-12/07 | Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | |||||||||
| 12/04-12/07 | Leader, Texas Consortium for Electric Energy, (TxCEE) consisting of six Texas Universities (Texas A&M, UT Austin, UT Arlington, Texa Tech, Univeristy of Houston, Texas A&M-Kingsville). | |||||||||
| 6/97-12/06 | Director of Electric Power and Power Electronics Institute (EPPEI) and Coordinator of the Electric Power and Power Electronics (EPPE) ProgramTexas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 9/94-8/96 | Associate Professor (Tenured). Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 1/92-5/94 | Associate Professor. Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. | |||||||||
| 9/91-12/91 | Adjunct Associate Professor. Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. Teaching a Protective Relaying Course. | |||||||||
| 6/89-8/91 | Associate Research Scientist. Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Institute, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. Research in the area of Power System Control and Protection. | |||||||||
| 8/87-5/89 | Visiting Associate Professor. Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, Texas, U.S.A. Teaching Protective Relaying, Power Systems, and Engineering Design courses. | |||||||||
| 8/86-5/87 | Visiting Associate Professor. Washington State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Pullman, Washington, U.S.A. Teaching Courses in Protective Relaying and Power System Analysis. | |||||||||
| 3/86-3/92 | Associate Professor. (Equivalent title for Expert from Industry), University of Sarajevo, Bosnia, former Yugoslavia. | |||||||||
| 9/82-3/92 | Graduate Advisor. School of E.E., University of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Thesis supervised: 2 Ph.D. Students: Levi Slobodan, Kreso Sead | |||||||||
| 9/82-2/86 | Assistant Professor. (Equivalent title for Expert from Industry). University of Sarajevo, Bosnia (former Yugoslavia). | |||||||||
| 9/80-8/82 | Assistant. School of E.E., University of Sarajevo. Teaching in the area of Digital Computer Design and Applications. | |||||||||
| 8/77-5/79 | Teaching and Research Assistant. Department of E.E. and Center for Research, Inc., Univ. of Kansas, U.S.A. Teaching and research in the area of Digital Computer Applications to Electric Power System Control and Protection. | |||||||||
| 10/74-8/76 | Assistant. School of E.E., University of Sarajevo. Teaching in the area of Electrical and Electronic Measurements. | |||||||||
| Assistant. School of E.E., University of Tuzla. Teaching in the area of Electrical and Electronic Measurements. | ||||||||||
| 9/72-6/74 | Instructor. Laboratory for Electrical Measurements, School of E.E., University of Sarajevo. Student instructor for Electrical Measurement Lab Experiments. |
| 10/80-Present | Consultant. Clients include:
Domestic: AVO Multi-Amp Corporation; Bonneville Power Administration; CenterPoint Energy; Commonwealth Edison; Decision Systems Int'l; Duke Power; Electric Power Research Institute; Entergy Services, Inc.; First Energy, Florida Power & Light Company; Hewlett-Packard; Harza Engineering; Illinois Power; MICON Inc.; New York Power Authority; Reliant Energy HL&P; Southern California Edison; TECHRON, Inc.; Test Laboratories International, Inc.;Toshiba America, Inc; Western Area Power Administration; Wisconsin Power & Light Foreign: BC Hydro (Canada); CHESFE (Brazil); DuServe (Dubai), Electricite de France (France); Electrix (New Zealand); Electropaulo Metropolitana (Brazil); Elia (Belgium); Energoinvest Company (Bosnia); ESKOM (South Africa); Hydro Quebec (Canada); Statnett (Norway); Saudi Electric (Saudi Arabia);. |
| 9/99-6/00 | Consultant (Sabbatical Leave). Electricite de France,Research Center, Department FCR, Clamart, France. |
| 3/82-8/87 | Project Leader. Energoinvest Company, Institute for Control and Computer Sciences - IRCA, Bosnia. Responsible for Development of an Integrated Microprocessor Based Substation Control and Protection System. Subsystems developed are: |
| 10/80-2/82 | Systems Engineer. Energoinvest Company, Institute for Computer and Information Systems - IRIS, Bosnia. Responsible for engineering design of RTU terminals and systems for energy management applications. |
| 5/79-9/80 | Systems Engineer. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Industry Systems Division. Responsible for System Design of an Integrated Microprocessor-Based Control and Protection System on a project funded by the Electric Power Research Institute - EPRI. |
At Texas A&M University ($10,466,579.00)
| 6/09-8/11 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs Ross Baldick, UT Austin; I. Damnjanovic, TAMU), "PHEVs as Dynamically Configurable Dispersed Energy Storage", PSerc Consoritum, total project funding $220,000.00, TAMU Part $ 80,000.00. |
| 6/09-8/11 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI Ward Jewell, Wichita State University), "Communication Requirements and Integration Options for Smart Grid Deployement", PSerc Consortium, total project funding $160,000.00, TAMU Part $ 60,000.00. |
| 8/08-8/09 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs Mack Grady, Surya Santoso, UT Austin; We-jen Lee, UT Arlington), "Information Technology for the 21st Century Smart Grid", State of Texas and The Center for the Commercialization of Electrical Technologies, total project funding $500,000.00, TAMU part $207,300.00. |
| 6/08-8/10 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PI George Karady, Arizona State University), "The 21st Century Substation Design", NSF and PSerc Consortium, total project funding $150,000.00, TAMU part $90,000.00. |
| 6/07-8/09 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PI Ward Jewell, Wichita State University), "Integration of Asset and Outage Mangement Tasks for Ditribution Applications,", NSF and PSerc Consortium, total project funding $155,000.00, TAMU part $75,000.00.. |
| 5/05-12/09 | Principal Investigator, "Multiple Uses of Substation Data Phase II", EPRI, $570,019.00. |
| 9/06-9/09 | Principal Investigator, "Synchronized Sampling Uses for Real Time Monitoring and Control", DOE-CERTS, $300,000.00. |
| 12/06-3/08 | Principal Investigator, "Intelligent Alarm Processors", ERCOT, $100,000.00. |
| 8/06-2/08 | Principal Investigator, "SGER: Integrated Solutions for Ubiquitous Use of Electricity and Cyber Services", NSF, $75,000.00. |
| 6/06-8/08 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PI Tom Overbye, University of Illinois), "Integration of Substation IED Information into EMS Functionality", NSF and PSerc Consortium, total project funding $120,000.00, TAMU part $60,000.00. |
| 6/06-8/08 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: Mani Venkatasubramanian, Washington State University and Vijay Vittal, Arizona State University), "Detection, Prevention, and Mitigation of Cascading Events - Prototype Implementation", NSF and PSerc Consortium, total project funding $236,000.00, TAMU part $50,000.00. |
| 5/07-12/07 | Principal Investigator, Second Sino-American Workshop, "Electricity Systems for the 21st Century: The China-US Research and Development Needs", TAMU, $10,000.00. |
| 9/06-9/07 | Principal Investigator, First Sino-American Workshop On, "Responsive Power Systems", Guangzhou, China,(TAMU and ABB), $20,000.00. |
| 1/06-3/07 | Principal Investigator, "Integration of Substation IED Information into EMS Functionality", DOE-CTC, $230,000.00. |
| 6/05-6/07 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PI: George Karady, Arizona State University), "Digital Protection System Using Optical Instrument Transformers and Digital Relays Interconnected by an IEC 61850-9.2 Digital Process Bus", NSF and PSerc Consortium, total project funding $130,000.00, TAMU part $65,000.00. |
| 6/05-6/07 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Sakis Meliopoulos, GaTech and Ward Jewell, Wichita State University), "Transient Testing of Protection Relays: Study of Benefits and Methodology", NSF and PSerc Consortium, total project funding $160,000.00. TAMU part $60,000.00. |
| 5/04-4/07 | Co- Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: H.F. Taylor, A.L. Narasimha Reddy, K.L. Butler-Purry, E. Serpedin, L. Kish, P.R. Hemmer, T. Zourntos, D. Kundur), "REU Site: Electrical Engineering Research Applications in Homeland Security", NSF, $200,365.00. |
| 2/04-3/07 | Principal Investigator, "Automated Topology Analysis Using Substation Data", ABB Corporate Research, $217,000.00. |
| 9/04-8/06 | Principal Investigator, "Role of Substation Automation in Real Time Control", DOE CERTS, $230,000.00. |
| 9/00-9/06 | Principal Investigator, "TAMU Participation in the NSF I/UCRC: Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)", NSF, $275,000.00. |
| 1/04-12/05 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: Dr. George Karady, Arizona State University), "Performance Assessment of Advanced Digital Measurement and Protection System", NSF and PSERC Consortium, total project funding $130,000.00, TAMU part $65,000.00. |
| 5/04-4/05 | Principal Investigator, "Multiple Uses of Substation Data", EPRI, $40,079.00. |
| 6/02-6/05 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: A. Abur, Texas A&M University, R. Shoureshi, Colorado School of Mines, S. Meliopoulos, Georgia Institute of Technology), "Enhanced Reliability of Power System Operation Using Advanced Algorithms and IEDs for On-Line Monitoring", NSF and PSERC Consortium, total project funding: $262,800.00, TAMU part $262,800.00. |
| 6/02-6/05 | Co- Principal Investigator, (PI: Dr. R. Lasseter, University of Wisconsin), "Microgrid Protection and Control", NSF and PSERC Consortium, total project funding $150,000.00, TAMU part: $30,000.00. |
| 6/02-6/05 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: V.V. Vittal, Iowa State University, Co-PI: M. Venkatasubramanian, Washington State University), "Detection, Prevention, and Mitigation of Cascading Events", NSF and PSERC Consortium, total project funding $240,000, TAMU part $75,000.00. |
| 6/02-6/05 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: J. McCalley, Iowa State University, Co-PI: C. Singh, Texas A&M University, V. Honavar, Iowa State University), "Automated Integration of Condition Monitoring with an Optimized Maintenance Schedule for Circuit Breakers and Power Transformers", NSF and PSERC Consortium, total project funding $255,000.00, TAMU part (M. Kezunovic) $63,750.00, TAMU Part (C. Singh) $63,750.00. |
| 6/02-6/05 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: M. Simoes, Colorado School of Mines, Co-PI: R. Shoureshi, Colorado School of Mines), "Smart Sensor Development for Power Transmission and Distribution", NSF and PSERC Consortium, total project funding$165,000.00, TAMU part $30,000.00. |
| 9/03-8/04 | Principal Investigator, "Substation Data Uses for Improved Local and EMS Functions", DOE CERTS, $94,524.00. |
| 12/02-11/03 | Principal Investigator, "Workshop: Modernizing the National Electric Power Grid", NSF, $28,000.00. |
| 5/02-12/03 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PI: A. Abur), "Data Integration and Information Exchange: Impact on Future Substation and EMS Applications and Related Implementation Requirements", EPRI, $150,690.00. |
| 9/00-12/02 | Principal Investigator, "Automated Circuit Breaker Monitoring", Reliant Energy HL&P, $140,000.00. |
| 9/00-8/02 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: A. Abur), "Accurate Fault Location in Transmission and Distribution Networks Using Modeling, Simulation and Limited Field Recorded Data", NSF and PSERC Consortium, $109,075.00. |
| 9/00-8/02 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: A. Abur), "Improved State Estimation via Advanced Substation Monitoring", NSF and PSERC Consortium, $76,000.00. |
| 9/00-8/02 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Dr. C. Georghiades), "Power System Monitoring Using Wireless Substation and System-Wide Communications", NSF and PSERC Consortium, $76,000.00. |
| 1/99-6/02 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: Dr. G. Huang), "Self Evolving Agents for Monitoring, Control and Protection of Large Complex Dynamic Systems", ARO/EPRI, $546,980.00. |
| 1/00-6/01 | Principal Investigator, "Planning Grant for TAMU's Participation in PSERC", NSF, $10,000.00. |
| 5/97-4/01 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Drs. A. Abur, G. Huang-TAMU and Drs. A. Bose, M. Venkatasubramanian, K. Tomsovic-Washington State University), "Multidisciplinary Education Using Curriculum Re-Engineering, Industry Partnership and Simulation Technology", NSF, EPRI, and eight industry sponsors, $812,828.00. |
| 1/98-8/00 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: A. Abur), "Advanced Tools for Power Quality Assessment", THECB, Reliant Energy HL&P, TU Electric, $216,865.00. |
| 12/99-7/00 | Principal Investigator, "New Methodology for Distance Relay Testing", Entergy Services, $20,000.00. |
| 2/99-6/00 | Principal Investigator, "Study of the Theoretical Basis for Different Behaviour of Protective Relays under Various Test Conditions", Electricite de France, $20,000.00. |
| 5/98-6/99 | Principal Investigator, "New Approaches for Preventing Wide-Area Power System Outages", TAMU's Energy Resources Program, $24,960.00. |
| 6/96-12/98 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Dr. G. Huang, Dr. A. Abur), "Center for Power System Technology, Engineering, Application and Manufacturing", Strategic Research Initiative Pre-Award, Texas A&M University Engineering Dean's Office, $15,000.00. |
| 6/98-12/98 | Principal Investigator, "Research Experience for Undergraduates", NSF, Supplement to NSF Grant MERIT 2000, $5,000.00. |
| 7/96-12/98 | Principal Investigator, "Automated Classification of DFR Files Using Expert System and Signal Processing", TU Electric, $287,476.00. |
| 9/96-12/98 | Principal Investigator, "Fault Location Using Synchronized Sampling", Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), $61,600.00. |
| 9/95-12/97 | Co-Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Dr. P. Enjeti), "Acquisition of Advanced Instrumentation and Test Equipment for Research, Education, and Training in Electric Power Quality", NSF, $251,743.00. |
| 8/96-8/97 | Principal Investigator, "Second International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators", Travel Grant, National Science Foundation (NSF), $5,000.00. |
| 6/94-12/96 | Principal Investigator, "An Expert System for Monitoring of a Generating Plant", Houston Lighting and Power Company (HL&P), $129,546.00. |
| 7/95-7/96 | Principal Investigator, "Research and Review of Literature for Fault Locators", Western Area Power Administration, $10,000.00. |
| 8/94-2/96 | Principal Investigator, "New Real-Time Digital Simulator for Relay Testing", Commonwealth Edison Company, $446,089.00. |
| 7/92-9/95 | Principal Investigator, "Protective Relay Workstation: Applications of a Digital Simulator-Phase II", Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), FPL Co., HL&P Co., DOE-Western Area Power Administration, $816,138.00. |
| 5/94-5/95 | Principal Investigator, "First International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators", Travel Grant, National Science Foundation (NSF), $5,000.00. |
| 10/90-9/94 | Principal Investigator, "A Real Time Digital Simulator for Relay Testing", Department of Energy (DOE)-Western Area Power Administration, $627,860.00. |
| 12/91-11/93 | Principal Investigator, "Evaluation of Dynamic and Transient Testing Using AVO Multi-Amp Pulsar Test System", AVO Multi-Amp Corporation, $19,507.00. |
| 6/93-12/93 | Principal Investigator, "Synchronized Sampling for Electric Utility Applications-Phase II", NASA, $10,000.00. |
| 10/90-12/92 | Principal Investigator, "Dynamic Testing and Evaluation of New Distance Relays", Tennessee Valley Authority, TAMU, $49,882.00. |
| 6/92-12/92 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Dr. A. D. Patton), "Synchronized Sampling for Electric Utility Applications Using ACTS", NASA, $30,688.00. |
| 1/90-8/92 | Principal Investigator, "Expert System for DFR Analysis", HL&P Co., TAMU, $27,240.00. |
| 12/89-6/92 | Principal Investigator, "Protective Relay Workstation: Applications of a Digital Simulator-Phase I", EPRI, HL&P Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., FPL Co., TAMU, $543,254.00. |
| 8/90-2/91 | Principal Investigator, "Development of Dynamic Testing Using Multi-Amp EPOCH Test System", Multi-Amp Corporation, $18,364.00. |
| 10/88-10/89 | Principal Investigator, "Dynamic Testing Tools for Protection Relays", Houston Lighting & Power Co., U.S.A., $25,000.00. |
| 6/88-9/88 | Senior Research Staff, (PI:Dr. B. Don Russell), "Evaluation of High Impedance Fault Detection Techniques", Electric Power Institute, Texas A&M University, U.S.A., none. |
| 9/87-5/88 | Technical Consultant, (PI:Dr. B. Don Russell), "Preliminary Design of a Power System Automation Laboratory", Electric Power Institute, Texas A&M University, U.S.A., none. |
At Other Universities in the USA ($20,000.00)
| 5/87-8/87 | Principal Investigator (with Dr. R. A. Baker), "Application of Traveling Wave Fault Locators to Tapped DC Lines," Electric Power Research Institute, U.S.A., ($20,000.00). Resigned to work for Energoinvest Company. |
In Bosnia (former Yugoslavia) (Total: $2,000,000.00; see the note at the end)
| 3/82-8/87 | Principal Investigator. "Integrated Substation Control and Protection System," Science Foundation of Energoinvest Company, Sarajevo. ($1,300,000.00). |
| 1/85-12/86 | Principal Investigator. "New Methods and Tools for Protective Relaying Equipment and System Testing," Science Foundation of Energoinvest Company, Sarajevo. ($200,000.00). |
| 1/84-12/86 | Principal Investigator. (with Dr. J. T. Cain). "Analysis Synthesis and Evaluation of Digital Algorithms for Protective Relaying of Electric Power Systems," National Science Foundation, U.S.A. ($100,000.00). |
| 6/84-6/86 | Principal Investigator. "New Methods and Techniques for Transmission Line Protection," Science Foundation of Republic BiH, Bosnia. ($100,000.00). |
| 6/84-6/85 | Principal Investigator. "Microprocessor-Based Distance Relay," Science Foundation of Republic BiH, Bosnia. ($100,000.00). |
| 6/83-6/85 | Principal Investigator. "New Methods and Technologies for Protective Relaying Systems in H.V. Substations," Science Foundation of Energoinvest Company, Sarajevo. ($50,000.00). |
| 6/81-6/83 | Principal Investigator. "Application of Microprocessors to Control and Protection of Electric Power Systems," Science Foundation of Republic BiH, Bosnia. ($50,000.00). |
| 10/80-4/81 | Principal Investigator. "Feasibility Study of an Integrated Control and Protection System for H.V. Substation Applications," Energoinvest-IRCA, Sarajevo. ($100,000.00). |
Note: The equivalent dollar value of all of the projects funded in Bosnia (former Yugoslavia) in local currency was over $2,000,000.00.
| 2006 | TXU ($10,000), Entergy ($10,000), CenterPoint Energy ($10,000) |
| 2005 | CenterPoint Energy ($10,000), TXU ($10,000), BTU ($10,000), Entergy, ($10,000) |
| 2004 | Oncor ($10,000); CenterPoint Energy ($10,000), Entergy ($10,000). |
| 2003 | Oncor ($10,000); CenterPoint Energy ($10,000); Entergy ($10,000). |
| 2002 | ABB ($10,000); American Electric Power Company ($10,000); PacifiCorp ($20,000); TXU Services ($10,000); Reliant Energy HL&P ($10,000); Entergy ($10,000). |
| 2001 | PacifiCorp ($20,000); TXU Services ($10,000); Reliant Energy HL&P ($10,000); ABB ($10,000); Entergy($10,000). |
| 2000 | TXU Services ($10,000); Reliant Energy HL&P ($10,000); Entergy ($10,000); ABB ($10,000); Lucent Technologies ($10,000); PacifiCorp ($20,000). |
| 1999 | TXU Services ($20,000); Reliant Energy HL&P ($20,000); Entergy ($20,000); Central and South West ($20,000); Lucent ($10,000); SWEMA ($5,000). |
| 1998 | TU Electric ($20,000); HL&P ($20,000); Entergy ($20,000); Central and South West ($20,0000); Texas Instruments ($20,000); Lucent Technologies ($10,000); MagneTek ($10,000); SWEMA ($5,000). |
| 2008 | CenterPoint Energy. Gift to TAMU-PSerc ($7,000) |
| 2005 | Burns & McDonnell. Gift to EPPEI ($1,000.00) |
| 2004 | Burns & McDonnell. Gift to EPPEI ($500.00) |
| 2003 | American Electric Power. Gift to EPPEI ($15,000.00) |
| 2001 | American Electric Power. Gift to EPPEI ($20,000.00) |
| 2000 | PacifiCorp. Gift for Power Systems Laboratory ($60,000.00) |
| 1999 | Central and Southwest Services Inc. Gift for Power Systems Laboratory ($30,000.00) |
| 1999-2004 | Reliant Energy HL&P. Gift for Power Systems Laboratory ($100,000.00) |
| 1998-2003 | TU Electric. Gift for Power Systems Laboratory ($100,000.00) |
| 1997 | TU Electric. Gift for EPPEI ($10,000.00) |
| 2005 | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Protective Relaying Equipment ($53,955.00) |
| 2000, 2002, 2005 | Test Laboratories International, Inc. Relay Assistant Software ($10,000.00) |
| 1999 | GE Power Management. Protective Relaying Equipment ($9,500.00) |
| 1999 | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Protective Relaying Equipment ($19,650.00) |
| 1999 | Beckwith Electric. Protective Relaying Equipment ($256.00) |
| 1998 | Bonneville Power Administration. Six Relay Cabinets ($465,174.00) |
| 1998 | Cooper Systems. Six Edison Pro Relays ($36,490.00) |
| 1997, 2002 | Electrocon International, Inc. CAPE Software ($20,000.00) |
| 1996 | Hewlett-Packard. Two GPS Synchronization Modules with antenna assembly ($10,360.00) |
| 1995 | Electric Power Research Institute (through Texas A&M Research Foundation). Digital Simulator Equipment ($76,656.07) |
| 1994 | Hathaway Corporation. Two Digital Fault Recorders and Related Software ($50,000.00) |
| 1993 | Western Area Power Administration. REZ Microprocessor Relay ($5,000.00) |
Journal Papers Ref. Conf. Papers Others
Short Courses/Seminars/Tutorials Invited Lectures Invited Conference Participations University/Scientific Posts Patents and Copyrights Reviewer Conference Organization Ph.D. Dissertation Reviewer
Registered Professional Engineer: License No. 76824, State of Texas, (1993 - Present)
| Co-Chairman | Session titled "System Security Assessment" Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy conversion-MEDPOWER 08, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2008. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Protection I" North American Power Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September, 2008. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Fault Analysis and fault management Using Intelligent System Solutions" IEEE PES GM 09,, Pittsburgh, July 2008 |
| Chairman | Session titled "Fault Analysis and fault management Using Intelligent System Solutions" IEEE PES GM 09, Pittsburgh, July 2008. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Fault location in Transmission Systems" 16th power Systems Computation Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, July, 2008. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Protection" 10th Intl. Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems-PMAPS, Rincon, Puerto Rico, May 2008. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Tools and techniques for distributed synchronized phasor measuremenrs and operation parameter analysis" CIGRE Workshop on Monitoring Power System Dybamicns, St. Petersburgh, Russia, may 2008. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Power System Protection," Melecon 2008, Ajaccio, Corsica, May, 2008. |
| Panelist | Session titled "Should Grid Operations be Changed to meet the Challenges of Climate Change, Demand Growth and Energy Security," 2008 National Electricty Delivery Forum, Washington DC, February, 2008. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Analysis of Faults and Cascading Events Using Intelligent Technologies," IEEE PES General Meeting, Tampa, Florida, June 2007. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Analysis of Faults and Cascading Events Using Intelligent Technologies," IEEE PES General Meeting, Tampa, Florida, June 2007. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Electric Power System Monitoring and Control: Communication and Sensor Networks," HICCS 40, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, January 2007 |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled "The Role of Hybrid Communication Systems in Emergency Control and Protection," APSCOM, Hong Kong, November 2006. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Protection," IEEE PowerCon 2006, Chongqing, China, October 2006. |
| Panelist | Panel session titled "On-Line Reliability Assessment amd Control,"; IEEE PowerCon 2006, Chongqing, China, October 2006. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Power Systems Protection," MELECON 2006, Malaga, Spain, June 2006. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis for System Environmental Performance," CMD 2006, Pusan, Korea, March 2006. |
| Panelist | Panel session titled "Modernizing the Electric Grid," CTC/DOC, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2005. |
| Panelist | Panel session titled "Understanding and Preventing Cascading Failures in Power Systems," EPRI/NSF, Denver, Colorado, October 2005 |
| Chairman | Session titled "Fault Detection and Analysis," PowerTech 05, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2005. |
| Panelist | Panel session titled "New Information Technologies for the EMS," IEEE PES General Meeting, San Francisco, California, June 2005. |
| Invited Expert | Session titled "IT Systems Specification and Design," 8th International Workshop on Electric Power Control Centers, Les Diablircts, Switzerland, July 2005. |
| Chairman | Panel session titled "Technical Status of Substation and Protective Systems," GridWorks R&D Planning Workshop, Chicago, October 2004. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Protection II," North American Power Symposim, NAPS 2004, Moscow, August 2004. |
| Chairman | Panel session titled "Intelligent System Applications in Substations," IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, June 2004. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled"Intelligent System Applications in Substations," IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, June 2004. |
| Chairman | Session titled "New Technology Applications," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences HICSS-37, January 2004. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Power System Operation," Electricity Supply Industry in Transition: Issues and Prospects in Asia, January 2004. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Power System Protection," IEEE ISAP Conference, Lemnos, Greece, August 2003. |
| Expert | Workshop titled "National Electric Delivery Technologies Roadmap," DOE, Washington DC, July 2003. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Fault Location Systems," IEEE Power Tech Conference, Bologna, Italy, June 2003. |
| Moderator | Paper Session titled "Electricity Deregulation: Where to From Here?," 2003 Conference George Bush School of Government and Public Service, College Station, April 2003. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "New Trends in Protective Relaying and Substation Automation Systems," T&D Conference, Japan, November 2002. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Fault Location Techniques," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Chicago, July 2002. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Arising Issues in Power Industry," Balkan Power Conference , Belgrade, Serbia, June 2002. |
| Coordinator | Tutorial titled "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Fault Analysis," IEEE PES Winter Meeting, New York, February 2002. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "IT in Power Systems," PSERC IAB Meeting, College Station, December 2001. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Intelligent Systems Applications to PQ Monitoring Systems," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 2001. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Communications in Protection and Control," Developments in Power System Protection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 2001 |
| Chairman | Session titled "Power System Relaying II," IEEE PES winter meeting, Columbus, Ohio, January, 2001 |
Chairman |
Special Session titled " Intelligent System in Protection Engineering," International Conference on Power System Technology - PowerCon 2000, Perth, Australia, December 2000. |
Chairman |
Session titled " Computational Techniques, Modeling and Applications," IEEE ICHQP, Orlando, Florida, October 2000 |
Coordinator |
Tutorial titled "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Fault Analysis," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Seattle, July 2000. |
Chairman |
Session titled "New Concepts in Relay Design and Application," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Seattle, July 2000. |
Panelist |
Panel Session titled "Innovative Electric Power Engineering Curriculum," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, July 1999. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Analysis of Monitored Power Quality Data," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, July 1999. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled "Intelligent System Applications to Power Quality and Substation Automation," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, July 1999. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled "Intelligent System Applications to Fault Analysis," The Intl. Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems (ISAP 99), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 1999. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled, "Intelligent Techniques in Fault Diagnosis," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, San Diego, California, July 1998. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled, "Needs and Advancements in Power Engineering Education," American Power Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 1998. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled, "Information Extraction Using Intelligent Systems," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Berlin, Germany, July 1997. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled, "Application of Intelligent Techniques to Fault Analysis," IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Berlin, Germany, July 1997. |
| Chairman | Session titled, "Design III," Second International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators - ICDS '97, Montreal, Canada, May 28-30, 1997. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled, "Advances in Digital Power System Simulator Technology," Second International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators ICDS 97, Montreal, Canada, May 28-30, 1997. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled, "Guidelines for EMTP Modeling of Protective Relays," IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference, Los Angeles, California, September 1996. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled, "Intelligent System Applications to Fault Analysis, Monitoring and Diagnostics," IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference, Los Angeles, California, September 1996. |
| Chairman | Session titled, "Protection I," 12th Power Systems Computation Conference, Dresden, Germany, August 1996. |
| Chairman | Session titled, "Network Diagnosis and Monitoring I," International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems, Orlando, Florida, February 1996. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled, "Fault Analysis Using Intelligent Techniques," IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, January 1996. |
| Chairman | Session titled, "Modeling," First International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators - ICDS '95, College Station, Texas, April 1995. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Practical Applications of Intelligent Methods to Energy Conversion and Power Delivery Systems," IEEE PES Winter Meeting, New York, New York, February 1995. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Power System Relaying," International Conference on Power System Technology, Beijing, China, October 1994. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Application of Intelligent Systems to Practical Transmission and Distribution Problems," IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Computer Techniques for Adaptive Relaying," IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, February 1993. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Expert Systems - Security," Fourth Symposium on Expert Systems Applications to Power Systems, Melbourne, Australia, January 1993. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled "Power System Simulators for Relay Testing," 44th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, April, 1991. |
| Chairman | Session titled "Analysis I," Third Symposium on Expert Systems Application to Power Systems, Tokyo/Kobe, Japan, April 1991. |
| Chairman | Panel Session titled "Transition from Electro-Mechanical to Microprocessor-Based Relays," 42nd Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, April 1989. |
| Panelist | Panel Session titled "Application of Microprocessors in Power System Control and Analysis," 9th IFAC World Congress, Hungary, 1984. |
| Chairman | Strategic Planning Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1996 - 2005. |
| Member | Council of Principal Investigators, Texas A&M University, 1996 - 2002. |
| Member | Proposal and Project Review Committee: Control and Protection, Science Foundation, Energoinvest Company, Bosnia, 1984 - 1986. |
| Deputy Chairman | Scientific Council, Energoinvest Company, Institute for Control and Computer Sciences, Bosnia, 1983 - 1985. |
| Member | University of Sarajevo Faculty Council, Bosnia, 1982 - 1984. |
"Data Highway Access Control System," U.S. Patent No. 4,379,294, April 1983.
"RISC-Based Open-Loop Simulator for Relay Testing - Hardware Design," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-273-793, May 8, 1996.
"Design Document for RISC-Based Two Terminal Open-Loop Relay Testing Software," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-275-950, May 8, 1996.
"RISC-Based Open-Loop Simulator for Relay Testing - Hardware Installation Manual and I/O System Design Documentation," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-275-951, May 8, 1996.
"Digital Simulator for Real-Time and Open-Loop Relay Testing - Installation Manual," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-275-952, May 8, 1996.
"Digital Simulator for Real-Time and Open-Loop Relay Testing - Software Documentation," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-286-737, May 8, 1996.
"RISC-Based Two Terminal Open-Loop Simulator Application Software-User's Manual," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-298-403, May 8, 1996.
"Expert System Installation at STP Substation-User Manual and Design Documentation," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-294-172, May 8, 1996.
"Real-Time Simulator Documentation," U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-280-248, May 8, 1996
Indiana Economic Development Fund (February 2007)
DOE Distributed Energy Resources (November 2003)
National Science Foundation (1995-Present)
Canadian Electrical Association, (2000-Present)
IEE Proceedings Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEE, England (1996-Present)
Journal on Engineering Intelligent Systems, CRL Publishing Ltd., England (1996-Present)
Journal on Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Elsevier Science, Ltd. (1996-Present)
IEEE Power Engineering Society, Transactions on Power Systems, U.S.A. (1994-Present)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Computer and Software Engineering, U.S.A. (1993-Present)
Member, Editorial Advisory Panel, Electric Power Systems Research Journal, Switzerland (1990-Present)
IEEE Power Engineering Society, Transactions on Power Delivery, U.S.A. (1990-Present)
Power Systems Computation Conference (1996, 1999)
International Conference on Intelligent Systems Application to Power Systems (1996)
IEEE Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
Center for Energy & Mineral Resources, Texas A&M University, (1991)
Chair, Workshop titled "The Role of PHEV in Interfacing Electricty and Transportation Networks," Austin, TX, August 2008.
Chair, Second Sino-American Workshop on "Electric Energy for the 21st Century: the China-US Research and Development Needs," Washington DC, December 2007.
Member,, Technical Program Committee, "International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems," Kaohsiang, Taiwan, November 2007.
Chair, First Sino-American Workshop on Responsive Power Systems, Guangzhou, China, October 2006.
Member, Technical Steering Committee, International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Washington, DC, November 2005.
Chairman, First Texas Electric Energy Forum, College Station, Texas, November 2004.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Lemnos, Greece, August 2003.
Chairman, NSF Sponsored Symposium, Modernizing the National Electric Power Grid, New Orleans, November 2002.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Power Systems Protection, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2002.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Power System Transients, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2001.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Budapest, Hungary, July 2001.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Digital Power System Transients, Budapest, Hungary, June 1999.
Chairman, Technical Program Committee, Third International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators, Vasteras, Sweden, May 1999.
Chairman, Technical Program Committee, Second International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators, Montreal, Canada, May 1997.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Power System Transients, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., June 1997.
Member, Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Power System Protection, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 7-9, 1996.
First International Conference on Digital Power System Simulators, College Station, April 5-7, 1995.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chairman
TPC Liaison to the Steering Committee
Local Organizing Committee Chairman
Deepak Laxmanrao Waikar, Ph.D., National University of Singapore, 1996
Slobodan Levi, Ph.D., University of Sarajevo, 1987
Dr. Neso Mijuskovic, Transmission System Operator of Serbia, Serbia (Fall 08)
Mr. Deng Xianda, Research Staff (2008)
Ms. Dina Khalifa, Cairo University(2007/2008)
Dr. Soon-Ryul Nam, Myongji University, Korea (2007/2008)
Ms. Biljana Matic Cuka, Research Staff (2006/2007)
Mr. Rodrigo A.F. Pereira, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil (2005/2006)
Dr. P. Zhang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (2005/2006)
Mr. Goran Latisko, Research Staff (2002/2007)
Dr. F. Gul Bagriyanik, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (2001-2002)
Dr. S. Luo, Tianjin University, China (2000-2002)
Dr. J.B. Lee, Wonkwang University, Korea (1998-1999)
Dr. B. Kasztenny, The Wroclaw Technical University, Poland (1997-1999)
Dr. Lj. Kojovic, Energoinvest Company, Bosnia (6/89-8/89; 4/90-9/90; 4/91-2/93)
Dr. M. Aganagic, Energoinvest Company, Bosnia (1992-1993)
Dr. B. Perunicic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia (Summer, Fall 1992)