Welcome to the Power and Energy System Research Group. Our research group is interested in energy optimization for communication, computation, storage and networking. Our goal is to improve the performance, stability, fairness and energy-efficiency of information networks.
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| Hsiao-dong
Chiang Electrical and Computer Engineering Website Research Interests: Systems and applications control, power and complex systems |
Timothy
Mount Applied Economics and Management Website Research Interests: Electricity Markets, econometrics |
Kevin Tang Electrical and Computer Engineering Website Research Interests: Control and optimization of networks. |
Robert Thomas Electrical and Computer Engineering Website Research Interests: Control, power, and complex systems |
Lang Tong Electrical and Computer Engineering Website Research Interests: Statistical signal processing, Communications and complex networks |
Research Publications
[1] A. Anandkumar, J. Yukich, L. Tong and A. Swami, Energy Scaling Laws for Distributed Inference in Random Networks, IEEE J. Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Stochastic Geometry and Random Graphs for Wireless Networks, 2009, vol. 27, No. 7, 1203-1217, Sept., 2009.
[2] Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Yasuyuki Tada and Hua Li, “Power System On-line Transient Stability Assessment” (a Book Chapter), Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2007.
[3] Hsiao-Dong Chiang, “Power System Stability” (a Book Chapter), In: Webster J.G. (Ed.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999, pp. 104-137.
[4] Hsiao-Dong Chiang, “Application of Bifurcation Analysis to Power Systems" (a chapter of the book) Chaos and Bifurcation Control: Theory and Applications, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY. USA, pp. 1-28, 2003.
[5] H.D. Chiang, C.C. Chu and Gerry Cauley, ''Direct Stability Analysis of Electric Power Systems Using Energy Functions: Theory, Applications and Perspective” (Invited paper) Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 83, No. 11, November, 1995, pp. 1497-1529.
[6] Hsiao-Dong Chiang and Jaewook Lee (Book Chapter), “Trsu-Tech Paradigm for Computing high-quality optimal solutions: method and theory” John-Wiley, IEEE Press, Modern Heuristic Optimization Techniques: Theory and Applications to Power Systems, 2006
[7] T. He and L. Tong “Detection of Information Flows,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, pp. 49254945, Nov. 2008.
[8] O. Kosut, L. Jia, R. Thomas, and L. Tong, “Limiting False Data Attacks on Power System State Estimation,” in Proc. 44th Annual Conf. on Information Sciences and Systems, March 17-19, 2010.
[9] O. Kosut and L. Tong, “Distributed source coding in the presence of Byzantine sensors” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory: Special Issue on Information Theoretic Security, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 2550-2565, June, 2008.
[10] S. Marano, V. Matta, and L. Tong, “Distributed Detection in the Presence of Byzantine Attacks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 16-29, January 2009.
[11] Mount, Tim, Judy Cardell, Lindsay Anderson, Alberto Lamadrid, Surin Maneevitjit, Bob Thomas and Ray Zimmerman, "Evaluating the Net Benefits of Investing in New Wind and Transmission Capacity on a Network," Proceedings of the IEEE HICCS-42, Waikoloa, Hawaii, January 2009.
[12] Mount, Tim, Mladen Kuzenovic, Gerald Heydt, and Chris DeMarco , "Is Teamwork the Smart Solution?" IEEE Power & Energy, Vol. 7 No. 2, March/April 2009.
[13] Mount, Tim, Alberto Lamadrid, Surin Maneevitjit, Bob Thomas, Max Zhang and Ray Zimmerman, "The High Cost of Peak System Load in a Windy World," Proceedings of the 28th Eastern Conference of the Rutgers CRRI, Skytop PA, May, 2009.
[14] Mount, Tim, Alberto Lamadrid, Surin Maneevitjit, Bob Thomas, Max Zhang and Ray Zimmerman, "A Symbiotic Role for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles in an Electric Delivery System," Proceedings of the 22nd Western Conference of the Rutgers CRRI, Monterey CA, June, 2009.
[15] Mount, Tim, Alberto Lamadrid, Surin Maneevitjit, Bob Thomas and Ray Zimmerman, "The Hidden System Costs of Wind Generation in a Deregulated Electricity Market," Proceedings of the IEEE HICCS-43, Koloa Kauai, Hawaii, January 2010.
[16] Carlos Murillo-Sanchez, Robert J. Thomas, “Thermal Unit Commitment With Nonlinear Power Flow Constraints”, presented at and appearing in the proceedings of the 1999 IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Jan.31 – Feb 4, 1999, New York, NY
[17] Thomas, R., C. Murillo-Sanchez, and R. Zimmerman. 2008. “An advanced security constrained OPF that produces correct market-based pricing.” In Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE. pp. 1–6.
[18] Z. Wang, R. J. Thomas, and A. Scaglione, “Generating Statistically Correct Random Topologies for Testing Smart Grid Communication and Control Networks”, Accepted for publication in the inaugural issue of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
[19] Z. Wang, A. Scaglione and R. J. Thomas, “The Node Degree Distribution in Power Grid and Its Topology Robustness under Random and Selective Node Removals”, accepted for presentation at the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Smart Grid Communications, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.
Teaching
The ECE Master of Engineering program currently offers a specialization in energy system. Students in the specialization can choose courses from interdisciplinary areas such as electric power systems, power electronics, information technologies, wireless communications, optimization techniques, system analysis, and regulatory and behavioral economics. The specialization is designed to educate a new generation of power engineers/managers with the needed skills to operate networks which will have a much wider range of capabilities than that exists on typical power networks. Students backgrounds can be electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, operation research, industrial engineering, economics, business administration and applied economics.
Relevant courses offered in Fall 2009 and Spring 2010:
ECE 4510 - Electric Power Systems I
ECE 5990 - Special Topics on Power Networks and Smart Grids
ECE 5990 - Special Topics: Modern Power System Operations, Stability,
and Control