Sponsored Research and Professional Service

Research

Sponsored research projects at WSU

System Restoration Strategies
Sponsor: PowerTech through PSerc - 2007-2009, $50,000 ($73,000 loaded)
(PI: K. Tomsovic )

NSF Program Director under Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA)
Sponsor: NSF - 2004-2006, $317,387
(PI: K.Tomsovic)

A New Paradigm for Collaborative Research and Education in Sustainable Energy Systems and Supporting Information Technologies
Sponsor: NSF - 2004-2007, $240,000
(PI: K.Tomsovic, subcontracts with University of Washington, Howard University and Rensselaer Poly. Inst.)

Modeling the Interaction between the Technical, Social, Economic and Environmental Components of Large Scale Electric Power Systems
Sponsor: NSF - 2002-2006, $350,000
+$45,000 supplement for West African research cooperation
+$110,000 supplement for educational extensions
(PIs: K.Tomsovic (lead), A. Ford, A. Bose, Ken Casavant, L. Lutzenhiser)

Real-Time Power System Controls
Sponsor: DOE through CERTS - 2001-2005, $650,000.
(PIs: A.Bose (lead), K. Tomsovic, and V. Venkatasubramanian)

Towards an Understanding of Deregulated Electricity Markets through Time Series Analysis
Sponsor: NSF - 2000-2003, $240,000.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and Z. Obradovic)

NSF I/UCRC: Power System Engineering Research Center (PSERC)
Sponsors: NSF - I/UCRC - 1998-2003, $250,000.
(PIs: A.Bose (lead), K. Tomsovic and V. Venkatasubramanian)

Risk Analysis in a Deregulated Power Market using Fuzzy Sets
Sponsor: NSF/NATO Fellowship - 2001-2002, $49,800.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and A. Dimitrovski)

Integrated Security Analysis
Sponsor: DOE through CERTS - 2001-2002, $60,000 ($87,000 loaded)..
Sponsor: PowerTech through PSerc - 2000-2001, $110,000 ($159,500 loaded).
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and A.Bose)

Increasing Transparency of Transmission Constraints on the Electricity Trading Market
Sponsor: NSF - 1999-2001, $225,000.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead), A.Bose, R. Podmore and R. Thomas)

Complex Network Initiative
Sponsor: EPRI/ARO - 1999-2001, $315,000 (WSU portion).
(PIs: A.Bose (lead), A. Saberi, K. Tomsovic and V. Venkatasubramanian)

Application of Dispersed Energy Resources in the Electric Power System
Sponsor: DOE through CERTS - 1999, $55,000 ($79,750 loaded).
(PI: K.Tomsovic)

Automated Operation Procedures
Sponsor: PG&E through PSerc - 1997-2000, $80,000 ($116,000 loaded) + Fellowship
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and A.Bose)

MERIT 2000: Multidisciplinary Education using Curriculum Re-engineering Industry Partnership and Simulation Technology
Sponsor: NSF/EPRI - May 1997 to May 2000, $270,000 (WSU portion $135,000)
Corporate and university matching, est. $450,000
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead), A.Bose and V. Venkatasubramanian; joint with Texas A&M)

Information Theoretic Approaches to Equipment Monitoring and Diagnosis
Sponsor: NSF - Aug. 1996 to Aug. 1998, $79,000.
(PI: K. Tomsovic)

Voltage Dynamics, Collapse and Control
Sponsor: Department of Energy - July 1995 to July 1997, $220,000.
(PIs: V. Venkatasubramanian (lead), A.Bose and K. Tomsovic)

Placement of Dispersed Fuel Cells
Sponsor: Washington Water Power - Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1996, Fellowship and Software donation (Estimated value $25,000).
(PI: K. Tomsovic)

Enhanced Distribution Protection and Switching Functions
Sponsor: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. - Jan. 1994 to July 1995, $28,500.
(PI: K. Tomsovic)

Symposium on Electric Power Systems Infrastructure
Sponsor: NSF - Aug. 1994 to Dec. 1994, $20,000.
(PIs: A. Bose (lead) and K. Tomsovic).

Research support external to WSU

Kyushu Electric Power (Japan) - 1999-2000
Vattenfall AB (Sweden) - 1991-1992
National Science Council of ROC (Taiwan) - 1988-1991

Professional Service

Editorships

Editor: IEEE Power Engineering Letters, 2004-present.
Editor: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2003-present.

Conferences

Technical Program Committee: Power System Computations Conference 2008, ICEEDT07, ISAP (since inception, member of steering committee)
Technical Chairman: International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems 1996 (ISAP'96)

Reviewing Activities

Proposal/Projects - National Science Foundation, DOE, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Singapore Science Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)
Journals - Automatica, European Journal of Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Proceedings, International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, and others.

Technical Societies and Advisory Boards

IEEE: Power Engineering Society (PES); vice-Chair of Power Systems Analysis Computing and Economics committee; Chair of Intelligent Systems Applications subcommittee under PSACE Committee, 1999-2003.
Member of Advisory Board: Emanual E.W. Jones Electrical Engineering Foundation
Co-convenor of Cigré Task Force: Advanced Power Systems Controls using Intelligent Systems (Study Committee 38)

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