Conferences Papers

2020

• Alqudah, M., T. Djokic, M. Kezunovic, Z. Obradovic, “Prediction of Solar Radiation Based on Spatial and Temporal Embeddings for Solar Generation Forecast“, in Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Jan. 2020.
• Begovic, M., A. Peerzada, W. Rohouma, R. Balog, “On Accelerated Aging of Mechanical Assets in Distribution Systems with Renewable Generation“, in Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Jan. 2020.
• Kezunovic, M., T. Dokic, Z. Obradovic, M. Pavlovski, and R. Said, “Big Data Analytics for Predictive Lightning Outage Management Using Spatially Aware Logistic Regression,” CIGRE General Session, Paris, France, Online, August 2020.
• Kezunovic, M., P. Pinson, Z. Obradovic, S. Grijalva, T. Hong, and R. Bessa, “Big Data Analytics for Future Electricity Grids,” Power Systems Conputation Conference, Porto, Portugal, Online, July 2020.
• Khoshjahan, M., M. Soleimani and M. Kezunovic,”Flexible Provision by Distributed Prosumers in Wholesale Electricity Market,” IET CIRED Workshop, Berlin, Germany, September 2020.
• Khoshjahan, M., M. Soleimani and M. Kezunovic,”Optimal Participation Of PEV charging stations integrated with Smart Buildings in the Wholesale Energy and Reserve Markets,” 2020 IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies North America (ISGT NA 2020), Washington, D.C., USA, February 2020.
• Martinez, A., K. Garcia, C. Klauber, and T.J. Overbye, “Undergraduate Research on Design Considerations for a GMD Mitigation System,” Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), online, July 2020.
• Soleimani, M., M.Kezunovic , “Economic Analysis of Transformer Loss of Life Mitigation Using Energy Storage and PV Generation,” 2020 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), Chicago, Illinois, April, 2020.

2019

• Yeo,J. H., P. Dehghanian and T. Overbye, “Power Flow Consideration of Impedance Correction for Phase Shifting Transformers,” 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6.
• Morcos, M., K. Minjeong, R. Balog, “A Hill-Climbing Optimization Approach for Closed-Loop Auto-Tuning of the Grid-Connected Ripple-Port Inverters“, 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2019-ECCE Asia), May 2019.
• Rohouma, W., R. Balog, Aaqib Ahmad Peerzada, Miroslav M Begovic, “Development of a Capacitor-less D-STATCOM for Power Quality Improvement in Low Voltage Network“, 2019 IEEE 13th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG), April 2019
• Alpuerto, L., R. Balog, “Energy Harvest Potential of Flexible Photovoltaics on Curved Surfaces“, 2019 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 1-6, February 2019
• Begovic, M., A. Peerzada, S. Mohan, R. Balog, W. Rohouma, “Impact of Large Distributed Solar PV Generation on Distribution Voltage Control,” Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Aug. 2019
• Affonso, C. M., and M. Kezunovic, “Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis of a Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, Aug. 2019.
• Affonso, C. M., and M. Kezunovic, “Probabilisitic Sizing of PV Generation on Commercial Parking Lot with PEVs to Avoid Transformer Aging,” PowerTech 2019, Milan, Italy, Jun. 2019.
• Dehghanian, P., Y. Guan, and M. Kezunovic, “Real-Time Life-Cycle Assessment of Circuit Breakers for Maintenance using Online Condition Monitoring Data,” IEEE/IAS 54th Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (I&CPS) Technical Conference, 5-8 May 2018, Niagara Falls, Canada.
• Kezunovic, M., C. Qian, C. Seidl, J. Ren., “Testbed for Timing Intrusion Evaluation and Tools for Lab and Field Testing of Synchrophasor System,” The First IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics (SGSMA), College Station, TX. May 2019.
• Leite, J., M. Kezunovic, “Use of Distribution Network Topological Fractality and Sunburst Charts in the Online Risk Assessment,” IEEE International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid technologies-Latin America, Brazil, September 2019.
• Kezunovic, M., M. Soleimani, H. Abu-Rub, S. Bayhan, M. Trabelsi, “Hardware in the Loop Simulation of a Nano-Grid Transactive Energy Exchange“, 2nd International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE) 2019, Doha, Qatar, November 2019.
• Kezunovic, M. and T. Dokic, “Big Data Framework for Predictive Risk Assessment of Weather Impacts on Electric Power Systems” Grid of the Future, CIGRE US National Committee, Atlanta, November 2019.
• Ospina, A. M., and M. Kezunovic, “A Data-Driven Framework for Optimal Placement of Grid-Connected Solar Generation,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, Aug. 2019.
• Qian, C., M. Kezunovic, “Power System Fundamental Frequency Estimation Using Unscented Kalman Filter,” Accepted for IEEE PES General Meeting 2019, Atlanta GA, August 2019.
• Qian, C. , M. Kezunovic, “Hybridization Framework for Improved Dynamic Phasor Parameter Estimation Algorithms,” (Accepted) 2019 IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies North America (ISGT NA 2019), Washington, D.C., USA, February 2019.
• Seidl, C., and M. Kezunovic, “Tools for End-to-end Analysis, Calibration and Troubleshooting of Synchrophasor Systems,” ISGT Europe 2019, Bucharest, Romania, 2019.
• Soleimani, M., C. Affonso, M. Kezunovic, “Transformer Loss of Life Mitigation in the Presence of Energy Storage and PV Generation,” 2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), Bucharest, Romania, 2019.
• Soleimani, M. and M. Kezunovic, “Economic Evaluation of Transformer Loss of Life Mitigation by Energy Storage and PV Generation,” 14th International Conference on Deregulated Electricity Market Issues in South-Eastern Europe-DEMSEE 2019, Greece, September 2019

2018

• Affonso, M., M. Kezunovic, “Probabilistic Assessment of Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Impact on Residential Distribution Transformer Aging“, to be presented at International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems – PMAPS, 2018, Boise, Idaho.
•  Affonso, M., Q.Yan, M. Kezunovic, “Risk Assessment of Transformer Loss-of-Life due to PEV Charging in a Parking Garage with PV Generation“, to be presented at IEEE PES General Meeting, 2018, Portland.
• Birchfield, A. , “Security Considerations in Transmission Planning for Creating Large Synthetic Power Grids,” IEEE Power Systems Conference, Charleston, SC, Sep. 4-7, 2018.
• Dokic, T. , M. Pavlovski, Dj. Gligorijevic, M. Kezunovic, Z. Obradovic, “Spatially Aware Ensemble-Based Learning to Predict Weather-Related Outages in Transmission,” to be presented at The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – HICSS, Maui, Hawaii, January 2019.
•  Dokic, T., M. Kezunovic, “Optimized Asset Management in Distribution Systems Based on Predictive Risk Analysis,” Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion – MEDPOWER, Dubrovnik, Croatia, November 2018.
• Kezunovic, M., T. Dokic, R. Said, “Optimal Placement of Line Surge Arresters Based on Predictive Risk Framework Using Spatiotemporally Correlated Big Data,” CIGRE General Session, Paris, France, Aug. 2018.
•  Leite, J., J. Mantovani, T. Dokic, Q. Yan, P.-C. Chen, M. Kezunovic, “Resiliency Assessment in Distribution Networks Using GIS Based Predictive Risk Analytics,” to be presented at IEEE PES 2018 Transmission and Distribution Latin America (T&D LA), Peru, Sep. 18-21, 2018.

June

•  Tasdighi, M. and M. Kezunovic, “Hierarchically Coordinated Protection: A Key Element in Improving Power System Resilience,” IEEE International Energy Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, June 3-7, 2018.

April

•  Qian, C. and, M. Kezunovic, “A Novel Time-Frequency Analysis for Power System Waveforms Based on Pseudo-Wavelets,” IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, Denver, CO, USA, April 16-19, 2018.

January

•  Kezunovic, M.,  Z. Obradovic, T. Dokic, S. Roychoudhury, “Systematic Framework for Integration of Weather Data into Prediction Models for the Electric Grid Outage and Asset Management Applications,” The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – HICSS, Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, January 2018.

2017

October

• Dokic,T., M. Kezunovic, “Real-Time Weather Hazard Assessment for Power System Emergency Risk Management,” CIGRE Grid of the Future 2017, Cleveland, OH, October 24, 2017.

September

• Leite,J., J. Mantovani, T. Dokic, Q. Yan, P.-C. Chen, M. Kezunovic, “Failure Probability Metric by Machine Learning for Online Risk Assessment in Distribution Networks,” to be presented in IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT-LA), Quito, Ecuador, September 20-22, 2017.
• Johnson,J., S. Hossain-McKenzie, U. Bui, S. Etigowni, . Davis, S. Zonouz, “Improving Power System Neural Network Construction Using Modal Analysis”, International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power (ISAP), San Antonio, Texas, USA, September 17-21, 2017.
• Chen,P.C. and M. Kezunovic, “Load Consumption Prediction Utilizing Historical Weather Data and Climate Change Projections,” International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power (ISAP), San Antonio, Texas, USA, September 17-21, 2017.
• Yan,Q., C. Qian,  B. Zhang, M. Kezunovic, “Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Demand in Distribution Systems,” International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power (ISAP), San Antonio, Texas, USA, September 17-21, 2017.
• Hossain-McKenzie,S., K. Davis, M. Kazerooni, S. Etigowni, S. Zonouz, “Distributed Controller Role and Interaction Discovery,” International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power (ISAP), San Antonio, Texas, USA, September 17-21, 2017.

August

• Kezunovic, M., T. Dokic, “Predictive Asset Management Under Weather Impacts Using Big Data, Spatiotemporal Data Analytics and Risk Based Decision-Making,” 10th Bulk Power Systems Dynamics and Control Symposium – IREP’2017, Espinho, Portugal, August 2017.

July

• Chen, P.-C.  and, M. Kezunovic, “Weather Variation and Climate Change Impacts on Power System,” Proceeding IEEE PES General Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 16-20, 2017.
•  Qian, C. and, M. Kezunovic, “Spectral Interpolation for Frequency Measurement at Off-Nominal Frequencies,” Proceeding IEEE PES General Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 16-20, 2017.

June

• Phillips, D., T Xu, T Overbye, “Analysis of economic criteria in the creation of realistic synthetic power systems,” PowerTech, 2017 IEEE Manchester, June 2017.

May

• Hao He; Jiang Hu; Dilma Da Silva,” Enhancing Datacenter Management through Temporal Logic Constraints“, 2017 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 2017, pp. 133 – 142
• Kezunovic,M., T. Dokic, and P.-C. Chen, “Big Data Uses for Risk Assessment in Predictive Outage and Asset Management,” CIGRE Dublin Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, May 29-June 2, 2017.

April

• Zhang, B. , Q. Yan, M. Kezunovic, “Placement of EV charging stations integrated with PV generation and battery storage,” 2017 Twelfth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), Monaco, April 11-13, 2017.

February

• Kazerooni, M ., TJ Overbye,  “Incorporating the geomagnetic disturbance models into the existing power system test cases,” Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI). February 2017.
• Overbye, T.J., Z Mao, KS Shetye, J.D. Weber, “An interactive, extensible environment for power system simulation on the PMU time frame with a cyber security application,” Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), February 2017.
• Xu, T., W. Jang, T.J. Overbye, “Investigation of inertia’s locational impacts on primary frequency response using large-scale synthetic network models,” Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI). Febraury 2017.

January

• Begovic,M., I. Kim, B. Vidakovic, P. Djuric, V. Jeremic, “Impact of Short-Term Variations in the Generation Output of Geographically Dispersed PV Systems“, Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICCS2017), Hawaii, January 4-7 2017.
• Kezunovic,M., A. Esmaeilian, G. Manimaran, A. Mehrizi-Sani, “The Use of System in the Loop, Hardware in the Loop, and Co-modeling of Cyber-Physical Systems in Developing and Evaluating Smart Grid Solutions,” 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICCS2017), Hawaii, January 4-7 2017.

2016

December

• Liu, Y., H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, “Quasi-Z-Source Modular Cascaded Converter for High-Power Photovoltaic System”, ICIT, Bhubaneswar, India, December 2016.
• Liu, Y.,  Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, “Model Predictive Control of Matrix Converter Based Solid State Transformer”, ICIT, Bhubaneswar, India, December 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., S. Bayhan, H. Abu-Rub, “Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control for Grid-Tie Quasi-Z-Source based Multilevel Inverter”, ICIT, Bhubaneswar, India, December 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, “1-MW Quasi-Z-Source based Multilevel PV Energy Conversion System”, ICIT, Bhubaneswar, India, December 2016.

October

• Bayhan, S., P. Kakosimos, H. Abu-Rub, J. Rodriguez, “Model predictive control of five-level h-bridge neutral-point-clamped qzs inverter”, IECON, Florence, Italy, October 2016.
• Bayhan, S., M. Trabelsi, O. Ellabban, H. Abu-Rub, R. S. Balog, “A Five-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped/H-Bridge Quasi-Impedance Source Inverter for Grid Connected PV System”, IECON, Florence, Italy, October 2016.
• Becejac, T., P. Dehghanian, M. Kezunovic, “Probabilistic Assessment of PMU Integrity for Planning of Periodic Maintenance and Testing,” IEEE Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Beijing, China, October 2016.
• Dokic, T., P.-C. Chen, M. Kezunovic, “Risk Analysis for Assessment of Vegetation Impact on Outages in Electric Power Systems,” CIGRE US National Committe 2016 Grid of the Future Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, October-November 2016.
• Esmaeilian, A., M. Kezunovic, “Prevention of Cascading Outages Using Sparse Wide Area Synchrophasor Measurements,” IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Europe (ISGT), Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2016.
• Iqbal, A., M. Mohammad, S. Rahman, L. Ben-brahim, H. Abu-Rub, A. Rashid, “A Hybrid Active and Reactive Power Control with Quasi Z-Source Inverter in Single-Phase Grid-Connected PV systems”, IECON, Florence, Italy, October 2016.
• Kakosimos, P., S. Bayhan, H. Abu-Rub, “Single-phase cascaded h-bridge neutral-point clamped inverter: a comparison between mpc and pi control”, IECON, Florence, Italy, October 2016.
• Kezunovic, M., P. Dehghanian, J. Sztipanovits, “An Incremental System-of-Systems Integration Modelling of Cyber-Physical Electric Power Systems,” CIGRE US National Committe 2016 Grid of the Future Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, October-November 2016.
• Kezunovic, M., A. Esmaeilian, T. Becejac, P. Dehghanian, C. Qian, “Life Cycle Management Tools for Synchrophasor Systems: Why We Need Them and What They Should Entail,” Workshop on Control of Transmission and Distribution Smart Grids (CTDSG 2016), Prague, Czech Republic, October 2016.
• Liu Y., B. Ge, H. Abu-Rub, “An active power decoupling quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter”, IECON, Florence, Italy, October 2016.
• Tasdighi, M., M. Kezunovic, “Robust Protection of Power Transmission Systems in Today’s Restructured Environment,” US CIGRE Grid of Future Symposium 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2016.
• Xiao S., M. Metry, M. Trabelsi, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “A model predictive control technique for utility-scale grid connected battery systems using packed u cells multilevel inverter”, IECON, Florence, Italy, October 2016.

September

• Becejac, T., P. Dehghanian, M. Kezunovic, “Impact of PMU Errors on the Synchrophasor-based Fault Location Algorithms,” 48th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Denver, Colorado, USA, September 2016.
• Qian, C., M. Kezunovic, Dynamic Synchrophasor Estimation with Modified Hybrid Method. IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technology (ISGT 2016), Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2016.
• Wang, W., Garng M. Huang, “Impacts of smart grid topology control on power system stability with renewable integration,” 2017 North American Power Symposium (NAPS). September 2016.
• Lan, T., W. Wang, G. M Huang, “A critical switching flow index for transient stability assessment in smart grid topology control,” Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society, September 2016.
• Becejac, T., P. Dehghanian, and M. Kezunovic, “Analysis of PMU Algorithm Errors During Fault Transients and Out-of-Step Disturbances,” IEEE PES 2016 Transmission and Distribution Latin America (T&D LA), Morelia, Mexico, September 2016.
• Ge, B., Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, R. S. Balog, Y. Xue, “Modeling, Analysis, and Impedance Design of Battery Energy Stored Single-Phase Quasi-Z-Source Photovoltaic Inverter System”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Ge, B., X. Li, H. Zhang, Y. Liu, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Direct Instantaneous Ripple Power Predictive Control for Active Ripple Decoupling of Single-Phase Inverter”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Liu, Y., Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, R. S. Balog, Y. Xue, “Model Predictive Control of A Matrix-Converter Based Solid State Transformer for Utility Grid Interaction”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Liu, Y., B. Ge, H. Abu-Rub, H. Zhang, R. S. Balog, “Comparison of SiC and GaN Devices for Front-End Isolation of Quasi-Z-Source Cascaded Multilevel Photovoltaic Inverter”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Leite, J., J. R. Mantovani, T. Dokic, Q. Yan,  and P.-C. Chen, and M. Kezunovic, “The Impact of Time Series-based Interruption Cost on Online Risk Assessment in Distribution Networks,” IEEE PES 2016 Transmission and Distribution Latin America (T&D LA), Morelia, Mexico, September 2016. (Accepted)
• Metry, M., M. B. Shadmand, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “A Variable Step-Size MPPT for Sensorless Current Model Predictive Control for Photovoltaic Systems”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Metry, M., S. Bayhan, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Sensorless Current-Based Model Predictive Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of Single-Phase subMultilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., M. Ghanes, O. Ellabban, H. Abu-Rub, Lazhar Ben-Brahim, “An Interconnected Observer for Modular Multilevel Converter”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., S. Bayhan, S. S. Refaat, H. Abu-Rub, L. Ben-Brahim, “Multi-Objective Model Predictive Control for 15-Level Packed U Cells Inverter”, EPE, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 2016.
• Zhang, H., B. Ge, Y. Liu, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Comparison of GaN and SiC Power Devices in Application to MW-scale Quasi-Z-Source Cascaded Multilevel Inverters”, ECCE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2016.

August

• Ellabban, O., S. Bayhan, M. Trabelsi, H. Abu-Rub, “Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control for an Induction Motor fed by a Matrix Converter”, ECRES, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., S. Bayhan, H. Abu-Rub, L. Ben-Brahim, “Performance Enhancement of Cascaded qZS-HB Multilevel Inverter using Model Predictive Control”, ECRES, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., M. Ghanes, M. Mansouri, S. Bayhan, H. Abu-Rub, “An Adaptive Observer for Grid-Tied Packed U Cells Multilevel Inverter”, ECRES, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2016.

July

• Zhang, B., P. Dehghanian, and M. Kezunovic, “Spatial-Temporal Solar Power Forecast through Use of Gaussian Conditional Random Fields,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2016.
• Yan, Q., T. Dokic, and M. Kezunovic, “Predicting Impact of Weather Caused Blackouts on Electricity Customers Based on Risk Assessment,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2016.

June

• Bayhan, S., M. Trabelsi, H. Abu-Rub, “Model Predictive Control of Three-Phase Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped qZS Inverter”, Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, Bydgoszcz, Poland, June 2016.
• Esmaeilian, A., and M. Kezunovic, “Controlled Islanding to Prevent Cascade Outages Using Constrained Spectral k-Embedded Clustering” 19th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2016), Genoa, Italy, June 2016.
• Yan, Q., B. Zhang, and M. Kezunovic, “The Demand Response Support Under Weather Impacts Using PV Generation and EV Energy Storage,” Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference, Florence, Italy, June 2016.

May

• Dehghanian, P. and M. Kezunovic, “Probabilistic Impact of Transmission Line Switching on Power System Operating States,” IEEE Power and Energy Systems (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference and Exposition, May 2-5, 2016, Dallas, USA.
• C. Qian and M. Kezunovic, “Synchrophasor Reference Algorithm for PMU Calibration System,” IEEE Power and Energy Systems (PES) Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Conference and Exposition, May 2-5, 2016, Dallas, USA.

 April

• Kezunovic, M., et al., “Looking into the Future Protection, Automation and Control Systems,” Paper presented by Working Group K15 on Centralized Substation Protection and Control, IEEE Power System Relaying Committee, April 2016.
• Liu, Y., W. Wang, Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, “Control of Single-Stage AC-AC Solid State Transformer for Power Exchange Between Grids”, ICIEA, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, April 2016.
• Yan, Q., T. Dokic, and M. Kezunovic, “GIS-Based Risk Assessment for Electric Power Consumers under Severe Weather Conditions,” 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference – MELECON 2016, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2016.

March

• Bayhan, S., M. Trabelsi, H. Abu-Rub, “Model Predictive Control of Z-Source Four-Leg Inverter for Standalone Photovoltaic System with Unbalanced Load”, APEC, Long Beach, California, March 2016.
• Liu, Y., H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, “Front-End Isolated Quasi-Z-Source DC-DC Converter Modules in Series for Photovoltaic High-Voltage DC Applications”, APEC, Long Beach, California, March 2016.

February

• Metry, M., S. Bayhan, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Model Predictive Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of Single-Phase SubMultilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems”, PECI, Champaign, Illinois, February 2016.
• Trabelsi, M., S. Bayhan, H. Abu-Rub, L. Ben-Brahim, M. M. Metry, “An Effective Model Predictive Control for Grid Connected Packed U Cells Multilevel Inverter”, PECI, Champaign, Illinois, February 2016.

January

• Dokic, T., P. Dehghanian, P.-C. Chen, M. Kezunovic, Z. Medina-Cetina, J. Stojanovic, and Z. Obradovic “Risk Assessment of a Transmission Line Insulation Breakdown due to Lightning and Severe Weather,” HICCS – Hawaii International Conference on System Science, Kauai, Hawaii, January 2016.

2015

November

• Abduallah, A., A. Iqbal, M. Meraj, L. Ben-Brahim, R. Alammari, H. Abu-Rub, “Discontinuous Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Techniques for a Five-Phase Quasi Z-Source Inverter”, IECON, Yokohama, Japan, November 2015.
• Bayhan, S., H. Abu-Rub, “Model Predictive Control of Quasi-Z Source Three-Phase Four-Leg Inverter”, IECON, Yokohama, Japan, November 2015.
• Meraj, M., A. Iqbal, L. Ben-Brahim, R. Alammari, H. Abu-Rub, “A High Efficiency and High Reliability Single-Phase Modified Quasi Z-Source Inverter For Non-Isolated Grid-Connected Applications”, IECON, Yokohama, Japan, November 2015.
• Metry, M., R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “High Efficiency MPPT by Model Predictive Control Considering Load Disturbances for Photovoltaic Applications Under Dynamic Weather Condition”, IECON, Yokohama, Japan, November 2015.
• Refaat, S., H. Abu-Rub, “ANN-Based Diagnosis of Incipient Stator Winding Turn Faults for Three-Phase Induction Motors in the Presence of Unbalanced Supply Voltage” IECON, Yokohama, Japan, November 2015.

October

• Bayhan, S., H. Abu-Rub, Z. Salam, “An Autonomous Frequency and Voltage Controller for Standalone Doubly Fed Induction Generator”, CENCON, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, October 2015.
• Chen, P.-C., T. Dokic, N. Stokes, D. W. Goldberg and M. Kezunovic, “Predicting Weather-Associated Impacts in Outage Management Utilizing the GIS Framework,” IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT-LA), Montevideo, Uruguay, October 2015.
• Li, M., H. Abu-Rub, Y. Liu, B. Ge, “SiC Power Devices and Applications in Quasi-Z-Source Converters/Inverters”, CENCON, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, October 2015.

September

• Dehghanian, P. and M. Kezunovic, “Impact Assessment of Power System Topology Control on System Reliability”, IEEE Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Porto, Portugal, September 2015.
• Khalil, S., H. Abu-Rub, “Implementation of Smart Residential Energy Management System for Smart Grid”, ECCE, Montreal, Canada, September 2015.
• Li, X., M. B. Shadmand, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Harmonics Constraint Minimum Energy Controller for Grid-tied Inverter by Means of Model Predictive Control Technique”, ECCE, Montreal, Canada, September 2015.
• Liang, W., Y. Liu, H. Abu-Rub, B. Ge, “State-of-Charge Balancing Control for Battery Energy Stored Quasi-Z Source Cascaded Multilevel Inverter based Photovoltaic Power System”, ECCE, Montreal, Canada, September 2015.
• Meraj, M., A. Iqbal, L. Ben-Brahim, R. alammari, H. Abu-Rub, “A High Efficiency and High Reliability Single-Phase Modified Quasi Z-Source Inverter For Non-Isolated Grid-Connected Applications”, UPEC, Staffordshire University, England, UK, September 2015.
• Metry, M., M. B. Shadmand, R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic Systems using Sensorless Current-Based Model Predictive Control”, ECCE, Montreal, Canada, September 2015.
• Nie, N., Y. Liu, B. Ge, H. Abu-Rub, “Three-phase/single-phase quasi-Z-source matrix converter: circuit topology, model, and analysis”, ECCE, Montreal, Canada, September 2015.
• Refaat, S., H. Abu-Rub, “ANN-Based System for Inter-turn Stator Winding Fault Tolerant DTC for Induction Motor Drives”, EPE’15-ECCE Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015.
• Shadmand, M. B., R. S. Balog, H. Abu-Rub, “Auto Tuning Approach of Cost Function Weight Factors in Model Predictive Control for Matrix Converter VAR Compensator Application”,  ECCE, Montreal, Canada, September 2015.
• Zhang, B., P. Dehghanian, and M. Kezunovic, “Simulation of Weather Impacts on the Wholesale Electricity Market“, DEMSEE, Budapest, Hungary, September, 2015.

July

• Tasdighi, M. and M. Kezunovic, “Impact Analysis of Network Topology Change on Transmission Distance Relay Settings“, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver CO, July 2015.

June

• Darijevic, M., M. Jones, E. Levi, A. Iqbal, H. Abu-Rub, “Performance comparison of two four-level five-phase open-end winding drives”, ISIE, Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2015.
• Ellabban, O., H. Abu-Rub, “Renewables, Energy Storage and Power Electronics as Enabling Technologies for the Smart Grid”, ISIE, Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2015.
• Esmaeilian, A. and M. Kezunovic, “Testbed Study of Electromechanical Wave Propagation Impacts on Protective Devices,” International Conference on Power Systems Transients (IPST 2015), Croatia, June 15-18^th 2015.
• Kezunovic, M., P. C. Chen, A. Esmaeilian, and M. Tasdighi, “Hierarchically Coordinated Protection: An Integrated Concept of Corrective, Predictive, and Inherently Adaptive Protection,” Actual trends in development of Power System Relay Protection and Automation (CIGRE2015), Sochi, Russia, June 1-5^th 2015.

April

• Ellabban, O., H. Abu-Rub, “Energy Storage as an Enabling Technology for the Smart Grid”, TAMUQ Annual Research and Industry showcase, Qatar, April 2015.

March

• Metry, M. and M. Shadmand, “Sensitivity Analysis to Model Parameter Errors of MPPT by Model Predictive Control for Photovoltaic Applications”, First Workshop on Smart Grid & Renewable Energy, Doha, Qatar, March 2015.
• Shadmand, M. and X. Li, “Model Predictive Control or Grid-tied Photovoltaic Systems: Maximum Power Point Tracking and Decoupled Power Control”, First Workshop on Smart Grid & Renewable Energy, Doha, Qatar, March 2015.

January

• Dehghanian, P., T. Popovic, and M. Kezunovic, “Assessing the Impact of Power System Topology Control on Circuit Breaker Reliability and Electric Safety,” IEEE Industrial Application Society (IAS) Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW), Louisville, KY, USA, January 2015.
• Kezunovic, M., T. Dokic, P.C. Chen and V. Malbasa, “Improved Transmission Line Fault Location Using Automated Correlation of Big Data from Lightning Strikes and Fault-induced Traveling Waves,” HICCS – Hawaii International Conference on System Science, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, January 2015.

2014

November

• Qian, H. and J. Silva-Martinez, “A 44.9% PAE Digital-Assisted Linear Power Amplifier in 40 nm CMOS”, IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 10-13th, 2014.

September

• Chen, P.-C., V. Malbasa, T. Dokic, M. Kezunovic and Y. Dong, “Sensitivity of Voltage Sag Based Fault Location in Distribution Network to Sub-Cycle Faults,” in The 46th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Pullman, WA, USA, September 2014.
• Dehghanian, P., T. Popovic and M. Kezunovic, “Circuit Breaker Operational Health Assessment via Condition Monitoring Data,” in The 46th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Pullman, WA, USA, September 2014.
• Esmaeilian, A. and M. Kezunovic, “Evaluation of Fault Analysis Tool under Power Swing and Out-of-Step Conditions,” in The 46th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Pullman, WA, USA, September 2014.
• Wang, Y., Z. Xu, J. Zhang, L. Xu, H. Wang and G. Gu, “SRID: State Relation based Intrusion Detection for False Data Injection Attacks in SCADA”, 19th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS’14), Wroclaw, Poland, September 2014.
• Yan, Q., B. Zhang and M. Kezunovic, “Optimization of Electric Vehicle Movement for Efficient Energy Consumption,” in The 46th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Pullman, WA, USA, September 2014.

August

• Chen, P.C., V. Malbasa and M. Kezunovic, “Sensitivity Analysis of Voltage Sag Based Fault Location Algorithm,” in The 18th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), Wroclaw, Poland, August 2014.

July

• Chen, P.C., Y. Dong, V. Malbasa and M. Kezunovic, “Uncertainty of Measurement Error in Intelligent Electronic Devices,” in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Washinton, DC, July 2014.

June

• Chen, P. C., T. Dokic, M. Kezunovic, “The Use of Big Data for Outage Management in Distribution Systems,” in International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED) Workshop, Rome, Italy, June 2014.
• Yan, Q., I. Manickam, M. Kezunovic, L. Xie, “A Multi-tiered Real-time Pricing Algorithm for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations,” in 2014 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC’14), Dearborn, MI, USA, June 2014.

April

• Chen, P. C., V. Malbasa, M. Kezunovic, “Locating Sub-Cycle Faults in Distribution Network Applying Half-Cycle DFT Method,”  in IEEE Power and Energy Society Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), Chicago, IL, USA, April 2014.
• Kezunovic, M., D. Sevcik, R. Lunsford, B. Clowe, T. Popovic, “20 Years and Counting: Deploying a System for Automated Analysis of Transmission Line Faults,” in 17th Annual Georgia Tech Fault and Disturbance Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, April 2014.

January

• Kezunovic, M., T. Popovic, G. Gurrala, P. Dehghanian, A. Esmaeilian, M. Tasdighi, “Reliable Implementation of Robust Adaptive Topology Control,” in HICCS – Hawaii International Conference on System Science, Manoa, HI, USA, January 2014.

2013

September

• Chen, P. C., V. Malbasa and M. Kezunovic, “Analysis of Voltage Stability Issues with Distributed Generation Penetration in Distribution Networks,” in The 45th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Manhattan, KS, USA, September 2013.
• Dehghanian, P. and M. Kezunovic, “Cost/Benefit Analysis for Circuit Breaker Maintenance Planning and Scheduling,” in The 45th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Manhattan, KS, USA, September 2013.
• Esmaeilian, A. and M. Kezunovic, “An Impedance Based Fault Location Algorithm for Tapped Lines Using Local Measurements,” in The 45th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Manhattan, KS, USA, September 2013.

August

• Kezunovic, M., L. Xie, S. Grijalva, “The Role of Big Data in Improving Power System Operation and Protection,” in Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control Symposium, Rethymnon, Greece, Aug 2013.

July

• Abdullah, A., A. Esmaeilian, G. Gurrala, P. Dutta, T. Popovic, M. Kezunovic, “Test Bed for Cascading Failure Scenarios Evaluation”, in IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jul. 2013.
• Dehghanian, P., M. Kezunovic, G. Gurunath, Y. Guan, “Security-Based Circuit Breaker Maintenance Management”, in IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jul. 2013.
• Guan, Y., P. Dehghanian, M. Kezunovic, G. Gurunath, “Assessing Circuit Breaker Life Cycle using Condition-based Data”, in IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jul. 2013.
• Zheng, C., V. Malbasa and M. Kezunovic, “Online Estimation of Oscillatory Stability Using Synchrophasors and a Measurement-based Approach,” in 17th International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems (ISAP), Tokyo, Japan, Jul 2013.
• Zhang, B. and M. Kezunovic, “Impact of Available Electric Vehicle Battery Power Capacity on Power System Reliability,” in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Jul 2013.
• Chen, P.C., M. Kezunovic, “Analysis of the Impact of Distributed Generation Placement on Voltage Profile in Distribution Systems,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Jul 2013.

June

• Malbasa, V., C. Zheng and M. Kezunovic, ”Power System Online Stability Assessment Using Active Learning and Synchrophasor Data,” in Power Tech 2013, Grenoble, France, Jun 2013.

May

• Kezunovic, M. and B.  Matic Cuka, “Hierarchical Coordinated Protection With High Penetration of Smart Grid Renewable Resources (2.3),” in PSerc/DOE Workshop, Madison, WI, May 2013.
• Popovic, T., M. Kezunovic and B. Krstajic, “Software Architecture for Automated Fault Analysis: Scalable Deployment and Use of Open Source,” in 16th Annual Georgia Tech Fault and Disturbance Analysis Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2013.

April

• Kezunovic, M., “The Next Generation EMS Design,” in CIGRE Lisbon Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, Apr 2013.

January

• Kezunovic, M. and A. Bose, “The Future EMS Design Requirements”, in 46th HICCS Hawaii Int. Conf. on System Sciences, HI, Published, Jan. 2013.

2012

October

• Matic-Cuka, B. and M. Kezunovic, ‘’Improving Smart Grid Operation with New Hierarchically Coordinated Protection Approach”, in 8th Mediterranean Conf. on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2012), Cagliari, Italy, Published, Oct. 2012.
• Zheng, C., Vuk Malbasa and M. Kezunovic, “A Fast Stability Analysis Scheme based on Classification and Regression Tree”, in POWERCON 2012, Auckland, New Zealand, Published, Oct. 2012.

September

• Guan, Y., M. Kezunovic, Alex Sprintson, Muxi Yan, “Verifying Interoperability and Application Performance of PDCs in Synchrophasor System Solution”, in 43rd North American Power Symposium, Urbana-Champaign, MA, Published, Sep. 2012.
• Yan, Q. and M. Kezunovic, “Impact Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging on Distribution System”, in 43rd North American Power Symposium, Urbana-Champaign, MA, Published, Sep.2012.

August

• Kezunovic, M., M. Datta-Barua, D.R. Sevick, B. Fardanesh, J. Waligorski, T. Popovic, “Automated Data Retrieval, Analysis and Operational Response Using Substation Intelligent Electronic Devices”, in 44th CIGRE General Session, Paris, France, Published, Aug. 2012.