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Significant Funded Projects

  1. Co-Investigator (Co-PIs A.D. Patton, J. Foster), Large Scale System Effectiveness Analysis, US Department of Energy, $300,000, 1978-99
  2. Principal Investigator, Modeling of Unit Operating - Considerations in Generating Capacity Reliability Evaluation, EPRI RP153 4-1, Project No. RF 4220-1, 3, Jan. 1980 to May 1982,  $103,817.00
  3. Principal Investigator, Reliability Evaluation of Electric Power Systems with Unconventional Energy Sources, Center for Energy & Mineral Resources (CEMR) Project 12970, $23,500.00
  4. Principal Investigator, Reliability Modeling of Interconnected Systems Recognizing Operating Considerations, EPRI RP 1534-2, Project RF 4908, starting June 1983, $102,151.00.
  5. Co-PI, Study of Effect of Load Management on Generating System Reliability, EPRI Project RP 1955-3, 1984, $75,000.00.
  6. Principal Investigator, Reliability Evaluation of Bulk Power Systems, Center for Energy & Mineral Resources, Nov. 1984 - Aug. 1985, $8,000.00.
  7. Principal Investigator (Co-PI A.D. Patton), Reliability Study of Space Station Electrical Power System, NASA - Johnson Space Center, Jan. 1985, $46,167.00.
  8. Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs, A.D. Patton, M. Ehsani, Bob Nevels), Conceptual Design of Power Management and Distribution System for Space Station, NASA - Johnson Space Center, Jan. 1985, $54,386.00.
  9. Principal Investigator, Reliability Evaluation of Generation Systems Including the Effect of Energy Limitations, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, 1986-1987, $13,200.00.
  10. Principal Investigator (Co-PI A. D. Patton), Reliability Analysis of Space Electric Power System, NASA, JSC, Jan. 1987, $57,367.00.
  11. Co- PI, Reliability Modeling and Evaluation in Power Systems, funded by U.S.-Yugoslav Join Board on Scientific & Technological Cooperation.
  12. Co-Principal Investigator, (PI M. Styblinski) Optimal Engineering Design Methodologies for High Manufacturing Yield and Reliability, Institute for Innovation in Design and Engineering, TAMU, 1987, $13,680.00.
  13. Principal Investigator, A Knowledge Based Approach to Power System Reliability Evaluation Including Station Originated Outages, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, 1987-88, $13,600.00.
  14. Principal Investigator, (Co-PI M. Styblinski) Reliability in the Design and Operation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Program for Automated Manufacturing, 1987-89, $38,500.00.
  15. Principal Investigator, A Realistic and Viable Methodology for Reliability Analysis of Multi-Area Interconnected Power Systems, National Science Foundation, 1987-91, $215,000.00.
  16. Co-PI, (PI: M. Styblinski), New Design Techniques For High Manufacturing Yield and Reliability, Texas Advanced Technology and Research Program, 1988-91, $300,000.00.
  17. PI, Monte Carlo Approach to Estimate Statistics for Bulk Power System Reliability,'' EPRI & PSG&E, 1990-1991, $51,425.00.
  18. PI, Developing a Realistic and Viable Methodology for Reliability Analysis of Multi-Area Interconnected Power Systems, National Science Foundation, 1991-1994, $200,000.00.
  19. Co-PI (PI: P. Enjeti), Effect of High Frequency PWM Waveforms on the Operation of Adjustable Speed AC Motor Drives in Energy Sensing Applications, Energy Resources Program, 1994-1995, $25,000.00.
  20. PI, Analytical Techniques for Probabilistic Production Costing, Geographically Differentiated Marginal Cost, and Reliability Indices in Interconnected Power Systems, National Science Foundation, 1994-1997, $143,311.00.
  21. PI, Open Transmission Access: Challenges and Solutions, Energy Resources Program, 1995-1996, $25,000.00.
  22. Co-PI and Advisor, (PI: P. Enjeti), Acquisition of Advanced Instrumentation and Test Equipment for Research, Education and Training in Electric Power Quality, National Science Foundation, 1994-1995,$446,398.00.
  23. PI, IPA Assignment, National Science Foundation, 1995-1996, $125,313.
  24. Co-PI, (PI- P. Enjeti) Development of An Active Filter to Cancel Neutral Current Harmonics, Texas Higher Education Board, 1996-1998, $126,000.00.
  25. PI, Advanced Power Quality Research, Energy Resources Program, $25,000, 1997-1998.
  26. Co-PI, (PI: M. Styblinski), Comprehensive IC Design for Quality Using a Statistical Behavioral Modeling Approach, Semiconductor Research Corporation, $107,000.00, 1996-1998.
  27. Co-PI, (PI: M. Styblinski), Behavioral Statistical Modeling Approach to Top-Down IC Design for Quality and Manufacturability, Texas Higher Education, Coordinating Board, $179,770.00, 1996-1998.
  28. PI, Electric Power Network Reliability Evaluation Using Self-Organizing Maps, Energy Resource Program, $25,000, 1999-2000
  29. PI, Concepts and Algorithms for Power Network Reliability Evaluation Using Self-Organizing Maps and New Insights into the Structure of State Space, National Science Foundation, $135,212, 1999-2002.
  30. Co-Pi, (PI- G. Huang) Power System Reliability Analysis including Dynamics, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $159,504, 2000-2002
  31. Co-PI (PI – P. Enjeti), Acquisition of Test Equipment, National Science Foundation,$150,000, 2001-2005
  32. Co-PI (with M. Kezunovic, J. McCalley & V. Honavar -Iowa State), Automated Integration of Condition Monitoring with an Optimized Maintenance Scheduler for Circuit Breakers and Power Transformers, $225,000, PSERC, 2002-2005
  33. PI, “Enhancing the Quality and Quantity of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduates”, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $850,192. , 2002 – 2007.
  34. Co-PI (with George Gross of UIUC, Sakis Meliopoulos of Georgia tech and Richard Schuler of Cornell), Reliability Assessment Incorporating Operational Considerations and Economic Aspects for Large Interconnected Grids, $ 180,000, PSERC, 2004- 2006.
  35. PI, “Improving the Quality, Quantity, and Diversity of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduates”, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $313,828. , 2004 – 2006
  36. PI,” SGER: Exploring the future of Distributed Generation and Micro-Grid Networks”, National Science Foundation, $50,000, 2004-2005