Foreword
Contents of Chapters
Biographies
Bibliography
Acknowledgment
Appendix
Index of Topics
Links
completed his MS in 1989 and Ph.D. in 1993 from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute and Clarkson University, respectively. He has been working on Con-Ed
research fellowship and won the US Department of Energy Research proposal. He started work
in Power Technologies Inc. Schenectady, NY, USA. Currently, he is working in the
Electrical Department of University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He is
also working as a consultant in Precision POWER-tek International Private Limited, Lahore,
Pakistan and working on system studies projects for different utilities in association
with power technologies Inc. USA and Stone studies related to utilities and private power
additions. He is a member of the IEEE and PES working group on harmonics in Power
systems.
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(student member’94) received
her BS/EE and MS/EE degrees from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, in 1992 and
University of Missouri-Rolla in 1996, respectively. She is currently working towards her
Ph.D. degree in the Electrical Engineering Department of Virginia Tech. Her research
interests include power system stability, control and transient analysis.
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(M 70) was born in Eastman, GA, on August 5, 1948.
He received his BEE degree from Auburn University in 1970. He is a Principal Engineer in
Enhanced Power Quality at Alabama Power Co. in Birmingham, AL, where he mainly performs
voltage flicker and harmonic analyses. He is a member of IEEE, PES, and IAS and is a
registered professional engineer in Alabama and Georgia.
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(M 94) received his Electrical Engineering Diploma
from National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1982, and the MSEE and
Ph.D. degrees from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and the University of
Texas at Austin in 1988 and 1994, respectively. From 1995 through 1998, he worked in the
Operations Planning Department of Siemens Power Systems Control, a Division of Siemens
Power Transmission & Distribution, LLC. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Electrical Engineering at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His areas
of interest include power systems optimization, harmonics, and power quality. Dr. Chang is
a member of Tau Beta Pi and a registered professional engineer in the state of Minnesota.
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(S86, M94) received his Ph.D. degree from the
University of Toledo, Ohio in 1995, in Electrical Engineering. Since 1992, he has been
associated with Operation Technology, Inc., where he is involved in the development of
computer software for power system modeling and simulation studies, and currently serves
as Vice President of Advanced Technology. His interests and experience include power
system stability study and improvement, power system harmonic analysis and correction,
industrial power system conceptual design, and computer modeling and simulation of power
system operation and control. Dr. Dai is a member of IEEE-PES and IEEE-IAS where he serves
as secretary of the Power System Analysis Subcommittee and the Chair of the Low-Order
Harmonics Task Force of the IAS Harmonics Working Group.
(M 93) received his BEE, MS,
and Ph.D. degrees from Auburn University in 1988, 1989, and 1993, respectively. He
is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Mississippi State University. His teaching interests include power systems,
control systems, and network analysis. His research interests are in the areas of modeling
and simulation techniques for large-scale power systems, power system transients and
harmonics, and computer algorithms. He is active in the IEEE Power Engineering Society and
Industry Applications Society, where he serves as chairman of the IEEE-IAS Working Group
on Harmonics.
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(M 97) received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from West
Virginia University in 1987. He is currently an associate professor with the Department of
Electrical Engineering at Southern Illinois University. His interests include power
electronics, HVDC, and modeling and simulation of power systems.
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received his B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees all in
Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1969, 1971, and 1980,
respectively. He joined Kumamoto University in 1971, and he currently is a Professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. During the period of June 1985 through
September 1986, he was at Clarkson University, and was involved with power system
harmonics research. His current interests include intelligent control of electric power
systems using fuzzy logic control and neural networks, measurement and real time control
of photovoltaic systems, and harmonic analysis of distribution systems. He is a senior
member of IEEE, and a member of IEE of Japan, SICE of Japan, and the Japan Solar Energy
Society.
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is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received the BS degree from Xian Jiatong
University, China, in 1978, and MS and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University in 1985
and 1989, respectively. Dr. Liu is the recipient of the 1993 National Science Foundation
Young Investigator Award and the 1994 Presidential Faculty Fellow Award.
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received his
B.S.E.E. in 1972, the M.S.E.E. in 1977 and the Ph.D. in 1980, all from Iowa State
University. From 1972 through 1976, he worked in the Operational Analysis Department,
Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Illinois. Since 1979, he has been at Clarkson
University, where he is Professor of Electrical Engineering. During the 1993-1994 year, he
was Guest Professor of the Advanced Technology of Electrical Engineering Chair, Kumamoto
University. His current interests include power system harmonics, power electronics,
machine control, and power system protection. He is a senior member of IEEE, and a member
of Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi.
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(SM) received his BE degree from the Indian Institute
of Science, India, the MSEE from New Mexico State University, and the Ph.D. from the
University of Florida. He is currently a professor at New Mexico State University. His
teaching and research interests are in power systems, machinery, power electronics, and AI
applications in operation and control. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi, and
serves as the counselor for the student branch at NMSU.
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received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, in 1975, completed the Electric Power
Systems Engineering Course with Power Technologies, Inc. (PTI), in 1979, and received the
Ph.D. from the University of Manchester - UMIST, England, in 1985. Dr. Ribeiro is a Senior
Member of the IEEE, member of the CIGRE International Voltage Quality Working Group 36-05,
and Vice-Chairman of the IEEE Task Force on Harmonics Modeling and Simulation. Dr. Ribeiro
conducted research at NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Electric Power
Research Center, Palo Alto, California, and has taught electrical engineering in Brazil
and the USA (full-time and part-time) since 1978. Dr. Ribeiro is presently with the Naval
Nuclear Fuel Division of BWX Technologies, in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he is a Power
Systems Chief Engineer.
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obtained his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada, in 1989. From 1990 to 1996, he was with PowerTech Labs Inc. and B.C.
Hydro as an electrical engineer. He joined the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, as
an Associate Professor or Electrical Engineering in September 1996. Dr. Xu’s research
interests are in the areas of power quality, voltage stability, and distribution
automation
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is a research scientist of Electrical Engineering at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from Tsinghua University, China, in 1990, 1992 and 1996, respectively. His current
research interests are power quality, power system equipment modeling, monitoring and
diagnoses.
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