Mladen Kezunovic
Eugene E. Webb Professor
Site Director, PSerc
Deputy Director,NSF I/UCRC, Electrical Vehicles-Transportation and Electricty Convergence (EV-TEC)
Director, Power System Control and Protection Laboratory
Fellow, IEEE
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1980
Office: 323C WERC
Phone: 979-845-7509; Fax 979-845-9887
email: kezunov@ece.tamu.edu
Personal Home Page
Current
Texas A&M University, Department of ECEN
| 2000-Present |
Eugene E. Webb Professor |
| 1992-Present | Director, Power Systems Control and Protection Laboratory |
National Science Foundation I/UCRC
| 1999-Present |
Site Director, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) |
| 2010-Present | Deputy Director, Electrical Vehicles-Transportation and Electricty Convergence (EV-TEC) Center |
Test Laboratories International, Inc. d.b.a. XpertPower Associates
| 1992-Present |
President&CEO, Principal Consultant |
Texas Board of Professional Engineers
| 1993-Present |
Registered Professional Engineer, License No. 76824 |
Education
| 1980 | Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas (USA) |
| 1977 | M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas (USA) |
| 1974 | Dipl. Ing. In Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo (former Yugoslavia) |
Expertise
| Protective Relaying, Power Systems, Computational Intellligence, Smart Grids |
Academic Experience
Texas A&M University
| 8/10-8/15 |
Deputy Director, NSF I/UCRC: Electrical Vehicles-Transportation and Electricity Convergence (EV-TEC), Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, TX, U.S.A. |
| 1/10-Present | Leader, Smart Grid Center, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College Station, TX, U.S.A. |
| 8/09-Present | Leader, Smart Energy Campus Initiative, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, TX, U.S.A. |
| 3/09 - 8/10 | Site Director, NSF I/UCRC PHEV/EBV:TEC |
| 1/00 - Present | Eugene. E. Webb Professor |
| 5/99 - Present | Site Director,NSF I/UCRC PSERC |
| 9/96 - Present | Tenured Professor |
| 6/97 -12/06 | Director of Electric Power & Power Electronics Institute and Coordinator of the Electric Power & Power Electronics Program |
| 9/94 - 8/96 | Tenured Associate Professor |
| 1/92 - Present | Director, Power system Control and Protection Laboratory |
| 1/92 - 8/96 | Associate Professor |
| 9/91 - 12/91 | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| 9/89 - Present | Graduate Student Advisor, 18 Ph.D., 20 M.Sc., 8 M.E |
| 6/89 - 8/91 | Visiting Assosiate Scientist |
| 8/87 - 5/89 | Visiting Associate Professor |
Other Universities
| 9/07- 12/07 | Visiting Professor, The University of Hong Kong |
| 12/04- 12/07 | Leader, TxCEE (six Texas Universities) |
| 8/86 - 5/87 | Visiting Associate Professor, Washington State University |
| 3/86 - 5/89 | Associate Professor, University of Sarajevo |
| 9/82 - 2/86 | Assistant Professor, University of Sarajevo |
| 10/74 - 8/82 | Assistant, University of Sarajevo |
Industrial Experience
| 10/80 - Present | Principal Consultant, TLI Inc.. Clients include:
Domestic: AVO Multi-Amp Corporation; Bonneville Power Administration; CenterPoint Energy; Commonwealth Edison; Decision Systems Int'l; Duke Power; Electric Power Research Institute; Entergy Services, Inc.; First Energy,GE Corporate Research, Florida Power & Light Company; Hewlett-Packard; Harza Engineering; Illinois Power; MICON Inc.; New York Power Authority; Quanta Technologies; Reliant Energy HL&P; Southern California Edison; TECHRON, Inc.; Test Laboratories International, Inc.;Toshiba America, Inc; Western Area Power Administration; Wisconsin Power & Light Foreign:ARAMCO (Saudi Arabia); BC Hydro (Canada); CHESFE (Brazil); CEATI (Alberta, Canada); DuServe (Dubai), Electricite de France (France); Electrix (New Zealand); Electropaulo Metropolitana (Brazil); Elia (Belgium); Energoinvest Company (Bosnia); ESKOM (South Africa);Government of China (China); Hydro Quebec (Canada); King Soud University (Saudi Arabia), RTE (France); Statnett (Norway); Saudi Electric (Saudi Arabia);. |
| 9/99-6/00 | Consultant (Sabbatical Leave) at the Research Center of Electricite de France. Clamart, France. |
| 3/82 - 8/87 | Project Leader. Energoinvest Company, Institute for Control and Computer Sciences-IRCA, Bosnia (former Yugoslavia). |
| 10/80 - 2/82 | Systems Engineer. Energoinvest Company, Institute for Computer and Information Systems, IRIS, Bosnia (former Yugoslavia). |
| 5/79 - 9/80 | Systems Engineer. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Industry Systems Division, USA. |
Service
Texas A&M University
| 2011-Present | Member, Energy Action Plan 2015 Advisory Committee |
| 2010-Present | Member, Entrepreneurship Committee |
| 2010-Present | Member, Council for Built Environment |
| 2009-Present | Member, Council of Principal Investigators |
| 1996-2005 | Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, ECEN |
| 1996-2002 | Member, Council of Principal Investigators |
NIST, Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
| 2010-Present | Member, Testing and Certification Committee |
| 2009-Present | Member, Governing Board (GB) |
| 2009-Present | Chair, GB WG on Communication, Marketing and Education |
| 2009-Present | Member, Priority Action Plan 13 |
| 2009-Present | Member, Domain Expert Working Group for T&D |
The Insttitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Power Systems Relaying Committee
| 1995-Present | Member, Power Systems Relaying Committee |
| 1993-Present | Member, Line Protection Subcommittee |
| 1997-2010 | Systems Protection Subcommittee |
| 1995-1997 | Relay Input Sources Subcommittee |
| 1994-2008 | Relay Practices Subcommittee |
| 1994-1999 | Chair, WG on “Intell. System App. to Protection Engineering” |
| 1993-1997 | Chair, WG on “Digital Simulator Perf. Req. for Relay Testing” |
| 1990-Present | Member of 28 working groups |
|
1994-2000 |
Member, Working Group on “Modeling and Analysis of System Transients Using Digital Programs”, General Systems Subcommittee |
| 1994-1999 | Member, Working Group on “Application of Intelligent Methods to Transmission and Distribution Problems”, General Systems Subcommittee |
| 1994-1998 | Member, Task Force on “Protection and Control Modeling” Working Group on “Modeling and Analysis of System Transients Using Digital Programs”, General Systems Subcommittee |
| 1997-Present | Member, Subcommittee on Intelligent System Applications |
| 2000-2011 | Vice Chair, Task Force on
“Fault Analysis”, Working Group on “Practical Applications of Intelligent
System Technologies”,Subcommittee on Intelligent System Applications |
| 1997-2000 | Chair, Task Force on “Fault Analysis”, Working Group on “Practical Applications of Intelligent System Technologies”,Subcommittee on Intelligent System Applications |
International Council on LargeElectric Systems
(CIGRE)
| 2010-Present | Convener, U.S. Representative, Working Group B5.10, “Education, Qualification and Continuing Professional Development of Engineers in Protection and Control,” Study Committee B5 (Protection) |
| 1992-Present | Member of five working groups |
| 1990-Present | Member, U. S. National Committee |
| 2005-2009 | Convener, U.S. Representative, Working Group B5.20,“New Trends for Automated Fault and Disturbance Analysis,”Study Committee B5 (Protection), |
| 1999-2005 | Convener, Task Force on “Tools for Protective Relay Engineering,” Study Committee B5 (Protection) |
| 1997-1999 | Convener, Task Force on “Practical Intelligent System Applicationsto Protection and Substation Monitoring and Control,” Study Committee 34 (Protection) |
| 1996-2000 | Corresponding Member, U.S. Representative, Working Group on “Analysis and Guidelines for Testing Numerical Protection Schemes,” Study Committee B5 (Protection), |
Editorial Boards
| 1993-Present | Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Computer and Software Engineering,U.S.A. |
| 1990-Present | Member, Editorial Advisory Panel, Electric Power Systems Research Journal, Switzerland |
Memberships
- Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers-IEEE, Fellow
- International Conference on Large H.V. Electric Systems-CIGRE, Paris, Member
Most Recent Contracts and Grants
Total project funding raised is $21,448,441 (TAMU portion is $14,236,306); only the most recent 10 projects out of over 100 awarded are listed
| 1/12-12/14 | Principal Investigator (Co-PIs: Shmuel Oren-Berkeley, Kory Hardeman-Arizona State University, Erick Moreno-Centeno, Texas A&M) “Robust Adaptive Topology Control”, PSerc Consortium/DOE, total project funding $4,910,031.00,TAMU Part $2,693,019.00. |
| 4/11-4/14 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: James Stoupis, Mirrasoul Mousavi, ABB), "A Real-time Monitoring, Control, and Health Management System to Improve Grid Reliability and Efficiency", DOE, Total project funding $4,123,923, TAMU Part $1,250,000.00. |
| 3/11-6/14 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs: Sakis Meliopoulos, Georghia Tech; Vija Vittal,Arizona State University; Mani Venkatasubramanian, Washington State University; Alex Sprintson, TAMU), "Smart Grid Education for Students and Professionals", PSerc Consortium/DOE, total project funding $140,000, TAMU part $65,000.00. |
| 3/11-6/14 | Principal Investigator, "Hierarchical Coordinated Protection of the Smart grid with High Penetration of Renewable Resources", PSerc Consortium/DOE, $210,000.00. |
| 1/11-12/12 | Principal Investigator, "The Impact of PHEV/BEV Chargining on Utility Distribution Systems ", EV-Tec Consortium, total project funding $80,000.00. |
| 1/11-12/12 | Principal Investigator( Co-PI: Le Xie, Texas A&M University), "PHEV/BEV Data Hub ", EV-Tec Consortium, Total Project Funding $80,000. |
| 6/11-8/13 | Principal Investigator(Co-PI: Anjan Bose, Washington State University), "The Next Generation EMS design", PSerc Consortium, Total project funding $150,000.00, TAMU part $80,000.00. |
| 6/11-8/13 | Co-Principal Investigator, (PI: Vijay Vittal, Co-PI: J. Zhang, Arizona State University), "Data Mining to Characterize Signatures of Impending Events or Performance from PMU Measurements", PSerc Consortium, total project funding $220,000.00, TAMU Part $70,000.00 |
| 6/10-8/12 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PI Santiago Grijalva, Georgia Institute of Technology), "Verifying interoperability and application performance of PMUs and PMU-enabled IEDs at the device and system level", PSerc Consoritum, total project funding $190,000.00, TAMU Part $ 130,000.00. |
| 6/10-8/12 | Principal Investigator, (Co-PIs Ali Abur, Northeastern University, Alex Sprintson, Texas A&M University), "The Smart Grid Needs: Model and Data Interoperability and Unified Generalized State Estimator,", PSerc Consoritum, total project funding $135,000.00, TAMU Part $ 65,000.00. |
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Books:
Standards:
Recent Papers in Journals (only last 20 are
listed)
- S. Lotfifard, J. Faiz, M. Kezunović, “Over-current relay implementation assuring fast and secure operation in transient conditions,” Electric Power Systems Research, In Press
- J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, " An Adaptive Phasor Estimator for Power System Waveforms Containing Transients ", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,, In Press
- C. Pang, P. Dutta, M. Kezunovic, "BEVs/PHEVs as Dispersed Energy Storage for V2B Uses in the Smart Grid, ", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Special Issue on Transportation Electrification and Vehicle-to-Grid Applications, Accepted
- C. Zheng, M. Kezunovic, "Impact of Wind Generation Uncertainty on Power System Small Disturbance Voltage Stability -A PCM-based Approach," Electric Power System Research, Accepted, In Press
- S. Natti, M. Kezunovic, "Assessing circuit breaker performance using condition-based data and Bayesian approach," Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 81, Issue 9, pp. 1796-1804. September 2011.
- J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, "Real Time Power System Frequency and Phasor Estimation Scheme Using Recursive Wavelet Transform,"IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1392-1402, July 2011.
- M. Kezunovic, "Translational Knowledge: From Collecting Data to Making Decisions in a Smart Grid," IEEE Proceedings, 2011 Vol. 99, No. 6, pp 977-997, June 2011.
- Y. Guan and M. Kezunovic,"Grid Monitoring and Market Risk Management using Intelligent Economic Alarm Processor,"IEEE Intelligent Systems vol.26, no.2, pp.18-21, March-April 2011.
- S. Lotfifard, M. Kezunovic, M.J. Mousavi, "Voltage Sag Data Utilization for Distribution FaultLocation," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 1239-1246, April 2011.
- M. Kezunovic, "Smart Fault Location for Smart Grids," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 2, No. 1, pp 11-22, March 2011.
- M. Kezunovic, "Intelligent Design." IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 6, pp. 37-44, November 2010.
- J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, J. Stenbakken "Characterizing Dynamic Behavior of PMUs Using Step Signals," European Transactions on Electrical Power DOI: 10.1002, October 2010.
- C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, "Fast Distance Relay Scheme for Detecting Symmetrical Fault During Power Swing," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery vol.25, no.4, pp.2205-2212, October 2010
- M. Kezunovic, et.al"New Trends for Automated Fault and Disturbance Analysis," ELECTRA, No. 251, pp 61-69, August 2010.
- L. Wozniak, J. Cardell, I. Dobson, W. Jewell, M. Kezunovic, T. Overbye, P.K. Sen, D. Tylavski, L. Beard, F. Galvan, D. Hawkins, J. McConnach, "Key Technical Chalanges for the Electric Power Industry and Climate Change," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.25, no.2, pp.465-473, June 2010.
- S. Lotfifard, J.Faiz, M. Kezunovic, "Detection of Symmetrical Faults by Distance Relays during Power Swings," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 81-87, January 2010.
- S.R. Nam, J.Y. Park, S.H. Kang, M. Kezunovic, , "Phasor Estimation in the Presence of DC Offset and CT Saturation," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 24, No. 4, October 2009.
- R.A.F. Pereira, L.G. Wesz da Silva, M. Kezunovic, J.R.S. Mantovani, "Improved Fault Location on Distribution Feeders Based on Matching During-Fault Voltage Sags," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp 852-862, April 2009.
- R.A.F. Pereira, M. Kezunovic, J.R.S. Mantovani, "Fault Location Algorithm for Primary Distribution Feeders Based on Voltage Sags," International Journal on Innovations in Energy Systems and Power, Vol. 4, No. 1, April 2009.
- M. Kezunovic, G.T. Heydt, C, DeMarco, T. Mount, "Is Teamwork the Smart Solution," IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 2, March/April 2009.
Recent Papers in Proceedings of Refereed Conferences
(only last 25 are listed)
- P. Dutta, M. Kezunovic, “Unified Representation of Data and Model for Sparse Measurement Based Fault Location”, accepted by 2012 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, USA, Jul 2012.
- J. Ren, M. Kezunovic, Y. Guan, “Verifying Interoperability and Application Performance of PMUs and PMU-enabled IEDs”, accepted by 2012 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, USA, Jul 2012.
- Y. Dong, M. Kezunovic, “Advanced Fault Location and Impact on Optimized Repair Crew Dispatch”, accepted by the 12th International Conference on Probablistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 2012.
- M. Kezunovic, Y. Dong, “Automated Analysis of Power System Disturbance”, Accepted by CIGRE C4 Colloquium on Power Quality and Lightning, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzgovina, May 2012.
- M. Kezunovic, T. Popovic, R. Lunsford, B. Clowe and D. Maragal, “Fault Location Calculation Challenge: Use of Automated and Manual Tools”, 2012 Fault and Disturbance Analysis Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, Apr 2012.
- M. Kezunovic, Y. Dong,, “Information Exchange Needs for New Fault Location Applications in T&D Systems”, 2012 IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, Mar 2012.
- C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, M. Ehsani, “Demand Side Management by using Electric Vehicles as Distributed Energy Resources”, 2012 IEEE International Electric Vehicle Conference, Greenville, USA, Mar 2012.
- M. Kezunovic, S. Grijalva, P. Dutta, A. Roy,, “The Fundamental Concept of Unified Generalized Model and Data Representation for New Applications in the Future grid”, Proceedings of the 45th HICCS Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 4-7, 2012.
- C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, “Improved Symmetrical Fault Detecting Scheme During Power Swing”, CIGRE B5 Colloquium 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2011.
- M. Kezunovic, P. Dutta, “The Role of Data Exchange Standards in Developing Automated Fault Disturbance Monitoring”, 6th International Workshop on Deregulated Electricity Market Issues in South-Eastern Europe (DEMSEE 2011), Bled, Slovenia, Sept. 2011.
- P. Dutta, M. Kezunovic, "Fault Resistance Sensitivity of Sparse Measurements Based Transmission Line Fault Location", 43rd North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2011), Boston, USA, Aug 2011.
- C. Pang, M. Kezunovic, “Static Security Analysis Based on Weighted Vulnerability Index in Power System”, IEEE PES General Meeting 2011, Detroit, July 2011.
- Y. Dong, M. Kezunovic, "Communication Infrastructure for Emerging Transmission-Level Smart Grid Applications",IEEE PES General Meeting 2011, Detroit, July 2011.
- C. Zheng and M. Kezunovic, "Impact of Grid Connected Doubly Fed Induction Wind Generators on Voltage Stability," IEEE PowerTech 2011, Trondheim, June 2011.
- M. Kezunovic,B. Matic Cuka "Testing and Evaluation of Wind Power Plant Protection System ," ICREPQ'11, Spain, April 2011.
- C. Pang, P. Dutta, S. Kim, M. Kezunovic,I. Damnjanovic "PHEVs as Dynamically Configurable Dispersed Energy Storage for V2B Uses in the Smart Grid ," MedPower 2010, Cyprus, November, 2010.
- M. Kezunovic, C. Guo, Y. Guan, M. Ghavami "New concept and solution for monitoring and control system for the 21st century substation," POWERCON 2010,Hangzhou, China,October, 2010.
- J. Ren, M. Kezunovic "Modeling and Simulation Tools for Teaching Protective Relaying Design and Application for the Smart Grid," Modern Electric Power Systems, Wroclaw, Poland, September 2010.
- S. Lotfifard, L.Xie, and M. Kezunovic "Quantifying the impact of unscheduled line outages on locational marginal prices," IEEE PES 42nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Arlington,USA, September 2010.
- C.Zheng, M.Kezunovic "Distribution System Voltage Stability Analysis with Wind Farms Integration," IEEE PES 42nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Arlington,USA, September, 2010.
- J. Ren, M. Kezunovic "A Wavelet Method for Power System Frequency and Harmonic Estimation," IEEE PES 42nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Arlington,USA, September, 2010.
- M. Kezunovic, Y. Guan, C. Guo, M. Ghavami "The 21st Century Substation Design: Vision of the Future," IREP 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August, 2010.
- P. Myrda, M. Kezunovic, S. Sternfeld, D.R. Sevcik, T. Popovic "Converting Field Recorded Data to Information: New Requirements and Concepts for the 21st Century Automated Monitoring Solutions," CIGRE General Session , Paris, France, August 2010.
- C.Zheng, Y. Dong, O.Gonen, and M. Kezunovic "Data Integration Used in New Applications and Control Center Visualization Tools," IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, July 2010.
- M. Kezunovic "Teaching the Smart Grid Fundamentals Using Modeling, Simulation, and Hands-on Laboratory Experiments," IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, July 2010.
- M. Ghavami, M. Kezunovic"Probabilistic Evaluation of the Effect of Maintenance Parameters on Reliability and Cost," PMAPS 2010, Singapore, July 2010.
Project reports (only last 10 are listed)
Total Number: 51
Patents & Copyrights:
| Apr 1983 | “Data Highway Access Control System,” U.S. Patent No. 4,379,294 |
| May 1996 | “Design Document for RISC-Based Two Terminal Open-Loop Relay Testing Software,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-275-950 |
| May 1996 | “RISC-Based Open-Loop Simulator for Relay Testing – Hardware Installation Manual and I/O System Design Documentation,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-275-951 |
| May 1996 | “Digital Simulator for Real-Time and Open-Loop Relay Testing – Installation Manual,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-275-952 |
| May 1996 | “Digital Simulator for Real-Time and Open-Loop Relay Testing – Software Documentation,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-286-737 |
| May 1996 | “RISC-Based Two Terminal Open-Loop Simulator Application Software-User’s Manual,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-298-403 |
| May 1996 | “Expert System Installation at STP Substation-User Manual and Design Documentation,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-294-172 |
| May 1996 | “Real-Time Simulator Doc.,” U.S. Copyright, Reg. No: TX 4-280-248 |