Power System Lab Research

Ongoing projects:

PI, Western-Based Analysis of Distributed Battery Storage System Emission Benefits and Tradeoffs, DOE, $1.9 million (2023-2026)
PI, Collaborative Research: Learning-Assisted Estimation and Management of Flexible Energy Resources in Active Distribution Networks, NSF, $250,000 (September 2023-August 2026)
NSF: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN), NSF, $54,999 (June 2023-November 2023)
Co-PI, MRI: Acquisition of a Large-Scale Real-Time Digital Simulator for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems. NSF, $993,643 (September 2022-August 2025)
PI, Collaborative Research: Data-Driven Situational Awareness for Resilient Operation of Distribution Networks with Inverter-based distributed energy resources, NSF, $250,000 (September 2020-August 2024)
UNR-PI, Optimization of Excess Solar and Storage Capacity for Grid Services, DOE, UNR share: $957,000 (total: $5M) (September 2020-August 2023)
- Link to 2020 Peer Review Report
Co-PI, RET Site: Next-generation Clean Energy Sources and Storage, NSF, $599,796 (September 2021-August 2024)

Senior personnel, Longitudinal Injection of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Awareness into Engineering Curricula, NSF, $300,000 (August 2017-August 2020)
Co-PI, A Robust Event Diagnostics Platform: Integrating Tensor Analytics and Machine Learning into Real-time Grid Monitoring, DOE, $746,202 (September 2019-March 2021)
PI, Application of ML for Energy-Water Management in Data Centers, Microsoft, $30,000 (January 2022-July 2022)
Senior personnel, RET Site: Research Experiences in Cybersecurity for Nevada Teachers (RECNT), NSF, $599,307 (February 2019-January 2022)