Power and Energy Center, VT
Power engineering research involves delivering electricity and converting it for use at its final destinations. Power systems in many industrialized countries rely on decades-old equipment, creating unique challenges in blending state-of-the-art technology with working equipment that can be half a century old.
At Virginia Tech, researchers work to design, improve, and protect the world's power grids and equipment; understand and design distributed and alternative power systems; store electricity for later use; and develop equipment that increases function with less energy.
Center Administration
PEC Director | mehrizi@vt.edu | (540) 231-4492 | 428 Whittemore
Center Coordinator | dikshita@vt.edu | (540) 231-2095 | 426 Whittemore
Core Faculty
PEC Director and Professor | mehrizi@vt.edu | (540) 231-4492 | 428 Whittemore
- Microgrid control
- Inverter-based resources
- Integration of renewable
-Cybersecurity
PEC Director Emeritus and
AEP Research Professor Emeritus | ccliu@vt.edu | (540) 231-1373 | 426A Whittemore
-Distribution systems
-Cyber-power system security
-Industrial software for system restoration: EPRI (Trans.), PNNL (Distr.)
PEC Founding Director and University Distinguished Research Professor
-Power system analysis
-Power system protection and control
-Synchronized measurement systems
Professor | lmili@vt.edu | (703) 538-3767 | Room 438 (Falls Church)
-Static and dynamic state estimation
-Robust power system parameter and dynamic state estimation w/PMUs
Assistant Professor | jinming@vt.edu | 472 Whittemore
-Control, optimization, and machine learning for energy systems
-Trustworthy AI for urban infrastructures
-Cyber-physical systems security
Professor | ampadu@vt.edu | (540) 231-3121 | 345 Durham
-Energy Internet, Blockchain enabled for energy systems
-VLSI, Networks-on- Chip, Systems-on-Chip
Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professor | zhangr@vt.edu | 4-014 VT Research Center (Arlington)
-HVDC and FACTS
-High-power electronics
Joseph Loring Professor | srahman@vt.edu | 571-858-3300 | 5-194 VT Research Center (Arlington)
-Energy efficiency and sensor integration
-DOE BEMOSS platform
-President of IEEE (2023)
Associate Department Head and Chief of Operations | scottd65@vt.edu | (540) 231-2133 | 464 Whittemore
-Energy efficiency
Professor and Assistant Department Head | virgilio@vt.edu | (540) 231-2045 | 427 Whittemore
-PMU
-Instrumentation
Adjunct Professor of Practice
-Power system operations
-Resiliency hardening and recovery planning for utilities
-Utility grounding for lightning protection
Affiliated Faculty
Willis G. Worcester Professor | reedjh@vt.edu | (540) 231-2972 | 451 Durham
-Wireless Communications
-Wireless Security
Associate Professor | sshahab@vt.edu | (540) 231-6516 | VTRC, Room 5-008, Arlington, VA 22203
-Wireless Power Transfer
Associate Professor of Practice | rbmeyers@vt.edu | (540) 570-9535
-Renewable Energy Facility Siting
W. Martin Johnson Professor of Engineering and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation| hdhillon@vt.edu | (540) 231-2129 | 445 Durham
-Wireless Communications
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | ljliu@vt.edu | (540) 231-7243 |
-Dynamic Spectrum Access
Senior Extension Specialist | jignosh@vt.edu | (540) 432-6029 x108
-Renewable Energy
-Energy Efficiency
-Nutrient Management
Associate Professor | rrwhite@vt.edu | (540) 231-7384| 101 FST Bldg.
175 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
-Agrivoltaics
-Sustainable Agriculture
