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.
Associated Faculty
Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Director
Professor
- Microgrid control
- Inverter-based resources
- Integration of renewable
-Cybersecurity
Chen-Ching Liu
Director Emeritus, AEP Research Professor
-Distribution systems
-Cyber-power system security
-Industrial software for system restoration: EPRI (Trans.), PNNL (Distr.)
Jaime De La Ree
Adjunct Faculty
-Protection
-Machines
Lamine Mili
Professor
-Static and dynamic state estimation
-Robust power system parameter and dynamic state estimation w/PMUs
Ming Jin
Assistant Professor
-Control, optimization, and machine learning for energy systems
-Trustworthy AI for urban infrastructures
-Cyber-physical systems security
David Roop
Adjunct Professor of Practice
-Power system operations
-Resiliency hardening and recovery planning for utilities
-Utility grounding for lightning protection
Associated Staff
Dikshita Bansal,
Center Coordinator
Paul Ampadu
Professor
-Energy Internet, Blockchain enabled for energy systems
-VLSI, Networks-on- Chip, Systems-on-Chip
Richard Zhang
Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professor
-HVDC and FACTS
-High-power electronics
Saifur Rahman
Joseph Loring Professor
-Energy efficiency and sensor integration
-DOE BEMOSS platform
-President of IEEE (2023)
Scott Dunning
Associate Department Head and Chief of Operations
-Energy efficiency
Virgilio Centeno
Professor
-PMU
-Instrumentation
Arun Phadke
Founding Diector, University Distinguished Research Professor
-Power system analysis
-Power system protection and control
-Synchronized measurement systems
