Funded Projects:
- PI (Lead), “Consortium for Research and Education in Power and Energy Systems (CREPES) 2.0,” National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Department of Energy (DOE), 2024-2029, $5,000,000. Partnering Institutions: University of Texas at El Paso (PI: Paras Mandal) and Alabama A&M University (PI: Stephen U. Egarievwe). NNSA National Labs: Sandia National Lab (PI: Brian J. Pierre) and Lawrence Livermore National Lab (PI: Dr. Jhi-Young Joo) Project Website
- Co-PI (FIU), “PKC and PUF-Based Authentication and Secret Key Establishment in Smart Grid,” $900,000, Department of Energy (DOE)-Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) through Kansas State University (KSU), 2024-2027. FIU PI: Arif Sarwat, Lead PI: Arslan Munir (KSU).
- PI, “Collaborative Research: Implementation: Medium: Secure Resilient Cyber-physical Energy System Workforce Pathways via Data-Centric Hardware-in-the-loop Training, ” National Science Foundation (NSF), 2023-2027, $75,000. Lead PI: Yufei Tang, Florida Atlantic University (FAU).
- Co-PI, “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Tools (ArtIT) for Cyber Hardening of Power Grids, Department of Energy (DOE), 2022-2025. $2,000,000. PI: Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, FIU.
- PI (Lead), “Consortium for Research and Education in Power and Energy Systems (CREPES) for Sustainable STEM Workforce,” National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Department of Energy (DOE), 2021-2024, $3,000,000. Partnering Institutions: University of Texas at El Paso (PI: Paras Mandal) and Alabama A&M University (PI: Stephen U. Egarievwe). NNSA National Labs: Sandia National Lab (PI: Brian J. Pierre) and Lawrence Livermore National Lab (PI: Dr. Jhi-Young Joo) Project Website
- PI, “Optimal Reconfiguration and Resilient Control Framework for Real-Time Photovoltaic Dispatch to Manage Critical Infrastructure (ReDis-PV),” Department of Energy (DOE) through the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), 2019-2022, $600,000. Lead PI: Sukumar Kamalasadan, UNCC. Project Website
- PI, “CAREER: Operation of Distribution Grids in the Context of High-Penetration Distributed Energy Resources and Flexible Loads,” National Science Foundation (NSF), 2018-2024, $500,000. Project Info
- PI, “Packetized Energy Management: Coordinating Transmission and Distribution,” ARPA-E through University of Vermont (UVM), 2016-2021, $346,504+$200,000 (Plus-up). Lead PI: Mads Almassalkhi, UVM. Project Info
- Co-PI, “Power system protection in a smart grid perspective (ProSmart),” Norwegian Research Council through Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2015-2019, $506,667. PI: Bruce Mork, Michigan Tech. Project Website
- Co-PI, “NTNU-SIU Collaboration in Higher Education with USA,” Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education, 2014, $20,000. PI: Bruce Mork, Michigan Tech.
- PI, “Strategies for Real-time Monitoring and Optimal Control of Michigan Tech Distribution Systems,” Michigan Tech Research Excellence Funds, 2013-2014, $26,000.