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SUMMARY OF BEI GOU’S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
PERSONAL
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North
Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108
Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies: Operatic Singing, Traveling, Basketball, Swimming.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone: (682)478-8897
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ndsu.edu/ece/faculty/gou_additional_information/
SUMMARY AND HIGHTLIGHTS
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2000; MS., Shanghai JiaoTong University, 1993; BS.,
North China Electric Power University, 1990.
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Ali Abur, Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern
University.
Work Experience: 7 years academic in USA, 5 years industry and consulting in USA
Sponsored Research: 8 research grants (and 6 pending)
Technical Publications: 86 (and 7 submitted)
Published: 2 books, 3 book chapters, 21 journal papers, 49 conference papers, 11 technical reports.
Teaching: 10 different and diverse Electrical Engineering courses at UT Arlington and NDSU in the
areas of electrical circuits and systems, and power engineering.
Student Supervised: • Graduated: 2 Ph.D. and 3 M.S. (with thesis) students
Woonki Na, (Graduated in 2008). Ph.D. Dissertation: Fuel Cell Modeling and Control.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bradley University, IL, USA
• Current: 4 Ph.D. and 2 M.S. students at NDSU, 1 Ph.D. student at the University of Kentucky
Leadership and Synergistic Activities:
Organizers and Chairs: organized and chaired 11 conference sessions and panel sessions at various
conferences.
Invited Talks and Tutorials:
Delivered 18 invited talks, including a plenary presentation, and 2 tutorials.
BEI GOU’S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
RESEARCH AREASES
● Cyber physical system based on power grids
● Smart grid technology
● Power System Reliability and Blackouts/cascading failures
● Renewable energy and power electronics
● Robust wide-area monitoring and control
● Nonlinear systems/control and post-contingency control
● Power market operation and market power monitoring
● Pricing methods for power markets
● Power quality and fault analysis
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Texas A&M University (TAMU), 2000
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Monitoring and Optimization of Power Transmission and Distribution Systems
Advisor: Dr. Ali Abur
M.S., Shanghai JiaoTong University, China, 1993
Major: Electrical Engineering
B.S., North China Electric Power University, China, 1990
Major: Electrical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2011 – Present, associate professor, NDSU
August 2008–Present, Founder and President, Smart Electric Grid, LLC
August 2003–August 2008, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of
Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
May 2003–June 2003, Senior Analyst, ISO New England, Holyoke, MA.
February 2000–May 2002, Power System Application Engineer, ABB Automation, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.
January 1997–February 2000, Research Assistant, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
(TAMU), College Station, Texas.
April 1993–December 1996, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, ShangHai
JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Who's Who in Engineering Higher Education
Nominated for Eni Award 2010, the paper: Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “The Efficient and Economic
Design of PEM Fuel Cell Systems by Multi-objective Optimization.” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 166,
No. 2, April 2007, pp: 411-418.
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
Who’s Who in America
Nominated as the First Position of Electrical Engineering Department for Texas A&M University
Distinguished Graduate Student Research Awards for 1999–2000
Honorable Mention for presenting the paper entitled "Simple Methods of Observablility Analysis for
State Estimation" at the Summer Meeting of the IEEE/PES, Admonton, Canada, 1999
Best Teaching Prize from Shanghai JiaoTong University, 1995~1996
RESEARCH GRANTS
Awarded:
1. PI: Bei Gou, “Data Collection for Estimating the Disruption and Its Causes of Power Quality in
Affected Areas by Hurricane Katrina,” National Science Foundation (NSF) Award No.: ECS-0554156.
Total Grant: $29,990, 10/1/2005–3/31/2007.
2. PI: Bei Gou, “Evaluating TXU System Reliability Including Automatic Reconfiguration Switches,”
TXU Electric Delivery. Total Grant: $86,545, 01/01/2006–12/31/2006.
3. PI: Bei Gou, “Integer Pricing for Mixed Integer Programming”. ISO New England, Total Grant:
$20,716.00, 04/2007—09/2007.
4. PI: Bei Gou, Co-PI: Dr. Wei-Jen Lee, “Optimal Capacitor Placement for the Systems of Hydro Quebec,”
Hydro Quebec, Canada, Total Grant: $13,719.00, 03/2007—05/2007 (Phase I).
5. PI: Bei Gou, Co-PI: Dr. Wei-Jen Lee, “Optimal Capacitor Placement for the Systems of Hydro Quebec,”
Hydro Quebec, Canada, Total Grant: $50,554.00, 10/2007—10/2008 (Phase II).
6. PI: Bei Gou, “Implementation of a new topology estimator at Hydro Quebec, Phase I”. Hydro Quebec,
Canada, Total Grant: $10,000.00, 01/2008 – 06/2008.
7. PI: Bei Gou, “Design and Optimization of Wireless Hybrid Communication System and Its Application
in Smart Electric Grid.” National Science Foundation (NSF), 08/16/2011~08/15/2013. $55,370.00.
8. PI: Bei Gou, “Research Enhancement Program”, NDSU, $10,000.00, 2012.
Pending:
9. PI: Bei Gou, Co-PI: Dr. Rajesh Kavasseri, Dr. Subbaray Yuvarajan, “Direct Torque Control for Interior
Permanent Magnet (IPM) Motors.” $83,059.00, John Deere Company.
10. PI: Bei Gou, “NSF SBIR: Development of a Smart State Estimator for Smart Grids,” $149,400.00,
National Science Foundation, 2012.
11. PI: Bei Gou, Co-PI: Dr. Rajesh Kavasseri, “Request of Power System Simulation Equipment for
Research and Education of Cyber Physical Systems at NDSU.” ND EPSCoR, $100,000.00, 2012.
12. Co-PI: Bei Gou, “REU Site: Research Experience for undergraduate students on sustainable energy
harvesting roadways through piezoelectric cement composites.” $368,668.00, National Science
Foundation.
13. Invited Senior Investigator: Bei Gou, “EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program”.
Collaborators including professors from the University of Kentucky (UK), the University of Louisville
(UL), University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK), Tennessee State University (TSU), Western
Kentucky University (WKU), Oak Ridge National Lab (ORL), North Dakota State University (NDSU),
Vanderbilt University (VU), $2M.
14. CoPI: Bei Gou, “Damping reduction through the integration of distributed generators”. ABB,
$86,000.00.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
I. Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NDSU, Jan. 2011 – present:
Smart grid
o Phasor measurement unit (PMU) placement
o Robust state estimation for power systems (PhD dissertation)
o Reliability of Complex Networks including Power Grids (PhD dissertation)
o Design and Optimization of Wireless Hybrid Communication System and Its Application in Smart
Electric Grid (PhD dissertation)
o Wide area control for smart grid by feedback linearization (PhD dissertation)
o Investigating the possibility of relieving a line congestion by intentional line outages (working with
WECC company)
o A low cost power quality meter for smart grid
Renewable Energy and Power Electronics
o Wind energy conversion system (PhD dissertation)
o Harmonics reduction of wind generator by using interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronized
generator (M.S. thesis)
o PWM controller design for varying speed and current of IPM (M.S. thesis)
o Temperature estimation and compensation for IPM motors (PhD dissertation)
Power Systems
Senior Design Projects
o Hydrogen generation from water, senior design projects in 2011~2012, finished successfully.
o Novel sensor applications (Senior design projects in 2012~2013)
o Wind turbine design for higher efficiency and lower cost (Senior design projects in 2012~2013)
II. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, August 2003 –
August 2008:
Power system blackouts and cascading failures
Fuel cell modeling and control
Hybrid power system for vehicles and power distribution systems
Power system robust monitoring
Reliability analysis for distribution systems
Power market operations
o LMP theory
o Market power monitoring
o Pricing method for mixed integer programming
Power quality
o Capacitor placement
o Harmonics
Fault signal analysis and fault location
III. Senior Analyst, ISO New England, MA, June 2002–July 2003:
Loss factors recalculation for PTF/non-PTF transmission lines and external nodes of tie lines (an
algorithm was developed and successfully implemented at ISO NE), October 2002
Coordinating congestion relief by Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition for multiple power markets (an
algorithm was developed), December 2002
Sensitivity factors calculation for interface price nodes (an algorithm was developed and successfully
implemented at ISO NE), January 2003
Design of obtaining instant loss factors for day ahead market (an approach was developed) February 2003
IV. Power System Application Engineer, ABB System and Control, CA, Feb. 2000 June 2002.
Constrained optimal power flow calculation
State estimation and its application
Power flow analysis
Economic dispatch
V. Research Assistant, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, January1997–May 2000:
State estimation and observability analysis
Harmonics state estimation
Optimal capacitor placement
Fault analysis by Prony method
Tracking transient monitor for power systems
VI. Assistant Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Feb 1993 – Dec.
1996:
Power system dynamic load modeling
Parameter identification of excitation regulator of synchronized generators
Single processing for large-scale linear system-identification
Prony analysis and its applications
VII. Research Assistant, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Aug. 1990–Jan. 1993:
Fast contingency analysis for power systems
Reactive power optimization using artificial neural networks
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NDSU, 2011-present
Energy Conversion, ECE331, Spring 2013, NDSU, enrollment: 62
Power System, ECE431/631, Fall 2012, NDSU, Instructor, enrollment: 23
Power System Design II, ECE 433, Spring 2011, NDSU, Instructor, enrollment: 18
Renewable Energy for Smart Grid, ECE 796, Fall 2011, NDSU, Instructor, enrollment: 7
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UTA, August 2003–2008
Power System Modeling and Analysis, Fall 2003, Instructor, EE5308, enrollment: 27
Power System Reliability in Planning and Operations, Spring 2004, Instructor, EE5376, enrollment: 30
Circuit Analysis, Fall 2004, Instructor, EE2320, enrollment: 70
Power System Modeling and Analysis, Fall 2004, Instructor, EE5308, enrollment: 15
Circuit Analysis I, Spring 2005, Instructor, EE2320, enrollment: 116
Power System Planning, Operation, and Control in a Deregulated Environment, Spring 2005, Instructor,
EE5371, enrollment: 18
Circuit Analysis I, Fall 2005, Instructor, EE2320, enrollment: 95
Fundamental Power System, Fall 2005, Instructor, EE3302, enrollment: 49
Circuit Analysis I, Spring 2006, Instructor, EE2320, enrollment: 67
Circuit Analysis I, Spring 2006, Instructor, EE2440, enrollment: 17
Circuit Analysis I, Fall 2006, Instructor, EE2320, enrollment: 40
Power System Modeling and Analysis, Fall 2006, Instructor, EE5308, enrollment: 10
Circuit Analysis I, Spring 2007, Instructor, EE2320, enrollment: 56
Power System Reliability, Spring 2007, Instructor, EE5376, enrollment: 9
Circuit Analysis I, Fall 2007, Instructor, EE2320-EE2440, enrollment: 43
Power System Generation, Planning and Control in a Deregulated Environment, Fall 2007, Instructor,
EE5371, enrollment: 5
STUDENTS SUPERVISED
PhD students at NDSU 1) Siqian Liu, expected in 2013. Ph.D. Dissertation: Design and Optimization of Wireless Hybrid
Communication System and Its Application in Smart Grid, North Dakota State University.
2) Yinan Cui, expected in 2015. Ph.D. Dissertation: Robust State Estimation for Smart Grid, North
Dakota State University.
3) Muhammad Ali, expected in 2015, Ph.D. Dissertation: Wide Area Control by Feedback Linearization
for Smart Grid, North Dakota State University.
4) Muhammad Jawad, expected in 2015, Ph.D. Dissertation: Reliability and Controllability of Complex
Networks, North Dakota State University.
PhD student at the University of Kentucky
5) Jiaxiong Chen, Ph.D. Dissertation: Investigation of Convergence of State Estimation under Topology
Errors. (Weekly meeting through phone call for the supervision)
M.S. Students at NDSU 6) Feng Guo, expected in 2014, M.S. Thesis: Novel Design of Wind Energy Conversion System for
higher energy harvesting efficiency and lower installation cost. North Dakota State University.
7) Tahnia Farheen, expected in 2014, M.S. Thesis: Nonlinear Control Design for Solar Cells. North
Dakota State University.
8) Varinder Singh. Graduated, May 2012, M.S. These: Analysis of Power Line Communication (PLC)
Channel Model Using Different Communication Techniques. North Dakota State University.
PhD students at UT Arlington 9) Woonki Na, (Graduated in 2008). Ph.D. Dissertation: Fuel Cell Modeling and Control.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bradley University, IL, USA
10) Hui Zheng, (Graduated in 2007). Ph.D. Dissertation: Power System Reliability and Cascading
Failures.
Senior Engineer, Power Market Operations, Areva, Seattle, WA, USA (University of Texas at
Arlington)
M.S. Students at UT Arlington
11) Yifang Hsa, M.S. Thesis, “A Digital Filter Design for Digital Re-Sampling in Power System
Applications,” Graduated in July 2005. (University of Texas at Arlington)
12) Ramesh Hariharan. M.S. Thesis: Control Strategies for Power System Blackouts. Date of graduation:
July, 2008. (University of Texas at Arlington)
TECHNICAL PUBALICATIONS
Books 1. Bei Gou, Woonki Na, and Bill Diong, “Fuel Cells: Modeling, Control and Applications.” Taylor &
Francis/CRC Press, USA, 2009. (The book is under the translation into Chinese by the Publisher)
2. Bei Gou, “Monitoring and Optimization of Power Transmission and Distribution Systems.” VDM
Publishing House Ltd., Germany, 2009.
Book Chapters 3. 3. Bei Gou, Hui Zheng, Weibiao Wu, and Xingbin Yu, “Predicting Blackouts of Complex Networks”
in Innovations 2007, Win Aung (Ed.), The International Network for Engineering Education and
Research.
4. Bei Gou, Chapter 4 “The Need for Moving Towards Probabilistic and Riskbased Approaches for
Planning and the Direction for Future Work”, in the book “Review of the Current Status of Tools and
Techniques for Risk-Based and Probabilistic Planning in Power Systems”, CIGRE WORKING
GROUP C4.601 ON POWER SYSTEM SECURITY ASSESSMENT, 2009.
5. Bei Gou and Weibiao Wu, “Enhancement of Power System State Estimation” in the book "Energy
Management / Book 2", ISBN 978-953-307-1410-1, 2011.
Patents 6. Bei Gou, and Weibiao Wu, “Method and Procedure for Monitoring of an Electrical Power Grid”.
Patent pending, 13/680,300.
7. Bei Gou, and Feng Guo, “Novel Wind Energy Conversion System for Higher Efficiency and Lower
Cost”. Patent application in preparation.
Journal Papers
Published: 8. Hui Zheng, Yunzhi Chen, Bei Gou, David Frank, Alan Bern and Edward Muston, “Impact of
Automatic Switches on Power Distribution System Reliability.” Electric Power System Research, vol.
83, No.1, pp: 51–57, Feb. 2012.
9. Bei Gou, “A New Power System State Estimator Using Synchronized Phasor Measurements” the
International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, accepted, 2012.
10. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “A PEM Fuel Cell Temperature Controller Design using a Thermal
Equivalent Circuit Model,” International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion, vol 3, no3/4, pp.
143-156, 2012.
11. W. Na, Bei Gou, and T. Kim, “Analysis and Control of a Bidirectional DC/DC Converter for an
Ultra-Capacitor in a Fuel Cell Generation System.” Journal of Electrical Engineering: Theory and
Application, Vol.1-2010/Iss.2, 2010.
12. Bei Gou, “Generalized Optimal PMU Placement Using Integer Linear Programming.” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp:1525 - 1526, 2008.
13. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Nonlinear Control of PEM Fuel Cells by Feedback Linearization.” IEEE
Trans. on Energy Conversion, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp: 179-190, March 2008.
14. Bei Gou, “Optimal Placement of PMUs by Integer Linear Programming.” IEEE Transactions on
Power Systems, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp:1099 – 1104, 2008.
15. Bei Gou and Kwadwo O. Owusu, “Linear Relation Between Fault Location and the Damping
Coefficient in Faulted Signals.” IEEE Trans. On Power Delivery, Vol. 23,No 4, pp:2626 – 2627,
2008.
16. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, "Nonlinear Control of PEM Fuel Cells by Exact Linearization“. Accepted
by IEEE Transaction on Industrial Application Systems, Vol. 43, No. 6, Nov. 2007, pp: 1426 – 1433.
17. Hui Zheng, Bei Gou, “Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Power Systems and Recommendations.”
Accepted by Open Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal, 2007.
18. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “The Efficient and Economic Design of PEM Fuel Cell Systems by Multi-
objective Optimization.” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 166, No. 2, April 2007, pp: 411-418.
19. Bei Gou, “Observability Analysis for Hactel's Augmented Matrix Method.” Electric Power System
Research. Vol. 77, No. 7, May 2007, pp: 865-875.
20. Bei Gou, “Jacobian Matrix Based Observability Analysis for State Estimation.” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems. Vol. 21, No. 1, Feb. 2006, pp. 348–356.
21. Bei Gou, Luo Cheng, and Ferdinanda Ponci, “A Novel Waveform Tracking Monitor for Power
Systems.” IEEE Transaction on Power Systems, Vol. 21, No. 4, Nov. 2006, pp. 1874–1882.
22. Bei Gou and Ali Abur, “An Improved Measurement Placement Algorithm for Network
Observability.” IEEE Trans. On Power Systems, Vol. 16, No. 4, November 2001, pp. 819–824.
23. Bei Gou and Ali Abur, “A Direct Numerical Method for Observability Analysis.” IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, Vol. 15, No. 2, May 2000, pp. 625–631.
24. Bei Gou and Ali Abur, “A Tracking State Estimator for Nonsinuoidal Periodic Steady-State
Operation.” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 13, No. 4, Oct. 1998, pp.1509–1514.
25. Bei Gou, Chen Chen, and Ti Zhaoxu, “A New Dynamic Load Modeling by Prony Method.” Power
Systems and Automatic Control, Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan. 1997, pp. 21–24.
26. Wu Jishun, Hou Zijian, and Bei Gou, “Fast Contingency Analysis for Power Systems.” Power System
Technology, Vol. 7, No. 4, July 1994, pp. 9–12.
27. Bei Gou, Ti Zhaoxu, and Chen Chen, “An Application of Prony Method in Large-Scale Linear
System-Identification and Order-Reduction of Dynamic Models.” Journal of Shanghai JiaoTong
University, Vol. 30, No.12, 1996, pp. 85–90.
28. Chen Wenhui, Dai Wenxiang, and Bei Gou, “A New Reactive Power Optimization Method Based on
Artificial Neural Networks.” Journal of Shanghai JiaoTong University, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1993, pp. 8–
14.
Submitted: 29. Bei Gou and Rajesh Kavasseri, "Unified PMU Placement for Observability and Bad Data Detection
for State Estimation.” Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. (under 2nd
revision)
30. K. Koziy, Bei Gou, J. Aslakson, “A Low Cost Power Quality Meter for Smart Grid.” Submitted to
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. (under 2nd
revision)
31. Bei Gou, “Integrating Synchronized Phasor Measurements into WLS State Estimation.” Submitted to
Electric Power System Research.
32. Eshita Ahmed, Subbaraya Yuvarajan, and Bei Gou, “Harmonic Reduction for Variable Speed WECS
with Interior PMSG using Multilevel Inverter Electric Power Systems Research.” Submitted to
Electric Power System Research.
33. Bei Gou, Rajesh Kavasseri, “A Pre-Procedure of Bad Data Detection for Smart Grid Monitoring.”
Submitted to IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution.
34. Bei Gou, “A Novel Power System State Estimation using Synchronized Phasor Measurements.”
Submitted to Electric Power System Research.
35. Siqian Liu, Hongxiang Li, and Bei Gou, “Performance Analysis for Multicarrier Broadcast Network.”
Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communications.
Conference Papers 36. Eshita Ahmed, Subbaraya Yuvarajan, and Bei Gou, “Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion
System Using Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator and Multilevel Inverter.” Accepted
by IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Oct. 2012.
37. Hongming Zhang, Bei Gou, “A Fast Real-time Corrective Control Strategy for Overload Relief in
Bulk Power Systems”, accepted to present at IEEE-PES General Meeting, July, 2012.
38. Bei Gou and Rajesh Kavasseri, “A Pre-Procedure of Bad Data Detection for Smart grid monitoring,”
accepted to present at IEEE-PES General Meeting, July, 2012.
39. Bei Gou and R. Kavasseri, “An Improved Algorithm for Optimal PMU Placement.” Proceeding of
IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, Italy, June 25-27, 2012.
40. Bei Gou and Y. Liao, “Understanding Power System Transmission Line Faults by Improved Prony
Analysis.” Proceeding of IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern
Recognition and Application, Greece, June 18-20, 2012.
41. Bei Gou, “A New State Estimation Using Synchronized Phasor Measurements.” Proceeding of 12th
International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, June
10-14, 2012.
42. J. Chen, Y. Liao and Bei Gou, “Impacts of Load Levels and Topology Error on WLS State Estimation
Convergence.” Accepted to present at the 44th North American Power Symposium (NAPS), UIUC,
Sept. 9-11, 2012.
43. Task Force Paper, “Vulnerability assessment for cascading failures in electric power systems.”
Proceedings of Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PES/IEEE, 15-18 March, 2009.
44. M. S. Sahni, H. W. Corley, Bei Gou; “Application of the HHI in a probabilistic framework for a
parametric approach to determine possible market power.” Proceedings of Power Systems Conference
and Exposition, PES/IEEE, 15-18 March, pp: 1-8, 2009.
45. Bei Gou, “Is the Prediction of Power System Blackouts Possible?” Accepted to present in the Panel
Session on Power System Blackouts of IEEE PES General Meeting 2008.
46. Bei Gou, Yunzhi cheng, and Weibiao Wu, “A New Topology Error Detection Approach for Power
System State Estimation.” Proceeding of IEEE PES General Meeting 2008.
47. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Analysis and Control of Bidirectional DC/DC Converter for PEM Fuel
Cell Applications”. Accepted by IEEE PES General Meeting 2008.
48. Xiao Hu, Yunzhi Cheng, and Bei Gou, “A Linear State Estimator Using Synchronized Phasor
Measurements”, Accepted by IEEE PES General Meeting 2008.
49. Task Force Paper, “Initial review of methods for cascading failure analysis in electric power
transmission systems.” Accepted to present in IEEE PES General Meeting 2008.
50. Yunzhi Cheng, Xiao Hu and Bei Gou, “A New State Estimation Using Synchronized Phasor
Measurements.” Accepted by International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seattle,
USA, 2008.
51. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “A Thermal Equivalent Circuit for PEM Fuel Cell Temperature Control
Design.” Accepted by International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seattle, USA,
2008.
52. Xiao Hu and Bei Gou, “A Robust Power System State Estimator.” proceeding of CIGRÉ Canada
Conference, 2007.
53. Bei Gou, Hui Zheng, Weibiao Wu, and Xingbin Yu, “Probability Distribution of Power System
Blackouts.” Proceedings of IEEE PES General Meeting, 24-28 June, pp:1 – 8, 2007.
54. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Exact Linearization Based Nonlinear Control for PEM Fuel Cells.”
Accepted by IEEE PES General Meeting, 2007.
55. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Efficient and Economic Design of PEM Fuel Cell Systems by Multi-
objective Optimization.” Accepted by NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference 2007.
56. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Nonlinear Control Design for PEM Fuel Cells.” Accepted by International
Conference on Clean Electrical Power, 2007.
57. Bei Gou, Hui Zheng, Weibiao Wu, and Xingbin Yu, “Predicting Blackouts for Complex Power
Networks.” Accepted by IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2007.
58. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Nonlinear Control of PEM Fuel Cells by Exact Linearization.” Accepted
by SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, 2007.
59. Hui Zheng, Bei Gou, Weibiao Wu, and Xingbin Yu, “The Statistical Law of Power System
Blackouts.” Proceedings of 38th North American Power Symposium, Southern Illinois University,
2006.
60. Qing Zhao, Yifang Hsu, and Bei Gou, “A Digital Filter Design for Digital Re-Sampling in Power
System Applications.” Proceedings of WSEAS International Conference on Power Systems, Lisbon,
Portugal, Sept. 2006. (Invited)
61. Hui Zheng and Bei Gou, “An Improved Algorithm of Dynamic Programming for Unit Commitment.”
Proceedings of WSEAS International Conference on Power Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2006.
(Invited)
62. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “An Improved Nonlinear Control for PEM Fuel Cells by Exact
Linearization Approach.” IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications. (in review) 2005.
63. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “An Improved Nonlinear Control for PEM Fuel Cells.” Accepted to present
at IASTED conference on Power and Energy Systems, IEEE PES, Marina del Rey, CA, USA 2005.
64. Woonki Na and Bei Gou, “Nonlinear Control of PEM Fuel Cells by Exact Linearization.” Accepted
to present at IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, China, 2005.
65. Bei Gou, Cheng Luo, and Ferdinanda Ponci, “Waveform Tracking Monitor for Power Distribution
Systems.” The Proceedings of IEEE PES General Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2005.
66. Bei Gou, Qing Zhao and Hui Zheng, “Signal Waveform Monitoring for Power Systems.”
Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Japan, 2005.
67. Hui Zheng and Bei Gou, “A New Method for Unit Commitment Based on the On/Off Criterion.”
Presented in the 37th North American Power Symposium, Oct. 23–24, Iowa State University, 2005.
68. Qing Zhao, Yifang Hsu, and Bei Gou, “A Digital Filter Design for Digital Re-Sampling in Power
System Applications.” Proceedings of IEEE PES Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2005.
69. Bei Gou, “Observability Analysis by Measurement Jacobian Matrix for State Estimation.” Accepted
to present at IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Japan, 2005.
70. Bei Gou, “Extension of Observability Analysis to Hachtel’s Augmented Matrix.” Accepted to present
at IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Japan, 2005.
71. Anil Kanagala, Mandhir Sahni, Siddharth Sharma, Bei Gou, and Jun Yu, “A Probabilistic Approach
of Hirschman Herfindahl Index (HHI) to Determine Possibility of Market Power Acquisition.” IEEE
PES Power Systems Conference & Exposition, New York, NY, USA, 2004.
72. E. Perez, V. Simha, and Bei Gou: “Initial Results in An Approximate Optimal Capacitor Placement
for Radial Distribution Systems.” IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, CO, 2004.
73. M. Kezunovic, Y. Liao, X. Xu, O. Ozgun, Bei Gou, and A. Abur, "Power Quality Assessment Using
Advanced Modeling, Simulation and Data Processing Tools." International Power Quality
Conference, October 21–25, 2002.
74. Bei Gou, “A New Optimal Capacitor Placement Algorithm.” The 5th World Multi-Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics SCI 2001, July 22–25, 2001, Orlando, Florida, USA.
(Invited).
75. Bei Gou and Ali Abur, “A New Measurement Placement Method for State Estimation. ISCAS 2000.”
Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Norway, 2000.
76. Bei Gou and Ali Abur: “Optimal Capacitor Placement Including Harmonics Considering in Power
Systems.” Proceedings of IEEE PES Summer Meeting, 1999.
77. Ali Abur, Bei Gou, and E. Acha, “State Estimation of Networks Containing Power Flow Control
Devices,” The 13th Power System Computation Conference (PSCC), Norway, 1999.
78. Bei Gou and Ali Abur, “A Simple Method to Determine Observable Islands for State Estimation.
ISCAS '99.” Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
Orlando, Florida, 1999.
79. Bei Gou and Ali Abur, “Estimation of Nonsinuoidal Bus Voltage Waveforms in Power Systems.
ISCAS’98.” Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
Monterey, CA, USA, 1998.
80. Bei Gou, Ali Abur, and A. Chan, “Analysis of Transmission Line Faults by Prony Method.” 30th
North American Power Symposium, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1998.
81. Bei Gou and Ali Abur: “Harmonic State Estimation Using Synchronized Sampling.” 29th North
American Power Symposium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA, 1997.
82. Bei Gou, Wang Donsheng, Chen Chen, and Fu Daoxu, Parameter Identification of Excitation System
Models Using Stochastic Approximation Method.” International Power Engineering Conference
(IPEC), Nanyong Technology University, Singapore, 1997.
83. Chen Chen, Xu Bing, and Bei Gou, “An Application of Prony Analysis in Parameter Identification of
Power System Excitation Regulator,” ICEE International Conference, Beijing, Aug. 1996.
84. Bei Gou and Chen Chen, “Initial Results in Prony Analysis of Dynamic Load Models in Power
Systems, International Power Engineering Conference, Nanyong Technology University, Singapore,
1995.
Technical Reports
85. NSF project report “Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Power Systems and Recommendations”, May
2006
86. TXU project report “Reliability Assessment of Automatic Switch Impact on Power Distribution
Systems.” August 2006
87. Hydro Quebec project report “Literature Survey: Integrated Volt/Var Control of power distribution.”
June 2007
88. ISO NE project report “Loss Factors Recalculation for PTF/Non-PTF transmission lines and External
Nodes of Tie lines.” (An algorithm was developed and successfully implemented at ISO NE),
October, 2002
89. ISO NE project report “Coordinating Congestion Relief by Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition for
Multiple Power Markets.” (An algorithm was developed), December, 2002
90. ISO NE project report “Sensitivity Factors Calculation for Interface Price Nodes.” (An algorithm was
developed and successfully implemented at ISO NE), January, 2003
91. ISO NE project report “A Design of Obtaining Instant Loss Factors for Day Ahead Market.” (An
approach was developed), February, 2003.
92. ABB NEW Project report “New Features Implemented for New England Power Pool”, August 2000
93. ABB Statnnet Project report “Upgraded Features and New Features for Norway Power System.”
April 2001
94. ABB Velco Project report “New Features Implemented for Vermont Electric Power Company.”
October 2001
INVITED TALKS 1. “PMU Placement for Power System State Estimation.” National Technical University of Athens,
Athens, Greece, June 2012.
2. Three-hours Workshop: “Fundamentals of Power Systems and Smart Grid”, Prairie View A & M
University, Texas, April 2012.
3. “A Novel Topology Estimator for Power System Operations” Power Simulator, Inc. Seattle, Mar.
2012.
4. “A “Smart” State Monitor for Smart Electric Grid”, ECE Dept., Lehigh University, Dec. 2011.
5. “A Real-time Corrective Control Strategy for Power Systems Operations,” Western Electricity
Coordinating Council (WECC), Nov. 2011.
6. “Topology State Estimator for Smart Grid’, ABB Research Center, Raleigh, NC, May 2011.
7. “Improved State Monitoring for Smart Electric Grid”, Open Systems International (OSI), Minneapolis,
May 2011.
8. “A New Topology Estimator to Smart Grid Monitoring”, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),
Feb. 2, 2010.
9. “Enhancement of Smart Grid Monitoring and Control”, University of Kentucky, Dec. 16, 2009.
10. “Vulnerability Assessment of Power System Blackouts.” University of Connecticut, May 2009.
11. “Enhancement of State Estimation for Power Systems.” Iowa State University, Sept. 23, 2008.
12. “Robust power system monitor”, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), March 2008.
13. “Probability distribution of the time to blackouts and its applications.” University of Illinois at
Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Oct. 19~23, 2007.
14. “Waveform Tracking Monitor for Next Generation of Power System Operation.” Baylor University,
November 16, 2007.
15. “Power system cascading failures and blackouts.” Polytechnic University, March 2007.
16. “Graphic state estimation for future power system operations.” Electric Reliability Council of Texas
(ERCOT), May 2007.
17. “State estimation and observability analysis.” University of Kentucky, Sept. 2006.
18. “Fuel cell technology and its applications in power systems.” University of Kobe, Japan, May, 2005.
TUTORIALS
● “Power System State Estimation and It’s Recent Development” (3 hours) The 11th IASTED European
Conference on Power and Energy Systems, Napoli, Italy, June 2012.
● “Recent Developments in Power System State Estimation” (4 hours) Grid of the Future Symposium,
hosted by CIGRE & EPRI, Kansas City, Missouri, USA , Oct. 28-30, 2012.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
University Services The liaison to the main library, North Dakota State University, 2011-present.
Member, Curriculum Committee, EE Department, UT Arlington, 2005-2008.
Member, EE Department Undergraduate Circuits & Systems Subcommittee, UT Arlington.
Member, Department Distinguish Seminars, EE Department, UT Arlington, 2005–2008.
Coordinator, Series of Distinguish Seminars, Energy System Research Center, UT Arlington.
Advisor, Friends of Falun Gong Club, UT Arlington
Proposals and Manuscripts Review ● Panel Review for NSF proposals, October 2011.
● Panel Review for Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
● Review of manuscripts submitted for publication in:
• IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
• IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
• IEEE Power Engineering Letters
• IEE Proceedings—Generation, Transmission and Distribution
• International Journal of Power and Energy Systems
• Journal of Fuel Cells
• EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
• Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE)
• Journal of Power Sources
Organizers ● Organizing and will chair a panel on Understanding and Responding to System Wide Events at the
IEEE-PES Annual General Meeting—2008, Pittsburgh, PA, on July 21-24, 2008.
● Organized a special session “Important Issues of Power Market” at 5th WSEAS International
Conference on Power Systems and Electromagnets Compatibility, 2005.
● Organized an invited session Power System Control and Monitoring at the 5th World Multi-Conference
on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics SCI 2001, July 22–25, 2001, Orlando, Florida, USA.
● Invited to be in the Program Committee for the 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics
and Informatics SCI 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Session Chairs ● IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, Italy, June 25-27, 2012
● SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, June 29-July 1, 2007
● The 38th North American Power Symposium, Southern Illions University, 2006
● The 37th North American Power Symposium, Iowa State University, 2005
● Invited Session "Power System Monitoring and Control" for the 5th World Multi-Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics SCI 2001, July 22–25, 2001, Orlando, Florida, USA
● The 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics SCI 2002
Editorial Review Board ● Scientific Journals International
● The Open Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
REFERENCES:
1. Dr. Ali Abur Professor and Chair
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Northeastern University
Tel: 617.373.3051
Email: [email protected]
IEEE Fellow
2. Dr. Weibiao Wu Associate Professor
Department of Statistics and the College
University of Chicago
Tel: 773.702.0958
E-mail: [email protected]
3. Dr. Robin Podmore
President
Incremental Systems
3380 146th Pl SE Ste. 440
Bellevue, WA 98007-6480
Co-chair of the IEEE PES Community Solutions Initiative
Tel: 425-985-0168
Email: [email protected]
IEEE Fellow