Extracurricular [ html ]

 

Interesting figures in the history of science:

Tesla, Khayyam, Erdos

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Assistant Professor @ Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Department

University of Nevada - Reno

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electrical Power & Renewable Energy Systems Research Laboratory

Please visit the Lab Homepage & Laboratory & Research & Resources for detailed activities!

 

My talks on Electrical Power Grid and Integration of Renewable Energy Sources in various courses [ html ]

 

Check out the NEW senior level course in Spring 2010: EE445/645 Power System Operation with Renewable Energy Sources (pre-requisite: EE440) [ html ] [ flyer ]

 

Renewable Energy Center @ UNR [ html ]

 

Sustainable Energy Forum @ UNR [ html ]

 

POWER GRID animation by DOE [ html ]

Power & Energy in the Home animation by DOE [ html ]
Power Economics a& Emissions animation by DOE [ html ]

 

Tips on Saving Energy & Money @ Home by NREL & DOE [ pdf ]

Energy Saving Tips by NV Energy [ html ]

 

Thanks to UNR IEEE Student Branch for presenting me the Most Outstanding Teacher Award in 2008 - 2009!

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ASSISTANTSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE! Contact Dr. E for details!

 

Basic qualifications are to have

 

  • a strong power system background,
  • a strong algebra and calculus background,
  • basic programming skills in any language (knowledge of MATLAB),
  • basic knowledge in signal processing,
  • basic knowledge in optimization.

 

If you think you have some or all of the above qualifications write me a concise introductory email with your detailed CV attached.

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Some powerful tools in education & research:

 

Power Educational Toolbox (PET), A powerful tool for understanding power flow and state estimation analysis in power systems. Developed by Dr. F.H. Magnago and Dr. Ali Abur

Java Exercises for better understanding the fundamental concepts in power systems. Developed by Dr. F.H. Magnago and Dr. Ali Abur

MATLAB, a very powerful scientific computation and programming software

PowerWorld, a GUI supported power system steady-state analysis and visualization software

Use MATLAB/MATHCAD/SAS/SPSS...etc ONLINE: A service provided by UNR Library. Login with your NetID!

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Some of the important entities & resources in electrical power industry:

 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

US Electric Power Markets - national overview [ html ]

Regional Transmission Organizations Map [ html ]

Department of Energy [ html ]

Western Area Power Administration - WAPA [ html ]

Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability [ html ]

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy [ html ]

Office of Fossil Energy [ html ]

Energy Information Administration (Official Energy Statistics from the US government [ html ]

National Laboratories [ html ]

US Power Grids - Interconnection Map [ html ]

Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions - CERTS [ html ]

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Interconnected Electrical Power System Operators in US - Regional Transmission Operators (RTOs) & Independent System Operators (ISOs):

NYISO, CAISO, MISO, PJM, MISO-PJM, NE-ISO, ERCOT, SPP, NWPP, NTTG

A few of the important utilities in power industry (W & SW of US): NV Energy, PG & E, APS , BPA, TVA

Power Systems Engineering Research Center - PSERC [ html ]

North American SynchroPhasor Initiative - NASPI [ html ]

Electricity rates in US by state [ html ]

For more resources please visit the resources page of EPRES

 

IEEE Code of Ethics [ html ]

 

UNR Academic Dishonesty Policy [ html ]

 

UNR

Campus Map

College of Engineering

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering

Outlook Web Access (Campus Email)

UNR Academic Calendar

WebCampus (WebCT)

Knowledge Center (Library)

UNR Arts Calendar

Performing Arts @ UNR

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Search engine for technical papers:

 

IEEE Xplore

Web of Science (Citation Index)

 

Important technical journals on power systems:

 

1. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

2. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

3. Elsevier Solar Energy

4. Elsevier Electric Power System Research

5. Elsevier Intl. Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

6. Elsevier Renewable Energy

7. Elsevier Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

8. European Transactions on Electrical Power

9. IET Renewable Power Generation

10. Wiley Wind Energy

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IEEE Author Digital Tool Box

(Style/template files for LateX, Microsoft Word and etc.)

 

IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES)

IEEE PES Conference Calendar (PSCE, GM, GM08 Super Sessions)

Some other non-IEEE conferences in power area: PSCC, IPST, PMAPS

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News & Magazines:

 

IEEE Power & Energy Magazine [ html ]

Elsevier Electricity Journal [ html ]

Electric Energy Industry News [ html ]

Energy Central [ html ]

Renewable Energy World [ html ]

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Campus Directory

Course Schedule

UNR College of Engineering Blog

UNR Faculty Senate Blog

 

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Last updated: July 23rd, 2009