Over the last fifteen years, Professor Venayagamoorthy’s contributions have primarily emphasized on the development and implementation of advanced computational methods for smart grid applications (e.g. nonlinear modeling and control of power systems, power system optimization, predictions of wind and solar energies, energy management systems, wide area monitoring and control systems, dynamic optimal power flow, plug-in electric vehicles, micro-grid systems). Other applications of computational methods have been in the area of sensor networks and signal processing. Professor Venayagamoorthy is the pioneer in the development and implementation of adaptive critics for power system control. Adaptive critics based optimal controllers have been implemented to control synchronous generators under normal operating conditions and disturbances on actual micro-machines. The adaptive critic control framework has been extended to other smart grid applications including FACTS control, wide area control systems, PV energy management systems, wind farm control, and G2V and V2G transactions. Professor Venayagamoorthy has demonstrated that distributed SmartParks (plug-in vehicles parking lots) can be used as Virtual FACTS devices, and with intelligent control can mitigate power system oscillations caused by dynamic operation of wind farms and system disturbances. His recent interests are in development of synchrophasor applications, and situational awareness and intelligence systems for the electric power system.
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