Mani V.
Venkatasubramanian

Boeing Distinguished Professor of
Electrical Engineering

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Washington State University

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GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED



Ebrahim Rezaei, Ph.D
Synchrophasor based oscillation monitoring
Now at American Electric Power, Columbus, OH December 2018

Pikkin Lau, M.S. (Thesis)
Synchrophasor based model validation
Now a Ph.D. student in Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee August 2017

Xun Zhang, Ph.D
Synchrophasor based voltage stability assessment and Volt/VAR control
Now at Amazon, Seattle WA August 2017

Yang Zheng, M.S. (Thesis)
Cross-referencing reconstruction of missing PMU data using collaborative filtering
Now at General Electric, Seattle WA August 2017

Tianying Wu, Ph.D.
Fast oscillation monitoring algorithms of large-scale power systems
Now at Peak Reliability, Denver CO August 2016

Seyed Arash Sarmadi, Ph.D.
Power system distributed oscillation monitoring using synchrophasor data
Now at National Grid, Boston MA August 2015

Lu Zhang, M.S. (Thesis)
Oscillation Monitoring
Now at Austin Energy, Austin TX August 2015

Hamed Khalilinia, Ph.D.
Subsynchronous resonance monitoring
Now at DNV GL Energy, Dallas TX August 2015

Jiawei "Alex" Ning, Ph.D.
Power system distributed oscillation detection based on synchrophasor data
Now at Peak Reliability Corporation, Vancouver WA August 2014

Qiang "Frankie" Zhang, M.S. (Thesis)
Synchrophasor time-skew: Formulation, detection and correction
Now at New England Independent System Operator, Holyoke MA August 2014

Javier Guerrero Sedeno, Ph.D
Hierarchical two-level voltage controller for large power systems
Now at Washington State University, Bremerton WA May 2014

Greg Zweigle, Ph.D
Real-time optimal control of large-scale power systems with application to transient stability
Now at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., Pullman WA May 2013

Hong Chun, M.S. (Thesis)
Hierarchical two-level controller for large power systems (local substation level)
Now at Varentec, San Jose CA May 2013

Xing Liu, Ph.D.
Real-time voltage stability monitoring and control using synchrophasors
Now at Siemens Inc., Minneapolis MN August 2012

Guoping Liu, Ph.D.
Oscillation monitoring system based on wide area phasor measurements in power systems
Now at State Grid Corporation of China, Chongqing China August 2010

Ran Xu, M.S. (Thesis)
Loss of field protection and its impact on power system stability
Now at Peak Reliability Corporation, Vancouver WA December 2009

Michael Sherwood, M.S. (Thesis)
Least action principle for real-time mitigation of angle instability in power systems
Now at Pacific Gas and Electric, San Francisco CA December 2007

Dongchen Hu, M.S. (Thesis)
A wide-area control for mitigating angle instability in electric power systems
Now at Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto CA December 2006

Jingdong Su, Ph.D.
A Heuristic slow voltage control scheme for large power systems
Now at ABB Inc., Houston TX May 2006

Jaime Quintero, Ph.D.
A real-time wide-area control for mitigating small-signal instability in electric power systems
Now at Universidad Autonoma De Occidente, Cali Columbia May 2005

Yuan Li, Ph.D.
Coordination of transmission path transfers in large electric power systems
Now at New England Independent System Operator, Holyoke MA August 2004

Rajesh Kavasseri, Ph.D.
New methodology for design of power system stabilizers
Now at North Dakota State University, Fargo ND August 2002

Juan Li, Ph.D.
Nonlinear analysis of limit cycles in power system models
Now at Midwest Independent System Operator, Indianapolis IN August 2001

Yonghong Chen, Ph.D.
Development of automatic slow voltage control for large power systems
Now at Midwest Independent System Operator, Indianapolis IN August 2001

Meng Shen, Ph.D.
A new framework for parameter estimation of power system dynamic models
Now at Southern California Edison Inc., Los Angeles CA December 2000

Weijun Ji, Ph.D.
Analysis of complicated oscillatory instability phenomena in general power system models
Now at City of Austin Electric Utility TX May 1997

Karl Schneider, M.S. (Thesis)
Application of power swing damping control on an SVC to improve transient stability of WSCC interconnected power system
Now at City of Austin Electric Utility TX May 1999

Frederic Howell, M.S. (Thesis)
Nonlinear analysis of power system oscillations
Now at Powertech Labs Inc., Vancouver BC, Canada December 1995

Ravi Mantri, M.S. (Thesis), Co-Advisor: Prof.Ali Saberi
Control and analysis problems for linear systems with saturation
Now at 3COM Inc., CA May 1995

Nasser Dehkordi, M.S. (Thesis)
Analysis of Hopf bifurcations and voltage oscillations in power system models
now at Battelle, Pasco WA August 1994