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Newsletter
2006/7 Academic year:
Professor Dale Harrell is hired. Dale comes from to Tech after teaching at the University of West Florida for the past several years. While at UWF, Dale was awarded “Instructor of the Year” in 2005 and 2006. Dale earned the PhD and MS in EE from New Mexico State University, and the BS from the University of South Alabama. He has several years of industrial experience as a consultant to the electric power industry.
Professor Morrison was named Montana Tech “Advisor of the Year.”
New Research Grant. Professor John Morrison was awarded an $180,000 grant from NASA titled “Intelligent Self-Evolving Prognostic Fusion.” The grant will fund graduate and undergraduate students to work with NASA and the Idaho National Laboratory to develop advanced battery diagnostic technology for space applications.
New Research Grant. Professor Trudnowski was awarded a $150,000 grant from US Department of Energy as part of a supplement to a $1,900,000 earlier grant. The title of the research program is “Intelligent Control for Reliable Electric Power.” The grant funds students and faculty to develop advanced control methods for high-voltage power transmission.
New Research Grant. Professor Trudnowski was awarded a $25,000 grant as part of the Power System Research Consortium funded by several private industry companies. Faculty and students will help electric power engineers develop and install advanced control systems for high-voltage electric power systems.
Recent Publications and Patents by students and faculty:
- N. Zhou, J. W. Pierre, D. J. Trudnowski, and R. T. Guttromson, “Robust RLS Methods for Online Estimation of Power System Electromechanical Modes,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1240 - 1249, Aug. 2007.
- J. Hauer, D. Trudnowski, andJ. DeSteese, “A Perspective on WAMS Analysis Tools for Tracking of Oscillatory Dynamics,” Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, paper no. PESGM2007-001391, Tampa, FL, June 2007 (Invited Panel Paper).
- “Implementation and Validation of Uncertainty Analysis of Available Energy and Available Power” by: Jon P. Christophersen, John L. Morrison, B. J. Schubert, and Shawn Allred; ISA 53rd IIS 2007, (Refereed)
- “Uncertainty Evaluation of Available Energy and Power”; by Jon P. Christophersen and John L. Morrison; 52nd International Instrumentation Symposium, May, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio; (Refereed).
- “Real Time Estimation of Battery Impedance”; by J. L. Morrison and W. H. Morrison; IEEE Aerospace 2006 Conference, March 5-11, 2006, Big Sky Montana; (Refereed).
- “Development and Test of a Real Time Battery Impedance Estimation System”; by: R. G. Hoffmann, J. E. Slade and J. L. Morrison; IEEE Aerospace 2006 Conference, March 5-11, 2006, Big Sky Montana
- Zhou, N., J.W. Pierre, and D.J. Trudnowski, “A Bootstrap Method for Statistical Power System Mode Estimation and Probing Signal Selection,” Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 2006. (Invited Panel Paper). Also presented as an invited paper at the 2006 IEEE PES Power System Conference & Exposition.
- D. Trudnowski, M. Donnelly, and E. Lightner, “Power-System Frequency and Stability Control using Decentralized Intelligent Loads,” Proceedings of the 2005/2006 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, pp. 1453-1459, May 2006.
- “Real-Time Synchronized Grid Frequency Sensor”; by Daniel J. Trudnowski, J. L. Morrison, Brock B. Bleilstein, James M. St. Germaine; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Docket No. MTT-105P Filed by Montana Tech 17 June 2006.
- “Method and Apparatus for IN-SITU Characterization of a Battery”; by Jon Christophersen, Chester Motloch, John L. Morrison and Weston D. Albrecht; United States Patent Pending to be filed Spring 2006 by The Idaho National Laboratory.
- “High Gradient Field Generator”; by John Richardson, Eric Yarger, and John Morrison; United States Patent Pending to be filed Spring 2006 by The Idaho National Laboratory.
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