A List of My Publications

IEEE Site: https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/author/37284142300

Google Scholar Site: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J6pQoxIAAAAJ&hl=en

Major Presentations (Youtube playlist)

1. Overviews of the PARS platform

   1. 2021. DOE workshop. An Overview of the PARS Platform by Dr. Ning Lu.

   2. 2022. Invited Talk at the EESG MIT seminar series. available on Youtube: Development of the Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis and Response Support (PARS) platform

   3. 2022. Bigdata Seminar. Available on Youtube: Machine learning based methods used to develop the PARS platform.

   4. 2023, Invited Talk at Stanford University, CA. available on Youtube: Power System Digital Twins for Distribution Systems | Ning Lu | Smart Grid Seminar

   5. 2024 UNIFI Seminar. available on Youtube:   Unlocking the Potential of Power System Digital Twins with Synthetic Data  : Slides

   6. 2024 NREC meeting: Leveraging Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence to Unlock the Potential of Measurement Data

2. PARS Energy Management Systems

   1. Energy management systems by Ashwin Shirsat, Valliappan Muthukaruppan, Rongxing Hu. at the FREEDM seminar series.

   2. demo 1 by Rongxing Hu: MW microgrid: https://youtu.be/1kIBTnE8V24; Demo link 2: A recording of one complete run: https://youtu.be/b5sv8SozFSk

   3. demo 2: mobile storage by Valliappan Muthukaruppan: Presentation Link: https://youtu.be/Sr-OC075gZo; Demo link: https://youtu.be/I885azl3hpU

   4. demo 3: community microgrid by Ashwin Shirsat:  https://youtu.be/z1D5T1R9abI

3. PARS Situation Awareness:

   1. FeederGan presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8cmSDyxIJ8. By Dr. Ming Liang at PES General meeting

   2. ProfileSR-GAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkwTqHplh8&t=30s By Lidong Song at the FREEDM seminar series.

   3. Meta-learning based load forecasting tool by Dr. Yiyan Li at the FREEDM seminar series.

   4. Bigdata Seminar about the machine learning based methods used to develop the PARS platform: https://www.public.asu.edu/~kghosh10/Tutorial5/56_talk_lu_li_song.html

4. PARS Hardware-in-the-loop Team

   1. Fuhong Xie: Battery Parameterization at FREEDM Tech Seminar Series

   2. Victor Paduani: Maximum Power Reference Tracking Algorithm for Power Curtailment of PV Systems, 21PESGM0055 - Best paper session

   3. Jiyu Wang: “A data-driven Pivot-point-based Time-series Feeder Load Disaggregation Method”, 21PESGM0790

US Patents:

1. Samaan; Nader A. (Richland, WA), Ke; Xinda (Richland, WA), Holzer; Jesse T. (Kennewick, WA), Huang; Renke (Richland, WA), Vyakaranam; Bharat (Redmond, WA), Vallem; Mallikarjuna (Richland, WA), Elizondo; Marcelo A. (Seattle, WA), Makarov; Yuri (Richland, WA), Lu; Ning (Cary, NC), Zhu; Xiangqi (Arvada, CO), Mulcahy; David (Raleigh, NC), McEntee; Catherine (Raleigh, NC), Coordinated voltage control and reactive power regulation between transmission and distribution systems. Available online: https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=samaan.INNM.&OS=IN/samaan&RS=IN/samaan

2. Jin, Chunlian, Ning Lu, Shuai Lu, and Yuri V. Makarov. "Controller for hybrid energy storage." U.S. Patent 8,754,547, issued June 17, 2014.

3. Lu, Ning, Pengwei Du, Xinxin GUO, Robert PRATT, and Donald Hammerstrom. "Scheduling and modeling the operation of controllable and non-controllable electronic devices." U.S. Patent 9310792, issued April 12, 2016.

4. Lu, Ning, Yu Zhang, Pengwei Du, and Yuri V. Makarov. "Controller for thermostatically controlled loads." U.S. Patent 9362749, issued June 7, 2016.

5. Maziar Vanouni, Ning LU, Wente Zeng,10,574,054, Issued 2020-02-25, Systems and Methods for Controlling and Managing Thermostatically Controlled Loads,  issued Sept, 2020.

6. Xiangqi Zhu, Jiahong Yan, Ning Lu,Wente Zeng, 10,637,245, Issued 2020-04-28, System and Method for Sizing a Capacity of an Energy Storage Device, issued Sept, 2020. 

7. Jian Lu, Jiyu Wang, Ning Lu, Wente Zeng, "Decoupled Modeling Methods and Systems" US Patent 11,514,537 

8. Fuhong Xie, Ning LU, Wente Zeng. System, Device, and Method for Off-grid Microgrids Management. US Patent App. 16/980,568 

US Patent Applications:

• 1. G. Henri, N. Lu, (WO 2019017968 A1), System, Device, and Method for Mode-based Energy Storage Management, https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019017968

  2. G. Henri, N. Lu, C. Carrejo. A Multi-agent Shared Machine Learning Approach for Real-time Battery Operation Mode Prediction and Control. Patent filed in December 2017

  3. G. Henri, N. Lu, C. Carrejo, A machine learning approach for real-time battery optimal operation mode and control;  Oblon Ref: 508137WO [IWOV-iManageDB.FID5526784]

Books and Book Chapters:

• • Du, Pengwei, Ning Lu, and Haiwang Zhong. Demand response in smart grids. Vol. 262. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. 

    • I have uploaded the matlab code for Chapter 2&3 to Github: Matlab Code for Chapter 2; Matlab Codes for Chapter 3; Receipts

• Pengwei Du and Ning Lu, Energy Storage for Smart Grids: Planning and Operation for Renewable and Variable Energy Resources, Elsevier. 2014. http://store.elsevier.com/Energy-Storage-for-Smart-Grids/Pengwei-Du/isbn-9780124095434/

Githhub Site

lease click here to access the GitHub repository for sharing data, models, and algorithms. 

Journal Publications: 

1. Xiao, Q., Song, L., Woo, J., Hu, R., Xu, B., & Lu, N. (2024). Invisible Manipulation Deep Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Stealthy Attacks on Battery Energy Management Systems. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.17402. Accedpted by IEEE ACCESS.

2. Woo, Jong Ha, Qi Xiao, Victor Daldegan Paduani, and Ning Lu. "A Two-Stage Optimization Method for Real-Time Parameterization of PV-Farm Digital Twin." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.04244 (2024). 

3. Kim, Hyeonjin, Yi Hu, Kai Ye, and Ning Lu. "A Novel Vision Transformer based Load Profile Analysis using Load Images as Inputs." Applied Energy 382 (2025): 125243. 

4. Hu, Yi, Hyeonjin Kim, Kai Ye, and Ning Lu. "Applying fine-tuned LLMs for reducing data needs in load profile analysis." Applied Energy 377 (2025): 124666.  

5. Y. Hu, K. Ye, H. Kim and N. Lu, "BERT-PIN: A BERT-Based Framework for Recovering Missing Data Segments in Time-Series Load Profiles," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, doi: 10.1109/TII.2024.3417272. 

6. H. P. Lee, P. Rehm, M. Makdad, E. Miller and N. Lu, "A Novel Power-Band Based Data Segmentation Method for Enhancing Meter Phase and Transformer-Meter Pairing Identification," in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2024.3402263. Available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00155 

7. B. Xu, V. Paduani, Q. Xiao, L. Song, D. Lubkeman and N. Lu, "Under-Frequency Load Shedding for Power Reserve Management in Islanded Microgrids," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2024.3393426. 

8. Hu, Rongxing, Ashwin Shirsat, Valliappan Muthukaruppan, Yiyan Li, Si Zhang, Wenyuan Tang, Mesut Baran, and Ning Lu. "Adaptive cold-load pickup considerations in 2-stage microgrid unit commitment for enhancing microgrid resilience." Applied Energy 356 (2024): 122424.   

9. Victor Paduani, Qi Xiao, Bei Xu, David Lubkeman, and Ning Lu. "Optimal Control Design for Operating a Hybrid PV Plant with Robust Power Reserves for Fast Frequency Regulation Services", submitted to IEEE Transactions on power systems. https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.03803 

10. H. Kim, K. Ye, D. Lee and N. Lu, "A Contextually Supervised Optimization-Based HVAC Load Disaggregation Methodology," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 3852-3863, July 2024, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2024.3367301. 

11. H. P. Lee, K. Dsouza, K. Chen, N. Lu and M. E. Baran, "Adopting Dynamic VAR Compensators to Mitigate PV Impacts on Unbalanced Distribution Systems," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 101514-101524, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3315601. Available online at: Available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06098 

12. Y. Li et al., "Load Profile Inpainting for Missing Load Data Restoration and Baseline Estimation," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 2251-2260, March 2024, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2023.3293188. Github code sharing: https://github.com/SyntheticDataGenerationAndSharing/SDG_Algorithms-Data

13. Y. Hu et al., "MultiLoad-GAN: A GAN-Based Synthetic Load Group Generation Method Considering Spatial-Temporal Correlations," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 2309-2320, March 2024, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2023.3302192.  Available online at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.01167. Github code sharing: https://github.com/SyntheticDataGenerationAndSharing/SDG_Algorithms-Data

14. A. Shirsat et al., "A Secure and Adaptive Hierarchical Multi-Timescale Framework for Resilient Load Restoration Using a Community Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1057-1075, April 2023, doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2023.3251099.   

15. Y. Li, Lidong Song, Si Zhang, Laura Kraus, Taylor Adcox, Roger Willardson, Abhished Komandur, and Ning Lu, "A TCN-based Hybrid Forecasting Framework for Hours-ahead Utility-scale PV Forecasting," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2023.3236992. . Available online at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.08809 Github code sharing: https://github.com/SyntheticDataGenerationAndSharing/SDG_Algorithms-Data

16. Wu, Di, Xu Ma, Tao Fu, Zhangshuan Hou, P. J. Rehm, and Ning Lu. "Design of a Battery Energy Management System for Capacity Charge Reduction." IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy 9 (2022): 351-360. 

17. Song, Lidong, Yiyan Li, and Ning Lu. "ProfileSR-GAN: A GAN based Super-Resolution Method for Generating High-Resolution Load Profiles." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 13, no. 4 (2022): 3278-3289. Youtube video. Github code sharing: https://github.com/SyntheticDataGenerationAndSharing/SDG_Algorithms-Data

18. Sun, Fangyuan, Xiangyu Kong, Jianzhong Wu, Bixuan Gao, Ke Chen, and Ning Lu. "DSM pricing method based on A3C and LSTM under cloud-edge environment." Applied Energy (2022): 118853. 

19. Paduani, Victor Daldegan, Hui Yu, Bei Xu, and Ning Lu. "A unified power-setpoint tracking algorithm for utility-scale pv systems with power reserves and fast frequency response capabilities." IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 13, no. 1 (2021): 479-490.

20. Lu, Ning. "Load Control: A new era of intelligent automation." IEEE Electrification Magazine 9, no. 3 (2021): 18-28. 

21. Li, Yiyan, Si Zhang, Rongxing Hu, and Ning Lu. "A meta-learning based distribution system load forecasting model selection framework." Applied Energy 294 (2021): 116991. A brief introduction of the paper can be found in Youtube at: https://youtu.be/i8bUvGi9rC8 

22. F. Xie, C. McEntee, M. Zhang, B. Mather and N. Lu, "Development of an Encoding Method on a Co-Simulation Platform for Mitigating the Impact of Unreliable Communication," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 2496-2507, May 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3039949. Videos related with the paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdibDKEpw60

23. Y. Meng, Z. Yu, N. Lu and D. Shi, "Time Series Classification for Locating Forced Oscillation Sources," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1712-1721, March 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3028188. 

24. Q. Long, H. Yu, F. Xie, N. Lu and D. Lubkeman, "Diesel Generator Model Parameterization for Microgrid Simulation Using Hybrid Box-Constrained Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3026617.

25. M. Liang, Y. Meng, J. Wang, D. L. Lubkeman and N. Lu, "FeederGAN: Synthetic Feeder Generation via Deep Graph Adversarial Nets," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1163-1173, March 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3025259.  A brief introduction of the paper can be found in Youtube at: https://youtu.be/r8cmSDyxIJ8 

26. Kong, Xiangyu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Ning Lu, Yuying Ma, and Ye Li. "Online smart meter measurement error estimation based on EKF and LMRLS method." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 12, no. 5 (2021): 4269-4279. 

27. J. Wang et al., "A Data-Driven Pivot-Point-Based Time-Series Feeder Load Disaggregation Method," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 5396-5406, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2020.3008603. 

28. J. Wang, S. Huang, D. Wu and N. Lu, "Operating a Commercial Building HVAC Load as a Virtual Battery Through Airflow Control," in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 158-168, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2020.2988513.

29. Ning Lu and Tao Hong, "utility rate making", Power and Energy, May 2020.  We edited this issue about rate making

    1. We edited this version to introduce the rate making principles and its changes to come in the next ten years with the integration of renewable and distributed energy resources.

    2. Available online: https://magazine.ieee-pes.org/

    3. My version: https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pes/powerenergy_050620/index.php?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpWbFlqWmtOREJrTnpGaSIsInQiOiJuNDdLMG5CVmxRZjgzWFFDelh1b25UXC9EN0IrK1BPMFc4K0NFSUhFb1FwdGlyakR4R2VDWkt0OFc2RHd5c0hjS2hrbmJLM3F1amtTb0ltbVVqWitBcDNIdHVUTUx6c05tSVwvOVE0QVhyN1wvdzlOWktCYUV0M2VRd01lZ2FlNmFVOCJ9

30. Li, Weifeng, Pengwei Du, and Ning Lu. "Primary Frequency Response Ancillary Service in Low Inertia Power System,"IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (2020).

31. F. Xie, H. Yu, Q. Long, W. Zeng and N. Lu, "Battery Model Parameterization Using Manufacturer Datasheet and Field Measurement for Real-Time HIL Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 2396-2406, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2019.2953718.

32. Zhu, Kedong, Ning Lu, Jianyong Zheng, Guoqiang Sun, and Fei Mei. "Optimal day-ahead scheduling for commercial building-level consumers under TOU and demand pricing plan." Electric Power Systems Research 173 (2019): 240-250.

33. Henri, G. and Lu, N., 2019. A supervised machine learning approach to control energy storage devices. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 10(6), pp.5910-5919. 

34. Henri, Gonzague, Ning Lu, and Carlos Carrejo. "Mode‐based energy storage control approach for residential photovoltaic systems." IET Smart Grid 2, no. 1 (2019): 69-76. 

35. AR de Queiroz, A. R., D. Mulcahy, A. Sankarasubramanian, J. P. Deane, G. Mahinthakumar, N. Lu, and J. F. DeCarolis. "Repurposing an energy system optimization model for seasonal power generation planning." Energy 181 (2019): 1321-1330.

36. Ke, Xinda, Nader Samaan, Jesse Holzer, Renke Huang, Bharat Vyakaranam, Mallikarjuna Vallem, Marcelo Elizondo et al. "Coordinative real-time sub-transmission volt–var control for reactive power regulation between transmission and distribution systems." IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (2018).

37. Zhu, Xiangqi, Jiyu Wang, Ning Lu, Nader Samaan, Renke Huang, and Xinda Ke. "A hierarchical vlsm-based demand response strategy for coordinative voltage control between transmission and distribution systems." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2018).

38. Wu, Xiaoyu, Jinghan He, Yin Xu, Jian Lu, Ning Lu, and Xiaojun Wang. "Hierarchical control of residential HVAC units for primary frequency regulation." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 9, no. 4 (2018): 3844-3856.

39. Ke, Xinda, Di Wu, and Ning Lu. "A Real-Time Greedy-Index Dispatching Policy for using PEVs to Provide Frequency Regulation Service." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2017).

40. Li, Weifeng, Pengwei Du, and Ning Lu. "Design of a New Primary Frequency Control Market for Hosting Frequency Response Reserve Offers from both Generators and Loads." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2017).

41. Vanouni, Maziar, and Ning Lu. "A Reward Allocation Mechanism for Thermostatically Controlled Loads Participating in Intra-Hour Ancillary Services." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2017).

42. Xiangi Zhu, Jiahong Yan, and Ning Lu. “A Graphical Performance-based Energy Storage Capacity Sizing Method for High Solar Penetration Residential Feeders”, IEEE trans. on Smart Grid, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Jan. 2017.

43. Chen, S., Wei, Z. N., Sun, G. Q., Lu, N., Sun, Y. H., & Zhu, Y. (2017). Multi-area distributed three-phase state estimation for unbalanced active distribution networks. Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 5(5), 767-776.

44. Sun, Tiankui, Jian Lu, Zhimin Li, David Lubkeman, and Ning Lu. "Modeling Combined Heat and Power Systems for Microgrid Applications." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Jan. 2017.

45. Ke, X. D., Wu, D., Rice, J., Kintner-Meyer, M., & Lu, N. (2016). Quantifying impacts of heat waves on power grid operation. Applied Energy, 183, 504-512.

46. Hong, T., Chen, C., Huang, J. W., Lu, N., Xie, L., & Zareipour, H. (2016). Big data analytics for grid modernization. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 7(5), 2395-2396.

47. Du, Pengwei, Hailong Hui, and Ning Lu. "Procurement of regulation services for a grid with high-penetration wind generation resources: a case study of ERCOT." IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 10, no. 16 (2016): 4085- 4093., 2016.

48. Tao Jiang, Yunfei Mu, Hongjie Jia, Ning Lu, Haoyu Yuan, Jiahong Yan, and Weifeng Li “A Novel Dominant Mode Estimation Method for Analyzing Inter-Area Oscillation in China Southern Power Grid,” IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, vol. 6, No. 1, March 2016.

49. Wang, D., Zhou, Y., Jia, H. J., Wang, C. S., Lu, N., Sui, P. C., & Fan, M. H. (2016). An energy-constrained state priority list model using deferrable electrolyzers as a load management mechanism. Applied Energy, 167, 201-210.

50. Du, Pengwei, Weifeng Li, Xinda Ke, Ning Lu, Orlando A. Ciniglio, Mitchel Colburn, and Phillip M. Anderson. "Probabilistic-based available transfer capability assessment considering existing and future wind generation resources." IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 6, no. 4 (2015): 1263-1271.

51. Zhan, Kaiqiao, Zechun Hu, Yonghua Song, Ning Lu, Zhiwei Xu, and Long Jia. "A probability transition matrix based decentralized electric vehicle charging method for load valley filling." Electric Power Systems Research 125 (2015): 1-7.

52. Wai, Chon Hou, Marc Beaudin, Hamidreza Zareipour, Antony Schellenberg, and Ning Lu, "Cooling Devices in Demand Response: A Comparison of Control Methods," IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 2015.

53. X Ke, N Lu, and C Jin, “Control and Size Energy Storage for Managing Energy balance of Variable Generation Resources,” IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 2015.

54. M Vanouni and Ning Lu, “Improving the Centralized Control of Thermostatically Controlled Appliances by Obtaining the Right Information,” IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, Vol. 6 No. 2 March 2015.

55. Wang, D., Jia, H. J., Wang, C. S., Lu, N., Fan, M. H., Zhou, Y., & Qi, Y. B. (2015). Voltage stability enhancement using thermostatically controlled appliances as a comfort-constrained virtual generator. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 25(12), 3509-3522.

56. N Lu and M Vanouni, “Passive energy storage using distributed electric loads with thermal storage,” Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2015, DOI 10.1007/s40565-013-0033-z.

57. Dan Wang, Hongjie Jia, Chengshan Wang, Ning Lu, Fan Menghua, Miao Weiwei, and Liu Zhe, “Performance evaluation of controlling thermostatically controlled appliances as virtual generators using comfort-constrained state-queueing models,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Vol. 8, Issue 4, April 2014.

58. C. Jin, N Lu, S. Lu, Y Makarov, and R.A. Dougal, “A Coordinating Algorithm for Dispatching Regulation Services Between Slow and Fast Power Regulating Resources,” IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, vol. 5, No. 2, March 2014.

59. Dan Wang, Shaoyun Ge, Hongjie Jia, Chengshan Wang, Yue Zhou, Ning Lu, and Xiangyu Kong, “A Demand Response and Battery Storage Coordination Algorithm for Providing Microgrid Tie-Line Smoothing Services,” IEEE Trans. On Sustainable Energy, vol. 5, No., April 2014.

60. Y Zhang and N Lu, “Parameter Selection for a Centralized Thermostatically Controlled Appliances Load Controller Used for Intra-hour Load Balancing,” IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, vol. 4, No. 4, pp. Dec. 2013.

61. L. Zheng, N Lu, and L. Cai, “Reliable Wireless Communication Networks for Demand Response,” IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 133-140, March 2013.

62. N Lu and Y Zhang, “Design Considerations of a Centralized Load Controller Using Thermostatically Controlled Appliances for Continuous Regulation Reserves,” IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid, vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 914-921, June 2013.

63. [Chenshan Wang, Mengxuan Liu, and N Lu, “Micro-Grid Tie-line Power Smoothing using Demand Response Program,” Proceedings of the CSEE, No. 32, vol. 25, page 36-43 (中国电机工程学报2012年第32卷第25期 36-43页), 2012.

64. N Lu, “An Evaluation of the HVAC Load Potential for Providing Load Balancing Service,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1263-1270, Sept. 2012.

65. P Du and N Lu. 2011. “Appliance Commitment for Household Load Scheduling,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, issue 2, June 2011.

66. PE de Mello, N Lu, and YV Makarov, “An Optimized Autoregressive Forecast Error Generator,” Wind Energy, DOI: 10.1002/we.460, 2011.

67. J. Kondoh, N. Lu, and D. J. Hammerstrom, “An evaluation of the water heater load potential for providing regulation service,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1309–1316, Aug. 2011.

68. H Khurana, M Hadley, N Lu, and DA Frincke, “Building Security in Smart-Grid Security Issues.” IEEE Security & Privacy 8(1): 81–85, 2010.

69. N Lu, ZT Talyor, W Jiang, J Correia, LYR Leung, and PC Wong, “Climate Change Impacts on Residential and Commercial Loads in the Western U.S. Grid.” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems 25: 480–488, 2010.

70. PC Wong, LR Leung, N Lu, MJ Scott, P Mackey, H Foote, J Correia Jr., ZT Taylor, J Xu, SD Unwin, and A Sanfilippo. 2009. “Designing a Collaborative Visual Analytics System to Support Social and Technological Change Prediction.” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 29(5):58–68, IEEE Computer Society Press, September 2009.

71. N Lu, JH Chow, and AA Desrochers, “Generator bidding strategies in a competitive electricity market with derating and bid-segment considerations.” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 29(3):173-180, 2009.

72. N Lu, Q Li, X Sun, and MA Khaleel, “The modeling of a standalone solid-oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit.” Journal of Power Sources 161(2):938–948, 2006.

73. S. Katipamula and N. Lu, “Evaluation of residential HVAC control strategies for demand response programs,” ASHRAE Trans., vol. 1, no. 12, pp. 1–12, 2006.

74. N Lu, DP Chassin, and SE Widergren, “Modeling Uncertainties in Aggregated Thermostatically Controlled Loads Using a State Queueing Model.” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems 20: 725–733, 2005.

75. N. Lu and D. P. Chassin, “A state queueing model of thermostatically controlled appliances,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 19, pp. 1666–1673, 2004.

76. N Lu, JH Chow, and AA Desrochers, “Pumped-Storage Hydro-Turbine Bidding Strategies in a Competitive Electricity Market.” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems 19:834-842, 2004.

Conference Papers 

(most of our submitted papers can be found in arxiv.org. Please reference to the paper to the arxiv link. Thank you for your interest to our research activities!):

1. Qi Xiao, Bei Xu, et. al, “Transmission-level Fault Impact Analysis on Distribution IBR Operation”, accepted by 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Austin, TX, USA, 2025.

2. H. Kim, Y. Hu, K. Ye and N. Lu, "A Novel Vision Transformer based Load Profile Analysis using Load Images as Inputs," 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Seattle, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM51994.2024.10688520. 

3. Xiao, Qi, Jongha Woo, Lidong Song, Bei Xu, David Lubkeman, Ning Lu, Abdul Shafae Mohammed et al. "Assessment of Transmission-level Fault Impacts on 3-phase and 1-phase Distribution IBR Operation." In 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024. 

4. R. Hu et al., "Design Considerations of a Coordinative Demand Charge Mitigation Strategy," 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252618. 

5. K. Ye, H. Kim, Y. Hu, N. Lu, D. Wu and P. Rehm, "A Modified Sequence-to-point HVAC Load Disaggregation Algorithm," 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252553. 

6. H. P. Lee et al., "An Iterative Bidirectional Gradient Boosting Algorithm for CVR Baseline Estimation," 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252215. Available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.03733. 23PESGM0022  

7. H. Kim et al., "An ICA-Based HVAC Load Disaggregation Method Using Smart Meter Data," 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066402. Available online at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.09165 

8. B. Xu, V. Paduani, H. Yu, D. Lubkeman and N. Lu, "A Novel Grid-forming Voltage Control Strategy for Supplying Unbalanced Microgrid Loads Using Inverter-based Resources," 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Denver, CO, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9916707. 

9. V. Paduani, B. Xu, D. Lubkeman and N. Lu, "Novel Real- Time EMT- TS Modeling Architecture for Feeder Blackstart Simulations," 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Denver, CO, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9917086. 

10. H. P. Lee et al., "A Novel Data Segmentation Method for Data-driven Phase Identification," 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Denver, CO, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9916891. Available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.10500.

11. Si Zhang, Mingzhi Zhang, Rongxing Hu, David Lubkeman, Yunan Liu, and Ning Lu, “A Two-stage Training Strategy for  Reinforcement Learning based Volt-Var Control,” 22PESGM3454, Proc. of 2022 PES General Meeting. http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.11987 

12. V. Muthukaruppan, M. Baran, N. Lu, P. Rehm, E. Miller and M. Makdad, "Overloading Analysis of Distribution Transformers using Smart Meter Data," 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISGT50606.2022.9817534. 

13. F. Xie et al., "Networked HIL Simulation System for Modeling Large-scale Power Systems," 2020 52nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/NAPS50074.2021.9449646. 

14. Asmaa Alrushoud, Catie McEntee, and Ning Lu, "A Zonal Volt/VAR Control Mechanism for High PV Penetration Distribution Systems", Proc. of IEEE PES 2021 General Meeting. 2021. Available online at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.00106.

15. Q. Nguyen et al., "EMS and DMS Integration of the Coordinative Real-time Sub-Transmission Volt-Var Control Tool under High DER Penetration," 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Washington, DC, USA, 2021, pp. 01-05, doi: 10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638160.  

16. Hu, Rongxing, Yiyan Li, Si Zhang, Ashwin Shirsat, Valliappan Muthukaruppan, Wenyuan Tang, Mesut Baran, David Lubkeman, and Ning Lu. "A Load Switching Group based Feeder-level Microgrid Energy Management Algorithm for Service Restoration in Power Distribution System." In 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2021. Available online at:https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.08735

17. A. Shirsat et al., "Hierarchical Multi-timescale Framework For Operation of Dynamic Community Microgrid," 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Washington, DC, USA, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638104. 

18. V. Paduani and N. Lu, "Implementation of a Two-Stage PV System Testbed with Power Reserves for Grid-Support Applications," 2021 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), College Station, TX, USA, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/NAPS52732.2021.9654654. 

19. V. Paduani, L. Song, B. Xu and N. Lu, "Maximum Power Reference Tracking Algorithm for Power Curtailment of Photovoltaic Systems," 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Washington, DC, USA, 2021, pp. 01-05, doi: 10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638157. 

20. Long Qian, Hui Yu, Fuhong Xie, Wenti Zeng, Srdjan Lukic, Ning Lu, and David Lubkeman., "Microgrid Power Flow Control with Integrated Battery Management Functions," Proc. of 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Montreal, QC, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281437.

21. A. Alrushoud and N. Lu, "Impacts of PV Capacity Allocation Methods on Distribution Planning Studies," Proc. of 2020 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), Chicago, IL, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/TD39804.2020.9299981.

22. F. Xie, C. McEntee, M. Zhang and N. Lu, "An Asynchronous Real-time Co-simulation Platform for Modeling Interaction between Microgrids and Power Distribution Systems," Proc. of 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973802.

23. C. McEntee, D. Mulcahy, J. Wang, X. Zhu and N. Lu, "A VSM-Based DER Dispatch MINLP for Volt-VAR Control in Unbalanced Power Distribution Systems," Proc. of 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 2019, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973721 

24. Jiyu Wang, Ning Lu, Sen Huang, and Di Wu. "A Data-driven Control Method for Operating the Commercial HVAC Load as a Virtual Battery," Proc. of  the 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 2019.

25. Yao Meng, Ming Liang, and Ning LU. "Design of Energy Storage Friendly Regulation Signals using Empirical Mode Decomposition," Proc. of  the 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 2019.

26. Ming Liang, Jiyu Wang, Yao Meng, Ning LU, David Lubkeman, and Andrew Kling. "Impacts of Zero Net Energy Buildings on Customer Energy Savings and Distribution System Planning," Proc. of  2019 ISGT Asia, Chongqing, China, May 2019.

27. Long Qian, David Lubkeman, and Ning Lu,"Volt-Var Optimization of Distribution Systems for Coordinating Utility Voltage Control with Smart Inverters," Proc. of IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Washington DC, 2019.

28. Meng Yao, Ming Liang, and Ning Lu, "A Cost Benefit Study of using Energy Storage to Provide Regulation Services," Proc. of IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Washington DC, 2019.

29. Liang, Ming, Yao Meng, Ning Lu, David Lubkeman, and Andrew Kling. "HVAC load disaggregation using low-resolution smart meter data." In 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2019. 

30. Jiyu Wang, Xiangqi Zhu, David Mulcahy, Catie McEntee, David Lubkeman, Ning Lu, Nader Samaan, Brant Werts, and Andrew Kling. "A Two-Step Load Disaggregation Algorithm for Quasi-Static Time-Series Analysis on Actual Distribution Feeders," Proc. of 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Portland, OR, 2018.

31. Fuhong Xie, N. Lu, and Jiahong Yan, “Design of a Mobile Energy Management Unit for Off-grid Mini-microgrids,” Proc. of 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Portland, OR, 2018.

32. Henri, Gonzague, and Ning Lu. "A Multi-Agent Shared Machine Learning Approach for Real-time Battery Operation Mode Prediction and Control." In 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2018. 

33. Nader Samaan, Marcelo A. Elizondo, Bharat Vyakaranam, Mallikarjuna R. Vallem, Xinda Ke, Renke Huang, Jesse T. Holzer, Siddharth Sridhar, Quan Nguyen, Yuri V. Makarov, Xiangqi Zhu, Jiyu Wang, and Ning Lu, "Combined Transmission and Distribution Test System to Study High Penetration of Distributed Solar Generation," Proc. of IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2018.

34. Henri, Gonzague, Ning Lu, and Carlos Carreio. "A machine learning approach for real-time battery optimal operation mode prediction and control." In 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), pp. 1-9. IEEE, 2018. 

35. Jiyu Wang, J. Wang, X. Zhu, D. Lubkeman, N. Lu, Nader Samaan, Brant Werts, "Load Aggregation Methods for Quasi-Static PowerFlow Analysis on High PV Penetration Feeders", Proc. of IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2018.

36. Henri, Gonzague, Ning Lu, and Carlos Carrejo. "Design of a novel mode-based energy storage controller for residential PV systems." In 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2017. 

37. Jiyu Wang, Xiangqi Zhu, David Lubkeman, N. Lu, and Nader Samaan. “Continuation Power Flow Analysis for PV Integration Studies at Distribution Feeders”, Proc. of 2017 Power & Energy Society ISGT Conference, Washington, 2017.

38. Jian Lu, N. Lu, T. Sun, Z. Li, and D. Lubkeman, “An Optimal Microgrid Dispatch Algorithm for Scheduling Multiple CHPs in Islanding Operation,” Proc. of 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2017.

39. Xiangqi Zhu, Jiyu Wang, David Lubkeman, N. Lu, Nader Samaan, and Renke Huang. “Voltage-Load Sensitivity Matrix Based Demand Response for Voltage Control in High Solar Penetration Distribution Feeders”, Proc. of 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2017.

40. Zhu, Xiangqi, Gonzague Henri, Jiahong Yan, and Ning Lu. "A cost-benefit study of sizing residential PV and ES systems based on synthesized load profiles." In 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2017.

41. J. Yan, H., Zheng, N. Lu, “Temperature-Load Sensitivity Study for Adjusting MISO Day-ahead Load Forecast,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

42. T. Sun, J. Lu, Z. Li, N. Lu, “A Preliminary Study on the Thevenin Equivalent Parameters of DFIG Wind Farms,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

43. J. Lu, N. Lu, X. Wu, and J. He, “Short-term HVAC Load Forecasting Algorithms for Home Energy Mangement,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

44. Xinda Ke, Anjie Jiang, and Ning Lu, “Load Profile Analysis and Short-term Building Load Forecast for a University Campus,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

45. Xiangqi Zhu, Jiahong Yan, Lining Dong, and Ning Lu, “A Matlab-Based Home Energy Management Algorithm Development Toolbox”, Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

46. Wu, X. Y., He, J. H., Yip, T., Lu, J., & Lu, N. (2016). “A two-stage random forest method for short-term load forecastin,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

47. Xiangqi Zhu, Jiahong Yan, and Ning Lu, “A Probabilistic-based PV and Energy Storage Sizing Tool for Residential Loads,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, May, 2016.

48. Hambridge, S., Huang, A. Q., & Lu, N. (2016). “Proposing a frequency based real-time energy market and economic dispatch strategy,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

49. Li, Q. M., Lubkeman, D. L., Lu, N., & Zhu, X. Q. (2016). “Control strategies for residential microgrids during islanded situation,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

50. Chen, S., Wei, Z. N., Sun, G. Q., Sun, Y. H., & Lu, N. (2016). “Steady-state security regions of electricity-gas integrated energy systems,” Proc. of 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

51. Jiahong Yan, Xiangqi Zhu, and Ning Lu, “Smart Hybrid House Test Systems in a Solid-state Transformer Supplied Microgrid”, Proc. of 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver, CO, 2015.

52. Xinda Ke, Ning Lu, Di Wu and Michael Kintner-Meyer, “A Modified Priority List-Based MILP Method for Solving Large-Scale Unit Commitment Problems,” Proc. of 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver, CO, 2015.

53. Xinda Ke, Ning Lu, and Chunlian Jin, “Control and Size Energy Storage for Managing Energy balance of Variable Generation Resources,” Proc. of IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Washington DC, July, 2014.

54. Ryan Hafen, Nader Samaan, Ruisheng Duo, Yuri Makarov and Ning Lu, "Joint Seasonal ARMA Approach for Modeling of Load Forecast Errors in Planning Studies," Proc. of IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago, April 2014.

55. M. Vanouni and N. Lu, “Performance Indices for Evaluating Demand Response Services Provided by Thermostatically Controlled Appliances,” Proc. of 2014 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Apr. 2014.

56. Lu, N. (2013). Design considerations of a centralized load controller using thermostatically controlled appliances for continuous regulation reserves. In 2013 ieee power and energy society general meeting (pes). (IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting PESGM, ).

57. Ning Lu, Ruisheng Diao, Ryan P. Hafen, Nader Samaan and Yuri V. Makarov, “A Comparison of Forecast Error Generators for Modeling Wind and Load Uncertainty” Proc. of the 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2013.

58. Y Zhang and N Lu, “Demand-side Management of Air Conditioning Cooling Loads for Intra-hour Load Balancing,” Proc. of IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies 2013, , Washington DC, USA, 2013.

59. N Lu, P Du, X Guo, and FL Greitzer, “Smart Meter Data Analysis,” Proc. of the IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition 2012, Orlando, FL, USA, 2012.

60. N Lu, P Du, FL Greitzer, X Guo, RE Hohimer, and YG Pomiak, “A Multi-layer, Data-driven Advanced Reasoning Tool for Intelligent Data Mining and Analysis for Smart Grids,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 2012.

61. N Lu, P Du, and YV Makarov, “The Potential of Thermostatically Controlled Appliances for Intra-hour Energy Storage Applications,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 2012.

62. YV Makarov, PV Etingov, NA Samaan, N Lu, J Ma, K Subbarao, P Du, and LD Kannberg, “Improving Performance of Power Systems with Large-scale Variable Generation Additions,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 2012.

63. YV Makarov, S Lu, NA Samaan, Z Huang, K Subbarao, PV. Etingov, J Ma, RP Hafen, R Diao, and N Lu. “Integration of Uncertainty Information into Power System Operations,” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2011

64. N Lu, P. Du, P. R. Paulson, F. Greitzer, X. Guo, and M. Hadley, “A Multi-layer, Hierarchical Information Management System for the Smart Grid.” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2011

65. C Jin, N Lu, S Lu, YV Makarov, RA Dougal, “Novel Dispatch Algorithm for Regulation Service using a Hybrid Energy Storage System” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2011

66. C Jin, S Lu, N Lu, RA Dougal, “Cross-Market Optimization for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems,” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2011.

67. T. B. Nguyen, N. Lu, and C. Jin, “Modeling Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies on Power Grids.” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2011

68. N Lu, P. Du, P. R. Paulson, F. Greitzer, X. Guo, and M. Hadley, “The Development of a Smart Distribution Grid Testbed for Integrated Information Management Systems.” Proc. of IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies 2011, Anaheim, CA, USA, 2011.

69. N Lu, MR Weimar, YV Makarov, and C Loutan. 2010. “An Evaluation of the NaS Battery Storage Potential for Providing Regulation Service in California.” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE PSCE, Phoenix, Arizona.

70. N Lu, MR Weimar, YV Makarov, FJ Rudolph, SN Murthy, J Arseneaux, and C Loutan, “An Evaluation of the Flywheel Potential for Providing Regulation Service in California.” In: Proc. of the 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2010.

71. S Lu, YV Makarov, Y Zhu, N Lu, K Prakash, C Nirupama, and B Bhujanga, “Unit Commitment Considering Generation Flexibility and Environmental Constraints.” In: Proc. of the 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2010.

72. LR Leung, N Lu, TZ Taylor, W Jiang, J Correia, and P Wong. 2010. “Climate Change Impacts on Residential and Commercial Loads in the Western U.S. Grid.” In: Proc. of first Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts, Atlanta, Georgia.

73. N Lu, PC Wong, L-Y Leung, M Scott, T Taylor, W Jiang, and J Correia. 2009. “The Impact of Climate Change on US Power Grids.” In: Proc. of the 2nd Climate Change Technology Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

74. N Lu, ZT Talyor, W Jiang, J Correia, LYR Leung, and PC Wong. 2008. “The Temperature Sensitivity of the Residential Load and Commercial Building Load.” In: Proc. of the 2009 IEEE PES General Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

75. N Lu, B Yang, Z Huang, and R Bravo. 2008. “The System Impact of Air-Conditioner Under-voltage Protection Schemes.” In: Proc. of the IEEE Power System Conference and Exposition 2009, Seattle, Washington.

76. PC Wong, LR Leung, N Lu, M Paget, J Correia Jr., W Jiang, P Mackey, ZT Taylor, YL Xie, J Xu, S Unwin, and A Sanfilippo. 2009. “Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Power Grids and Its Wider Implications on National Security.” In: Proceedings AAAI Spring Symposium on Technosocial Predictive Analytics 2009, pages 148–153, Menlo Park, California, AAAI Press.

77. N Lu, F Puyleart, S Yang, Y Xie, and Z Huang. 2008. “Load Component Database of Household Appliances and Small Office Equipment.” In: Proc. of the 2008 IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

78. [11] DJ Hammerstrom, N Lu, and N Zhou. 2007. “Controller design of power quality-improving appliances.” In: Proc. of the Power Elect. Specialists Conf. 2007, Orlando, Florida.

79. N Lu, Q Li, Y Xie, X Sun, B Koeppel, and MA Khaleel. 2007. “Dynamic Modeling in Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells Controller Design.” In: Proc. of the 2007 IEEE PES General Meeting, Tampa, Florida.

80. N Lu, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2006. “A Modeling and Experimental Framework for Controls for Fuel Cells.” In: Proc. of the 2006 Second International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing, Marrakech, Morocco.

81. N Lu and T Nguyen. 2005. “Grid FriendlyTM Appliances – Load-side Solution for Congestion Management.” In: Proc. of the IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana.

82. N Lu and DJ Hammerstrom. 2005. “Design Considerations for Frequency Responsive Grid FriendlyTM Appliances.” In: Proc. of the IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana.

83. N Lu and S Katipamula. 2005. “Control Strategies of Thermostatically Controlled Appliances in a Competitive Electricity Market.” In: Proc. of 2005 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Francisco, California.

84. N Lu, ZT Taylor, DP Chassin, R Guttromson, and S Studham. 2005. “Parallel Computing Environments and Methods for Power Distribution System Simulation.” In: Proc. of 2005 IEEE PES General Meeting, San Francisco, California.

85. N Lu, DP Chassin, and SE Widergren. 2004. “Simulating Price Responsive Distributed Energy Resources.” In: Proc. of the IEEE Power System Conference and Exposition 2004, New York City, New York.

86. N Lu, JH Chow, and AA Desrochers. 2003. “Pumped-Storage Hydro-Turbine Bidding Strategies in a Competitive Electricity Market.” In: Proc. of IEEE 2003 PES General Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

87. N Lu, JH Chow, and AA Desrochers. 2002. “Generator Bidding Strategies in a Competitive Deregulated Market Accounting for Availability and Bid Segments.” In: Proc. of VIII Symposium of Specialists in Electric Operational and Expansion Planning, Brasilia, Brazil.

88. N Lu, JH Chow, and AA Desrochers. 2002. “A Multi-layer Petri Net Model for Deregulated Electric Power Systems.” In: Proc. of 2002 ACC, pp. 513-518, Anchorage, Alaska. Accepted as one of the five final papers for the 2002 ACC Best Student Paper Contest. 

Papers in review and Published on arXiv:

1. Han Pyo Lee, PJ Rehm, Matthew Makdad, Edmond Miller, Ning Lu, "A Novel Data Segmentation Based Approach for Meter Topology Identification using Smart Meter Voltage and Power Measurements" submitted to IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Available online at: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00155 

2. Yi Hu, Kai Ye, Ning Lu. “BERT-PIN: A Flexible BERT-based Framework for Restoring Multiple Missing Data Segments in Time-Series Load Profiles”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

3. Bei Xu, Victor Daldegan Paduani, Qi Xiao, Lidong Song, David Lubkeman, and Ning Lu. "Under-frequency Load Shedding for Power Reserve Management in Islanded Microgrids", https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.01278v2. First round review.

4. Victor Paduani, Qi Xiao, Bei Xu, David Lubkeman, and Ning Lu. "Optimal Control Design for Operating a Hybrid PV Plant with Robust Power Reserves for Fast Frequency Regulation Services", submitted to IEEE Transactions on power systems. https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.03803 .

5. Mingzhi Zhang, Xiangqi Zhu, and Ning Lu. "A Data-driven Probabilistic-based Flexibility Region Estimation Method for Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources", available online at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07406.

6. V. Muthukaruppan, A. Shirsat, et. al., “Feeder Microgrid Management on an Active Distribution System during a Severe Outage”, Available on line at: arXiv:2208.10712.

7. Alrushoud, Asmaa, and Ning Lu. "A Two-Stage Coordinative Zonal Volt/VAR Control Scheme for Distribution Systems with High Inverter-based Resources." Available online at: arXiv e-prints (2021): arXiv-2105.

Technical Reports:

1. Lu, Ning. Photovoltaic Analysis and Response Support (PARS) Platform for Solar Situational Awareness and Resiliency Services. United States: N. p., 2024. Web. doi:10.2172/2349508. Available online at: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2349508

2. Johan Enslin, Ning Lu, Abdul Shafae Mohammed, Qi Xiao, CAPER reportReal-Time Monitoring and Control of Inverter Based Resources, Availalbe online at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rRjGohiY02nUQX2hADHMjGDPKsdDaOw/view?usp=sharing

3. Joseph DeCarolis, Ken Dulaney, Harrison Fell, Christopher Galik, Jeremiah Johnson, Steve Kalland, Ning Lu, David Lubkeman, Isaac Panzarella, Autumn Proudlove, Anderson Rodrigo de Queiroz, Wenyuan Tang, Asmaa Alrushoud, Chris Gambino, Yao Meng, Ming Liang, Shuchi Liu, David Mulcahy, Danny Sodano, Dustin Soutendijk, Lisha Sun.  "Energy Storage Options for North Carolina", http://www.jxjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2018-NC-Storage-Study.pdf

4. CAPER Report, "Distribution Planning Criteria and Tools for Future Distributed Energy Resource Penetration Scenarios using Probabilistic Approaches" Prepare by NCSU and Clemson University. 2017.

5. B Lesieutre, R Bravo, DP Chassin, IA Hiskens, Z Huang, N Lu, G Venkataramanan, and R Yinger. Load Modeling Transmission Research. PNNL-19274. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

6. N Lu, YV Makarov, and MR Weimar. 2010. The Wide-area Energy Storage and Management System Phase 2 Final Report. PNNL-19720. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

7. N Lu, YV Makarov, MR Weimar, F Frank, S. Murthy, J. Arseneaux, C. Loutan, and S Chowdhury. 2010. The Wide-area Energy Storage and Management System (Phase 2): Interim Report (2) – Flywheel Field Tests. PNNL-19669, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

8. N Lu, D Hammerstrom, and S. Patrick. 2009. Grid FriendlyTM Device Model Development and Simulation. PNNL-18998, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

9. N Lu, MR Weimar, YV Makarov, J Ma, and VV Viswanathan. 2009. The Wide-Area Energy Storage and Management System – Battery Storage Evaluation. PNNL-18679, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

10. N Lu, P De Mello, and YV Makarov. 2008. CAISO Generation Flexibility Attributes Study Interim Report - CAISO Generation Flexibility Attributes Study Interim Report - Random Forecast Error Generator. PNWD-4030, Battelle—Pacific Northwest Division, Richland, Washington. [Limited Distribution] 

11. N Lu, ZT Talyor, W Jiang, Y Xie, J Correia, LYR Leung, PS Mackey, PC Wong, and ML Paget. 2008. Climate Change Impacts on Residential and Commercial Loads in the Western U.S. Grid. PNNL-17826, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

12. N Lu, B Yang, and Z Huang. 2008. Evaluation of Southern California Edison Air-Conditioner Stalling Solutions. CEC/LMTF Load Research Program. PNNL-17686, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

13. N Lu, YL Xie, and Z Huang. 2008. Air Conditioner Compressor Performance Model. CEC/LMTF Load Research Program. PNNL-17796, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

14. N Lu, A Qiao, Composite load model evaluation. PNNL-16916, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 2007

15. DP Chassin and N Lu. 2007. “Load Composition Data.” PNNL-SA-57496, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

16. Z Huang, B Lesieutre, S Yang, A Ellis, A Meklin, B Wong, A Gaikwad, D Brooks, DJ Hammerstrom, J Phillips, D Kosterev, M Hoffman, O Ciniglio, R Hartwell, P Pourbeik, A Maitra, and N Lu. 2007. Load Monitoring CEC/LMTF Load Research Program. PNNL-17110, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

17. DJ Hammerstrom, RT Guttromson, N Lu, PA Boyd, D Trudnowski, DP Chassin, CA Bonebrake, and JM Shaw. 2006. Beacon Detection in Electric Distribution Systems For Grid Friendly Operations. PNNL-15854, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

18. MA Khaleel, X Sun, BJ Koeppel, BN Nguyen, and N Lu. 2005. Modeling and Control of an SOFC APU. PNNL 15396, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

19. DP Chassin, A Gangopahyaya, S Katipamula, N Lu, J Malard, JV Mallow, C Posse. 2004. “Modeling Power Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems.” PNNL-14987, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. 

20. N Lu, WM Warwick, JG De Steese, SJ Arey, JE Dagle, DB Jarrell, and MR Weimar. 2003. Security Benefits of Renewable Generation: A Case Study.” Prepared for U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency Headquarters, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

Magazine

1. Load control: IEEE author gateway https://authorgateway.ieee.org/ag/public/landing.jsp

Submitted and to-be-submitted Papers:

1. Konh, Xiangyu, Fangyuan Sun, Ke Chen, Diling Zhang,  , "DSM Pricing Method Based on A3C and LSTM Under Cloud-edge Environment", submitted to Applied Energy

2. Jiang Lu and Ning LU, "Data-driven HVAC Parameter Derivation,"  submitted to IEEE transactions on Smart Grid.

3. Fuhong Xie, Jiahong Yan, and Ning Lu, "Design of a Mobile Energy Management Unit for Off-grid Mini-microgrids," to be submitted to IEEE transactions on Smart Grid.

4. Ming Liang, Meng Yao, Andrew Kling, David Lubkeman and Ning Lu, "Load disaggregation using smart meter data," to be submitted to IEEE transactions on Smart Grid.

5. Catie McEntee, Ning Lu, and David Lubkeman, "A regression-based Voltage Estimation Method for Distribution Volt-var Control with Limited Data", submitted to IEEE PES 2021 General Meeting. 2021. Available online at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.12456.