Research Activities
Dr. Livani is the director of Electrical Power and Renewable Energy Systems Lab (EPRESL) at UNR that focuses on electric power systems cyber-physical modeling and simulation, power system monitoring and control, and cyber-security for power systems.
Research Highlights:
Applications of machine learning and data analytics for cyber-physical power systems monitoring, protection, and control
Efficient and optimal integration of renewable energy resources into power grids
Operation and control of distributed energy resources and energy storage in power grids
Power system state estimation
Fault location in transmission & distribution grids
Ongoing Projects:
PI, Collaborative Research: Learning-Assisted Estimation and Management of Flexible Energy Resources in Active Distribution Networks, NSF, $250,000 (09/2023-08/2026)
NSF: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN), NSF, $$54,999 (06/2023-11/2023)
Co-PI, MRI: Acquisition of a Large-Scale Real-Time Digital Simulator for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems. NSF, $$993,643 (09/2022-08/2025)
PI, Collaborative Research: Data-Driven Situational Awareness for Resilient Operation of Distribution Networks with Inverter-based distributed energy resources, NSF, $250,000 (09/2020-08/2024)
UNR-PI, Optimization of Excess Solar and Storage Capacity for Grid Services, DOE, UNR share: $957,000 (Total: $5M) (09/2020-08/2023)
Link to 2020 Peer Review Report
Co-PI, RET Site: Next-generation Clean Energy Sources and Storage, NSF, $599,796 (09/2021-08/2024)
Past Projects:
Senior Personnel, Longitudinal Injection of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Awareness into Engineering Curricula, NSF, $300,000 (08/2017-08/2020)
Co-PI, A Robust Event Diagnostics Platform: Integrating Tensor Analytics and Machine Learning into Real-time Grid Monitoring, DOE, $746,202 (09/2019-03/2021)
PI, Application of ML for Energy-Water Management in Data Centers, Microsoft, $30,000 (01/2022-07/2022)
Senior Personnel, RET Site: Research Experiences in Cybersecurity for Nevada Teachers (RECNT), NSF, $599,307 (02/2019-01/2022)
Power System Research Laboratory
7 racks of real-time digital grid simulator (RTDS)
One rack of OpalRT
One power amplifier for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) studies
Relays with data recording and streaming capabilities
SCADA system and substation automation
Cyber layer network switches and links
PV emulators and smart inverters and batteries
Licensed power system simulation software: EMTP-RV, PSCAD, RSCAD, MATLAB
Open source software: OpenDSS,
Sponsors
US Department of Energy
National Science Foundation