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:

1. PI, Collaborative Research: Learning-Assisted Estimation and Management of Flexible Energy Resources in Active Distribution Networks, NSF,  $250,000 (09/2023-08/2026) 

2. Co-PI, MRI: Acquisition of a Large-Scale Real-Time Digital Simulator for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems. NSF,  $$993,643 (09/2022-08/2025) 

3. Co-PI, RET Site: Next-generation Clean Energy Sources and Storage, NSF,  $599,796 (09/2021-08/2025) 

Past Projects:

1. Senior Personnel, Longitudinal Injection of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Awareness into Engineering Curricula, NSF, $300,000 (08/2017-08/2020) 

2. 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) 

3.  PI, Application of ML for Energy-Water Management in Data Centers, Microsoft,  $30,000 (01/2022-07/2022)

4. Senior Personnel, RET Site: Research Experiences in Cybersecurity for Nevada Teachers (RECNT), NSF, $599,307 (02/2019-01/2022) 

5. 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) 

6. UNR-PI, Optimization of Excess Solar and Storage Capacity for Grid Services, DOE, UNR share: $957,000 (Total: $5M) (09/2020-08/2025) 

7. NSF: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN), NSF,  $$54,999 (06/2023-11/2023)