We are interested in the intersection of stability and reliability of power systems. Our research areas include:
Power system stability and control, power system reliability, optimal power flow
Application of energy storage system in power systems
Integration of renewable energy resources and EVs into power systems
Contingency screening and remedial actions in power systems
Application of machine learning and quantum computing in power system stability and reliability
IUCRC Planning Grant University of Wyoming: Center for AI/ML driven Research in Infrastructure Trust Assurance and Sustainability (AMRITAS). Funded by NSF (($20,000). Co-PI. 2024.
Contingency Screening in Power Systems Using a Combination of Convolutional Deep Neural Network and a Self-attention Mechanism. Engineering Initiative seed grant. Funded by UW College of Engineering and Physical Sciences ($25,000). PI. 2024.
CAREER: Energy Storage Systems for Dynamic Reliability of Modern Clean Smart Grid, Funded by NSF ($500,931). PI. 2024.
Design and Analysis of Efficient and Reliable Distributed Machine Learning Algorithms, Funded by 2024 Wyoming NASA EPSCoR Faculty Research grant ($29,980), Co-PI. 2024.
Application of Random Matrix Theory in Design and Analysis of Resilient and Adaptive Online Distributed Machine Learning and Optimization Algorithms. Funded by the School of Computing, University of Wyoming ($30,000). Co-PI. 2023.
Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Optimal Operation in Clean Microgrid Using Real-Time Data, Funded by College of Engineering and Physical Science, University of Wyoming ($46,866). PI. 2023.
Energy Storage Systems for Clean Microgrids Using Convolution Neural Networks, Funded by School of Graduate Education (Energy GA), University of Wyoming ($28,196). PI. 2023-2024.
Optimal Operation of Large-Scale Energy Storage Systems to Improve Reliability of Clean Power Systems Using Machine Learning, Funded by DOE ($503,460). PI. 2022.
Sustainable Energy System for Severe Climate Greenhouses, Funded by The Office of Research and Economic Development – University of Wyoming ($7,500) PI. 2021.
2021-2022 LAMP Summer Institute and Yearlong Training, Funded by University of Wyoming Science Initiative and Chemistry Department ($5,000). 2021.
Applications of Random Matrix Theory in Stability of Large-Scale Power System, Funded by UW College of Arts & Sciences ($4,000). Co-PI. 2020.
Real-Time Small Signal Stability Assessment of the Power System with High Wind Power Integration, Funded by School of Energy Resources - University of Wyoming ($52,717). PI. 2021.
Small scale renewable energy generations Early Education for Children of Wyoming about Renewable Energy Resources, Funded by The Office of Engagement and Outreach, University of Wyoming ($12,000). PI. 2020.
CAES Summer Visiting Faculty Program 2020, Funded by Center for Advanced Energy Studies – Idaho National Laboratory ($19,817). PI. 2020.
JOURNAL
Deepak Pandit, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, “Reliability Assessment of Power Systems in the Presence of Large-scale Electric Vehicle Integration,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., Accepted, Jan 2025.
D. Pandit, A. Bera, T. Nguyen, R. Byrne, B. Chalamala, J. Pierre, D. Duan, N. Nguyen, “Frequency Support from Electric Vehicles for Advancing Renewable Energy Integration,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 636-649, Jan. 2025.
Q. Tran, J. Mitra, N. Nguyen, “Learning model combining convolutional deep neural network with a self-attention mechanism for AC optimal power flow,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 231, pp. 110327, Jun. 2024.
3. D. Pandit, A. Bera, R. Saket, J. Mitra, N. Nguyen, ‘‘Probabilistic Sizing of Energy Storage Systems for Reliability and Frequency Security in Wind-Rich Power Grids,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., 2024 (Accepted).
A. Bera, N. Nguyen, B. Chalamala, J. Mitra, “Quantification of Storage Required for Preserving Frequency Security in Wind Integrated Systems,” IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 2366-2378, Jul. 2023.
J. Mitra and N. Nguyen, “Grid Scale Virtual Energy Storage to Advance Renewable Energy Penetration,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 7952-7965, Nov. 2022.
D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, S. Elsaiah, J. Mitra, “Analytical Assessment of Time-Varying Reliability and Penetration Limit of PV-Integrated Systems”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 6886-6898, Nov. 2022.
N. Nguyen, D. Pandit, R. Quigley, J. Mitra, “Frequency Response in the Presence of Renewable Generation: Challenges and Opportunities”, IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 8, pp. 543 – 556, Oct. 2021.
A. Muhtadi, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, and J. Mitra, “Distributed Energy Resources based Microgrid: Review of Architecture, Control, and Reliability”, in IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 2223 – 2235, Jun. 2021.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, A. Bera and J. Mitra, "Optimal Power Flow Incorporating Frequency Security Constraint," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 6508 -6516, Sept. 2019.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, and J. Mitra, “Impact of Correlation Between Wind Speed and Turbine Availability on Wind Farm Reliability,” in IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 2392-2400, May-June 2019.
N. Nguyen, A. Bera, J. Mitra, “Energy Storage to Improve Reliability of Wind Integrated Systems under Frequency Security Constraint,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 4039 - 4047, Sept. 2018.
N. Nguyen and J. Mitra, “Reliability of Power System with High Wind Penetration under Frequency Stability Constraint,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 33. no. 1, pp. 985 - 994, Jan. 2018.
J. Mitra, M. Benidris, N. Nguyen, S. Deb, “A Visualization Tool for Real-Time Dynamic Contingency Screening and Remedial Actions,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 53. no. 4, pp. 3268 - 3278, Mar. 2017.
N. Nguyen and J. Mitra, “An Analysis of the Effects and Dependency of Wind Power Penetration on System Frequency Regulation,” IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 354 - 363, Jan. 2016. (IEEE AMPS Technical Committee Prize Paper Award 2019)
Deepak Pandit, D. Pandit, R. Saket, A. Abdelazizd, N. Nguyen, “Composite reliability-based siting and sizing of battery swapping stations for electric vehicles,” Under review, IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronicslectronics, Under review
Dilip Pandit, R. Saket, A. Bera, N. Cai, N. Nguyen, "Effects of Input-Dependent Component Outages of Renewable Energy on Grid Composite Reliability," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., Under Review.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, A. Bera and J. Mitra, "A framework for assessment of inertial sufficiency in renewable-rich systems," Under revision, IEEE Access.
K. Sinjari, S. Alzahrani, M. Ben-Idris, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Impacts of Electric Vehicle Integration on Three-Phase Four-Wire Microgrids and Distribution Systems,” IEEE Access, Under Revision
BOOK CHAPTER
1. J. Mitra, M. Benidris, N. Nguyen, "Dynamic Contingency Analysis and Remedial Action Tools for Secure Electric Cyber-Physical Systems," in Cyber-Physical-Social Systems and Constructs in Electric Power Engineering. Editors: Siddharth Suryanarayanan, Robin Roche and Timothy Hansen, IET.
2. R. Agrawal, J. Ogale, N. Nguyen, R.K. Saket, J. Mitra, "Reliability and Mean Life Assessment of Solar Panel by Cooling," in Reliability and Mean Life Assessment of Solar Panel by Cooling. Editor: R.K. Saket, P. Sanjeevikumar, WILEY – IEEE, 2023.
RESEARCH REPORT
1. Joydeep Mitra, Mohammed Benidris, Nga Nguyen, Yuting Tian, Saleh Al-Masabi, "A Lyapunov Function Based Remedial Action Screening Tool with Real-time Data," Final report submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy, Mar. 2016.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCES
R. Pandey, N. Nguyen, “Reliability Assessment of VSM-based Microgrid Incorporating Transient Stability,” IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, IEEE, Feb. 2025.
M. Magar, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, “Quantum Inspired DC Optimal Power Flow under Frequency Constraint,” 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference. IEEE, Feb. 2025.
B. Pandey, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, ‘A Model-Free Approach for Load Frequency Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning,” 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, IEEE, Feb. 2025.
Q. Tran, J. Mitra, N. Nguyen, “AC optimal power flow using a learnable weighted-ensemble neural network,” 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, IEEE, Feb. 2025.
K. Giap, N. Nguyen, “Reinforcement Learning for Load Frequency Control of Renewable Integrated Systems,” 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, IEEE, Feb. 2025.
J. Hedel, N. Nguyen, “Optimal Charging Control for Electric Vehicle Fleet Using Mean Field Game Theory,” 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, IEEE, Feb. 2025.
S. Humagain, N. Nguyen, “Solar Irradiance Forecasting using Deep Learning: Impact of Hyperparameter Optimization,” 2025 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, IEEE, Feb. 2025.
Sanjeeb Humagain, Nga Nguyen, “Short-Term Load Forecasting in Power Systems Using Deep Learning,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2024.
Bimal Pandey, Dilip Pandit, Nga Nguyen, “A Data-Driven Approach for Estimating Inertia and Damping of a Single-Area Power System,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2024.
Madan Rana Magar, Dilip Pandit, Duong Nguyen, Nga Nguyen, “DC Optimal Power Flow in Unit Commitment using Quantum Computing: An ADMM Approach,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2024.
Jehad Hedel, Nga Nguyen, “Price Coordination for Electric Vehicle Fleet Using Mean Field Game Theory,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2024.
Ram Pandey, Ujjwol Tamrakar, Nga Nguyen, “Machine Learning-Based Composite Reliability Assessment of Power Systems,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2024.
Q. Tran, J. Mitra, N. Nguyen, “Advanced convolutional neural network for optimizing AC power flow,” Under review, 21st International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems.
Jehad Hedel, Nga Nguyen, Ahmad Abuelrub, “Reliability Evaluation of Autonomous Electric Vehicles Using Fault Tree Method,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2023.
Khalil Sinjari, Saad Alzahrani, Nga Nguyen, Joydeep Mitra, “Impacts of Electric Vehicle Integration on Three-Phase Four-Wire Microgrids and Distribution Systems,” IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, Oct. 2023.
Deepak Pandit, R. Saket, N. Cai, N. Nguyen, “Advanced Frequency Control for Renewable and Electric Vehicles Integrated Systems,” 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies.
D. Pandit, R. Saket, A. Bera, N. Cai, N. Nguyen, “Composite Reliability of PV-Integrated Systems Incorporating Probabilistic Capacity Outages,” 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies.
D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, “A Deep Neural Network Architecture for Composite Reliability Assessment,” IEEE General Meeting GM 2023.
D. Pandit, A. Bera, R. Saket, J. Mitra, N. Nguyen, “Energy Storage and Geographical Distribution of Wind Power to Improve Frequency Stability,” IEEE IAS GlobConHT 2023, pp. 1-6, Mar. 2023. (Best Paper Award).
Deepak Pandit, N. Nguyen, “Reliability of EV Integrated Systems under Battery-Exchange and Plug-in Mode,” 2023 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, pp. 1-6, Feb. 2023.
Deepak Pandit, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Reliability of EV-Integrated Systems Considering Inertia and Primary Frequency Regulation,” North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Oct. 2022.
D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “An Analytical Approach to Energy Storage Sizing for Inertia and Frequency Reserve Support”, IEEE General Meeting, pp. 1–5, Jul. 2022. (Best paper in Energy Storage session).
D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, S. Elsaiah, J. Mitra, “Power System Electromechanical Mode Estimation using Lower-Order Recursive Subspace Method”, North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Nov. 2021.
J. Mitra and N. Nguyen, “Grid Scale Virtual Energy Storage to Advance Renewable Energy Penetration,” 2021 Annual Meeting of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, Oct. 2021.
D. Pandit, A. Muhtadi, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Design Optimization of Microgrid Incorporating Battery Exchange-Based Electric Vehicles”, 2021 Annual Meeting of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, Oct. 2021.
D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, S. Elsaiah, J. Mitra, “Reliability Evaluation of Solar PV System Incorporating Insolation-Dependent Failure Rates”, 2021 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST), Sep. 2021 (Top 20% conference paper).
A. Muhtadi, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, S. Elsaiah, J. Mitra, “FESS for Reliability Improvement of DER-based Microgrids: Comparison of Distributed Storage Alternatives”, 2021 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST), Sep. 2021.
D. Pandit, A. Muhtadi, N. Nguyen, “Reliability Evaluation of PhotoVoltaic and Energy Storage Integrated Systems with Frequency Security Constraint”, North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Jun. 2021.
A. Muhtadi, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, “Financial Feasibility and Emission Analysis of Entirely Renewable Sources Based Stand-alone Energy System”, North American Power Symposium, IEEE, Jun. 2021.
A. Muhtadi, D. Pandit, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Renewable Energy based Microgrid: Role of the Architecture in Grid Enhancement towards Sustainable Energy”, in IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, pp. 1–15, Oct. 2020.
A. Bera, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Variability Reduction of Wind Power using Aggregation and Energy Storage”, in Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power System, IEEE, pp. 1–7, Aug. 2020.
A. Bera, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Lifetime Revenue from Energy Storage considering Battery Degradation,” in North American Power Symposium, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Oct. 2019.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, J. Mitra, “Capacity Credit Evaluation of Wind Farm Considering Impact of Turbine Hub Level,” in North American Power Symposium, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Oct. 2019.
N. Nguyen and J. Mitra, “An Investigation into the Role of Gas Turbines in Supporting Renewable Energy Integration,” in North American Power Symposium, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Sep. 2018.
S. Almasabi, N. Nguyen, F. Alharbi, J. Mitra, “Multi-stage Optimal PMU Placement to Benefit System Voltage Stability,” in North American Power Symposium, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Sep. 2018.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, and J. Mitra, “Impact of Correlation Between Wind Speed and Turbine Availability on Wind Farm Reliability,” in IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, pp. 1–7, Sep. 2018.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, A. Bera, and J. Mitra, “Optimal Power Flow Considering Frequency Security Constraint,” in IEEE Power Africa, pp. 1–7, Jun. 2018.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, B. B. Shenoy, and J. Mitra, “Correlation of Wind Speed and Wind Turbine Reliability in System Adequacy Assessment,” in Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power System, IEEE, pp. 1–7, Jun. 2018.
N. Nguyen, A. Bera, J. Mitra, “Energy Storage to Improve Reliability of Wind Integrated Systems under Frequency Security Constraint,” in IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, pp. 1–7, Oct. 2017.
S. Almasabi, S. Sulaeman, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Cost Benefit Model for Wind Power Penetration,” in North American Power Symposium 49th, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Sept. 2017.
N. Nguyen, M. Benidris, J. Mitra, “A Unified Analysis of the Impacts of Stochasticity and Low Inertia of Wind Generation,” in Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power System, IEEE, pp. 1–7, Oct. 2016.
N. Nguyen and J. Mitra, “Effect of Wind on Load Frequency Control,” in IEEE General Meeting, pp. 1–5, Jul. 2016.
N. Nguyen, V. Johnson, J. Mitra, “Environmental-economic Dispatch of Power System based on Frequency Stability Constraint,” in North American Power Symposium 48th, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Sep. 2016.
J. Mitra, N. Nguyen, M. Benidris, S. Deb, “A Visualization Tool for Real-Time Dynamic Contingency Screening and Remedial Actions,” in 2016 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, pp. 1–9, Oct. 2016.
N. Nguyen, V. Johnson, J. Mitra, “Environmental-economic Dispatch of Power System in the Presence of Wind Generation,” in North American Power Symposium 47th, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Oct. 2015.
N. Nguyen, S. Almasabi, J. Mitra, “Estimation of Penetration Limit of Variable Resources Based on Frequency Deviation,” in North American Power Symposium 47th, IEEE, pp. 1–6, Oct. 2015.
S. Almasabi, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Control of a Multilevel Modular Converter Using a State Observer,” In IEEE INDICON-2015, India, Dec. 2015.
N. Cai, N. Nguyen, J. Mitra, “Economic dispatch in microgrids using multi-agent system,” in North American Power Symposium (NAPS), IEEE, pp. 1–5, 2012.