Research seminar "Intelligent System Strategies for Reconfiguration of Power Systems Including Distributed Generation and Intentional Islanding"

 

With the increased penetration of distributed generation, there are more opportunities to reconfigure the power system to help with load leveling, restoration or improved stability. The talk will discuss research activities looking at various intelligent system techniques such as intelligent agents, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization to reconfigure the power system taking into account distributed generation as well as intentional islanding.

 

 

Biography of the author:

 

Dr. Noel Schulz is Paslay Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, Kansas, USA. Dr. Schulz received her B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA in 1988 and 1990, respectively. She received her Ph.D. in EE from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in 1995. Become joining K-State, She spent eight years at Mississippi State University where she was the TVA Endowed Professor in Power Systems Engineering. She also has teaching experience at Michigan Technological University, University of North Dakota and Virginia Tech. Her research interests are in the computer applications in power systems including power system operations, shipboard power systems and intelligent system applications. She is active in the IEEE Power & Energy Society serving as Secretary from 2004-2007, Treasurer from 2008-2009 and President-Elect candidate for 2010-2011. Dr. Schulz is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Society of Women Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers.