Sara Eftekharnejad

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Brief Bio:

I am an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering at Syracuse University. I received my B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran (2006), West Virginia University (Morgantown,WV, 2008), and Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ, 2012), respectively. I joined Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University in Fall 2015. Since 2012 I have have held positions at University of Idaho and Tucson Electric Power Co.. I am a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers , the IEEE Power and Energy Society.

Research Lab Website: Power Systems Research Lab

Research Interests:

• Integration of renewable energy into power systems
• Power system stability and control
• Power system reliability and security
• Phasor measurement units (PMU) in smart grids

Teaching

• Fall 2015/Fall 2016: ELE 617/417: Power Electronics
• Spring 2016: ELE 314: Introduction to Power Engineering

Selected Publication

• S. Eftekharnejad, G.T. Heydt, and V. Vittal. Optimal Generation Dispatch with High Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 6, Issue 3, June 2014.
• S. Eftekharnejad, V. Vittal, G.T. Heydt, B. Keel, and J. Loehr. Impact of Increased Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation on Power Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pages 893 - 901, May 2013.
• S. Eftekharnejad, V. Vittal, G.T. Heydt, B. Keel, and J. Loehr. Small Signal Stability Assessment of Power Systems with Increased Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation:A Case Study. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 4, Issue 4, pages 960 - 967, October 2013.
• G. Shi, S. Eftekharnejad. Impact of solar forecasting on power system planning. Proc. North American Power Symposium (NAPS), September 2016, Denver, CO.
• S, Basumallik,S. Eftekharnejad,N. Davis, and B. Johnson. Impact of False Data Injection Attacks on PMU-based State Estimation. Proc. North American Power Symposium (NAPS), September 2017, Morgantown, WV. 2015, Denver,CO.
• S. Eftekharnejad. Selection of Multiple Credible Contingencies for Real Time Contingency Analysis. Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting, July 2015, Denver,CO.
• P. Pourbeik, S. Eftekharnejad and R. Belval. An Investigation of the Impact of Photovoltaic Generation on a Utility Transmission System. Proc. CIGRE Symposium on the Grid of the Future, October 2013, Boston, MA.
• S. Eftekharnejad, G.T. Heydt, and V. Vittal. Implications of Smart Grid Technology on Transmission System Reliability Proc. Power Systems Conference and Exposition, March 2011, Phoenix, AZ.

Current Students

• Sagnik Basumalik, Ph.D, Fall 2015
• Wolf Peter Jean Philippe, Ph.D, Fall 2015, co-advised with Dr. Prasanta Ghosh
• Mirjavad Hashemi Gavgani , Ph.D, Fall 2016
• Rui Ma , Ph.D, Fall 2016

Past Students

• Guangyuan (Tom) Shi, MSEE, Graduation Spring 2016

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