CURRENT POSITION
CTI Professor: University of Tennessee - Knoxville from 2008
Research Emphasis: Intelligent systems and optimization methodologies applied to various power system problems, including distribution system design, electricity market analysis, equipment diagnostics and maintenance, operation of dispersed energy resources, production scheduling, and stabilization control.

EXPERIENCE
Professor: University of Tennessee - Knoxville 2008-present
Professor: Washington State University from 1992-2008 (Associate Professor 1996; Professor 2002)
Kyushu Electric Endowed Chair for Advanced Technology for Electrical Energy : Kumamoto University (Japan) 1999-2000
Visiting Professor: Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) 1991-1992
Associate Professor: National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) 1988-1991
Adjunct Professor: National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan) 1988-1991
Adjunct Professor: Boston University 1988
Systems Analysis Staff: MIT Lincoln Laboratory 1987-1988

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Director of CURENT: University of Tennessee - Knoxville 2011 - present
Department Head: University of Tennessee - Knoxville 2008-2013
Program Director: National Science Foundation, Division of Electrical and Communication Systems, 2004-2006

OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL/SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Editor: IEEE Power Engineering Letters, 2004-present.
Editor: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2003-2010.
IEEE: Power Engineering Society (PES), Chair of Power Systems Analysis Computing and Economics committee, 2009-2011, Chair of Intelligent Systems Applications subcommittee under PSACE Committee, 1999-2003.
President: Intelligent Systems Application in Power (ISAP) Council, 2007-2013.
Technical Program Committee: Power System Computations Conference 2008-2011, ICEEDT07, ISAP (since inception).
Member: NERC Smart Grid Task Force
Member: Advisory Board Emanual E.W. Jones Electrical Engineering Foundation

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering University of Washington 1987; Thesis: "Development of Expert Systems as On-Line Operational Aids"; Advisor: C.C. Liu
M.S. Electrical Engineering University of Washington 1984; Thesis: "Analysis of a Non-Gyroscopic Inertial Measurement Unit"; Advisor: E. Noges
B.S. Electrical Engineering - High Honors Michigan Technological University 1982;  Emphasis: Control Theory and Computer Engineering

HONORS
IEEE Fellow, Class of 2007, for contributions to intelligent systems in power engineering
Outstanding Researcher, School of EECS, WSU 2004-2005
Outstanding Researcher, School of EECS, WSU 2003-2004
Outstanding EE Teaching Faculty, School of EECS, WSU 2002-2003 (voted by students)
Outstanding Researcher, School of EECS, WSU 2001-2002
Kyushu Electric Endowed Chair for Advanced Technology for Electrical Energy 1999-2000
Outstanding EE Teaching Faculty, School of EECS, WSU 1996-1997 (voted by students)   

PERSONAL
Languages: English - native speaker; Chinese - spoken fluency in Mandarin, functional literacy; Japanese - minimal but still trying; Swedish - almost non-existent now and getting worse.

Director of CURENT - an NSF/DOE ERC 2011-present

• Research and strategic planning
• Center had direct research support of $4.6M 1st yr; $6.0M 2nd yr
• Received five associated projects with $990K support
• Implemented full proposal and planning process
• Industry and innovation
• Industry members - 17 members signed
• IAB by-laws approved
• Instituted annual industry conference and regular project review process
• Three patent applications and eight invention disclosures
• Implemented full proposal and planning process
• Education and outreach
• CURENT students: 113 graduate and 31 undergraduate
• Pre-college program - 19 YSP and 6 RET
• Summer REU - 16 in first year
• Common CURENT course across campuses
• Numerous seminar and workshops
• Infrastructure
• Completed 7500 sq. ft. laboratoraty renovation at UTK
• New faculty hires at all partner schools

Head of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UTK 2008-2013

• Oversaw merger of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments.
• Oversaw completion and move into the $37.5M new MHK building.
• Annual research expenditures steadily and significantly increased to $14M (2013) compared to $12.5M (2012), $12.1M (2011), $10M (2010), $8.5M (2009), $8.3M (2008). 
• Filled professorships positions increased from 3 to 8.
• Successful hiring of ten faculty (two senior hires and eight junior hires - one joint with Math). These hires include four females and one African-American, helping to improve diversity.
  
• Guided 11 successful tenure and promotion cases for EECS faculty.
  
• Successfully competed for the first ERC ever awarded to UTK. Established UTK as one of the leading power programs in the world.
  
• Initiated new program of graduate fellowships and graduate admissions process that greatly increased the percentage of offers that were accepted and improved the selectivity of admissions.
• Completed major curriculum revision of CS and CE program that brought requirements in line with CoE programs and addresses a number of concerns.
• Revised advising procedures to address previous shortcomings and increase faculty involvement with goal of improving retention.
• Department graduated 106 Ph.D. students during the five years.
• Decline in undergraduate enrollments were reversed with Fall 2012 enrollment around 480 students. There were 95 BS degrees awarded in 2011-2012.  This was an increase of 15% prior to the merger and 73% over the trough in 2008 when I joined UTK.
• Requirements in the graduate program were unified across programs.
• Successful completion of THEC review in 2010, which was extremely positive about department programs.
• Successful first time ABET accreditation for CS program and renewal for CE and EE programs in 2012.
• Resolved 20 year history of cost overruns in research and department budgets.
• Addressed numerous morale and competency problems in office staff.
• Established new communications position and increased visibility of department.
• Established an Industry Advisory Board to help provide department directions.
  

Program Manager in ECCS Division at NSF 2005-2006

• Managed $3M research program in the area of power systems and electronics.
• Developed IREE program for international research experiences for graduate students.
• Oversaw MRI program for ECCS division.

Sponsored Research and Professional Service

Research

Sponsored research projects at UT (Total contract value: $24 M)

Sponsored research projects at WSU (Total contract value: $2.6 M)

Real-Time Power System Controls
Sponsor: DOE through CERTS -  2001-2005,  $650,000.
(PIs: A.Bose (lead), K. Tomsovic, and V. Venkatasubramanian)

Towards an Understanding of Deregulated Electricity Markets through Time Series Analysis
Sponsor: NSF - 2000-2003,  $240,000.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and Z. Obradovic)

NSF I/UCRC: Power System Engineering Research Center (PSERC)
Sponsors: NSF - I/UCRC - 1998-2003,  $250,000.
(PIs: A.Bose (lead), K. Tomsovic and V. Venkatasubramanian)

Risk Analysis in a Deregulated Power Market using Fuzzy Sets
Sponsor: NSF/NATO Fellowship -  2001-2002,  $49,800.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and A. Dimitrovski)

Integrated Security Analysis
Sponsor: DOE through CERTS -  2001-2002,  $60,000.
Sponsor: PowerTech through PSerc - 2000-2001, $110,000.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and A.Bose)

Increasing Transparency of Transmission Constraints on the Electricity Trading Market
Sponsor: NSF - 1999-2001,  $225,000.
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead), A.Bose, R. Podmore and R. Thomas)

Complex Network Initiative
Sponsor: EPRI/ARO - 1999-2001,  $315,000 (WSU portion).
(PIs: A.Bose (lead), A. Saberi, K. Tomsovic and V. Venkatasubramanian)

Application of Dispersed Energy Resources in the Electric Power System
Sponsor: DOE through CERTS -  1999,  $55,000 ($79,750 loaded).
(PI: K.Tomsovic)

Automated Operation Procedures
Sponsor: PG&E through PSerc - 1997-2000, $80,000 + Fellowship
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead) and A.Bose)

MERIT 2000: Multidisciplinary Education using Curriculum Re-engineering Industry Partnership and Simulation Technology
Sponsor: NSF/EPRI - May 1997 to May 2000,  $270,000 (WSU portion $135,000)
             Corporate and university matching, est. $450,000
(PIs: K. Tomsovic (lead), A.Bose and V. Venkatasubramanian; joint with Texas A&M)

Information Theoretic Approaches to Equipment Monitoring and Diagnosis
Sponsor: NSF - Aug. 1996 to Aug. 1998,  $79,000.
(PI: K. Tomsovic)

Voltage Dynamics, Collapse and Control
Sponsor: Department of Energy - July 1995 to July 1997, $220,000.
(PIs: V. Venkatasubramanian (lead), A.Bose and K. Tomsovic)

Placement of Dispersed Fuel Cells
Sponsor: Washington Water Power - Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1996, Fellowship and Software donation (Estimated value $25,000).
(PI: K. Tomsovic)

Enhanced Distribution Protection and Switching Functions
 Sponsor: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. - Jan. 1994 to July 1995,  $28,500.
(PI: K. Tomsovic)

Symposium on Electric Power Systems Infrastructure
 Sponsor: NSF - Aug. 1994 to Dec. 1994,  $20,000.
(PIs: A. Bose (lead) and K. Tomsovic).

Research support external to US Universities

Professional Service

Editorships

Conferences

Reviewing Activities

Technical Societies and Advisory Boards

IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES): Chair of Power Systems Analysis Computing and Economics committee 2009-2011 (past vice-chair and secretary); Chair of Intelligent Systems Applications subcommittee under PSACE Committee, 1999-2003. Region 3 PES Scholarship Committee.
IEEE Computational Intelligent Society (CIS): Task Force (TF) on Fuzzy Systems of Renewable Energy 2010-present.
Member: NERC Smart Grid Task Force
Member of Advisory Board: Emanual E.W. Jones Electrical Engineering Foundation
Co-convenor of Cigré Task Force: Advanced Power Systems Controls using Intelligent Systems (Study Committee 38)

Transmission and Distribution

• Demand side management and scheduling [MORA13a].
• Islanding detection in transmission systems [LIN13, LIN11].
• Approaches for automated switching for restoration, to balance loads and relieve overloads [MORA, MORA13b, MORA12, LIU09, WU92 , WU91 , WU90 , LIN89 ].
• Multi-stage distribution system expansion [VAZIa, VAZI04a, VAZI04b, VAZI01 , VAZI00a , VAZI00b].
• Distribution voltage controls for energy conservation and voltage stability [WILS05].
• Design and intelligent system approaches to distribution protection [ SOUD01 , SOUD99 , SOUD98 , SOUD97 , TOMS95 , TOMS94d ].
• Scheduling of distribution system maintenance and approximate reasoning approaches to system reliability [SITT04 , SITT99 , TOMS96a , TOMS96b ].
• Approximate reasoning methods for transformer diagnostics [TOMS98a , TOMS97a , TOMS93b , TOMS93f , LIN90 , HUAN89 ].
• CRAFT  - a system for switching and restoration at the subtransmission level [TOMS87].

• Reliable operations with wind generation and demand response [LIU, LIU12a, LIU12b, MELH12b, EDIN08, DIMI06].
• Long term "system dynamics" and modeling of uncertainty in power system planning [YUAN, LI09, GEBR09, DIMI07, DIMI05d, DIMI05e, GEBR05, DIMI04b, BOSE03].
• Boundary and probabilistic load flow solutions for power system planning [MELH12a, DIMI11, DIMI05a,  DIMI05b, DIMI05c, DIMI04a].
  
• Modeling price and bidding behavior in power system markets, including impact of renewables [WEI12, BO12, BOON12, BOON11, VUCE01, PENG03a , PENG03b].
• State estimation for power system markets [XU05].
• Market approaches for load following service [ NOBI01 , NOBI00b].
• Estimating reactive power margins [TONG02, TOMS01a, CHEN , CHEN01 CHEN00].
• Estimating dynamic security margins [SITT07, SITT05, SAUE04, TOMS03,  SITT02].
  
• Fuzzy logic methods for selecting optimal fuel mix [ TOMS94a ].
• Fuzzy logic models and approaches to power system security [ TOMS91a , TOMS91b ].
• Fuzzy logic and expert system approaches to voltage control [ TOMS92 , LIU90 , TOMS90 , LIU86 , LIU84].

• Wide Area Control  [TOMS12].
• Flat control structure to accommodate renewables [VARI13].
• Adaptive RAS (remedial action schemes) for transient stability [ZHAN, ZHAN09, ZHAN04].
  
• New communication systems for wide area real-time controls [TOMS05a]
  
• Operation of systems with dispersed generation [ZHU07, ZHU10].
  
• Analysis and modeling of systems with dispersed generation [ ZHU02a , ZHU02b , TOMS01b , HIYA01b , LI00 , TOMS98b ].
• Placement of dispersed generators for reduced losses [ GRIF00].
• Fuzzy logic power system stabilizers [ HOAN96 , TOMS94c , TOMS93e ].
• Fuzzy controls for switchable capacitors [ HIYA01a , NORO96 , NORO93 ].

• Power electronic emulation of wide area power system [YANG13, WANG12]
  
• Cyber physical system approaches to power system modeling [QI11, QI09].
• Understanding impact of communication delays and failures on power system performance [YU04, BHOW04, NOBI00a].
• Stability analysis of fuzzy logic controls [BUMB , TOMS97b].
• Modeling behavior and computation time of rule-based systems [TOMS93c, TOMS89, TOMS88a, TOMS88b, LIU87].

• Tutorials, literature reviews and other education [CHEN13, CHOW05, KEZU04 , TOMS00a , TOMS00b , TOMS00c , CROW99 , KEZU99 , HIYA99 , TOMS99 , MOMO95 , TOMS93a , TOMS93d].
• Reference [SAUE07 ,TOMS05b , VENK05 , BOSE01 ,LASS00 , MOHA96 , TOMS94b].

Publications

Papers, where available, are indicated by links in the reference labels. These papers are in either pdf or postscript format. A few papers have formatting differences from the actual publications and a few either lack a complete set of figures or the figures are included as part of a zipped file. Please note that electronic versions of papers are subject to the same rules of copyright protection as printed copy.

Journal Papers under review, in revision or to appear


1. [MORA13a] B. Moradzadeh and K. Tomsovic, "Two-Stage Residential Energy Management Considering Network Operational Constraints," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
2. [MORA] B. Moradzadeh, G.D. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "Robust Reconfiguration of A Distribution System," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
3. [LIU] G. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "A Bidding Mechanism for Demand Response in Co-Optimized Energy and Reserve Market," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
4. [CHEN13] C. Chen, K. Tomsovic, and M.Aydeniz, "Filling the Pipeline: Power System Curricula for Middle School and High School Students," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
5. [YUAN] H. Yuan and K. Tomsovic, "Understanding Transmission Investment Incentives through Systems Dynamics Modeling,"in revision.
   
6. [ZHAN] Y. Zhang and K. Tomsovic, "Adaptive Remedial Action Scheme Based on Fast Calculation of Transient Energy," in revision.
7. [VAZIa] M. Vaziri, K. A. Ariyawansa, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "On the Accuracy of Approximating a Class of NP-complete Quadratic Programs by a Class of Polynomially Bounded Linear Programs," in revision.
8. [BUMB] K. Bumb and K. Tomsovic, "Stability Analysis of Fuzzy Controllers in Power Systems Using Linear Matrix Inequalities," in revision.
9. [CHEN] L. Chen, K. Tomsovic, A. Bose and R. Stuart, "Estimating Power Transfer Margins for Voltage Security,"  in revision.

Journal Papers

10. [VARI13] M.H. Variani and K. Tomsovic, "Distributed Automatic Generation Control using Flatness-Based Approach for High Penetration of Wind Generation," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 28, No. 3, Aug. 2013, pp. 3002-3009.
11. [LIN13] Z. Lin, T. Xia, Y. Ye, Y. Zhang, L. Chen, Y. Liu, K. Tomsovic and T. Bilke, "Application of Wide Area Measurement Systems to Islanding Detection of Bulk Power System," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 28, No. 2, May 2013, pp. 2006-2015.
12. [LIU12a] G. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "Quantifying System Reserve for Uniform System Reliability Considering Wind Power," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems: Special Section on Adequacy in Power Systems with Intermittent Sources, Vol. 27, No. 4, Nov. 2012, pp. 2385 - 2393.
13. [BO12] R. Bo, F. Li and K. Tomsovic, "Prediction of Critical Load Levels AC Optimal Power Flow Dispatch Model,"International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 42, No. 1, Nov. 2012, pp. 635-643. 
14. [WEI12] Y. Wei, F. Li and K. Tomsovic, "Measuring the Volatility of Wholesale Electricity Prices Caused by the Wind Power Uncertainty with a Correlation Model," IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 6, No. 5, Sept. 2012.
    
15. [ZHU07] Y. Zhu and K. Tomsovic, "Optimal Distribution Power Flow for Systems with Distributed Energy Resources," International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 29, Issue 3, March 2007, pp. 260-267.
16. [DIMI07] A. Dimitrovski, K. Tomsovic, and A. Ford, "Comprehensive Long Term Modeling of the Dynamics of Investment and Network Planning in Electric Power Systems," International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 3, No. 1/2, 2007, pp. 235-264.
17. [TOMS05a] K. Tomsovic, D. Bakken, V. Venkatasubramanian and A. Bose, "Designing the Next Generation of Real-Time Control, Communication and Computations for Large Power Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 93, No. 5, May 2005, pp. 965- 979.
18. [DIMI05a] A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Slack Bus Treatment in Load Flow Solutions with Uncertain Nodal Powers," International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 27, No. 9-10, Nov.-Dec. 2005, pp. 614-619, selected from the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods in Power Systems (PMAPS) - 2004, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 2004. 
19. [XU05] L. Xu, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "Topology Error Identification using a Two-State DC State Estimator,"  Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 74, Issue 1, April 2005, pp. 167-175.
20. [DIMI05b] A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Uncertainty in Load Flow Modeling: Application of the Boundary Load Flow," Automation of Electric Power Systems: Special Issue on Developments in Load Flow and Optimal Power Flow Techniques, ISSN 1000-1026, Vol. 29, No. 16, Aug. 25, 2005, pp. 6-15.
21. [SITT05] A. Sittithumwat and K. Tomsovic, "Dynamic Security Margin Estimation with Preventive Control Using Artificial Neural Networks," International Energy Journal: Special Issue: FACTS Application and Stability and Dynamics, Vol. 6, No. 1, Part 1, June 2005, pp. 1-41-51, selected from the 2004 Electricity Supply Industry in Transition: Issues and Prospects for Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 2004, pp. 1-1:1-11.
22. [DIMI05c] A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Risk Assessment using Boundary Load Flow Solutions," International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2, June 2005, and also in Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Lemnos, Greece, Sept. 2003, pp. 1-6.
23. [YU04] X. Yu and K. Tomsovic, "Application of Linear Matrix Inequalities for Load Frequency Control with Communication Delays,"  IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 19, No. 3, Aug. 2004, pp. 1508-1515.
24. [VAZI04a] M. Vaziri, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "Numerical Analyses of a Directed Graph Formulation of the Multistage Distribution Expansion Problem," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 19, No. 3, July 2004, pp. 1348-1354.
25. [VAZI04b] M. Vaziri, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "A Directed Graph Formulation of the Multistage Distribution Expansion Problem," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, , Vol. 19, No. 3, July 2004, pp. 1335-1341.
26. [DIMI04a] A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Boundary Load Flow Solutions," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, Feb. 2004, pp. 348-355.
27. [KEZU04] M. Kezunovic, A. Abur, G. Huang, A. Bose and K. Tomsovic, "The Role of Digital Modeling and Simulation in Power Engineering Education,"  IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, Feb. 2004, pp. 64-72.
28. [BHOW04] S. Bhowmik, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "Communication Models for Third Party Load Frequency Control,"  IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, Feb. 2004, pp. 543-548.
29. [SITT04] A. Sittithumwat, F. Soudi and K. Tomsovic, "Optimal Allocation of Distribution Maintenance Resources with Limited Information,"  Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 68, Issue 3, March 2004, pp. 208-220.
30. [PENG03a] T. Peng and K. Tomsovic, "Congestion Influence on Bidding Strategies in an Electricity Market," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 18, No. 3, August 2003, pp. 1054-1061. 
31. [ZHU02a] Y. Zhu and K. Tomsovic, "Adaptive Power Flow Method for Distribution Systems with Dispersed Generation," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 17, No. 3, July 2002.
32. [ZHU02b] Y. Zhu and K. Tomsovic, "Development of Models for Analyzing the Load Following Performance of Microturbines and Fuel Cells," Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 62, Issue 1, May 2002, pp. 1-11.
33. [ NOBI01] E. Nobile, A. Bose and K. Tomsovic , "Feasibility of a Bilateral Market for Load Following," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems , Vol. 16, No. 4, Nov. 2001, pp. 782-787.
34. [ VUCE01] S. Vucetic, K. Tomsovic and Z. Obradovic, "Discovering Price-Load Relationships in California's Electricity Market," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 16, No. 2, May 2001, pp. 280-286.
35. [ SOUD01] F. Soudi and K. Tomsovic, "Optimal Trade-Offs in Distribution Protection Design," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2001, pp. 292-296.
36. [SITT99] A. Sittithumwat, K. Tomsovic and F. Soudi, "Optimizing Maintenance Resources in Distribution Systems with Limited Information," Electroevolução , No. 16, June 1999, pp. 48-51, selected from the Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 1999, pp. 185-190.
37. [CROW99 ] M.L. Crow, C. Singh, K.J. Olejniczak, K. Tomsovic , R. Christie, A. Pahwa and K.Y. Lee, "Integrating Research Results into a Power Engineering Curriculum," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems , Vol. 14, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 404-411.
38. [ SOUD99 ] F. Soudi and K. Tomsovic, "Optimal Distribution Protection Design: Quality of Solution and Computational Analysis," International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 21, No. 5, June 1999, pp. 327-335.
39. [ SOUD98 ] F. Soudi and K. Tomsovic, "Optimized Distribution Protection Using Binary Programming," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 218-224.
40. [ TOMS97a ] K. Tomsovic and A. Amar, "On Refining Equipment Condition Monitoring using Fuzzy Sets and Artificial Neural Nets," International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems, Vol. 5, No. 1, March 1997, pp. 43-50, selected from the Proceedings of the 1994 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, France, Sept. 1994, pp. 363-370.
41. [ TOMS96a ] K. Tomsovic and B. Baer, "Methods of Approximate Reasoning for Power System Reliability Analysis," Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1, Autumn 1996, pp. 23-31.
42. [ HOAN96 ] P. Hoang and K. Tomsovic, "Design and Evaluation of an Adaptive Fuzzy Power System Stabilizer," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion , Vol. 11, No. 2, June 1996, pp. 455-461.
43. [NORO96 ] M. Noroozian, G. Andersson and K. Tomsovic, "Robust, Near Time-Optimal Control of Power System Oscillations with Fuzzy Logic," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol 11, No. 1, Jan. 1996, pp. 393-400.
44. [MOMO95] J. Momoh, X. Ma and K. Tomsovic , "Overview and Literature Survey of Fuzzy Set Theory in Power Systems," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 10, No. 3, Aug. 1995, pp. 1676-1690.
45. [TOMS94a ] K. Tomsovic, G. Skugge, D. Sjelvgren and J. Bubenko, "Seasonal Planning for Best Fuel Mix under Multiple Objectives Using Fuzzy Mathematics," International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1994, pp. 3-9, selected from the Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Expert Systems Application to Power Systems , Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 1993, pp. 112-118.
46. [TOMS93a] K. Tomsovic, "Current Status of Fuzzy Set Theory Applications to Power Systems," Transactions of the IEE of Japan , Vol. 113-B, No. 1, 1993, pp. 2-6.
47. [TOMS93b] K. Tomsovic, M. Tapper and T. Ingvarsson, "A Fuzzy Information Approach to Integrating Different Transformer Diagnostic Methods," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 8, No. 3, July 1993, pp. 1638-1646.
48. [TOMS93c] K. Tomsovic and C.C. Liu, "Bounding the Computational Time of Forward-Chaining Rule-Based Systems," Data and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 10, 1993, pp. 317-334.
49. [WU92] J.S. Wu, C.R. Lee, K. Tomsovic and C.S. Chen, "A Comparison of Two Heuristic Approaches for Distribution Feeder Switching," Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 14, No. 2/3, April/June 1992, pp. 158-165, selected from the Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Expert Systems Application to Power Systems, Tokyo, Japan, April 1991, pp. 716-723.
50. [TOMS92] K. Tomsovic, "A Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach to the Reactive Power/Voltage Control Problem," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems , Vol. 7, No. 1, Feb. 1992, pp.287-293.
51. [WU91] J.S. Wu, K. Tomsovic and C.S Chen, "A Heuristic Search Approach to Feeder Switching Operations for Overloads, Faults, Overloads, Unbalanced Flow and Maintenance," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery , Vol. 6, No. 4, Oct. 1991, pp. 1579-1585.
52. [TOMS87] K. Tomsovic, C.C. Liu, P. Ackerman and S. Pope, "An Expert System as a Dispatchers' Aid for the Isolation of Line Section Faults," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery , Vol. 2, No. 3, July 1987, pp. 736-743.
53. [LIU86] C.C. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "An Expert System Assisting Decision-Making of Reactive Power/Voltage Control," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 1, No. 3, Aug. 1986, pp. 195-201.

    Book Chapters, Tutorials and Edited Manuscripts

54. [DIMI11] A. Dimitrovski, K. Tomsovic, and A. Vaccaro, "Reliable Algorithms for Power Flow Analysis in the Presence of Data Uncertainties," Innovations in Power Systems Reliability, Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, 2011, pp. 329-357.
55. [SAUE07] P. Sauer, K. Tomsovic and V. Vittal, "Chapter 15: Dynamic Security Assessment," in Power System Stability and Control,  CRC Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Vol 5 (Cat #9291), 2007, pp: 15.1-15.10.
56. [TOMS05b] K. Tomsovic and M. Venkatasubramanian, "Power System Operation and Control," Electrical Engineering Handbook, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005, pp. 761-778.
57. [VENK05] M. Venkatasubramanian and K. Tomsovic, "Power Systems Analysis," Electrical Engineering Handbook, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005, pp. 779-785.
58. [BOSE01 ] A. Bose and K. Tomsovic, "Power System Security," Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley, New York, 2001.
59. [TOMS00a ] K. Tomsovic and G. Lambert-Torres, "Fuzzy Systems Applications to Power Systems, " IEEE Power Engineering Society Tutorial: Fuzzy Logic and Evolutionary Programming Techniques in Power Systems , Summer Meeting 2000, Seattle, July 2000.
60. [TOMS00b ] K. Tomsovic and M.Y. Chow (ed.), IEEE Power Engineering Society Tutorial: Fuzzy Set Applications to Power Systems, IEEE PES TP-140-0, Jan. 2000, (also co-author on Chapters 1 and 3).
61. [TOMS99] K. Tomsovic, "Fuzzy Systems Applications to Power Systems," Chapter IV-Short Course, The 1999 International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 1999.
62. [TOMS98a ] K. Tomsovic and B. Baer, "Fuzzy Information Approaches to Equipment Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis," Electric Power Applications of Fuzzy Systems, ed. M. El-Hawary, IEEE Press, 1998, pp. 59-84.
63. [MOHA96] O. Mohammed and K. Tomsovic, (ed.), Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems , Orlando, FL, Jan. 1996.
64. [TOMS94b] K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, (ed.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Electric Power Systems Infrastructure, NSF Workshop, Engineering Systems/Power Systems Program, Pullman, WA, Oct. 1994.
65. [TOMS93d] K. Tomsovic, "Introduction," IEEE Power Engineering Society Tutorial: Knowledge-Based System Techniques with Applications to Power Systems , 93 EHO 387-1-PWR, Oct. 1993, pp.1-6, Video Course, (sponsored by IEEE/PES Working Group on Intelligent System Applications).
66. [LIU90] C.C. Liu, H.Y. Marathe and K. Tomsovic , "A Voltage Control Expert System and Its Performance Evaluation," Expert System Applications to Power Systems, Prentice-Hall, UK, 1990, pp. 105-152.

            Patents

67. [LI12] F. Li, Y. Xu and K. Tomsovic, "Adaptive Controller for STATCOM to Enhance Voltage Stability," U.S. Patent Pending (filed on 02/14/2012), International Patent Pending (filed on 02/13/2013).

Refereed Conference Papers

68. [MORA13b] B. Moradzadeh, G.D. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "Reconfiguration of A Distribution System with Load Uncertainty,"  Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Tokyo, Japan, July 1-4, 2013, pp. 1-6.
69. [YANG13] L. Yang, X. Zhang, Y. Ma, J. Wang, L. Hang, K. Lin, L. M. Tolbert, F. Wang, and K. Tomsovic, "Hardware Implementation and Control Design of Generator Emulator in Multi-Converter System," Proceedings of the 2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, March 17-21, 2013.
70. [WANG12] J. Wang, L. Yang, Y. Ma, X. Shi, X. Zhang, L. Hang, K. Lin, L. Tolbert, F. Wang and K. Tomsovic, "Regenerative Power Converters Representation of Grid Control and Actuation Emulator," Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Raleigh, NC, Sept. 15-20, 2012, pp. 2460-2465.
71. [MORA12] B. Moradzadeh and K. Tomsovic, "Mixed Integer Programming-based Reconfiguration of a Distribution System with Battery Storage," Proceedings of the North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Champagne-Urbana, IL, Sept. 9-11, 2012, pp. 1-6.
72. [BOON12] C. Boonchuay, K. Tomsovic, F. Li, and W. Ongsakul, "Robust Optimization-Based DC Optimal Power Flow For Managing Wind Generation Uncertainty," Proceedings of the 6th Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization (PCO), Las Vegas, NV, Aug. 6-8, 2012.
73. [MELH12a] A. C. Melhorn, A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Three Phase Probabilistic Load Flow in Radial Distribution Networks," Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power, Istanbul, Turkey, June 10-14, 2012. 
74. [LIU12b] G. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "Quantifying System Reserve for Uniform System Reliability Considering Wind Power," Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power, Istanbul, Turkey, June 10-14, 2012.
    
75. [MELH12b] A.C. Melhorn and K. Tomsovic, "Unit Commitment with Higher Levels of Wind Generation," Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Power System Operations and Planning (ICPSOP), Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 2012.
76. [LIN11] Z. Lin, T. Xia, Y. Ye, Y. Zhang, L. Chen, Y. Liu, K. Tomsovic and T. Bilke, "Power System Islanding Detection Based On Wide Areas Measurement Systems," Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Crete, Greece, Sept. 25-28, 2011, pp. 1-6.
    
77. [BOON11] C. Boonchuay, K. Tomsovic, F. Li, and W. Ongsakul, "Robust Optimization-Based Dc Optimal Power Flow For Managing Wind Generation Uncertainty," Proceedings of the 5th Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization (PCO), Dubai, UAE, June 1-3, 2011.
78. [QI11] H. Qi, Y. Liu, F. Li, J. Luo, L. He, K. Tomsovic, L. Tolbert, Q. Cao, "Increasing the Resolution of Wide-Area Situational Awareness of the Power Grid through Event Unmixing," Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-44), Hawaii, Jan. 2011.
79. [ZHU10] Y. Zhu and K. Tomsovic, "Real-Time Control of Distributed Energy Resources," Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, July 2010.
80. [LI09] F. Li, H. Yuan and K. Tomsovic, "Integrated Generation and Transmisson Planning Tools under Competitive Energy Markets: An Academic Perspective," Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE PES General Meeting, Calgary, July 2009.
81. [ZHAN09] Y. Zhang and K. Tomsovic, "Real-Time Transient Instability Detection Based on Decision Trees," Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Curitiba, Brazil, Nov. 8-12, 2009, pp. 1-6.
82. [GEBR09] M. Gebremicael, H. Yuan and K. Tomsovic, "Use of System Dynamics for Studying a Reregulated West African Power Pool," Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE PES General Meeting, Calgary, July 2009.
83. [QI09] Hairong Qi, Leon Tolbert, Fangxing Li, Xiaorui Wang, Kevin Tomsovic, Fang Z. Peng, Peng Ning, and Massoud Amin, "Securing the Power Grid with Collaborative Embedded Intelligence," New Research Directions for Future Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, Baltimore, MD, June 3-4, 2009.
84. [EDIN08] C. Edinger and K. Tomsovic, "Serving Northwest Loads with Columbia Basin Wind Turbine Generation," Proceedings of the 2008 North American Power Symposium, Calgary, Canada, Sept. 28-30, 2008.
85. [SITT07] A. Sittithumwat and K. Tomsovic, "On-line Estimation of Dynamic Security Margin using Artificial Neural Networks," 30th  Electrical Engineering Conference (EECON-30), Kanchanaburi, Thailand, October 25-26, 2007.
86. [DIMI06] A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Impact of Wind Generation Uncertainty on Generating Capacity Adequacy," Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods in Power Systems (PMAPS) - 2006,  Stockholm, Sweden, June 2006.
87. [DIMI05d] A. Dimitrovski and K. Tomsovic, "Market Feedback for Bounding Future Uncertainties in Power System Planning," Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems,  Washington, DC, Nov. 2005, (invited).
88. [GEBR05] M. Gebremicael and K. Tomsovic, "Initial Studies of Power Plant Construction under a Deregulated West African Power Pool using System Dynamics," Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Power Systems Operation and Planning, Praia, Cape Verde, May 2005.
89. [CHOW05] J. Chow, C.C. Liu, J. Momoh and K. Tomsovic, "A Program of US and African Collaborative Research and Education for Sustainable Energy Systems,"   iCEER 2005: iNEER Conference for Engineering Research and Education, Tainan, Taiwan, March 2005.
90. [WILS05] T. Wilson and K. Tomsovic, "Automated CVR Systems - A Transmission Asset and a System Stability Tool," Western Power Delivery Automation Conference, Spokane, May 2005. 
91. [ZHAN04] Y. Zhang and K. Tomsovic, "Adaptive Remedial Action Scheme based on Transient Energy Analysis," Proceedings of the 2004 Power Systems Conference & Exposition (PSCE), Oct. 2004, New York.
92. [PENG03b] T. Peng and K. Tomsovic, "Optimal Bidding Strategies: An Empirical Conjectural Approach," Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Power Plants and Power Systems Control 2003, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 2003. 
93. [TONG02] J. Tong and K. Tomsovic, "Estimating the Active Power Transfer Margin for Transient Voltage Stability," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Power Systems Operations and Planning, Abuja, Nigeria, Dec. 2002, pp. 244-248. 
94. [SITT02] A. Sittithumwat and K. Tomsovic, "Dynamic Security Margin Estimation using Artificial Neural Networks," Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE PES Summer Meeting, July 2002, Chicago, pp.1322-1327.
95. [TOMS01a] K. Tomsovic, A. Sittithumwat and J. Tong, "On-line Estimation of Power System Security Limits," Proceedings of the Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control V, August 26-31, 2001, Onomichi, Japan, pp. 401-405.
96. [HIYA01a] T. Hiyama, K. Tomsovic, E. Anami, S. Yamashiro, M. Yamagishi and M. Shimizu, "Experimental Studies on Fuzzy Logic Stabilization Control for Energy Capacitor System," 2001 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Budapest, Hungary, June 2001. (Selected as Best Paper).
97. [HIYA01b] T. Hiyama, K. Tomsovic , M. Yoshimoto and Y. Hori, "Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Intelligent Power Sources," Proceedings of the 5th International Power Engineering Conference (IPEC2001) , Singapore, May 17-19, 2001.
98. [TOMS01b ] K. Tomsovic and T. Hiyama, "Intelligent Control Methods for Systems with Dispersed Generation," Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Columbus, Feb. 2001 , pp. 913-917.
99. [ VAZI01 ] M. Vaziri, K. Tomsovic, A. Bose and T. Gonen, "Distribution Expansion Problem: Formulation and Practicality for a Multistage Globally Optimal Solution," Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE PES Winter Meeting , Columbus, Feb. 2001, pp. 1461-1466.
100. [ VAZI00a ] M. Vaziri, K. Tomsovic and T. Gonen, "Distribution Expansion Problem Revisited: PART 1 Categorical Analysis and Future Directions," Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (PES 2000), Marbella, Spain,September 19-22, 2000.
101. [ VAZI00b ] M. Vaziri, K. Tomsovic and T. Gonen, "Distribution Expansion Problem Revisited: PART 2 Proposed Modeling and Formulation," Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (PES 2000) , Marbella, Spain,September 19-22, 2000.
102. [ NOBI00a ] E. Nobile, S. Bhowmik, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "Impact of Signal Delay Uncertainties in Open Communication Networks on Load Frequency Control," Proceedings of RIMAPS'2000 - Euro-Conference on Risk Management in Power System Planning and Operation in a Market Environment , Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, Sept. 2000.
103. [ CHEN00 ] L. Chen, K. Tomsovic, A. Bose and R. Stuart, "Estimating Reactive Margin for Determining Transfer Limits," Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Seattle, July 2000, pp. 490-495.
104. [ LI00 ] S. Li, K. Tomsovic, and T. Hiyama, "Load Following Functions Using Distributed Energy Resources," Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE PES Summer Meeting , Seattle, July 2000, pp. 1756-1761.
105. [ NOBI00b ] E. Nobile, A. Bose and K. Tomsovic, "A Bilateral Market for Load Following Ancillary Services," Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE PES Summer Meeting, Seattle, July 2000.
106. [ TOMS00c ] K. Tomsovic and D.M. Falcão, "Advanced Power System Controls Using Intelligent Systems," Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE PES Summer Meeting , Seattle, July 2000, pp. 336-339.
107. [ GRIF00 ] T. Griffin, K. Tomsovic, D. Secrest and A. Law, "Placement of Dispersed Generations Systems for Reduced Losses," Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences , Maui, Hawaii, Jan. 2000, pp. 1-9.
108. [KEZU99 ]M. Kezunovic, G. Huang, A. Abur, A. Bose, K. Tomsovic , M. Venkatasubramanian, "Using Modeling, Simulation, and Digital simulators for Power Engineering Education," 3rd International Conference on Digital Power system Simulators - ICDS '99,, Vasteras, Sweden, May 1999.
109. [ HIYA99 ] T. Hiyama and K. Tomsovic, "Current Status of Fuzzy System Applications in Power Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE SMC99, Tokyo, Japan, October, 1999, pp. VI 527-532.
110. [ TOMS98b ] K. Tomsovic, "Issues of Reliability and Security in Distributed Autonomous Power Systems," Proceedings of the Workshop on Intelligent Distributed Autonomous Power Systems, Japan, July 1998.
111. [ TOMS97b ] K. Tomsovic, "Stability Analysis Methods of Fuzzy Logic Controls for Power Systems," 1997 International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems, Seoul, Korea, July 6-10, 1997, pp. 104-108.
112. [ SOUD97 ] F. Soudi and K. Tomsovic, "Towards Optimized Distribution Protection Design," Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Power Systems Operations and Planning, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Jan. 1997, pp. 354-358.
113. [TOMS96b] K. Tomsovic and B. Baer, "Methods of Approximate Reasoning for Power System Equipment Condition and Reliability Analysis," Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1996, pp. 310-315.
114. [TOMS94c] K. Tomsovic and P. Hoang, "Approaches for Evaluating Fuzzy Logic Based Power System Stabilization Control," Third International Workshop on Rough Sets and Soft Computing , San Jose, CA, Nov. 1994, pp. 117-120.
115. [TOMS93e] K. Tomsovic and P. Hoang, "An Adaptive Fuzzy Method for Generator Control," Proceedings of the 1993 North American Power Symposium , Washington D.C., Oct. 1993, pp. 308-314.
116. [TOMS93f] K. Tomsovic, M. Tapper and T. Ingvarsson, "Performance Evaluation of a Transformer Condition Monitoring Expert System," Proceedings of the 1993 CIGRÉ Symposium on Diagnostic and Maintenance Techniques , Berlin, Germany, April 1993.
117. [NORO93] M. Noroozian, G. Andersson and K. Tomsovic , "Power System Damping Control Design with Fuzzy Logic," Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Expert Systems Application to Power Systems , Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 1993, pp. 406-411.
118. [TOMS91a] K. Tomsovic and J.M. Ling, "A Proposed Fuzzy Information Approach to Power System Security," Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Expert Systems Application to Power Systems , Tokyo, Japan, April 1991, pp. 427-432.
119. [TOMS91b] K. Tomsovic and J.M. Ling, "A Proposed Fuzzy Set and Measurement Approach to Power System Control," Proceedings of the Fifth IASTED International Conference on High Technology in the Power Industry , Tainan, Taiwan, March 1991, pp.172-176.
120. [WU90] J.S. Wu, K. Tomsovic and C.S. Chen, "A Heuristic Search Approach to Feeder Switching Operations for Distribution System Contingencies," Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Electrical Power Engineering , Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 1990, pp. 446-452, (in Chinese).
121. [LIN90] C.E. Lin, J.M. Ling, C.L. Huang and K. Tomsovic , "An Expert System for Transformer Faults Diagnosis and Maintenance," Proceedings of the ISDM Conference, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 1990.
122. [TOMS90] K. Tomsovic, "Fuzzy Linear Programming for Reactive Power Control," Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Sept. 1990, pp. 1120-1125.
123. [HUAN89] C.L. Huang, C.E. Lin, K. Tomsovic , J.M. Ling and C.J. Huang, "An Expert System for Transformer Faults Diagnosis and Maintenance," Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Electrical Power Engineering , Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 1989, pp. 766-780, (in Chinese).
124. [LIN89] C.E. Lin, Y.W. Huang, C.L. Huang and K. Tomsovic , "Fault Restoration of Distribution System Using a Knowledge-Based System," Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on High Technology in the Power Industry, Valencia, Spain, July 1989, pp. 541-545.
125. [TOMS89] K. Tomsovic and L. Barruncho, "Petri Net Representation as an Evaluation Method for a Voltage Control Expert System," Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Expert System Applications to Power Systems , Seattle, USA, July 1989, pp. 409-415.
126. [TOMS88a] K. Tomsovic, "Evaluating Rule-Based Solutions," Proceedings of the First Symposium on Expert System Applications to Power Systems , Stockholm, Sweden, August 1988, pp. 2.1-2.3.
127. [TOMS88b] K. Tomsovic and C.C. Liu, "Bounding the Processing Time of Forward-Chaining Rule-Based Systems," Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems , Helsinki, Finland, June 1988.
128. [LIU87] C.C. Liu, K. Tomsovic and S. Zhang, "Efficiency of Expert Systems as On-Line Operating Aids," Proceedings of the Ninth Power Systems Computation Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 1987, pp. 695-701.
129. [LIU84] C.C. Liu and K. Tomsovic, "Reactive Power Compensation of Power Systems - An Expert System Approach," Proceedings of the 1984 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics , Oct. 1984, pp. 85-89.

     Project Reports and Miscellaneous Publications

130. [TOMS12] K. Tomsovic, et al (more than 10 authors), "CURENT: 1st Annual Report," NSF Annual Report Vol. 1 and 2, Washington, DC, May 2012.
131. [LIU09] C.C. Liu, V. Vittal, K. Tomsovic, and W. Sun, "Comprehensive Long Term Dynamics of Investment and Growth in Electric Power Systems: Modeling Uncertainty," 2005 EPNES Workshop, Washington, DC, Nov. 2005.
132. [DIMI05e] A. Dimitrovski, K. Tomsovic, and A. Ford, "Comprehensive Long Term Dynamics of Investment and Growth in Electric Power Systems: Modeling Uncertainty," 2005 EPNES Workshop, Washington, DC, Nov. 2005.
133. [SAUE04] P.W. Sauer, K. Tomsovic, J. Dagle, S. Widergren, T. Nguyen, and L. Schienbein, "Integrated Security Analysis," Final Report, CERTS Publication, July 2004. 
134. [DIMI04b] A. Dimitrovski, M. Gebremicael, K. Tomsovic, A. Ford and K. Vogstad, "Comprehensive Long Term Modeling of the Dynamics of Investment and Growth in Electric Power Systems," 2004 EPNES Workshop, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, July 13-14 2004.
135. [BOSE03] A. Bose, K. Casavant, A. Dimitrovski, A. Ford, K. Tomsovic and  L. Lutzenhiser, "Modeling the Interaction Between the Technical, Social, Economic and Environmental Components of Large Scale Electric Power Systems," 2003 EPNES Workshop, Orlando, FL, Oct. 23-24 2003.
136. [TOMS03] K. Tomsovic, A. Bose, P. Sauer, J. Tong and A. Sittithumwat, "Integrated Security Analysis," PSERC Publication 03-06, May 2003. 
137. [CHEN01] Liqiang Chen, K. Tomsovic and A. Bose, "Automated Operating Procedures for Transfer Limits," PSERC Publication 01-05, May 2001. 
138. [LASS00] R. Lasseter, K. Tomsovic and P. Piagi, "Scenarios for Distributed Technology Applications with Steady State and Dynamic Models of Loads and Micro-Sources," CERTS Report, April 2000.
139. [TOMS95 ] K. Tomsovic, R. Blakely, F. Soudi, K. Lau, and J. Yee, "Sensor Placement for Enhanced Distribution Protection," PG&E Internal Report , June 1995.
140. [TOMS94d] K. Tomsovic, R. Stephenson, F. Soudi and J. Yee, "Intelligent Technologies for Distribution Protection," PG&E Internal Report , June 1994.

     Journal Discussions, Closures, Letters to the Editor and Book Reviews

• Closure by: Y. Zhu and K. Tomsovic , on "Optimal Distribution Power Flow for Systems with Distributed Energy Resources," International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems. 
• Book Review: K. Tomsovic, "Book Review: Neural Network Applications in Power Systems," International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems , Vol. 19, Issue 6, August 1997, Page 419.
• Letter to the editor: K. Tomsovic, on "Faking It," New Yorker, July 1998.
• Discussion by: A. Bose, K. Tomsovic, and V. Venkatasubramanian, on "Improved Representation of Generator and Load Dynamics in the Study of Voltage Limited Power System Operations," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems , Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan. 1997, pp. 313-314.
• Discussion by: K. Tomsovic, V. Venkatasubramanian and A. Bose, on "Towards the Development of a Systematic Approach for Voltage Stability Assessment of Large-Scale Power Systems," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems , Vol. 11, No. 3, Aug. 1996, p. 1323.
• Closure by: M. Noroozian, G. Andersson and K. Tomsovic , on "Robust, Near Time-Optimal Control of Power System Oscillations with Fuzzy Logic," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 11, No. 1, Jan. 1996.
• Discussion by: K. Tomsovic, on K.H. Abdul-Rahman, S.M. Shahidepour and N.I.Deeb, "Effect of EMF on Minimum Cost Power Transmission," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 10, No. 1, Feb. 1995, p. 354.
• Closure by: K. Tomsovic, M. Tapper and T. Ingvarsson, on "A Fuzzy Information Approach to Integrating Different Transformer Diagnostic Methods," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery , Vol. 8, No. 3, July 1993, p. 1647.
• Discussion by: K. Tomsovic, on S.M. Shahidepour and K.H. Abdul-Rahman, "A Fuzzy-Based Optimal Reactive Power Control," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 8, No. 2, May 1993, p. 669.

Statement of teaching goals

Notable teaching awards

Supervised post-doctoral and visiting students

• O. Ceylan (UT - from Istanbul Technical University) - 2013-2014: Distributions System Optimization
• K. Lin (UT- from Southeast University) - 2011-2013; Coordination of FACTS Controls
• H. Zheng (UT- from Chongqing University) - 2010-2011; Transformer Diagnostics
• C. Boonchuay (UT - from Asian Institute of Technology) - 2009-2010; Wind Dispatch to Reduce Price Volatility
• A. Dimitrovski  (WSU - from University of Skopje) - 2001-2002; Risk Analysis in a Deregulated Power Market using Fuzzy Sets

Supervised graduate students

Current students 

• S. Wang - Ph.D., Expected 2018; TBD
• Y. Zhang - Ph.D., Expected 2017; TBD
• M. Raoufat - Ph.D., Expected 2017; TBD
• Y. Lu (UT) - Ph.D, Expected 2015; TBD
• X. Zhang (UT) - Ph.D, Expected 2015; TBD
• A. Asadinejad (UT) - Ph.D, Expected 2015; New Tariffs for Demand Side Response
  
• M. Mahmoudi (UT) - Ph.D, Expected 2015; Distributed Power System Controls
  
• M. Variani (UT) - Ph.D, Expected 2014; New Control Methodologies for Power Systems with High Penetration of Wind
• G. Liu (UT) - Ph.D, Expected 2013; Unit Commitment and Dispatch for Power Systems with High Penetration of Wind
• S. Bhowmik (WSU) - Ph.D, Expected TBD; Real Time Power System Controls
• J. Tong  (WSU) - Ph.D, Expected TBD; Dynamic Security Analysis
• M. Gebremicael (WSU) - M.S., Expected TBD; Modeling Investment Dynamics for Power System Transmission Planning

Graduated - Ph.D 

• B. Moradzadeh (UT) - Ph.D, 2013; Optimal Distribution Reconguration and Demand Management within Practical Operational Constraints
• H. Yuan (WSU) - 2009; Modeling Market Dynamics for Long Term Power System Planning
• Y. Zhang  (WSU) - 2008; Real-Time Power System Controls
  
• T. Peng (WSU) - 2006 ; Transmission Capacity Calculations for Deregulated Markets
• A. Sittithumwat (WSU) - 2005;  Dynamic Security Analysis 
• L. Xu (WSU) - 2005; Data Modeling and Processing in Deregulated Power Systems
• Y. Zhu  (WSU) - 2002;  Analysis and Control of Distributed Energy Resources
• X. Yu  (WSU) - 2002; Robust Methods for Distributed Automatic Generation Control
• M. Vaziri (WSU) - 2000;  Optimal Multi-stage Distribution Planning
  
• F. Soudi (WSU) - 1997; Optimized Distribution Design and Maintenance Scheduling
• J.S. Wu (NSYSU) - 1991; Feeder Switching Strategies of Distribution Systems'

Graduated - M.S. 

• A. Melhorn (UT) - 2011; Unit Commitment Methods to Accommodate High Levels of Wind Penetration
• T. Gibson (WSU) - 2009; non-thesis; Automated Fault Diagnosis
  
• C. Edinger (WSU) - 2008; Wind Turbine Capacity Planning Approximations for Northwest United States Utilities 
• N. Lee (WSU) - 2007- non-thesis; Technical Considerations of Excitation and Turbine Control System of K-water’s Generators under the New Electricity Market System in South Korea
• T. Le (WSU) - 2005 - non-thesis; Impact of Saturation in Power System Stability
  
• L. Chen (WSU) - 2001; On-line Estimation of Reactive Margins for Voltage Security
• S. Bhowmik (WSU) -  2000; Computer Security in Distributed and Deregulated Power Systems
• T. Griffin (WSU) -  2000;  Optimal Placement of Small Dispersed Fuel Cell Plants
  
• A. Sittithumwat  (WSU) -  1999; Information Theoretic Methods for Equipment Diagnostics and Maintenance
  
• K. Bumb (WSU) -  1998;  Stability Analysis Methods for Fuzzy Logic Controllers
  
• R.Stephenson (WSU)  1998; Unit Commitment Formulation and Applications for Deregulated Power Systems
  
• B. Baer (WSU) -  1996; Information Theory Methods for Equipment Diagnostics and Reliability
• P. Hoang (WSU)  1994; Design and Analysis of an Adaptive Power System Stabilizer
• Johan Wernérus (RIT) -  1992; Artificial Neural Nets for Power System Load Forecasting
• Håkan Kjellman (RIT) - 1992; Investigation of Various Objective Functions for Optimal Short Term Production Planning of Hydro Power
• J.M. Ling (NCKU) M.S. 1990;  An Expert System for Transformer Fault Diagnosis and Maintenance Using Dissolved Gas Analysis

Plenary Talks, Invited Lectures, Short Courses and Tutorials

• Lecture - Ultra Wide Area Control of the Power System - National Chung Cheng University, Chia-yi, Taiwan, Jan. 4, 2013.
• Plenary talk – Ultra Wide Area Control of the Power System – 2012 Smart Grid and WAMS International Forum, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 28, 2012.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid, National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Dec. 18, 2012.
• Lecture - Wide Area Control of the Power Grid - Future of Instrumentation International Workshop (FIIW) 2012 - Gatlinburg, TN, Oct. 8-9, 2012.
• Lecture - Wide Area Control - Stanford University Smart Grid Workshop - Palo Alto, CA, April 25, 2012.
• Plenary talk - Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid - ICPSOP, Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 17, 2012.
• Lecture - Smart Grid from Distribution to Transmission - National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Jan. 2, 2012.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Research Issues in Wide Area Control - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Jan. 4, 2012.
• Short course - Modeling and Control Methods for the Future Smart Grid - Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, Dec. 21-29 2011.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Research Issues in Wide Area Control - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Jan. 4, 2012.
• Lecture- Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid - Michigan Tech Univ., Nov. 17, 2011.
  
• Plenary talk - Distribution System Reconfiguration and Restoration -  Next Generation Power Technology Center Seminar, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea, Aug. 30, 2011.
  
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, July 4, 2011.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid, National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 23, 2011.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 17, 2011.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, June 14, 2011.
• Lecture - Overview of CURENT: Ultra Wide Area Control to Allow High Penetration of Renewables in the Power Grid, Chung Yuan University, Chung-li, Taiwan, June 2, 2011.
• Short course - Smart Grid; Data Mining Applications in Power Systems; Methods of Control for High Penetration of Alternative Energy - Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, June 2010.
• Short course - Optimization Methods in Power Systems - Southeast University, Nanjing, China, June 2010.
• Lecture - Power System Control Research Issues - NIST High Megawatt Workshop Registration, Gaithersburg, MD, Dec. 11, 2009.
  
• Lecture - New Grid Controls to Enable Renewable Generation, GCEP Symposium, Stanford University, September 2009.
• Short course - Fundamentals of the Electric Grid, SLAC-Stanford University-NREL Energy Summer School, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, August 2009.
• Lecture - Data Mining Applications to Power System Problems - Chung Yuan University, Chung-li, Taiwan, January 2009.
• Lecture - Research Issues for Achieving High Penetration of Alternative Generation in the Electric Power Grid - Chung Yuan University, Chung-li, Taiwan, January 2009.
• Lecture - Long Term Dynamics of Investment in Electric Power System Planning - University of Texas, Austin - Feb. 2009.
• Lecture - Research Issues for Achieving High Penetration of Alternative Generation in the Electric Power Grid - National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 2008.
• Lecture - Data Mining Applications to Power System Problems - National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 2008.
• Lecture - Application of Optimization to Distribution Problems - National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 2008.
• Plenary talk - Remedial Action Schemes for Transient Instability - 5th Myongji University - Tsinghua University Joint Seminar on Protection and Automation, Seoul, Korea, October 2008.
• Short course - Optimization Methods in Power Systems - Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, May 2007.
• Lecture - Some Applications of Data Mining to Electricity Power Markets - National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 2006.
• Lecture - Long Term Dynamics of Investment and Growth in Electric Power System Planning - University of Hong Kong, December 2006.
• Lecture - Long Term Dynamics of Investment and Growth in Electric Power System Planning - National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan, December 2006.
• Lecture - Future Technology, Gartner Energy and Utilities IT, Orlando, September, 2006.
• Lecture - An Overview of Some Recent Research in Power Systems - University of Strathclyde, Scotland, June 2006.
• Lecture - Long Term Dynamics of Investment and Growth in Electric Power System Planning - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, May 2006.
• Short course - Situation Awareness in Control Centers for Real-Time Operations of Power Systems and Markets: Applications of Data Mining, EUCI, Denver, February 2006.
• Plenary talk -  Research Needs for the Intelligent Grid of the Future - ISAP'05 - Washington, DC, Nov. 2005.
• Lecture - Comprehensive Long Term Modeling of the Dynamics of Investment and Network Planning in Electric Power Systems  - Symposium sponsored by Taiwanese American Science and Technology Association (TASTA) &  North American Taiwanese Professor Association (NATPA), Gaithersburg, MD, Nov. 2005. 
• Plenary talk - Modeling Market Dynamics for Transmission System Planning Purposes  - Workshop on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems, São Luís, Brazil, Sept. 2005.
• Lecture - Comprehensive Long Term Modeling of the Dynamics of Investment and Network Planning in Electric Power Systems - National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July 2005.
• Lecture - Comprehensive Long Term Modeling of the Dynamics of Investment and Network Planning in Electric Power Systems - National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, July 2005.
• Lecture - Real-Time Control of the Power Grid - National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, June 2004.
  
• Lecture - Use of Planning Studies to Estimate Security Margins in Real-Time - PSerc Internet Seminar, Sept. 2001.
• Short Course - Fuzzy Set Applications to Engineering - Chung Yuan University, Chung-li, Taiwan, Aug. 2001.
• Lecture - Energy Scheduling and Pricing under Electric Industry Deregulation - Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2000.
• Lecture - Some New Considerations under Electric Industry Deregulation: Dispersed Generation for Providing Ancillary Services and Forecasting Electricity Prices - Fuji Electric Co., Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2000.
• Lecture - Research Issues on Deregulation of the Electric Power Industry - Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, May 2000.
• Lecture - Energy Scheduling and Pricing under Electric Industry Deregulation - Osaka Prefectural University, Osaka, Japan, Dec. 1999.
• Tutorial on: Fuzzy Set Applications to Power Systems - ISAP'99 - Rio de Janeiro, April 1999.
• Short Course - Expert System Applications in Power Systems and Applications in Alarm Processing, Diagnosis, Fault Location and Restoration - Cigré Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 1997.
• Plenary talk - New Intelligent System Techniques in Distribution System Problems - ISAP'97 Conference, Seoul, Korea, July 1997.
• Tutorial on: Fuzzy Set Applications to Power Systems - 1997 IEEE PICA Meeting, Columbus, OH May 1997 (organizer and lecturer).
• Tutorial on: Knowledge-Based System Techniques with Applications to Power Systems - 1994 IEEE Summer Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 1994 (instructional video produced).
• Lecture - Intelligent Technologies for Substation Maintenance - 1994 IEEE T&D Conference, Chicago, IL, April 1994.
• Tutorial on: Knowledge-Based System Techniques with Applications to Power Systems - 1994 IEEE Winter Meeting, New York, NY, Feb. 1994.
• Lecture - Fuzzy Methodologies for Operating Economics - WG on Operating Economics, New York, NY, Feb. 1994.
• Lecture - Intelligent Technologies for Substation Maintenance -T&D WG on Application of Expert Systems, New York, NY, Feb. 1994.
• Lecture - Intelligent Technologies for Substation Maintenance - Analytic Associates Client Group Meeting, Mesa, AZ, Jan. 1994.
• Lecture - An Introduction to Fuzzy Mathematical Techniques and Power System Applications - Power System Relaying Committee - WG on Application of Expert Systems, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1994.
• Lecture - Fuzzy Information Techniques for Equipment Diagnosis - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Nov. 1993.
• Lecture - Fuzzy Logic Controllers - Special Controls - Working Group Session, 1993 IEEE Summer Meeting, Vancouver, BC, July 1993
• Lecture - Discussion on Restoration Methods - 1993 Pre-symposium on Expert System Applications to Power Systems, Cairns, Australia, Jan. 1993.
• Lecture - Fuzzy Sets and Measures in Power System Problems - 1993 Pre-symposium on Expert System Applications to Power Systems, Cairns, Australia, Jan. 1993.
• Lecture - Fuzzy Logic for Transformer Diagnostics - Symposium on Substation Preventive Maintenance, Gunnison, CO, Jan. 1993.
• Short Course - Fuzzy Mathematics - Asea-Brown-Baveri, Västerås, Sweden, June 1992.
• Short Course - Artificial Neural Nets - Asea-Brown-Baveri, Västerås, Sweden, June 1992.
• Lecture - A Fuzzy Information Approach to Transformer Diagnosis - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 1991.
• Lecture - A Fuzzy Information Approach to Diagnosis - Chalmers Technical University, Göteborg, Sweden, Nov. 1991.
• Lecture - AI Applications to Power Systems -Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 1991.
• Lecture - Introduction to Fuzzy Mathematics - AI Application in Power Systems - Working Group Session, 1991 IEEE Summer Meeting, San Diego, California, July 1991.
• Short Course - AI Applications to Power Systems (with P. Chen) - Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, Aug. 1990.
• Lecture - Fuzzy Linear Programming for Voltage Control (with P. Chen) - Shanghai University of Technology, Shanghai, China, Aug. 1990.
• Short Course - AI Applications to Power Systems (with P. Chen) - Southeastern University, Nanjing, China, Aug. 1990.
• Short Course - AI Applications to Power Systems (with P. Chen) - Central China University and Academia Physica, Wuhan, China, Aug. 1990.
• Lecture - Heuristic Approaches to Distribution Switching, Taiwan Power Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 1989.
• Short Course - Expert System for Voltage Control (with C.C. Liu) - Methodologies for Expert System Development, Taiwan Power Co., Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 1988.
• Lecture - Expert System Applications in Power Systems -National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Oct. 1988.
• Lecture - Computational Issues in Expert System Development - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July 1988.
• Lecture - Expert System for Automatic Switching Actions (with C.C. Liu) - University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 1985.

Other Teaching Artifacts

K. Tomsovic and G. Lambert-Torres, "Fuzzy Systems Applications to Power Systems, "  IEEE Power Engineering Society Tutorial: Fuzzy Logic and Evolutionary Programming Techniques in Power Systems, Summer Meeting 2000, Seattle, July 2000.

K. Tomsovic and M.Y. Chow (ed.), IEEE Power Engineering Society Tutorial: Fuzzy Set Applications to Power Systems,  IEEE PES TP-140-0, Jan. 2000, (also co-author on Chapters 1 and 3).

K. Tomsovic, "Fuzzy Systems Applications to Power Systems," Chapter IV-Short Course, The 1999 International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 1999.

K. Tomsovic, "Tutorial on: Knowledge-Based System Techniques with Applications to Power Systems," Section 1, IEEE Power Engineering Society Tutorial, 93 EHO 387-1-PWR, Oct. 1993, pp.1-6, (ed. IEEE/PES Working Group on Intelligent System Applications). Instructional video available.

M.L. Crow, C. Singh, K.J. Olejniczak, K. Tomsovic, R. Christie, A. Pahwa and K.Y. Lee, "Integrating Research Results into a Power Engineering Curriculum," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 14, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 404-411.

M. Kezunovic, G. Huang, A. Abur, A. Bose, K. Tomsovic, M. Venkatasubramanian, "Using Modeling, Simulation, and Digital simulators for Power Engineering Education," 3rd International Conference on Digital Power system Simulators - ICDS '99,, Vasteras, Sweden, May 1999.

Courses taught since Ph.D. 

At University of Tennessee 

At Washington State University

Other - National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU), Royal Institute of Technology (RIT), Kumamoto University (KU), Boston University (BU)