Here you can find a set of publications that illustrate the research projects that I am involved with. For the most recent list please check my citations at Google Scholar.
Journal articles
J. Muñoz, M. E. Magaña, E. Cotilla-Sanchez. Adaptive Master-Slave Unscented Kalman Filter for Grid Voltage Frequency Estimation. IET Signal Processing, in press, 2018, pre-print.
C. Lassetter, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, J. Kim. A Learning Scheme for Microgrid Reconnection. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, in press, 2017, pre-print.
E. Purvine, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, M. Halappanavar, Z. Huang, G. Lin, S. Lu, S. Wang. Comparative Study of Clustering Techniques for Real-Time Dynamic Model Reduction. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, in press, 2017.
B. McCamish, J. Kulkarni, Z. Ke, S. Harpool, C. Huo, T. Brekken, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, J. Zhang, A. von Jouanne, A. Yokochi (2017). A rapid PMU-based load composition and PMU estimation method. Electric Power Systems Research, 143, 44–52, 2017. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2016.10.028
B. McCamish, R. Meier, J. Landford, R. Bass, D. Chiu, and E. Cotilla-Sanchez. A Backend Framework for the Efficient Management of Power System Measurements. Electric Power Systems Research, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2016.05.003, 2016.
S. Miller, P. Hines, I. Dobson, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, M. Papic, E. Ciapessoni, D. Cirio, A. Pitto, J. Quiros-Tortos, J. Jardim, C. Dent, P. Henneaux, M. Panteli, J. Bialek, and D. Wu. Benchmarking and validation of cascading failure analysis tools. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, n. 6, pp. 4887-4900, 2016.
B. DuPont, R. Azam, S. Proper, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, C. Hoyle, J. Piacenza, D. Oryschchyn, S. Zitney, and S. Bossart. An optimization framework for decision making in large, collaborative energy supply systems. ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 138(5), 051601, 2016.
J. Song, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, G. Ghanavati, and P. Hines. Dynamic Modeling of Cascading Failure in Power Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, n. 3, pp. 2085-2095, 2016.
S. Armstrong, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, and T. Kovaltchouk. Assessing the Impact of the Grid-Connected Pacific Marine Energy Center Wave Farm. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, v. 3, n. 4, pp. 1011-1020, 2015.
G. Ghanavati, P. Hines, T. Lakoba, E. Cotilla-Sanchez. Understanding Early Indicators of Critical Transitions in Power Systems from Autocorrelation Functions. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, v. 61, n. 9, pp. 2747-2760, 2014.
E. Cotilla-Sanchez, P. Hines, C. Barrows, S. Blumsack and M. Patel. Multi-attribute Partitioning of Power Networks Based on Electrical Distance. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 28, n. 4, pp. 4979-4987, 2013.
E. Cotilla-Sanchez, P. Hines and C. Danforth. Predicting Critical Transitions from Time Series Synchrophasor Data. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, v. 3, n. 4, pp. 1832-1840, 2012.
E. Cotilla-Sanchez, P. Hines, C. Barrows and S. Blumsack. Comparing the Topological and Electrical Structure of the North American Electric Power Infrastructure. IEEE Systems Journal, v. 6, n. 4, pp. 616-626, 2012.
P. Hines, E. Cotilla-Sanchez and S. Blumsack. Do Topological Models Provide Good Information about Electricity Infrastructure Vulnerability? Chaos: An interdisciplinary journal of non-linear science, v. 20, n. 3, 2010.
P. Hines, K. Balasubramaniam and E. Cotilla Sanchez. Cascading failures in power grids. IEEE Potentials, v. 28, n. 5, pp. 24-30, 2009.
Conference papers
V. Chalishazar, C. Huo, I. Fox, T. Hagan, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, A. von Jouanne, J. Zhang, T. Brekken, B. Bass, “Modeling Power System Buses Using Performance Based Earthquake Engineering Methods,” in Proc. of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2017.
E. Hogan, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, M. Halappanavar, S. Wang, P. Mackey, P. Hines, Z. Huang. On Clustering Techniques for the Analysis of Electric Power Grids. Proc. of the 3rd International Workshop on High Performance Computing, Networking and Analytics for the Power Grid, Denver, 2013.
G. Ghanavati, P. Hines, T. Lakoba, E. Cotilla-Sanchez. Calculation of the Autocorrelation Function of the Stochastic Single Machine Infinite Bus System. Proc. of the North American Power Symposium, 2013.
J. Song, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, T. Brekken. Load modeling methodologies for cascading outage simulation considering power system stability. Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability, Portland, OR, 2013.
S. Safdar, B. Hamdaoui, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, M. Guizani. A Survey on Communication Infrastructure for Micro-grids. The 9th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Cagliari, Italia, 2013
J. Song, T. Brekken, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, A. von Jouanne, J. Davison. Optimal Placement of Energy Storage and Demand Response in the Pacific Northwest. Proc. of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2013
P. Hines, I. Dobson, E. Cotilla-Sanchez and M. Eppstein. `Dual Graph’ and `Random Chemistry’ Methods for Cascading Failure Analysis. Proceedings of the 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, 2013
R. Fitzmaurice, E. Cotilla-Sanchez and P. Hines. Evaluating the Impact of Modeling Assumptions for Cascading Failure Simulation. Proc. of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, 2012.
C. Parmer, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, H. Thornquist and P. Hines. Developing a Dynamic Model of Cascading Failure for High Performance Computing using Trilinos. Proc. of the 1st International Workshop on High Performance Computing, Networking and Analytics for the Power Grid, Seattle, 2011.
P. Hines, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, B. O'Hara and C. Danforth. Estimating Dynamic Instability Risk by Measuring Critical Slowing Down. Proc. of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Detroit, 2011.
P. Hines, E. Cotilla-Sanchez and S. Blumsack. Topological Models and Critical Slowing Down: Two Approaches to Power System Blackout Risk Analysis. Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, 2011.
P. Hines, S. Blumsack, E. Cotilla Sanchez and C. Barrows. The Topological and Electrical Structure of Power Grids. Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, 2010.
S. Blumsack, P. Hines, M. Patel, C. Barrows and E. Cotilla Sanchez. Defining Power Network Zones from Measures of Electrical Distance. Proc. of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Calgary, 2009.
Other publications
P. Hines, B. O’Hara, E. Cotilla-Sanchez and C. Danforth. Cascading Failures: Extreme Properties of Large Blackouts in the Electric Grid. SIAM Mathematics Awareness Month essay. 2011.
E. Cotilla-Sanchez. Big Data and Energy Systems: Efficient Computational Methods for the Dynamic Analysis of Electric Power Infrastructure. Ph.D. Dissertation for the University of Vermont Electrical Engineering Department.
E. Cotilla-Sanchez. A Complex Network Approach to Analyzing the Structure and Dynamics of Power Grids. Master's Thesis for the University of Vermont Electrical Engineering Department.
Press
Science Magazine. What Keeps the Power On?
US News and World Report. It's Hard to Bring Down the Electric Grid
Science Daily. Why It's Hard to Crash the Electric Grid