DANIEL KIRSCHEN Department of Electrical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2500
Phone: +1-206-543-2174
[email protected]
Personal information Education 1985
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
1980
MSc in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
1979
Ingénieur Civil Mécanicien Electricien, (Electro-mechanical Engineer) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Appointments 2011-Date
Donald W. and Ruth Mary Close Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
2002-2010
Professor of Electrical Energy Systems, The University of Manchester
2000-2002
Reader, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMIST
1998-2000
Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMIST
1994-1998
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMIST
1992-1994
Senior Electrical Engineer, Siemens, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1990-1992
Consulting Engineer, Empros Systems International, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1985-1990
Senior Electrical Engineer, Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1991-1994
Adjunct Associate Professor (part-time), University of Minnesota
1986-1987
Lecturer (part-time), University of Minnesota
1983-1985
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Visiting Appointments 2014
Chaire Franqui, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
2009
Guest Professor, Wuhan University
2007
Senior Research Fellow, Tsinghua University
1999
Tan Chin Tuan Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Honors and awards 2007
Fellow of the IEEE
2009
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Power and Energy Society
2014
“Best of the Best” paper award, IEEE PES Annual Meeting
2014
Best paper award, European Electricity Market Conference
2010
Prize Paper Award, 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems
2006
Significant Reviewer, IEEE Power Engineering Society
1986
Technical Excellence Award, Control Data Corporation
1985
Bacon Fellow, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1984
Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
1983
First Prize Paper Award, Industrial Drives Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society
1980
Vilas Fellow, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1979
Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation
Research Publications Career totals: 70 journal papers, 76 conference papers, 2 books, 2 book chapters. Career total citations: 8287, h-index: 41 (Source: Google Scholar) Research Grants Awarded At the University of Washington: Sponsor
Title
BPA
Energy Positioning
DOE ARPA-E
Energy Positioning: Control and Economics
Alstom Grid
Distributed Energy Resources Management System
NSF
Architectural and Algorithmic Solutions for Large-Scale PEV Integration into Power Grids
NSF
Transmission Planning
At The University of Manchester: Sponsor
Title
EPSRC
Supergen Flexnet
EPSRC
AURA-NMS
EPSRC
China Collaboration
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EPSRC
Star Chair
EPSRC
High-efficiency solar cells
EPSRC
Platform grant renewal
EU FP7
PEGASE
EU FP7
REALISEGRID
EU FP7
ADDRESS
EDF
Flexibility
DHPA
Flexibility
EPSRC
Platform grant
EPSRC
2007 Manchester seminar
EPSRC
2006 Manchester seminar
EU FP6
RELIANCE
EDF
Ancillary Services
EPSRC
Power Quality
EPSRC, National Grid
PV Integration
ORS
PV Integration
EPSRC, National Grid
Value of Security: Extensions
National Grid
Data mining application to NETA
National Grid
Value of Security: Applications
London Electricity
Data mining for fault analysis
EPSRC, National Grid
Value of Security
National Grid
Expert system for backup protection
London Electricity
Data mining for load profiling
Aegis
Data mining in power systems
Research student supervision Graduated 15 PhD and 1 MPhil students Currently supervising 9 PhD students and 1 post-doctoral researcher
Offices held in a learned society Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Member of the Editorial Board, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution Member of the Editorial Board, Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation Magazine, 2004-2009 Chair, IEEE Power & Energy Society, Computer and Analytical Methods Subcommittee, 2004-2009
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Teaching At the University of Washington Level
Topic
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Power System Economics
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Analysis of Large Power Systems
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Power System Dynamics and Control
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Power System Analysis
At the University of Manchester Level
Topic
1
Electrical circuit analysis
1
Introduction to electrical energy transport and conversion
2
Electrical energy generation and transmission
3
Power systems
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Fundamentals of power system economics
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Introduction to power systems
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Power system analysis
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Economic operation of power systems
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Power system economics
Contributions to curriculum reform and development 2002-2003: Member of the course revision working party, UMIST Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics 1998-1999: Member of the working party on the Mechatronics course, UMIST Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics 1995-1996: Member of the course revision working party, UMIST Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics External teaching and assessment 2005
Santiago de Chile, International Seminar on “Electricity Markets: ancillary services and transmission expansion”
1999-2001 Edison Electric Institute, Transmission Pricing School 1999
University of Wisconsin, Short course on Power System Economics
2002-2005 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Lectures on power system economics PhD External Examiner at the following institutions: Ecole Centrale de Paris (France), Ecole Centrale de Lille (France), University of Waterloo (Canada), Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain), Chalmers Institute of Technology (Sweden), Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
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(France) (x3), Université de Liège (Belgium), London Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Queen’s University Belfast (x2), Strathclyde University (x3), Durham University, Warwick University Other contributions to teaching and learning Author of the textbook “Fundamentals of Power System Economics” (Wiley 2004). The English language edition of this book has sold over 2000 copies. It has been translated into Chinese and Farsi and has been adopted by, among others, the following universities: University of CaliforniaBerkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Supélec, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Edinburgh, IIT Kanpur, Portland State University, Iowa State University, University of ColoradoDenver, North Dakota State University, Sultan Qabous University, University of Tennessee, University of Puerto Rico, University of Waterloo, Columbia University.
Leadership and service roles At the University of Washington 2011-Date
Chair, Energy Area, Department of Electrical Engineering
2012-2013
Member of the Executive Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering
2012-Date
Member of the PMP Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering
2012-Date
Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering
2012
Member of the Fellowship Committee, College of Engineering
2014-Date Member of the RRF Committee At the University of Manchester 2004-2010 Head of the Electrical Energy and Power Systems Research Group: This group consisted of 10 academics, and 65 researchers. It had a research portfolio of £10.7M. Between 2006 and 2011, members of the group published over 100 journal papers and 150 conference papers and ran an MSc course with an enrolment of 42 full-time students and 25 part-time students. 2008-2010 Chair of the School Board for Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2009-2010 Member of Senate 2003-2004 Chair of the Research Committee, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2007-2010 Contribution to the negotiation and management of the “2+2” and “4+1” agreements with North China Electric Power University
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Professional advisory or consultancy work in local, national or international arena 2012-Date
Advisor, 1Energy Systems
2013
Expert witness, California Attorney General’s office
2003-2004:
Special Adviser, Select Committee on Trade and Industry of the House of Commons, inquiry on the resilience of the electricity network
2007-2008:
Invited contributor to the UK Government’s Foresight project on Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment
2007-2008:
Contributor to the “All Island Grid Study” organised by the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Civil Service Department
2007:
Session chair at the workshop on “Tools and Methods for Network Security” organised by the Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs
2008:
Invited participant at a brainstorming session on the “Industrial Initiative on Grids” of the European Commission
Reviewer or adjudicator for research proposals with the following bodies NSF (USA), EPSRC (UK), Nuffield Foundation (UK), FWF (Austria), FNRS (Belgium), NSERC (Canada), FCT (Portugal), ADEME (France), Conicyt (Chile), ESF (Europe), FNR (Luxemburg), FRIA (Belgium), FWO (Belgium), Organization of conferences Founder, International workshop for the next generation of researchers in power systems. This workshop has been held in Manchester, Zurich, Phoenix, Madrid, and Hong Kong. The next one will take place in Seattle in September 2015. Technical Committee Program Chair, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2007 Member of the international advisory committee of the following conferences: EEM10 (Madrid), IEEE Powertech 2009 (Bucharest), SUPERGEN 2009 (Nanjing), EEM09 (Leuven), IYCE 2009 (Budapest), IEEE T&D Latin America 2008 (Bogotá), DRPT 2008 (Nanjing), International Conference on Power and Control 2007 (Calcutta), CEE 2007 (Coimbra), ICTES-07 (Calcutta), IEE PEITSICON-2005 (Calcutta), IPEC 2005 (Singapore), CIIC-2001 (Calcutta)
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