Publications

  1. Barchowsky A., Lewis, P.T., Grainger, B.M., Reed, G.F., and Carnovale, D.J., “Design and Realization of an Innovative Workbench for Electric Power Systems Laboratories”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, November, 2014, doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2014.2371825  
  2. Grainger, B.M., Reed G.F., Sparacino, A.R., Lewis, P.L., “Power Electronics for Grid Scale Energy Storage,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Energy Storage Technology for the Electric Grid, Volume 102 , Issue 6, pp. 1000-10013, June, 2014, doi:  10.1109/JPROC.2014.2319819.
  3. Huang, S., Feron, E., Reed, G.F., Mao, Z.H., "Compact Configuration of Aircraft Flows at Intersections," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 15, Issue 2, April, 2014 doi:  10.1109/TITS.2013.2287205.
  4. Khanna, R., Zhang, Q., Stanchina, W.E., Reed, G.F., Mao, Z.H., "Maximum Power Point Tracking Using Model Reference Adaptive Control," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp. 1490-1499, March, 2014, doi:  10.1109/TPEL.2013.2263154.
  5. Khanna, Raghav, Hughes, Brian, Stanchina, William, Chu, Rongming, Boutros, Karim and Reed, Gregory, “Modeling and Characterization of a 300V GaN Based Boost Converter with 96% Efficiency at 1MHz,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Exposition 2014, IEEE Catalog Number: CFP14ECD-USB (ISBN: 978-1-4799-5698-2), 92-99, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2014.
  6. Reed, G.F., Grainger, B.M., “Methods and Approaches for Developing the Future Leaders of the Electric Power and Energy Industries,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Indianapolis IN, June 2014
  7. Reed, G.F., O’Connor, J., Sullivan, D., “Testing and Commissioning Experiences for the Duke Energy Progress Static Var Compensator at Jacksonville NC,” IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago IL, April 2014.
  8. Lewis, P.T., Grainger, B.M., Barchowsky, A., Reed, G.F., and Carnovale, D.J., “Electric Power Laboratory Workbench for Training the Next Generation of Engineering Professionals,” IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago IL, April 2014.
  9. Grainger, B.M., Kounev, V., Reed, G.F., McDermott, T.E., Tipper, D., and Mao, Z.H., “Analysis of an Offshore Medium Voltage DC Microgrid Environment – Part I:  Power Sharing Controller Design,” IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago IL, April 2014.
  10. V. Kounev, B. M. Grainger, G. F. Reed, and D. Tipper, “Analysis of an Offshore Medium Voltage DC Microgrid Environment – Part II:  Distributed Power Control Network Architecture,” IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago IL, April 2014.  
  11. Grainger, B.M., Scioscia, O.V., Lin, E., McDermott, T.E., Reed, G.F., “Prediction and Experimental Verification of Core Loss and Temperature Distribution for Geometrically Scaled FINEMET Toroid’s using Finite Element Analysis,”  Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Fort Worth TX, March 2014
  12. Shoup, D.J., Reed, G.F., " STATCOM Application to Address Grid Stability and Reliability: Part I," CIGRE National Committee 2013 Grid of the Future Symposium, Boston MA, October 2013.
  13. Korytowski, M.J., Fodiak, J., Daniel, J., Reed, G.F., Scott, N., “Integration of Offshore Wind Power to the U.S. Grid,” Wind Integration Workshop – International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind into Power Systems and Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants, London, UK, October 2013. 
  14. Reed, G.F., Al Hassan, H.A., Korytowski, M.J., Lewis, Grainger, B.M, "Comparison of HVAC and HVDC Solutions for Off Shore Wind Farms with a Procedure for Economic Evaluation," IEEE EnergyTech Conference, Cleveland OH, May 2013.
  15. Khanna, R., Amrhein, A., Stanchina W.E., Reed, G.F., Mao, Z.H. “An Analytical Model for Evaluating the Influence of Device Parasitics on Cdv/dt Induced False Turn-on in SiC MOSFETs,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Long Beach CA, March 2013.
  16. Willoughby, R., Reed, G.F., "Substation Automation and Protective Relaying – Primer," Clemson Power Systems Conference, Clemson SC, March 2013.
  17. Reed, G.F., Grainger, B.M., Sparacino, A.R., Taylor, E.J., Korytowski, M.J., Mao, Z.H., "Medium Voltage DC Technology Developments, Applications, and Trends," CIGRE 2012 Grid of the Future Symposium, Kanas City MO, October 2012.
  18. Sparacino, A., Grainger, B., Kerestes, R., Reed, G.F., “Design and Simulation of a DC Electric Vehicle Charging Station Connected to a Medium Voltage DC Infrastructure,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Raleigh NC, September 2012, pp. 1168-1175, doi:  10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342685. 
  19. Khanna, R., Stanchina W.E., Reed, G.F., “Characterizing the Effect of Parasitic Capacitances on High Power GaN HFET Devices,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition,, Raleigh NC, September 2012, pp. 1489-1496, doi:  10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342638. 
  20. Taylor, E., Korytowski, M., Reed, G.F., “Voltage Transient Propagation in AC and DC Datacenter Distribution Architectures” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Raleigh NC, September 2012, pp. 1998-2004, doi:  10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342567. 
  21. Kerestes, R., Reed, G. F.., Sparacino, A. “Economic Analysis of Grid Level Energy Storage for the Application of Load Leveling,” IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego CA, July 2012, pp.1-9, 
    doi:  10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345072. 
  22. Sparacino, A., Reed, G.F., Kerestes, R., Grainger, B., Smith, Z., “Survey of Battery Energy Storage Systems and Modeling Techniques,” IEEE PES General Meeting, San Diego CA, July 2012, pp. 1-8, doi:  10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345071. 
  23. Reed, G. F., Grainger, B. M., Sparacino, A. R., Kerestes, R. J., Korytowski, M. J.,  “Advancements in Medium Voltage DC Architecture Development with Applications for Powering Electric Vehicle Charging Stations,” IEEE EnergyTech Conference, Cleveland OH, May 2012, pp. 1-8, doi:  10.1109/EnergyTech.2012.6304641. 
  24. Reed, G. F., O’Connor, J., Varadan, S., “Power System Planning Analysis and Functional Requirements of the Progress Energy Carolinas Jacksonville Static Var Compensator,” IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference, Orlando FL, May 2012, pp. 1-5, doi:  10.1109/TDC.2012.6281557. 
  25. Chen, H., Reed, G.F., Kusic, G.L., “Comparative PSCAD and Matlab/Simulink Simulation Models of Power Losses for SiC MOSFET and Si IGBT Devices,” IEEE PELS/PES Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, Chicago IL, February 2012, pp. 1-5, doi:  10.1109/PECI.2012.6184589. 
  26. Barchowsky, A., Parvin, J. P., Reed, G. F., Korytowski, M. J., Grainger, B.M., “A Comparative Study of MPPT Methods for Distributed Photovoltaic Generation,” IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Washington, D.C., January 2012, pp. 1-7, doi:  10.1109/ISGT.2012.6175798. 
  27. Reed, G. F., Grainger, B. M., Korytowski, M. J., Taylor, E. J., “Modeling, Analysis, and Validation of a Preliminary Design for a 20 kV Medium Voltage DC Substation,” IEEE EnergyTech Conference, Cleveland OH, May 2011, pp. 1-8, doi:  10.1109/EnergyTech.2011.5948526.  
  28. Reed, G. F., Larsson, D., Rasmussen, J., Rosenberger, T., El Faki, R., “Advanced Control Methods and Strategies for the Oncor Electric Delivery Renner SVC,” IEEE Power Systems Conference & Exposition (PSCE), Phoenix AZ, March 2011, pp. 1-9, doi:  10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772591. 
  29. Reed, G. F., Kusic, G.L, Wang, Z., Svesson, J., “A Case for Medium Voltage DC for Distribution Circuit Applications,” IEEE Power Systems Conference & Exposition (PSCE), Phoenix AZ, March 2011, pp. 1-7, doi:  10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772478. 
  30. Barchowsky, A., Parvin, J. P., Reed, G. F., Korytowski, M. J., Grainger, B.M., “Central and Distributed MPPT Systems Under Varying Weather Conditions,” Proceedings of the IASTED Power & Energy Systems & Applications, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2011, Paper No. 756-068, doi:  10.2316/P.2011.756-068.
  31. Reed, G. F., Solomon, L. A., Grainger, B. M., “Prototype Development of a Full‐Bridge Isolated Boost Converter for Solar Photovoltaic Systems Integration,” IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010, pp. 1-6, doi:  10.1109/ISGTEUROPE.2010.5638954. 
  32. Reed, G. F., Philip, P. A., Barchosky, A., Lippert, C. J.; Sparancino, A. R., “Sample Survey of Smart Grid Approaches and Technology Gap Analysis,” IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010, pp. 1-10, doi:  10.1109/ISGTEUROPE.2010.5638893. 
  33. Reed, G. F., Stanchina, W., “Smart Grid Education Models for Modern Electric Power System Engineering Curriculum," IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2010, doi:  10.1109/PES.2010.5589617. 
  34. OʹConnor, R., Reed, G., Mao, Z., Jones, A.K., ʺImproving Renewable Resource Utilization through Integrated Generation Management,ʺ IEEE PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2010, doi:  10.1109/PES.2010.5589530. 
  35. Reed, G.F., Grainger, B., Bassi, H., Taylor, E., “Analysis of High Capacity Power Electronic Technologies for Integration of Green Energy Management,” IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2010, doi: 10.1109/TDC.2010.5484374. 
  36. Reed, G.F., Stanchina, W., “The Power and Energy Initiative at the University of Pittsburgh: Addressing the Aging Workforce Issue through Innovative Education, Collaborative Research, and Industry Partnerships,” IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2010, pp. 1-7, doi:  10.1109/TDC.2010.5484264.  
  37. Vilcheck, W.S., Stinson, R., Gates, G., Kemp, D., Reed, G.F., “Eaton and the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering Collaborate to Train Students in Electric Power Engineering,” IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2010, pp. 1-4, doi:  10.1109/TDC.2010.5484205. 
  38. Reed, G.F., Lovell, M., Shuman, L., Stanchina, W., “A Renewed Power and Energy Initiative Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering,” IEEE PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 2008, pp. 1-5, doi:  10.1109/PES.2008.4596377.  
  39. Kusic, G.L., Reed, G.F., “Parameters for Three‐Phase Transmission Lines,” IEEE PES Power System Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, October/November 2006, pp. 2221-2224, doi:  10.1109/PSCE.2006.296308.  
  40. Sullivan, D.J., Paserba, J.J., Reed, G.F., Croasdaile, T., Westover, R., Pape, R., et. al., “Voltage Control in Southwest Utah with the St. George Static Var System,” IEEE PES Power System Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, October/November 2006, pp. 459-465, doi:  10.1109/PSCE.2006.296355.  
  41. Sullivan, D.J., Paserba, J.J., Reed, G.F., Croasdaile, T., Pape, R., Shoup, D.J., et. al., “Design and Application of a Static VAR Compensator for Voltage Support in the Dublin, Georgia Area,” FACTS Panel Session, Proceedings of the IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, May 2006. pp. 1399-1406, doi:  10.1109/TDC.2006.1668724.   
  42. Reed, G.F., Hellested, R, Takeda, M., et. al., “Applications and Development Concepts for a New Transformer‐less FACTS Device – the Multimode Static Series Compensator (MSSC),” Proceedings of the IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, September 2003, pp. 1138-1142, doi:  10.1109/TDC.2003.1335110.  
  43. Reed, G.F., Pape, R.A., Takeda, M., “Advantages of Voltage Sourced Converter (VSC) Based Design Concepts for FACTS and HVDC‐Link Applications,” IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July, 2003, vol. 3, doi:  10.1109/PES.2003.1267437.  
  44. Reed, G.F., Paserba, J.J, et al, “SDG&E Talega STATCOM Project ‐System Analysis, Design, and Configuration,” Proceedings of the IEEE PES T&D‐Asia Conference and Exposition, Yokahama, Japan, October 2002. 
  45. Reed, G.F., Paserba, J., Croasdaile, T., Takeda, M., Morishima, N., Hamasaki, Y., Thomas, L., Allard, W., “STATCOM Application at VELCO Essex Substation,” Proceedings of the IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, October/November 2001. 
  46. Reed, G.F., Takeda, M., Jochi, S., Aritsuka, T., “Custom Power Technologies for Power Quality Applications,” PQA 2001 Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2001. 
  47. Reed, G., Paserba, J., Croasdaile, T., Takeda, M., Hamasaki, Y., Aritsuka, T., Morishima, N., Jochi, S., Iyoda, I., Nambu, M., Toki, N., Thomas, L., Smith, G., LaForest, D., Allard, W., Haas, D., “The VELCO STATCOM‐Based Transmission System Project,” Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE PES Winter Power Meeting, Columbus, OH, January/February 2001. 
  48. Reed, G., Croasdaile, T., Paserba, J., Williams, R., Takeda, M., Jochi, S., Morishima, N., Aritsuka, T., Hamasaki, Y., Yonehata, Y., Amakasu, S., Takamiya, K., “Application of Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) Technology for FACTS and Custom Power Installations,” PowerCon 2000, Perth, Australia, December 2000. 
  49. Reed, G.F., et al., “Application of a 5MVA, 4.16 kV D‐STATCOM System for Voltage Flicker Compensation at Seattle Iron & Metals,” IEEE/PES 2000 Summer Meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 2000. 
  50. Paserba, J., Reed, G.F., Takeda, M., Aritsuka, T., “FACTS and Custom Power Equipment for the Enhancement of Power Transmission System Performance and Power Quality,” Symposium of Specialists in Electric Operational and Expansion Planning (VII SEPOPE), Curitiba, Brazil, May 2000. 
  51. Yonezawa, H., Shimato, T., Tsukada, M., Matsuno, K., Iyoda, I., Paserba, J.J., Reed, G.F., “Study of a STATCOM Application for Voltage Stability Evaluated by Dynamic PV Curves and Time Simulations,” Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Singapore, January 2000. 
  52. Suzuki, H., Takeda, M., Reed, G.F., “Application of Voltage Source Converter Technology to a Back‐to‐Back DC Link System,” IEEE/PES 1999 Summer Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 1999. 
  53. Reed, G.F., Takeda, M., Iyoda, I., Murakami, S., Aritsuka, T., Tokuhara, K., “Improved Power Quality Solutions Using Advanced Solid‐State and Static Compensation Technologies,” IEEE/PES 1999 Winter Meeting, New York, New York, February 1999. 
  54. Reed, G.F., Takeda, M., Yamamoto, H., Kamiyama, I., Aritsuka, T., “Development of a Novel Hybrid Switch Device and Application to a Solid‐State Transfer Switch,” IEEE/PES 1999 Winter Meeting Conference Paper, New York, New York, February 1999
  55. Reed, G.F., Takeda, M., Yamamoto, H., Kamiyama, I., Aritsuka, T., “Advanced Solid‐State Switching Using a Novel Hybrid Switch Device.” Power Systems World Conference, Power Quality Section, Santa Clara, CA, November 1998.