International Journal of Energy Engineering

International journal of Energy Engineering is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas of energy engineering.

Venkat Krishnan

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Energy Engineering

Post-doctoral Fellow, Iowa State University, Sigma Xi (ISU chapter), USA

Research Areas

Power System Security and Stability Assessment, Generation and Transmission Expansion Planning, Renewable Energy Interconnection and Storage, Data Mining, Statistical Estimation and Simulation, Optimization

Education

2010Ph.D.Doctorate of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
2007M.Sc.Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
2005B.Eng.Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, India

Experience

2010-presentPost Doctoral Research Associate, Electrical Engineering department, Iowa State University
2006-2010Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University

Publications: Journals

[1]  Venkat Krishnan, James McCalley, Sebastian Henry, and Samir Issad, “Efficient Database Generation for Decision Tree based Power System Security Assessment,” IEEE Transactions in Power Syst., 2011
[2]  E. Ibanez, Venkat Krishnan, S. Lavrenz, D. Mejia, J. McCalley, and A. Somani, “Resiliency and robustness in long-term planning of the national energy and transportation system," under review in International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Aug 2011
[3]  Venkat Krishnan, Trishna Das, Eduardo Ibanez, Cristian Lopez, and James McCalley, “Modeling Operational Effects of Variable Generation within National Long-term Infrastructure Planning Software,” under review in IEEE trans. of Power Systems, Feb 2012
[4]  Venkat Krishnan, and James McCalley, “Importance Sampling based Intelligent Test Set Generation for Validating Operating Rules used in Power System Operational Planning,” under review in IEEE trans. of Power Systems, Jan 2012
[5]  Venkat Krishnan, James McCalley, Sebastian Henry, and Samir Issad, “Decision Tree aided Power System Security Assessment for Multiple Contingencies using Progressive Entropy Curve based Grouping,” under review in IEEE trans. of knowledge and data engineering, Jan 2012
[6]  Venkat Krishnan, and James McCalley, “Contingency Assessment under Uncertainty for Voltage Collapse and its Application in Risk based Contingency Ranking,” under review in International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Elsevier, Feb 2012

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Trishna Das, Venkat Krishnan, Yang Gu, and James McCalley, “Compressed Air Energy Storage: State Space Modeling and Performance Analysis,” Proceedings the 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, July 26 - July 29, 2011, Detroit, Michigan, USA
[2]  Oluwaseyi Olatujoye, Venkat Krishnan, and James McCalley, "Including Special Protection Schemes and Operational Complexity within Transmission Planning, " IEEE PES GM, July 2011
[3]  Venkat Krishnan, James McCalley, Sebastian Henry, and Samir Issad, "High Information Content Database Generation for Data Mining based Power System Operational Planning Studies," IEEE PES GM 2010
[4]  Venkat Krishnan, Haifeng Liu, and James McCalley, “Coordinated reactive power planning against power system voltage instability,” IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, pp. 1 – 8, 15-18 March 2009
[5]  Venkat Krishnan, Haifeng Liu, and James McCalley, “Reactive power planning against power system steady state voltage instability,” 40th North American Power Symposium, pp. 1 – 8, 2008