Vijay Vittal Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor
	Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University PO Box 875706 Tempe, Arizona 85287-5706 Email: vijay.vittal@asu.edu Phone: (480) 965-1879 Fax: (480) 965-0745

  Education

• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering,   Iowa State University,   Ames,  IA,   1982
• M. Tech.  Indian Institute of Technology,  Kanpur, India,  1979
• B.E.  B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India,  1977

Academic Experience

2005-present              Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor

                                  Electrical Engineering Department

                                  Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2004                           Anson Marston Distinguished Professor

                                   Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

                                   Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Honors & Awards

2007    IEEE Power Engineering Society, Power System Dynamic Performance Committee, Technical Committee Prize Paper Award

2007    Named among the 150 "Visionaries" -- individuals who built Iowa State University on the occasion of ISU’s sesquicentennial.

2006    IEEE PES, Power System Dynamic Performance Comm., Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award

2005    IEEE Power Engineering Society, Power System Dynamic Performance Committee, Distinguished service award.

2005    Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor, Arizona State University 

2004    Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University

2004    Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering

2003    Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research.

2001    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Power Engineering Society Technical Council Committee

            of the Year Award 2000-2001 – Power System Dynamic Performance Committee – Chair Vijay Vittal.

2000        Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award, Power Engineering Society, 

            Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.   

2000    Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award.  

            Departmental Award for Student Recognition of Outstanding Classroom Performance.

1997    Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 

1989    Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, presented by the College of Engineering, 

             Iowa State University. 

1988    Faculty Award of Excellence, Presented annually by the NCR Corporation to recognize outstanding contributions to the Academic Education of Electrical Engineering Students.

1985    Presidential Young Investigator Award, received from the President of the United States in recognition of research and teaching abilities.  

Text Books or Chapters in Books

Fouad, A. A., and V. Vittal, Power System Transient Stability Analysis Using the Transient Energy Function 

Method, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1992. 

Bergen, A. R., and V. Vittal, Power System Analysis, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2000.

V. Vittal, The Electric Power Engineering Handbook, L. L. Grigsby, Editor and Chief, “Direct Stability 

Methods,” pp. 11-42 – 11-54, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2001.

Research Interests  

• Robust Control Methods Applied to Power Systems

• Emergency Control to Prevent Catastrophic Failures in Power Systems

• Direct Control of Loads to Enhance Reliability in Power Systems

• Sensors and Sensor Systems for Large Scale Power Systems

• Use of Phasor Measurement for On-line Transient Stability Analysis

Educational Projects

PowerLearn Project

Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)

http://www.pserc.org/

IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Activities

• Editor in Chief IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

• Chair, Power Engineering Education Committee

Resume

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