Prof. Kumar Venayagamoorthy of Clemson University

With the high proliferation of distributed energy resources including solar power and EVs, curtailments and higher capacity reserves are required for reliable power system operation. Electric utilities can leverage predictions to issue demand request (DR) requests considering resource adequacy and operational costs. Consumers can be formed as virtually connected communities, and aggregators can facilitate electric utilities by providing situational intelligence and distributing DR requests among consumers. Advances in DR management frameworks for the grid of the future will be presented.

Biography:

Prof.  G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy

Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Power Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University since January 2012. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), Rolla, USA where he was from 2002 to 2011. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Founder and Director of the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Clemson University. Dr. Venayagamoorthy holds the position of an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. 

Dr. Venayagamoorthy received his PhD and MScEng degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.  He received his BEng degree with a First-Class Honors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria. He holds an MBA degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Clemson University, USA.

Dr. Venayagamoorthy is a recipient of 2004 U.S. NSF CAREER award and 2007 U.S. Office of the Naval Research Young Investigator Award. His research interests are in the development and innovation of power systems, smart grids and artificial intelligence technologies. He is an inventor of technologies for scalable computational intelligence for complex systems and dynamic stochastic optimal power flow. Dr. Venayagamoorthy has published over 600 refereed technical articles which are cited over 25,000 times with a h-index of 72 and i10-index of > 300. Professor Venayagamoorthy has given over 500 technical presentations (including over 30 keynotes and plenaries) in 50 countries to date. 

Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Chair and Founder of the IEEE PES Working Group on Intelligent Control Systems and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Task Force on Smart Grid. He has served/serves as Editor/Associate Editor/Guest Editor of several IEEE Transactions and Elsevier Journals. He is the Editor for the IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET (UK), the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and a Senior Member of the International Neural Network Society (INNS). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE CIS, IAS, IES and PES. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the INNS Vice-President for Industry Relations and a Member of its Board of Governors. He was a 2024 U.S. Fulbright Scholar to South Africa. He is the General Chair for 2027 INNS-IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.

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