Faculty

M A. Pai

M A. Pai

Professor Emeritus
345 Everitt Lab, MC-702
1406 W. Green
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-6790
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PhD - Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1961

Research Interests:

  • Power System Stability Dynamic Security of Power Systems Model Reduction in Power Systems Iterative Solver Techniques in Power System Computations Voltage Stability Robust Stability
  • Power System computation
  • Impact of Distributed Generation in Power systems

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements

  • Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, Spring 1993
  • Fellow, Nation Academy of Engineering (India) 1991
  • Fellow, IEEE - 1986 Life Fellow 1996
  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy 1979
  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India) 1977
  • Bhatnagar Award for Engineering Research in 1974 in India (Highest award by Government of India)

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research

  • S. S. Bhatnagar award in 1974 in India for engineering research (Highest award by Govt. of India)

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • P. W. Sauer and M. A. Pai, Power System Dynamics and Stability, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1997/1998.
  • M. A. Pai, Energy Function Analysis for Power System Stability, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1989.
  • M. A. Pai, Power System Stability - Analysis by Direct Method of Lyapunov, North Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1981.
  • M. A. Pai, Computer Techniques in Power Systems Analysis, Tata McGraw-Hill, (India), July 1979, Second edition 2005

Journal Articles

  • D.Chaniotis and M.A.Pai " Model Reduction in Power Systems using Krylov Subspace Methods"IEEE transactions in Power Systems Vol 20, Number 2 May 2005 , pp888-894
  • S. A. Soman, Tony B. Nguyen, M. A. Pai and Rajani Vaidyanathan, "Analysis of Angle Stability Problems: Transmission Protection systems Perspective," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Vol 19, No 3, July 2004,pp 1024-1033
  • Tony B. Nguyen and M. A. Pai, "Dynamic security-constrained Rescheduling of Power Systems Using Trajectory sensitivities," IEEE Transactions in Power Systems Vol 18 No 2 May 2003 pp 848-854
  • D. Chaniotis and M. A. Pai, "A New Preconditioning Technique for the GMRES Algorithm in Power Flow and P-V Curve calculations," International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Vol 25, pp.239-245, 2003.
  • T. B. Nguyen, M. A. Pai and I. A. Hiskens, "Sensitivity Approaches for direct computation of critical parameters in a power system," International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 24 No. 5, pp. 337-343, 2002.
  • A. Y. Kulkarni, M. A. Pai and P. W. Sauer, "Iterative solver techniques in fast dynamic calculations of power systems," International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 237-244, March 2001.
  • V. Donde, M. A. Pai and I. A. Hiskens "Simulation and Optimization in an AGC system after deregulation" IEEE Transactions in Power systems Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 481-489, August 2001.