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  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the methods for state estimation of power systems.

Overview

Ali Abur is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses subfields such as control and systems engineering, safety, risk, reliability and quality, artificial intelligence, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work engages extensively with topics related to power systems, including power system optimization and stability, optimal power flow distribution, power systems fault detection, smart grid security and resilience, power system reliability and maintenance, islanding detection in power systems, and smart grid energy management.

Ali Abur has contributed to a variety of published research papers. Recent papers include:

  • Roles of Dynamic State Estimation in Power System Modeling, Monitoring and Operation, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • A Survey of Power System State Estimation Using Multiple Data Sources: PMUs, SCADA, AMI, and Beyond, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • Fault Location in Active Distribution Networks Containing Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • Formulation of Three-Phase State Estimation Problem Using a Virtual Reference, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • PMU-based linear state estimation of Lausanne subtransmission network: Experimental validation, 2020, Electric Power Systems Research

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Ali Abur include:

  • Yuzhang Lin
  • Cesar Galvez
  • Ramtin Khalili
  • Ugur Can Yilmaz
  • Tuna Yıldız

Numerous papers by Ali Abur have been published in venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Electric Power Systems Research
  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • 2022 North American Power Symposium (NAPS)
  • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

Regarding recognition, Ali Abur was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2003 for contributions to the methods for state estimation of power systems.

Best Publications

  • Power System State Estimation : Theory and Implementation

    Ali Abur;Antonio Gómez Expósito

  • Fault location using wavelets

    F.H. Magnago;A. Abur

  • Observability analysis and measurement placement for systems with PMUs

    B. Xu;A. Abur

  • Power System Dynamic State Estimation: Motivations, Definitions, Methodologies, and Future Work

    Junbo Zhao;Antonio Gomez-Exposito;Marcos Netto;Lamine Mili

  • Placement of PMUs to Enable Bad Data Detection in State Estimation

    Jian Chen;A. Abur

  • Multi area state estimation using synchronized phasor measurements

    Liang Zhao;A. Abur

  • A Multilevel State Estimation Paradigm for Smart Grids

    A Gomez-Exposito;A Abur;A de la Villa Jaen;C Gomez-Quiles

  • Integrated Use of Time-Frequency Wavelet Decompositions for Fault Location in Distribution Networks: Theory and Experimental Validation

    A Borghetti;M Bosetti;C A Nucci;M Paolone

  • OPTIMAL PLACEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF PHASOR MEASUREMENTS FOR STATE ESTIMATION

    Xu Bei;Yeo Jun Yoon;Ali Abur

  • Travelling wave based fault location for teed circuits

    C.Y. Evrenosoglu;A. Abur

  • LAV Based Robust State Estimation for Systems Measured by PMUs

    Murat Gol;Ali Abur

  • Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units for State Estimation

    Bei Xu;Ali Abur

  • Power system state estimation

    Mesut E. Baran;Ali Abur

  • Experimental evaluation of EMTP-based current transformer models for protective relay transient study

    M. Kezunovic;L. Kojovic;A. Abur;C.W. Fromen

  • Roles of Dynamic State Estimation in Power System Modeling, Monitoring and Operation

    Junbo Zhao;Marcos Netto;Zhenyu Huang;Samson Shenglong Yu

  • Traveling-Wave-Based Fault-Location Technique for Transmission Grids Via Wide-Area Synchronized Voltage Measurements

    M. Korkali;H. Lev-Ari;A. Abur

  • A direct numerical method for observability analysis

    B. Gou;A. Abur

  • A robust WLAV state estimator using transformations

    M.K. Celik;A. Abur

  • Robust Measurement Design by Placing Synchronized Phasor Measurements on Network Branches

    R. Emami;A. Abur

  • Identification of network parameter errors

    Jun Zhu;A. Abur

  • Integrated Use of Time-Frequency Wavelet Decompositions for Fault Location in Distribution Networks: Theory and Experimental Validation

    Alberto Borghetti;Mauro Bosetti;Mario Paolone;Ali Abur

Frequent Co-Authors

Mladen Kezunovic
Mladen Kezunovic Texas A&M University
Antonio Gomez-Exposito
Antonio Gomez-Exposito University of Seville
Mario Paolone
Mario Paolone École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal Arizona State University
Ali Keyhani
Ali Keyhani The Ohio State University
Kevin Tomsovic
Kevin Tomsovic University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Innocent Kamwa
Innocent Kamwa Université Laval
Mohammad Shahidehpour
Mohammad Shahidehpour Illinois Institute of Technology
Aleksandar M. Stankovic
Aleksandar M. Stankovic Tufts University
Chen-Ching Liu
Chen-Ching Liu Virginia Tech

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