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2166
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845

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to power system security assessment.

Overview

James D. McCalley is a researcher affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Within this domain, their work spans subfields such as safety, risk, reliability and quality, building and construction, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and energy engineering and power technology.

The research topics that James D. McCalley addresses include integrated energy systems optimization, smart grid energy management, electric power system optimization, HVDC systems and fault protection, power system reliability and maintenance, building energy and comfort optimization, and energy efficiency and management.

They have published frequently in venues such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, SSRN Electronic Journal, Energies, Proceedings of the IEEE, and the International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.

Recent papers by James D. McCalley include the following:

  • Multicarrier Energy Systems: Shaping Our Energy Future, 2020, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • The Value of Increased HVDC Capacity Between Eastern and Western U.S. Grids: The Interconnections Seam Study, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Primary Frequency Support Through North American Continental HVDC Interconnections With VSC-MTDC Systems, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Design and Valuation of High-Capacity HVDC Macrogrid Transmission for the Continental US, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Research to develop the next generation of electric power capacity expansion tools: What would address the needs of planners?, 2020, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

Coauthors frequently collaborating with James D. McCalley include Kristen Cetin, Soham Vanage, Brady Berg, Aidan Tuohy, and Aaron Bloom.

James D. McCalley was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2004 for contributions to power system security assessment.

Best Publications

  • Design Techniques and Applications of Cyberphysical Systems: A Survey

    Siddhartha Kumar Khaitan;James D. McCalley

  • Damping controller design for power system oscillations using global signals

    M.E. Aboul-Ela;A.A. Sallam;J.D. McCalley;A.A. Fouad

  • Online risk-based security assessment

    Ming Ni;J.D. McCalley;V. Vittal;T. Tayyib

  • The Present Status of Maintenance Strategies and the Impact of Maintenance on Reliability

    J. Endrenyi;S. Aboresheid;R.N. Allan;G.J. Anders

  • Market-based transmission expansion planning

    Yang Gu;James McCalley

  • TCSC controller design for damping interarea oscillations

    N. Yang;Q. Liu;J.D. McCalley

  • Identifying high risk N-k contingencies for online security assessment

    Qiming Chen;J.D. McCalley

  • A Multiperiod Generalized Network Flow Model of the U.S. Integrated Energy System: Part I—Model Description

    A. Quelhas;E. Gil;J.D. McCalley;S.M. Ryan

  • An overview of risk based security assessment

    J.D. McCalley;V. Vittal;N. Abi-Samra

  • Risk based voltage security assessment

    Hua Wan;J.D. McCalley;V. Vittal

  • Application of NSGA-II Algorithm to Generation Expansion Planning

    S. Kannan;S. Baskar;J.D. McCalley;P. Murugan

  • Increasing thermal rating by risk analysis

    H. Wan;J.D. McCalley;V. Vittal

  • A risk-based security index for determining operating limits in stability-limited electric power systems

    J.D. McCalley;A.A. Fouad;V. Vittal;A.A. Irizarry-Rivera

  • Reliability issues in today's electric power utility environment

    R. Billinton;L. Salvaderi;J.D. McCalley;H. Chao

  • Designing effective and efficient incentive policies for renewable energy in generation expansion planning

    Ying Zhou;Lizhi Wang;James D. McCalley

  • Prediction of remaining life of power transformers based on left truncated and right censored lifetime data

    Yili Hong;William Q. Meeker;James D. McCalley

  • Software implementation of online risk-based security assessment

    Ming Ni;J.D. McCalley;V. Vittal;S. Greene

  • Power System Risk Assessment and Control in a Multiobjective Framework

    Fei Xiao;J.D. McCalley

  • Risk Assessment for Transformer Loading

    Weihui Fu;J.D. McCalley;V. Vittal

  • Probabilistic security assessment for power system operations

    J. McCalley;S. Asgarpoor;L. Bertling;R. Billinion

  • Coordinating large-scale wind integration and transmission planning

    Yang Gu;James McCalley;Ming Ni

  • Co-optimization of electricity transmission and generation resources for planning and policy analysis: review of concepts and modeling approaches

    Venkat Krishnan;Venkat Krishnan;Jonathan Ho;Benjamin F. Hobbs;Andrew L. Liu

  • System Protection Schemes in Power Networks

    P. Cholley;P. Crossley;V. Van Acker;T. Van Cutsem

  • IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

    Scott D. Sudhoff;James D. McCalley;Dionysios C. Aliprantis;Ramesh C. Bansal

Frequent Co-Authors

Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal Arizona State University
Venkataramana Ajjarapu
Venkataramana Ajjarapu Iowa State University
Mohammad Shahidehpour
Mohammad Shahidehpour Illinois Institute of Technology
Arun K. Somani
Arun K. Somani Iowa State University
Zhihua Qu
Zhihua Qu University of Central Florida
Chanan Singh
Chanan Singh Texas A&M University
Mark O'Malley
Mark O'Malley Imperial College London
Mladen Kezunovic
Mladen Kezunovic Texas A&M University
Thomas J. Overbye
Thomas J. Overbye Texas A&M University
Anastasios G. Bakirtzis
Anastasios G. Bakirtzis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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