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Overview

Scott Backhaus is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines, Optimal Power Flow Distribution, Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Smart Grid Energy Management, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Power System Optimization and Stability, and Microgrid Control and Optimization.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Scott Backhaus include:

  • THERMOACOUSTIC POWER SYSTEMS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS (2024), OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Intermediate cooling from pulse tube refrigerator regenerators operating in the real-fluid regime (2023), Cryogenics
  • Symmetric Time-Division-Multiplexed SQUID Readout With Two-Layer Switches for Future TES Observatories (2023), IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • Arbitrage With Power Factor Correction Using Energy Storage (2020), IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Optimal absorption of distributed and conductive heat loads with cryocooler regenerators (2022), IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering

Scott Backhaus frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including Joel N. Ullom, Ryan Snodgrass, Deepjyoti Deka, V. Kotsubo, and Michael Chertkov.

The most common venues for their publications include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • Cryogenics
  • 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)

Best Publications

  • Options for Control of Reactive Power by Distributed Photovoltaic Generators

    Konstantin Turitsyn;Petr Sulc;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Options for Control of Reactive Power by Distributed Photovoltaic Generators

    Petr Sulc;Konstantin Turitsyn;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Coordinated Scheduling for Interdependent Electric Power and Natural Gas Infrastructures

    Anatoly Zlotnik;Line Roald;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Optimal Distributed Control of Reactive Power Via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

    Petr Šulc;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator

    S. Backhaus;E. Tward;M. Petach

  • A robust approach to chance constrained optimal power flow with renewable generation

    Miles Lubin;Yury Dvorkin;Scott Backhaus

  • Distributed control of reactive power flow in a radial distribution circuit with high photovoltaic penetration

    Konstantin Turitsyn;Petr Sulc;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Structure Learning in Power Distribution Networks

    Deepjyoti Deka;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Local Control of Reactive Power by Distributed Photovoltaic Generators

    Konstantin Turitsyn;Petr Sulc;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Travelling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator using an ultra-compliant alternator for utilization of low-grade thermal energy

    Zhibin Yu;Artur J. Jaworski;Scott Backhaus

  • MODELING AND CONTROL OF THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED LOADS

    Soumya Kundu;Nikolai Sinitsyn;Scott Backhaus;Ian Hiskens

  • Frequency Regulation From Commercial Building HVAC Demand Response

    Ian Beil;Ian Hiskens;Scott Backhaus

  • Convex Relaxations for Gas Expansion Planning

    Conrado Borraz-Sanchez;Russell Whitford Bent;Scott N. Backhaus;Hassan Hijazi

  • Safe protocols for generating power pulses with heterogeneous populations of thermostatically controlled loads

    Nikolai A. Sinitsyn;Soumya Kundu;Scott Backhaus

  • Model Development and Identification for Fast Demand Response in Commercial HVAC Systems

    Gary Goddard;Joseph Klose;Scott Backhaus

  • Optimal control of transient flow in natural gas networks

    Anatoly Zlotnik;Michael Chertkov;Scott Backhaus

  • Uncertainty Sets for Wind Power Generation

    Yury Dvorkin;Miles Lubin;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • Robust Broadcast-Communication Control of Electric Vehicle Charging

    Konstantin Turitsyn;Nikolai Sinitsyn;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

  • DC Microgrids Scoping Study. Estimate of Technical and Economic Benefits

    Scott N. Backhaus;Gregory William Swift;Spyridon Chatzivasileiadis;William Tschudi

  • Optimal Compression in Natural Gas Networks: A Geometric Programming Approach

    Sidhant Misra;Michael W. Fisher;Scott Backhaus;Russell Bent

  • Cyber-Physical Security: A Game Theory Model of Humans Interacting Over Control Systems

    Scott Backhaus;Russell Bent;James Bono;Ritchie Lee

  • Estimating distribution grid topologies: A graphical learning based approach

    Deepjyoti Deka;Scott Backhaus;Michael Chertkov

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Hiskens
Ian A. Hiskens University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chen-Ching Liu
Chen-Ching Liu Virginia Tech
Yilu Liu
Yilu Liu University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Johanna L. Mathieu
Johanna L. Mathieu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bernard C. Lesieutre
Bernard C. Lesieutre University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joydeep Mitra
Joydeep Mitra Michigan State University
Yin Xu
Yin Xu Beijing Jiaotong University

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