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biographies
Qiang Fu (Qiangfu2@eaton.com) earned his b.s. and M.s.
degrees in electrical engineering from
chongqing university, china, in 2006
and 2009, respectively, and his Ph.d.
from the university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2013. currently, he is an
electrical engineer with the corporate
research and technology group of
eaton corporation. His research mainly focuses on modeling and assessing
of microgrid as well as probabilistic
analysis of power system. He is a
coauthor of the book Architecture, Programming, and Interfacing for the Freescale DSP 56F8346 (china Machine

member of Journal of Power Components and Systems. He
is a senior Member of the ieee.
Vijay Bhavaraju (Vijaybhavaraju@eaton.com) earned
his b.s. degree in electrical engineering from iit-Madras,
india, in 1976, his M.s. degree in power system operation
and controls from s.V. university tirupathi, india, in 1988,
and his Ph.d. degree in power electronics from texas a&M
university, college station, in 1994. He worked in the oil
industry designing and commissioning off-shore and land
rigs. He developed three products, the Mud-Pump synchronizer, the auto-drill, and block controller, while working at tech Power controls (later acquired by NoV). He was
at ford-ecostar from 1998 to 2004, working on inverters for
microturbines, photovoltaics, and fuel cells. since 2005, he
has been with the corporate
research and technology group of
eaton corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been involved in different projects related to inverters for
solar, batteries, and microgrids. He
led a team that released the 250-kW
PV inverter. He was a member of ieee
1547 standard from 2000 to 2004. He
is currently a member of the iec
Project team for Microgrid for disaster Preparedness and recovery. He is
a Member of the ieee.
Slobodan (Bob) Krstic (slobodanKrstic@eaton.com) earned his
b.s. and M.s. degrees in electrical
engineering from the university of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1979 and 1986, respectively.
His industrial experience has centered on defining and
analyzing design concepts for new power conversion
technologies and products for industrial and Navy
applications, including ship propulsion and power distribution systems. His other experience includes technology development in sensorless motor diagnostics,
motor drives, active filters, power semiconductor testing, and dc and ac circuit breakers. He holds 11 u.s.
patents and has published 11 technical papers. He has
held various positions at drs technologies and american
superconductor and is presently a principal engineer with
the corporate research and technology group of eaton
corporation, where his focus is on the design and implementation of microgrids for military and commercial
installations.
Peter Theisen (PeterJtheisen@eaton.com) earned his
b.s. in electrical engineering and M.s. in mechanical engineering from Marquette university in 1974 and 1979,
respectively. He has been with eaton corporation since
1974 and presently is a senior principal engineer with the
corporate research & technology group. He has been
awarded over 35 u.s. patents.

The most compelling
feature of a
microgrid is its
ability to separate
and isolate itself
from the utility's
distribution system
during grid events.

Press, 1999). He has published more
than ten conference and journal
papers and was awarded one chinese
patent. He is a Member of the ieee.
Ahmad Hamidi (hamidis@uwm.edu) earned his b.sc.
and M.sc. degrees in electrical engineering from shiraz university and toosi university of technology, iran, in 2006 and
2009, respectively. since 2011, he has been working toward
his Ph.d. degree in electrical engineering at the university
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research interests are modeling of renewable energy resources and integration with
energy storage systems. He is a student Member of the ieee.
Adel Nasiri (nasiri@uwm.edu) earned his b.s. and M.s.
degrees from sharif university of technology, tehran,
iran, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and his Ph.d. degree
from illinois institute of technology, chicago, in 2004, all
in electrical engineering. He worked for Moshanir Power
engineering company, tehran, from 1998 to 2001. He also
worked for for Health technologies, inc., daytona beach,
florida, from 2004 to 2005. He is presently a professor in
the department of electrical engineering and computer
science at the university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His
research interests are renewable energy systems including wind and solar energy, energy storage, and
microgrids. He is currently an editor of IEEE Transactions
on Smart Grid, associate editor of IEEE Transactions on
Industry Applications, associate editor of the International
Journal of Power Electronics , and an editorial board

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