Aranya Chakrabortty
Biography
My research interests span all branches of control system theory with applications to large-scale electric power systems. I am a part of the FREEDM Systems Center, currently researching several system and control-theoretic problems for the US power grid using Synchrophasor (WAMS) technology, and its integration with renewable energy sources such as wind energy.
Education
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Ph.D.
2008
Electrical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY -
Master's
2005
Electrical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY -
Bachelor's
2004
Electrical Engineering
Jadavpur University, India
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2011)
- University Faculty Scholars (2019)
Awards & Honors
- 2019 - University Faculty Scholar
- 2018 - Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
- 2016 - Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology
- 2015 - Senior Member of IEEE
- 2011 - NSF CAREER Award
- 2009 - Allen B Dumont Prize (RPI, Top PhD Graduate)
- 2006 - HKN Honor Society award for best Graduate TA, RPI
Recent Publications
- Enhancing Controllability of Wind Farms Against Parametric Resonance: A Series Compensation Approach (2021)
- Fast Online Reinforcement Learning Control Using State-Space Dimensionality Reduction (2021)
- Modeling and Quantifying the Impact of Wind Penetration on Slow Coherency of Power Systems (2021)
- Optimal Power Flow Design for Enhancing Dynamic Performance: Potentials of Reactive Power (2021)
- Reduced-dimensional reinforcement learning control using singular perturbation approximations (2021)
- Scalable Designs for Reinforcement Learning-Based Wide-Area Damping Control (2021)
- Wide-Area Control of Power Systems (2021)
- Differential Privacy for Network Identification (2020)
- Guest Editorial: Next Generation of Synchrophasor-based Power System Monitoring, Operation and Control (2020)
- Improving Controllability and Plug-and-Play Operation of Wind Farms Using B2B Converters (2020)
Recent News
Developing Economical Controllers for Next-Generation Power Systems
Posted on October 20, 2015 | Filed Under: News and Research
Dr. Aranya Chakrabortty and Dr. Alexandra Duel-Hallen (Sasha) have been awarded $600,000 from the Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) of the US National Science Foundation to develop an advanced design architecture that will enab …
Chakrabortty Finds Ways for More Efficient Control of Wind Power
Posted on January 8, 2014 | Filed Under: News
Dr. Aranya Chakrabortty and researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found that installing wind power plants at certain favorable locations in a power grid can make the grid more robust against extraneous disruptions.
Chakrabortty Receives Award for Research for Development of a Multi-User Network Testbed
Posted on June 6, 2013 | Filed Under: News
DepartmentHistoryFacilitiesDiversitySpotlightEmploymentFaculty AwardsStaff AwardsGraduationVisit NEWSROOM Aranya ChakraborttyJun 19, 2017 NC State University has received a $200K research grant from the US Department of Energy to advance it …
Recent Media Mentions
Army advances learning capabilities of drone swarms
August 10, 2020
NCSU and Johns Hopkins team up to stabilize power grid
January 3, 2014
Researchers have found that an increase in the use of wind power generation can make the power grid more fragile and susceptible to disruptions. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical engineering, featured.
Wind energy may endanger the grid
January 8, 2014
Researchers identify a problem concerning the intermittency related to wind energy generation. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical engineering, featured.