Research
Power systems: dynamics,
integration, and operations.
Energy storage and power systems research grounded in nonlinear dynamics, control, optimization, and machine learning.
01 /Power System Dynamics & Stability
How does the grid respond to disturbances, and how can we assess and improve its stability?
Nonlinear dynamics provides the foundation for our work on synchronization, stability regions, and online stability assessment. We study how disturbances spread through power networks and how control can improve their response.
Featured project · NSF · 2023–2027
NSF ASCENT: Online stability assessment for inverter-rich grids
ASCENT develops methods for online stability assessment, flexibility, and enhancement of power systems dominated by inverter-based resources, in collaboration with Cornell, Illinois Institute of Technology, Texas Tech, and NYPA.
Project details ↗Selected papers
2020 · Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Uses a sequential support vector machine to focus expensive simulations near the boundary between stable and unstable behavior, making stability estimation under large disturbances more efficient.
2019 · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Develops a simulation-based measure for ranking generators by their resilience to disturbances and examines how loading, line reactance, and machine settings affect that ranking.
02 /Inverter-Based Resource Integration
How can renewable generation and battery storage connect to and support the grid?
We model and control inverter-based resources, including renewables and battery storage. Our work connects grid-forming controls, hybrid plants, and system integration, with DOE ADAPT and RESPECT bringing these questions into plant control and storage demonstrations.
Featured project · DOE · 2021–2027
DOE ADAPT: Controls for hybrid PV plants
ADAPT develops asynchronous, distributed, and adaptive parameter tuning for hybrid photovoltaic plants, coordinating solar generation, storage, and inverter controls to support grid performance.
Project details ↗Selected papers
2025 · 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)
Evaluates how grid-forming inverter controls, fault locations, and pre-fault power flows affect transient stability in a 5,000-bus New York State transmission model.
2024 · 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)
Develops phasor-domain models of droop, virtual synchronous machine, and virtual oscillator controls, together with transmission–distribution co-simulation, to study grid-forming resource integration and post-fault stability.
03 /Power System Operations & Economics
How should grid resources be scheduled, operated and valued under uncertainty?
We connect physical system operation with economic decisions: dispatch, storage scheduling, hybrid-plant bidding, and electricity prices. Optimization and forecasting help evaluate the value of flexible resources under uncertainty.
Featured project · DOE · 2026–2029 · $5 million
DOE RESPECT: Long-duration storage for critical facilities
Resilient Energy System based on Polymer Electrolyte and Ceramic Technology (RESPECT) develops a planned 100 kW / 1.2 MWh storage demonstration at Binghamton’s ES2 data-center test environment, addressing backup power, resilience, and peak-demand management.
Principal investigator: Ziang Zhang · Co-investigator: Zixiao Ma. Partners: Electrovaya USA, LiiON, Eaton, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Project details ↗Selected papers
2025 · Applied Energy
Develops data-centric task-oriented forecasting frameworks that improve downstream PV-battery day-ahead market operation by iteratively refining training data.
2022 · 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)
Coordinates hybrid-PV day-ahead bidding with battery arbitrage and capacity firming through two-stage robust optimization that accounts for renewable uncertainty and under-generation penalties.
01
Research in motion
Power system stability
Watching a network respond to a fault
Energy storage & hybrid plants
Hybrid-plant scheduling across the grid
02
Additional research projects
| Project focus | Sponsor | Project period |
|---|
| New York models with high inverter penetration | NYSERDA | 2024–2026 |
| Warehouse storage and distributed energy management | NYSERDA | 2019–2022 |
03
Research sponsors & collaborators
Major research sponsors
Selected research collaborators
Universities
- Cornell University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Texas Tech University
- Stony Brook University
National laboratories & public power
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- New York Power Authority
Industry
- Electrovaya USA
- LiiON
- Eaton
- SYNDEM
- Charge CCCV
Collaborations span the RESPECT, ADAPT, and NSF ASCENT projects.
