Hantao Cui, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Senior Member, IEEE
Research interests
Open-source software, power system dynamics and computing
Cyber-physical power and communication co-simulation, hardware in the loop
Deep learning in nonlinear dynamic system operation and control
Professional Experience
07/2021 - now
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University
04/2019 - 07/2021
Research Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee, Knoxville & CURENT
- Chief Technologist of the CURENT Large-Scale Testbed (LTB) project.
- Develop and maintain the R&D 100 award winning CURENT LTB platform.
01/2017 - 03/2019
Research Associate
University of Tennessee, Knoxville & CURENT
Teaching
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
- Instructor: ECEN 5113, Power System Analysis by Computer Methods, Fall 2021
University of Tennessee, Knoxville & CURENT
- Co-Instructor: ECE 421, Electric Energy Systems, Fall 2019
Software
- ANDES: Python Software for Symbolic Power System Modeling and Numerical Analysis
Services
2021-now
Secretary, IEEE PES Computing and Analytic Method Subcommittee
2019-now
Associate Editor, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
2018
Chair, Student Career Development Assoc., ISA Power Industry Division
2014
Vice President, CURENT Student Leadership Council
Awards
2020
Outstanding Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
2019
Outstanding Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Education
2013-2018
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville. Advisor: Dr. Fangxing “Fran” Li
2011-2013
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, China. Advisor: Dr. Qiulan Wan
2007-2011
B.S., Electrical Engineering - Chien-Shiung Wu Honor College, Southeast University, China
Publications
The full publication list is available on my Google Scholar
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[1] H. Cui, F. F. Li, and X. Fang, “Effective parallelism for equation and jacobian evaluation in power flow calculation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, pp. 1–1, 2021.
[2] Hantao Cui, F. Li, and J. H. Chow, “Mass-matrix differential-algebraic equation formulation for transient stability simulation,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.03883, under review by IEEE PES Letter.
[3] H. Cui, F. Li, and K. Tomsovic, “Hybrid symbolic-numeric framework for power system modeling and analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1373–1384, 2021.
[4] Hantao Cui, F. Li, and K. Tomsovic, “Cyber-physical system testbed for power system monitoring and wide-area control verification,” IET Energy Systems Integration, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 32–39, 2019.
[5] F. Li, K. Tomsovic, and Hantao Cui, “A large-scale testbed as a virtual power grid: For closed-loop controls in research and testing,” IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 60–68, 2020.
[6] Hantao Cui, F. Li, X. Fang, H. Chen, and H. Wang, “Bilevel arbitrage potential evaluation for grid-scale energy storage considering wind power and LMP smoothing effect,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 707–718, 2018.
[7] Hantao Cui, F. Li, Q. Hu, L. Bai, and X. Fang, “Day-ahead coordinated operation of utility-scale electricity and natural gas networks considering demand response based virtual power plants,” Applied Energy, vol. 176, no. 15, pp. 183–195, 2016.
[8] Hantao Cui and F. Li, “ANDES: A python-based cyber-physical power system simulation tool,” in 2018 north american power symposium (NAPS), 2018, pp. 1–6.
[9] Hantao Cui, F. Li, and H. Yuan, “Control and limit enforcements for VSC multi-terminal HVDC in newton power flow,” in Power & energy society general meeting, 2017 IEEE, 2017, pp. 1–5.
[10] Hantao Cui, F. Li, X. Fang, and R. Long, “Distribution network reconfiguration with aggregated electric vehicle charging strategy,” in Power & energy society general meeting, 2015 IEEE, 2015, pp. 1–5.