Home page of Sid Suryanarayanan at CSU

 

Schedule:

Typically, I am in C201F Engineering 8am-6pm (MTWR).

On F, I am off-campus at EECL and can be reached by email.

Teaching:

Fall 2011: ECE565 (Electric power engineering). 4pm-515pm (TR) in Engineering B4

Spring 2012: ECE 680A2/622 (Electric power quality). 515pm-8pm (R) in BHSCI 103.

Research:

Broadly, I work in the area of modern electric power systems. Specifically, I work on design, operation, and economics of finite-inertia power systems and integration of renewable energy to electric grids. My current sponsored research projects include:


    Complexity verification in design of reconfigurable microgrids (CSU Clean Energy Supercluster)

    Cyber-enabled efficient energy management of structures ( CEEMS) (NSF/CSM)

    Interconnection level transmission planning analysis (DOE/WECC)


My recently concluded sponsored research projects include:


    Verifiable algorithms for reconfigurable microgrids (JISEA/NREL)

    Implications of Smart Grid Initiative on distribution engineering (PSerc)

    A holistic approach to customer-driven microgrids (NSF)


Other appointments:

    Resident Fellow (‘11-’12), School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES), CSU

    Site director, Center for Research and Education in Wind (CREW)

    Adjunct researcher (‘10-’11), Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)


Affiliations:

    Engines and Energy Conversion Lab (EECL) at CSU

    Center for Advanced Control of Energy and Power Systems (ACEPS) at CSM

    Research in Delivery, Use, and Control of Energy (ReDUCE) group at CSM

Siddharth (Sid) Suryanarayanan

(unscientific) phonetic help: SUE-RYAN-ARYAN-NUN

B.E. (’00, University of Madras)

M.S. (’01, Arizona State University)

Ph.D. (’04, Arizona State University)


Assistant Professor, ECE, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1373

Email: Sid AT ColoState DOT edu

Office phone: 970 491 4632 Fax: 970 491 2249

Office: C201F, Engineering Building, Colorado State University


Current CV (Click here)

In the news:

  1. 1.Suryanarayanan selected to participate in US Frontiers of Engineering by the NAE

(News link: NAE, CSU, No CO Business Report), Jun 2011

2. Suryanarayanan named a 2011-2012 Resident Fellow of SoGES (news link), Jun 2011

  1. 3.Suryanarayanan and Rajopadhye receive CSU Energy Supercluster seed grant (news link), Jun 2011

  2. 4.Suryanarayanan’s research group featured on NSF Green Revolution video on Smart Grid (video link), Jun 2010.

Some recent talks (all copyrights reserved):

  1. 1.‘Impact of PHEVs on distributed resource islands,’ PSERC webinar (Sep 2011)

  2. 2.‘Incorporating customer preferences in the emerging smart grid,’ invited panel presentation, INDUSCON (Nov 2010)

  3. 3.‘Integration and coordination of complex systems,’ invited panel presentation, FSU-CAPS 10th anniversary celebration (Oct 2010)

  4. 4.‘Electric power concepts,’ a teaching module for middle school teachers, Bechtel GK-12 program (summer 2009, 2010).

For prospective graduate students:


  1. 1)Admission to CSU ECE: If you are planning to apply to CSU ECE, I encourage you to visit this site.  Typically, I do not answer generic emails on the process of admission, availability of TAs, etc. After you apply to CSU ECE, you are welcome to email me regarding possible positions in my research group, IFF your research interest matches my research agenda.


  1. 2)Research assistantships: Several openings for RAs at the PhD level, in the emerging area of Smart Grid electric power systems are immediately available to qualified ECE graduate students. Necessary qualifications include: Strong mathematical foundations in calculus, linear algebra, and matrix operations; Solid understanding of fundamentals of electric circuits and power systems analysis; and Motivation to contribute to an evolving critical infrastructure through research, application, and publications. Qualified students are encouraged to apply via email to me with a brief statement of research interest and résumé that includes your GPA, GRE and TOEFL scores. Caveat: To save us both time, I will not respond if you do not meet the above qualifications.


  1. 3)Serving on your thesis/dissertation committee: I consider it a privilege to serve on your thesis/dissertation committee, especially if you think that my participation in it might help your successful completion of the graduate degree. Since I travel quite a bit during the academic year, I request the following: 1) ample lead time to schedule your defense or any meeting with me in that capacity; and 2) at least 2 weeks for reading your thesis or dissertation.