Publications

Below is an outdated list of my publications. If you are interested in the numerical studies in my papers please check out my github page, no pun intended.

Preprints

(p4) A. Taha,, M. Bazrafshan, S. Nugroho, N. Gatsis, and J. Qi, Robust Control Architectures for Renewable-Integrated Power Networks using Convex Approximations, IEEE Trans. Control Netw. Syst., 2018, submitted.

(p3) M. Bazrafshan, N. Gatsis, and H. Zhu, Optimal Tap Selection of Step-Voltage Regulators in Multi- phase Distribution Networks, IEEE Trans. Power Syst., 2018, under preparation.

(p2) M. Bazrafshan, L. Yalamanchili, N. Gatsis, and J. D. Gomez, Stochastic Planning of Distributed PV Generation, Applied Energy, 2018, under preparation.

(p1) M. Bazrafshan, N. Gatsis, and E. Dall'Anese, Placement and Sizing of Inverter-Based Renewable Generators in Multiphase Distribution Networks, IEEE Trans Smart Grid, 2017, revised.

Journals

(j4) M. Bazrafshan, N. Gatsis, A. Taha, and J. A. Taylor, Coupling Load-following Control with Opf, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, (Accepted), 2017.

(j3) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Comprehensive Modeling of Three-Phase Distribution Systems via the Bus Admittance Matrix, IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 2015-2029, Mar. 2018.

(j2) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Convergence of the Z-Bus Method for Three-Phase Distribution Load-Flow with ZIP Loads, IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 153-165, Jan. 2018.

(j1) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Decentralized Stochastic Optimal Power Flow in Radial Networks with Distributed Generation IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 787–801, 2017.

Conference papers

(c10) M. Bazrafshan, N. Gatsis, and H. Zhu, Optimal Tap Selection of Step-Voltage Regulators in Multi- phase Distribution Networks, in Proc. of the Power Syst. Computation Conf. (PSCC2018), Dublin, Ireland, June 2018.

(c9) S. Nugroho, M. Bazrafshan, A. Taha, N. Gatsis, and J. Qi, Resilient Control of Power Networks under Worst-Case Load and Renewables Uncertainty, Proc. American Control Conf. (ACC2018), Milwaukee, June 2018.

(c8) M. Bazrafshan, N. Gatsis, A. F. Taha, and J. A. Taylor, Augmenting the Optimal Power Flow for Stability, in Proc. 55th Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC2016), Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 2016, pp. 4104–4109.

(c7) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Convergence of the Z-Bus Method and Existence of unique so- Solution in Single-phase Distribution Load-flow in Proc. Global Conf. Signal and Infor- mation Processing (GlobalSIP), Washington DC, Dec. 2016, pp. 851–588.

(c6) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, On the Solution of the Three-phase Load- flow in Distribution Networks, in Proc. 50th Asilomar Conf.on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacic Grove, CA, Nov. 2016, pp. 303–307.

(c5) N. Gatsis, L. Yalamanchili, M. Bazrafshan, and P. Risbud, Decentralized Coordination of Energy Resources in Electricity Distribution Networks, in Proc. Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Mar. 2016, pp. 3471–3475

(c4) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Risk-averse Placement and Sizing of Photovoltaic inverters in radial Distribution Networks, in Proc. 49th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacic Grove, CA, Nov. 2015, pp. 885–889.

(c3) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Placing and Sizing Distributed Photovoltaic Generators for Optimal Reactive Power Compensation, in Proc. Global Conf. Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Orlando, FL, Dec. 2015, pp. 1136–1140.

(c2) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Voltage Regulation in Electricity Distribution Networks Using the Conditional Value-at-Risk in Proc. Global Conf. Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Pacic Grove, CA, Dec. 2014, pp. 909–913.

(c1) M. Bazrafshan and N. Gatsis, Decentralized Stochastic Programming for Real and Reactive power Management in Distribution Systems in Proc. Int. Conf. Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), Nov. 2014, pp. 218–223.

Master's Thesis

(t1) M. Bazrafshan, Stochastic Optimization for Power Management in Radial Distribution Networks with Renewable Photovoltaic Generation Master's thesis, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Aug. 2014.