Acclaimed researcher Joe H. Chow joins the School of Electrical Engineering
The EE School is happy to welcome Professor Joe H. Chow from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY, USA) who recently joined the department of Electric power and energy systems. During his time at KTH, he will conduct research focusing on power system modeling and simulation methods.
Welcome to the School of Electrical Engineering! Tell us a bit about your field of research and what you will do during your time here.
“My current research projects are related to research on power system dynamics and analysis methods using measured data, such as synchronized phasor data, and development of control strategies in systems with high penetration of renewable resources”, Joe H. Chow says. “I am pleased to also work with researchers in signal processing, communication networks, controls, and information theory on these problems. At KTH, I will be working with Dr. Luigi Vanfretti on power system modeling and simulation methods, and also collaborating on a graduate level power system textbook. I will also be giving several presentations on recent research results.”
You will stay at the School of Electrical Engineering until the middle of November. What are you most looking forward to during this time?
“Mainly two things: Stockholm is a very nice place to live”, Chow says. “My wife and I had been here before and liked it very much. During our stay here, we will be sightseeing in many parts in Sweden and also will visit neighboring countries, which apparently is very easy to do. Also I look forward to interact with the students and researchers here”.
About Joe H. Chow
Professor Joe H. Chow has a long and impressive resume, dating back to 1978 when he started his career at the General Electric Company as an application engineer at the power systems engineering department. Since joining the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1987, Chow’s research has focused on power systems analysis, computation, and control. He is currently the RPI Campus director of the NSF/DOE Center for Ultra-Wider Reliable Transmission Network Systems (CURENT).
Having a long career behind him, some of the highlights include being a IEEE fellow, been given the Control Systems Technology award and the 2014 IEEE Power and Energy Society Charles Concordia Power System award for “the development of analysis techniques and innovative control and measurement systems to improve power system performance and reliability”.