Turan Gonen Author

Turan Gönen, a distinguished figure in the field of electrical engineering, held the esteemed position of being a professor of electrical engineering and also served as the director of the Electrical Power Educational Institute at California State University, Sacramento. Gonen's educational background was adorned with a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Istanbul Technical College, followed by a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. His academic pursuits extended further as he achieved an M.S. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. with a co-major in industrial engineering from Iowa State University, alongside obtaining an MBA from the University of Oklahoma. Gonen first authored this book in 1986. His contributions to academia and research were substantial, marked by a portfolio of over 100 technical papers. His expertise was recognized as he held the distinction of being an IEEE Senior Member. He passed away in 2014

Chee-Wooi Ten (Senior Member, IEEE) holds the position of Professor of Electrical Engineering at Michigan Tech. He focuses on investigating rare events using system risk models and data science, with a keen interest in untangling complex interactions between power grids and transportation systems to advance decarbonization. His efforts center on crafting cyber-aware security strategies for bulk power systems, validated through steady-state and dynamic analyses, emphasizing the need to anticipate disruptions in a context of distributed generation. Ten earned degrees from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. from University College Dublin. He joined Michigan Tech in 2010, after experience as a power application engineer at Siemens. His research covers critical cyberinfrastructures modeling, SCADA automation applications in power grids, and he's edited for IEEE and Elsevier journals, authoring the textbook “Electric Power: Distribution Emergency Operation.”

Ali Mehrizi-Sani (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,He is currently an Associate Professor with Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, IEEE Power Engineering Letters, and IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Dr. Mehrizi-Sani was a recipient of the 2018 IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award and 2017 IEEE Mac E. Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award among his recognitions.