Lei Tang. Ph.D., Electric Power and Energy Systems, Iowa State University, expected Nov. 2013

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1 Lei Tang I. CONTACT INFORMATION Office Address: 1207 Coover, Ames, IA Cellular Phone: II. EDUCATION DEGREES Ph.D., Electric Power and Energy Systems, Iowa State University, expected Nov M.S., Control Theory and Control Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, July, 2009 B.S., Electrical Engineering and Automation, China University of Mining and Technology, July, 2006 III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant: Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Iowa State University, 07/2009 ~ present Working on power system real-time operation, stability analysis, optimization, protection control and software development using C/C++/MATLAB; designed special protection schemes to defend cascading outages; designed an under-frequency load shedding scheme with model predictive control; assessed power system transient voltage dips; enhanced power system transient stability through security constrained economic dispatch; developing C++ software programs for power system extended-term time-domain simulation and fast optimal power flow. Research Assistant: Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, 07/2006 ~ 07/2009 Worked as system design engineer and C++ software engineer for a SCADA system and a power plant control system; designed a communication module for SCADA system to link to RTUs; provided technical support for SCADA system installation, configuration, and communication protocol driver development (Modbus and IEC 61850); designed a visual configuration platform for power plant boiler combustion optimization; provided technical support for software installation and configuration; conducted research on evolutionary optimization in fuzzy control and fuzzy system for industrial process. Teaching Assistant: Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of TANG-1

2 China, 09/2007 ~ 02/2008 Taught Automatic Control Theory to senior undergraduate students; graded homework every week; answered after-class questions; gave special classes for examination preparation. IV. WORK AND INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE Smart Grid Application Engineer (Summer Intern): U.S. Corporate Research Center, ABB Inc., 05/2012 ~ 08/2012 Worked on multiple projects supervised by ABB Corporate Research Fellow Xiaoming Feng, and Principle Scientist Fang Yang; co-designed Microgrid Energy Management System (EMS); set up software environment for microgrid analysis; provided help with formulation of linear programming and mixed integer programming problems; learned and taught ABB employees to full operate OpenDSS using MATLAB; compared different constrained optimization solvers; programed distributed energy resource schedule and economy dispatch; investigated super-computing for power system analysis using GPUs and FPGAs; discussed with GridView (production cost program) developers on GPU enhancement. Power/Software Engineer (part-time): Anhui Lifei Control Engineering LLC., China, 05/2012 ~ 08/2012 Improved C++ program of SCADA system and power plant control system; tested functions of developed software programs; prepared documents and register China Computer Software Copyright for the two commercial-grade software programs; conducted research on frequency-domain multi-variable PID control. Technical Specialist (on behalf of Anhui Lifei Control engineering LLC.): Anhui Xinlong Automation, Co. Ltd, China, 02/2008 ~ 04/2008 Upgraded drivers for communication (Modbus and IEC 61850) between SCADA systems and RTUs; developed drivers based on special needs of RTUs; provided technical support on SCADA system installation and configuration. Software Engineer (Summer intern): Jiangsu Jinyuan Medical Technology Co. Ltd, China, 06/2005 ~ 09/2005 Developed software for medical instruments; tested and installed software. V. PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS INVOLVED Next Generation Online Dynamic Security Assessment funded by Power System Engineering Research Center (PSERC), 06/2009 ~ 08/2011 Time Domain Transient Stability Simulation of Large Interconnected Power Systems TANG-2

3 (proposal involved) funded Lawrence Livermore National Lab & Department of Energy, 08/2012 ~ 06/2013 ECON SCADA System Design (proposal involved) funded by Anhui Lifei Control Engineering LLC, 09/2006 ~ 09/2009 SCON Power Plant Boiler Combustion Control and Optimization funded by Anhui Lifei Control Engineering LLC, 09/2005 ~ 09/2009 VI. HONORS & AWARDS Professional advancement grant, Iowa State University, 2013 HUAWEI scholarship (2 out of 87), University of Science and Technology of China, 2008 Outstanding graduate (top 2%), China University of Mining and Technology, 2006 Academic outstanding student (top 2%) three times, China University of Mining and Technology, 2003, 2004, 2005 VII. JOURNALS REVIEWER IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2013 ~ present IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2012 ~ present IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2011 ~ present Applied Energy, 2011 ~ present VIII. PUBLICATIONS Power systems L. Tang, and J. McCalley, Voltage stability assessment using voltage related critical clearing time in trajectory sensitivity view, submitted to International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. L. Tang, and J. McCalley, A two-stage under-frequency load shedding scheme, to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. L. Tang, and. McCalley, Automation of special protection scheme to be submitted. TANG-3

4 L. Tang, and J. McCalley, "An efficient transient stability constrained optimal power flow based on trajectory sensitivity," in North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Champaign, IL, 2012, pp L. Tang, and J. McCalley, Trajectory sensitivities: applications in power systems and estimation accuracy refinement, in 2013 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. L. Tang, and J. McCalley, Secure Transient stability in optimal power flow, submitted to 2014 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL. L. Tang, F. Yang, and X. Feng, A new method for distribution system feeder reconfiguration using black-box optimization, in 2013 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. L. Tang, and F. Yang, A Methodology survey on distribution system feeder reconfiguration, submitted to 2014 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL. Systems, Control and Optimization X. Liu, F. Xue, and L. Tang, Approximate Model Design Method for Multivarible System Based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm, Control and Instruments in Chemical Industry (Chinese), vol. 36, pp , L. Tang, F. Xue, and X. Liu, A Design of Fuzzy Controller with Evolutionary Clustering Based on Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization, Control Engineering of China (Chinese), vol. 16, pp , F. Xue, S. Li, and L. Tang, "Design and Implementation of Visual Configuration Platform for Control Systems," Control Engineering of China (Chinese), vol. 3, pp. 1-4, L. Tang, and F. Xue, "Using quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization-immune algorithm to optimize fuzzy control table," Control and Instruments in Chemical Industry (Chinese), vol. 35, pp. 7-11, L. Tang, and F. Xue, "Using data to design fuzzy system based on Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization," in 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2008, pp D. Gong, L. Tang, Phased Evolutionary Optimization for Problems with Hybrid Indices, Journal of System Simulation (Chinese), vol. 19, pp. 1-4, F. Xue, L. Xi, C. Zhao, S. Li, and L. Tang, "Using quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization-immune algorithm to optimize fuzzy control table," Control and Instruments in Chemical Industry (Chinese), vol. 34, pp. 1-4, TANG-4

5 IX. PRESENTATIONS L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase I: Next generation online dynamic security assessment, tele-conference to industry sponsors of PSERC S-38 project, 10/2009 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase II: Next generation online dynamic security assessment, tele-conference to industry sponsors of PSERC S-38 project, 2/2010 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase III: Next generation online dynamic security assessment, tele-conference to industry sponsors of PSERC S-38 project, 10/2010 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase IV: Next generation online dynamic security assessment, tele-conference to industry sponsors of PSERC S-38 project, 2/2011 L. Tang, Control of OpenDSS for Microgrid Analysis with MATLAB, tutorial to ABB employees of the same team on micrgrid EMS design, 7/2012 L. Tang, GPUs for power system analysis, presentation to ABB employees, 7/2012 L. Tang, FPGAs for power system analysis, presentation to ABB employees, 7/2012 L. Tang, An efficient transient stability constrained optimal power flow based on trajectory sensitivity, paper presentation in 2012 North American Power Symposium, Champaign, IL, 09/2012 L. Tang, Distribution System Feeder Reconfiguration, seminar to Iowa State University power systems students, 10/2012 L. Tang, A frame work of power system dynamic security assessment processing system, seminar to Iowa State University Electrical Engineering graduate students, 03/2013 L. Tang, Trajectory sensitivities: applications in power systems and estimation accuracy refinement, paper presentation in 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 07/2013 L. Tang, A new method for distribution system feeder reconfiguration using black-box optimization, paper presentation in 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada 07/2013 L. Tang and S. Khaitan, Cyber Physical System Approach For Design Of Power Grids: A Survey, paper presentation in 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada 07/2013 L. Tang and S. Khaitan, A Hardware-based Approach For Saving Cache Energy In TANG-5

6 Multicore, paper presentation in 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada 07/2013 L. Tang and S. Khaitan, Parallelizing Power System Contingency Analysis Using D Programming Language, paper presentation in 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada X. ARCHIVED RERPORTS L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase I status report: next generation online dynamic security assessment, for PSERC S-38 project, 10/2009 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase II status report: next generation online dynamic security assessment, for PSERC S-38 project, 2/2010 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase III status report: next generation online dynamic security assessment, for PSERC S-38 project, 10/2010 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Phase IV status report: next generation online dynamic security assessment, for PSERC S-38 project, 2/2011 L. Tang, J. McCalley, and S. Khaitain, Next Generation On-Line Dynamic Security Assessment - Iowa State University Part, final report for PSERC S-38 project, 8/2011 L. Tang, Using GPUs for power system analysis: objectives, design flows and survey, for ABB Inc., 7/2012 L. Tang, Using FPGAs for power system analysis: objectives, design flows and survey, for ABB Inc., 7/2012 L. Tang, Survey on distribution system feeder reconfiguration: objectives and solution methods, for ABB Inc., 7/2012 XI. PROGRAMMING LAGUAGES C/C++ (8 years) MATLAB (10 years) Visual Basic (3 years) XII. COMPUTER & SOFTWARE SPECIALTIES TANG-6

7 Proficient: PSS/E, Gurobi, OpenDSS, Visual C++, C++ Builder, MATLAB/Simulink, Visual Basic, XML Familiar: PSS/E, PLEXOS, CPLEX, DSATools (TSAT), PowerWorld, Database & SQL, windows programming, design pattern, Linux Short-term experience: R, Python, Java XIII. CORE COURSEWORK PhD: power system steady state analysis, power system dynamic analysis, energy system planning, power market, wind energy, linear programming, linear/nonlinear systems, numerical analysis, continuous optimization Master: database, object-oriented programming, stochastic process theory, process control, embedded systems TANG-7