Karen Butler

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Electrical Engr.

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-3128

Telephone: 409-847-9048

Fax: 409-845-6259

Email address: klbutler@ee.tamu.edu

Web: http://ee.tamu.edu/~klbutler

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Key words:

Distribution Automation, Intelligent Control, Electric Vehicles, Protection

Research description:

• Computer and Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Distribution Systems,
• Distribution Automation and Management,
• Fault Diagnosis,
• Estimation of Remaining Life of Transformers,
• Intelligent Reconfiguration and Restoration,
• System Modeling and Simulation for Hybrid Vehicles

Laboratory facilities:

Power Systems Automation (PSAL) owns a portable data acquisition system with National Instruments data acquisition software and hardware.

Also PSAL owns a test facility which provides the capability to stage internal faults on a distribution transformer, capture data, analyze data, and archive the data for future use.

Further the PSAL owns a test facility which provides a unique capability to efficiently stage power system events, capture data, analyze data, and archive the data for future use.

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