Robert Lasseter

Professor

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1415 Engineering Dr.

Madison, Wisconsin 52706

Telephone: 608 262 0186

Fax:

Email address: LASSETER@ENGR.WISC.EDU

URL: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/faculty/lasseter_robert.html

Key words:

Custom Power, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), DC power systems, Power electronics, EMTP applications and modeling

Unlisted key words: Distributed Generation

Research description:

Research interests focus on the application of power electronics to utility systems and technical issues which arise from the restructuring of the power utility system. This work includes interfacing micro-turbines and fuel cells to the distribution grid; control of power systems through FACTS controllers, use of power electronics in distribution systems, harmonic interactions, simulation methods, power electronic circuits and converter. He is a Fellow of IEEE, an expert advisor to CIGRE SC14, and chairman of IEEE WG on modeling and analysis of distributed resources.

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