黑洞社区

Education:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2002)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 黑洞社区, USA (2006)
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 黑洞社区, USA (2010)

• Power System Reliability
• Power System Operation and Control
• Power Distribution System
• Power Electronics
• Power System Analysis
• Smart Grid
• Optimization Techniques

Journal Articles:

• M. Sepehry*, M. Heidari*, V. Aravinthan, and W. Jewell, "Robust Day-Ahead Operation Planning of Unbalanced Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, provisionally accepted for pubulication on 1/7/2019
• S. Argade*, V. Aravinthan, I. E. Buyuktahtakin-Toy, S. Joseph, "Performance and Consumer Satisfaction-Based Bi-Level Tariff Scheme for EV Charging as a Virtual Power Plant" IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, accepted for publication on 11/15/2018
• M. Heidari*, M. Sepehry*, and V. Aravinthan, "Multivariate Spatio-temporal Solar Generation Forecasting: A Unified Approach to Deal With Communication Failure and Invisible Sites," IEEE Systems Journal accepted for publication on 09/03/2018
• M. Heidari*, M. Sepehry*, and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淔ault Detector and Switch Placement in Cyber-Enabled Power Distribution Network,鈥� in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 980-992, March 2018
• M. Heidari*, T. Balachandran*, V. Aravinthan, V. Namboodiri, and G. Chen*, 鈥淎LARM: Average Low-Latency Medium Access Control Communication Protocol for Smart Feeders,鈥� in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2647-2657, April 2016
• V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell, 鈥淐ontrolled Electric Vehicle Charging for Mitigating Impacts on Distribution Assets,鈥� in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 999-1009, March 2015
• V. Namboodiri, V. Aravinthan, S. Mohapatra, B. Karimi, and W. Jewell 鈥淭owards a Secure, Wireless-Based, Home Area Network for Metering in Smart Grids,鈥� IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 8, Issue. 2, PP 509鈥�520, June 2014
• V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell 鈥淥ptimized Maintenance Scheduling for Budget-Constrained Distribution Utility鈥� IEEE Trans. Smart Grids, Vol. 4, No. 4, PP 2328 鈥� 2338, Dec. 2013
• V. Namboodiri, V. Aravinthan, S. Joseph, E. Sawan and W. Jewell, 鈥淔ive Heads Better than One: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Course on Smart Grids: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities鈥� IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, Vol. 11, Issue 1, PP 44 鈥� 50, Jan. 2013

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

• Sandhya Rani Nadipalli*, Srinivas Jeganmohan*, Sultan Hakmi* and Visvakumar Aravinthan, 鈥淥nline Market Place for Bilevel EV Charging Control for Urban Community Park and Charge Lots,鈥� accepted 2019 North American Power Symposium, Oct. 13 - 15, 2019 Wichtia, KS

• Aasheesh Deshmukh*, Md Rakib Ur Rahman* and Visvakumar Aravinthan, 鈥淔eeder Level Linear Voltage Drop Model for Active Radial Distribution System Operation in the Presence of Distributed Generation,鈥� accepted 2019 North American Power Symposium, Oct. 13 - 15, 2019 Wichtia, KS
• Maheesa Sivagnanam*, Subaranjany Selvanayagam*, Nimanthi Nandasiri*, Aravinthan Visvakumar, Thiruvaran Tharmarajah and Vinothine Shanmugarajah, 鈥淎nalysis of Large Scale Distributed Generation on Radial Distribution System: Case Study in Sri Lanka,鈥� accepted 2019 North American Power Symposium, Oct. 13 - 15, 2019 Wichtia, KS
• Suvagata Chakraborty*, Arun鈥怟aarthick Manoharan*, Anton Hettiarachchige鈥怐on*, Visvakumar Aravinthan and Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, 鈥淢odel for Evaluating the Reliability of Cyber Component in Power Distribution Systems,鈥� accepted 2019 North American Power Symposium, Oct. 13 - 15, 2019 Wichtia, KS
• A. Hettiarachchige-Don*, A. Manoharan*, L. Pedaprolu*, and V. Aravinthan 鈥淎ssessment of System Reliability in Presence of Cyber Attack Risk on PMU Data,鈥� in Proc. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), Dec. 2018
• S. Behzadirafi*, A. Manoharan*, S. Nadipalli*, H. Salehfar, and V. Aravinthan, "Electric Circuit Theory Based Minimal Cut-Set Realization for Reliability Evaluation of Non-Directional Networks," in Proc. 2018 North American Power Symposium, Sep 9 - 11, 2018 Fargo, ND
• S. Hakmi*, V. Aravinthan "A Fast AC Power Flow Model Based Distribution Voltage Regulation," in Proc. 2018 Power System Conference, Sep. 4 -7, 2018, Charleston, SC.
• V. Aravinthan, T Balachandran, M. Ben-Idris, W. Fei, M. Heidari-Kapourchali, A. Hettiarachchige-Don, J. Jiang, H. Lei, C. Liu, J. Mitra, M. Ni,M. Papic, M. Parvania, M. Sephary, C. Singh, A. Srivastava, A. Stefanov, H. Sun, S. Tindemans, "Reliability modeling considerations for emerging cyber鈥損hysical power systems," in Proc. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) : Boise, Idaho, USA, 24-28 June 2018. This work is a part of IEEE PES AIMS RRPA Task force on Reliability Consideration in Emerging Cyber-Physical Energy System
• M. Sepehry*, M. Heidari Kapourchali*, R. Rahman*, V. Aravinthan, "A New Algorithm for Reliability Assessment of Distribution System Based on Reliability Network Equivalent Technique," in Proc. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) : Boise, Idaho, USA, 24-28 June 2018
• S. Behzadirafi, H. Salehfar, V. Aravinthan, "Impact of Power System Protection and Fault Current Limiters on Component Failure Rates," in Proc. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) : Boise, Idaho, USA, 24-28 June 2018
• S. Chakraborty*, T. Balachandran*, V. Aravinthan, "Worst-Case Reliability Modeling and Evaluation in Cyber-Enabled Power Distribution Systems," in Proc, North American Power Symposium 2017
• A. Hettiarachchige-Don*, V. Aravinthan "Estimation of Missing Transmission Line Reactance Data using Multiple Linear Regression," in Proc, North American Power Symposium 2017
• N. Nandasiri*, C. Pang, V. Aravinthan, "Marginal Levelized Cost of Energy Based Optimal Operation of Distribution System Considering Photovoltaics," in Proc, North American Power Symposium 2017
• M. Rahman*, V. Aravinthan, "'Sub-System Based Reliability Assessment for Distribution Level Transformer," in Proc EECon 2016, Dec. 2016
• T. Balachandran*, V. Aravinthan, T. Thiruvaran, "'Local Detection of Distribution Level Faults in a Distributed Sensor Monitoring Network using HMM," in Proc EECon 2016, Dec. 2016
• U. Renduchintala*, S. V. P. Maddukuri*, C. Pang, V. Aravinthan, 鈥淪mooth Shunt Control of a Fuzzy Based Distributed Power Flow Controller to Improve Power Quality," in Proc 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Automation for Sustainability, Dec. 2016
• A. Hettiarachchige-Don*, V. Aravinthan, W. Jewell, S. Westervelt, "Dynamic Line Parameter Estimation Using Synchrophasor Measurements," in Proc 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Automation for Sustainability, Dec. 2016
• S. V. P. Maddukuri*, and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淎n Intelligent Closed Loop Single-Switch DC/DC Converter with High Voltage Step-Up Ratio for Roof-Mounted Solar Cells Electric Vehicles,鈥� in Proc IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, Dec. 2016
• A. Gholizadeh* and V. Aravinthan, "Benefit Assessment of Water-Heater Management on Residential Demand Response: an Event Driven Approach," in Proc North American Power Symposium 2016
• M. Sepehry*, M. Heidari*, and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淢odeling of Uncertainty in Distribution Network Reconfiguration Using Gaussian Quadrature Based Approximation Method,鈥� in Proc 2016 IEEE PES General Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2016
• M. Heidari*, A. Mohsenzadeh*, M. Sepehry*, V. Aravinthan, and C. Pang, 鈥淟ifetime Analysis of Distribution Transformer Using Experimental Design,鈥� in Proc. 2016 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Dalls, TX, May 2016
• A. Mohsenzadeh*, M. Heidari*, C. Pang, and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淚mpact of Smart Home Management Strategies on Expected Lifetime of Transformer,鈥� in Proc. 2016 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Dalls, TX, May 2016
• M. Khan*, V. Aravinthan, 鈥淚mpacts of Demand-Control Time Period on Distribution System and Consumer Comfort,鈥� in Proc. 2016 Power Systems Conference, Clemson, SC, March 2016, Received third place in the best paper competition
• M. Sepehry*, M. Heidari*, V. Aravinthan, 鈥淎 Stochastic Modeling of Aggregated Vehicle-to-Grid for Reliability Assessment of Distribution Network,鈥� in Proc North American Power Symposium 2015, Oct. 2015
• M. Heidari*, M. Sepehry*, L. Zhao*, V. Aravinthan, 鈥淩eliability Analysis of Cyber-Enabled Power Distribution System Using Sequential Monte-Carlo,鈥� in Proc North American Power Symposium 2015, Oct. 2015
• V. Dev, U. Das, V. Namboodiri, S. Chakraborty*, V. Aravinthan, Y. Guo, A. Srivastava 鈥淭owards Application-Aware Data Concentration Schemes for Advanced Metering Infrastructures,鈥� accepted IEEE SmartGridComm 2015
• N. Nandasiri*, A. Gholizadeh*, C. Pang, and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淩eactive Power Management of Co-located Residential PVs for Radial Distribution Systems,鈥� in Proc. 7th International Conference on Industrial Automation for Sustainability, Dec. 2014
• S. Alsaleeb*, V. Aravinthan and M.E. Sawan, 鈥淓lectric Vehicle Charging Management Using Discrete Event Dynamic Systems,鈥� in Proc. 7th International Conference on Industrial Automation for Sustainability, Dec. 2014
• A. Banajiger* and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淩adial Feeder Reliability Evaluation in the Presence of Battery Storage using Modified Sequential Monte Carlo Simulation,鈥� in Proc. 7th International Conference on Industrial Automation for Sustainability, Dec. 2014
• J. Doffing*, V. Aravinthan, H. Mehraein and K. Cluff, 鈥淓nergy Storage in a Motor,鈥� in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, Milwaukie, WI, Oct. 2014
• K. Lee, V. Aravinthan, S. Moon, J. Ryou, S. Kim, C. Moon, I. Hyun, 鈥淟ow-Complexity Two-Way AF MIMO Relay Strategy for Wireless Relay Networks鈥� in proc. 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 2014
• K. Lee, V. Aravinthan, S. Moon, J. Ryou, C. Moon, I. Hyun, S. Jo, 鈥淩elay Selection for AF Wireless Relay Networks in Adverse Communication Environments鈥� in Proc. 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 2014
• A. Jenkins* (Undergraduate), A. Gohlizadeh*, and V. Aravinthan 鈥淚mpact Study: High Penetration Residential Solar PV's,鈥� in Proc. 2014 Frontiers of Power Conference, Oct. 2014
• H. Aburub*, M. Heidari*, W. Jewell and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淧erformance Characterization of a Solar Panel: a Case Study,鈥� in Proc. North American Power Symposium 2014, Sep. 2014
• M. Sepehry*, M. Heidari*, A. Banajigar*, and V. Aravinthan 鈥淎 New Algorithm for Reliability Evaluation of Radial Distribution Networks,鈥� in Proc. North American Power Symposium 2014, Sep. 2014. Received first place in the student paper competition
• M. Heidari* and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淟oss Allocation Control in Power Distribution System Reconfiguration in the Presence of Distributed Generators ,鈥� in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting, July 2014
• N. Wang*, V. Aravinthan, and Y. Ding, 鈥淔eeder-Level Fault Detection and Classification with Multiple Sensors: A Smart Grid Scenario鈥� in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, June 2014
• V. Aravinthan, and S. Argade* 鈥淥ptimal Transformer Sizing with the Presence of Electric Vehicle Charging,鈥� in Proc. 2014 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago, April 2014. Selected as one of the conference's best papers
• C. Pang and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淓lectric Vehicles as Configurable Distributed Energy Storage in the Smart Grid,鈥� in Proc. Power System Conference, Clemson, March 2014
• L. Zhao* and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淪trategies of Residential Peak Shaving With Integration of Demand Response and V2H,鈥� in Proc. 5th Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Hong Kong, Dec. 2013
• M. Heidari* and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淢ulti-objective Medium Voltage Distribution System Planning Considering Technical and Economic Risks,鈥� in Proc. 2013 Frontiers of Power Conference, Oct. 2013
• M. Heidari* and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淐omponent Reliability Evaluation in the Presence of Smart Monitoring鈥� in Proc. 2013 North American Power Symposium, Kansas, Sep. 2013
• V. Ravindran* and V. Aravinthan, 鈥淔eeder Level Powerloss Reduction through Reactive Power Control with Presence of Distributed Generation鈥� in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting 2013, Vancouver, Canada July 鈥�13
• V. Ravindran*, V. Aravinthan, and W. Jewell, 鈥淚mpacts of High Penetration Distributed PV Sources on Voltage Regulation,鈥� in Proc. 2012 Frontiers of Power Conference, Oct. 2012
• S. Argade*, V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell, 鈥淧robabilistic Modeling of EV Charging and Its Impact on Distribution Transformer Loss of Life鈥�, in Proc. 1st IEEE International Electric Vehicle Conference, Greenville, SC, Mar. 2012
• V. Aravinthan B. Karimi, V. Namboodiri and W. Jewell, 鈥淲ireless Communication for Smart Grid Applications at Distribution Level 鈥� Feasibility and Requirements,鈥� in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting 2011, Detroit MI, July 2011
• V. Aravinthan V. Namboodiri, S. Sunaku and W. Jewell, 鈥淲ireless AMI Application and Security for Controlled Home Area Networks鈥�, in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting 2011, Detroit MI, July 2011
• Z. Wang*, A. Grigis, V. Aravinthan, and E. Makram 鈥淲ide Area Power System Transient Stability Assessment Using Catastrophe Theory Method and Synchrophasors,鈥� in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting 2011, Detroit MI, July 2011
• B. Karimi, V.Namboodiri, V.Aravinthan and W. Jewell, 鈥淔easibility, Challenges, and Performance of Wireless Multi-Hop Routing for Feeder Level Communication in a Smart Grid,鈥� in Proc. International Conference on Energy Efficient Computing and Networking 2011, Colombia University, NY, June 2011
• Z. Wang*, V. Aravinthan, and E. Makram, 鈥淕enerator Cluster Transient Stability Assessment Using Catastrophe Theory,鈥� in Proc. International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering 2011, Rome, Italy, May 2011
• V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell, 鈥淒istribution Asset Management under Strict Budget Constraints鈥�, in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting 2011, Minneapolis MN, July 2010
• V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell, 鈥淚dentifying Worst Performing Components in a Distribution System Using Weibull Distribution鈥�, in Proc., 11th International Conf. on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Singapore, Singapore, June 2010
• Y. Dong, V. Aravinthan, M. Kezunovic and W. Jewell 鈥業ntegration of Asset and Outage Management Tasks for Distribution Systems' in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting 2009, Calgary Alberta, July 2009
• V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell 鈥極ptimal Reliability Allocation for Radial Distribution System with Performance Based Rates' in Proc. 41st Annual Frontiers of Power Conf., OSU, Oklahoma, Oct, 2008
• V. Aravinthan and W. Jewell 鈥極ptimal Scheme for Feeder Emergency Restoration Using Enumeration Approach to Binary Integer Linear Programming' in Proc. 40th Annual Frontiers of Power Conf., OSU, Oklahoma, Oct, 2007
• V. Aravinthan, S.K. Jayaweera and K. Altarazi, 鈥楧istributed Estimation in a Power Constrained Sensor Network', in Proc. 63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf., Melbourne, Australia, May 2006
• K. Altarazi, S.K. Jayaweera and V. Aravinthan, 鈥楶erformance of Decentralized Detection in a Resource 鈥� constrained Sensor Network', in Proc. 39th Asilomar Conf. on Signals Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2005
• V. Aravinthan, D.P.T. Nanayakkara and I. Dayawansa, 鈥楢daptive Resonance Theory based Neural Networks Approach for Signal Discrimination in VLF Metal Detectors', in Proc. 11th 鈥業EE Sri Lanka' Conf., Sri Lanka, Sep. 2004