Center for Electric Power Studies

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A close collaboration of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students at Ohio University actively pursues a wide range of issues directly related to the production, distribution, and management of electric power. This page describes the objectives, research projects, industrial contacts, and faculty involved in this dynamic area.

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Overview of the Center for Electric Power Studies

1804 Proposal
TIPS Proposal

Academics

AEP's Project Probe
Related courses offered at Ohio
Senior Design Projects
Graduate Thesis (former and on-going)
Graduate Programs in Power Engineering
NSF 96-103

Research Programs

Fluidized bed combustion of solid fuels
Stirling as a alternative bottoming or topping cycle
Air pollution/toxics identification
Control of SOx emissions
Zebra Muscle control
Power Electronics
Transmission and Distribution
CEMS for heat rate determination

Industrial Partners

American Electric Power

Faculty

Faculty Member	E-mail	Interests
David J. Bayless, Ph.D., P.E. Asst. Prof. of Mech. Eng.	bayless@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	combustion, simulation, air pollution control
Butch Hill, Ph.D., Prof. of Electrical Engineering	hill@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu	electronics
M. Khairul Alam, Ph.D., P.E. Prof. of Mechanical Eng.	alam@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	heat transfer
Valerie Young, Ph.D, Asst. Prof. of Chem. Eng.	Valy@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	air toxics
Charles Parks, Ph.D, Prof. and Chair of IMSE	cparks@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	finance and management
Thomas Scott, Ph.D., Asst. Prof of Industrial Tech.	tscott@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	gas turbines
Tiao J. Chang, Ph.D., Prof. of Civil Engineering	tjchang@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	zebra muscle control
Bob Williams II, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. of Mechanical Eng.	bobw@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	robotics and mechanisms
Brian Manhire, Ph.D., Prof. of Electrical Engineering	manhire@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.	transmission and distribution
Benjamin Stuart, Ph.D, Asst. Prof of Civil Engineering	stuart@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	pollution control
Israel Urieli, Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. of Mechanical Eng.	urieli@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	stirling cycles and modeling of Stirling
Michael Prudich, Ph.D., Prof. and Chair, Chemical Eng.	prudich@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu	coal utilization, flue-gas desulfurization

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