Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran

• Position: Professor
• Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Office Location: Building 4, Room 329
• bramachandran@uwf.edu
• br@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.474.2546

Biography

Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran, who has more than 15 years of experience teaching Power Engineering, is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her many research areas include Auction Strategies in Electricity Markets, Real Time Power System Modeling and Simulation using Software Tools, Integration of Distributed Generation, Storage and Plug-in-Hybrid Vehicles into the Grid, Smart Grid and Micro Grid Scheduling and Economics, and Phasor Measurement-Based Analysis.

She taught at Annamalai University in India and at Florida State University before joining UWF in 2012. Ramachandran was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at FSU’s Center for Advanced Power Systems. She also has worked for the Office of Naval Research. Ramachandran has co-published more than 30 refereed journal articles.

Publications include the International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, the 6th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, Smart Grid, and Measurement. She received three degrees from Annamalai University: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, M.S. in Power Systems Engineering, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Ramachandran teaches Electrical Energy Engineering, Electric Energy Systems, and other courses.

Degrees & Institutions

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Annamalai University, India
M.S. Power Systems Engineering, Annamalai University, India
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Annamalai University, India

Research

Auction Strategies in Electricity Markets, Real Time Power System Modeling and Simulation using Software Tools, Integration of Distributed Generation, Storage and Plug-in-Hybrid vehicle into the Grid, Smart Grid and Micro Grid Scheduling and Economics, Phasor Measurement Based Analysis.

Publications

Publications include International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, the 6th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, Smart Grid, and Measurement.

Bhuvana Ramachandran, G. Thomas Bellarmine, “Improving observability using optimal placement of phasor measurement units”, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (Impact Factor: 3.43), 56:55–63, Jan 2014.

Xiaojun Geng, Pramod Khargonekar, and Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran, “Receding Horizon Power Management for Electrical Vehicle Charging”, Power Systems Conference, Clemson, March 11-14, 2014.

Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran and David Cartes, “Economic Scheduling in Smart Grid with Non-dispatchable and Dispatchable loads”, The 6th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS), Manila, Philippines, Nov 12-15,2013.

Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran, Sanjeev K. Srivastava, David A. Cartes, “Intelligent power management in micro grids with EV penetration”, Expert Syst. Appl. 40(16): 6631-6640, 2013

Keywords: power management for electrical vehicle charging, economic scheduling in smart grid, micro grids with EV penetration, phasor measurement-based analysis, auction strategies in electricity markets, real time power system modeling, integration of distributed generation