Conference Papers

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J. Saelens et al., "Instantaneous Current and Average Power Flow Characterization of a DC-DC-DC Triple Active Bridge Converter," in 2024 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Apr. 2024, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/PECI61370.2024.10525254.
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O. Oboreh-Snapps, S. A. Strathman, J. Saelens, A. Fernandes, and J. W. Kimball, "Addressing Reactive Power Sharing in Parallel Inverter Islanded Microgrid Through Deep Reinforcement Learning," in 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Feb. 2024, pp. 2946–2953. doi: 10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509093.
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O. Oboreh-Snapps et al., "Small Signal Stability Analysis of Virtual Impedance Control in Islanded Microgrid," in 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2023, pp. 1005–1011. doi: 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362700.
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A. Sharma, A. Cardoza, K. J. P. Veeramraju, O. Oboreh-Snapps, and J. W. Kimball, "Bidirectional Asymmetric CLLLC Resonant DC-DC Converter for Onboard Electric Vehicle Chargers," in 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2023, pp. 2109–2116. doi: 10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362332.
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A. A. Fernandes, K. J. P. Veeramraju, and J. W. Kimball, "Development of a MATLAB-based Structural Analysis Toolbox for Sensor Placement in a Multi-domain Physical System," in 2023 American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 2907–2912. doi: 10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155925.
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A. Sharma and J. W. Kimball, “Transformer Leakage Inductance Design Methodology,” in 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2023, pp. 1572–1578. doi: 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131409.
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A. Sharma and J. W. Kimball, “New Hybrid Model for Evaluating the Frequency-Dependent Leakage Inductance of a Variable Inductance Transformer (VIT),” in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2022, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9947451.
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K. J. Veeramraju, A. Cardoza, J. Sarangapani, and J. W. Kimball, “Robust Modifications to Model Reference Adaptive Control for Reference Voltage Tracking in a Dual Active Bridge dc-dc Converter,” in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2022, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9947779.
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A. Sharma, K. J. Veeramraju, and J. W. Kimball, “Power Flow Control of a Single-Stage AC-AC Solid-State Transformer for AC Distribution System,” in 2022 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Mar. 2022, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/PECI54197.2022.9744006.
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K. J. Veeramraju, A. Sharma, and J. W. Kimball, “A Comprehensive Analysis on Complex Power Flow Mechanism in an AC-AC Dual Active Bridge,” in 2022 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Mar. 2022, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/PECI54197.2022.9744009.
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K. J. Veeramraju, J. Eisen, J. L. Rovey, and J. W. Kimball, “A New Discontinuous Conduction Mode in a Transformer Coupled High Gain DC-DC Converter,” in 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2022, pp. 237–244. doi: 10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773417.
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K. J. P. Veeramraju and J. W. Kimball, “Multidimensional Extensions to Generalized Averaged Models for Multi-Frequency-Excited Dynamic Systems,” in 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL), Nov. 2021, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/COMPEL52922.2021.9645972.
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A. Sharma and J. W. Kimball, “Novel Transformer with Variable Leakage and Magnetizing Inductances,” in 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2021, pp. 2155–2161. doi: 10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595797.
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W. ur Rehman, R. Bo, H. Mehdipourpicha, and J. Kimball, “Sizing Energy Storage System for Energy Arbitrage in Extreme Fast Charging Station,” in 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Jul. 2021, pp. 01–05. doi: 10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638078.
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S. H. Kankanala, J. W. Kimball, and A. Moeini, “Modeling and Control of Cascaded Bridgeless Multilevel Rectifier Under Unbalanced Load Conditions,” in 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 260–266. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487030.
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M. S. Malik and J. W. Kimball, “Analytical Expression for DC Link Capacitor Current in a Cascaded H-Bridge Multi-Level Active Front-End Converter,” in 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 1659–1665. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487078.
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V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, “Adaptive Control of a Three-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter with near Deadbeat Response,” in 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 2698–2701. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9486983.
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V. Roy Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, “Parallel operation of Standalone Inverters with Online Parameter Update,” in 2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Jun. 2021, pp. 2639–2645. doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487033.
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W. U. Rehman, A. Moeini, O. Oboreh-Snapps, R. Bo, and J. Kimball, “Deadband Voltage Control and Power Buffering for Extreme Fast Charging Station,” in 2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech, Jun. 2021, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/PowerTech46648.2021.9494994.
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A. Moeini, M. Dabbaghjamanesh, and J. W. Kimball, “Q-Learning-Based Smart Selective Harmonic Current Mitigation-PWM (S2HCM-PWM) for Grid-Connected Converters,” in 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2020, pp. 5068–5075. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236369.
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V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, “Operation of a Three-Phase Standalone Inverter With Online Parameter Update By Instantaneous Charge Transfer Estimation,” in 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2020, pp. 2563–2568. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236095.
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A. Moeini, S. H. Kankanala, and J. W. Kimball, “DC Link Voltage Balancing of the Active Front-End for the Extreme Fast Charging Stations,” in 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2020, pp. 2945–2952. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236377.
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V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, “Negative Virtual Capacitance to Eliminate Resonance Oscillations in a Three-Phase Inverter with LCL Filter,” in 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Oct. 2020, pp. 4520–4525. doi: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235656.
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V. R. Chowdhury, K. J. Prasad Veeramraju, J. Li, J. Park, R. Landers, and J. W. Kimball, “Battery Degradation Modeling and Optimal Usage in a Microgrid Using Markov Decision Process,” in 2019 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Oct. 2019, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/NAPS46351.2019.9000375.
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K. J. P. Veeramraju and J. W. Kimball, “An Improved Method for the Practical Determination of Core and Copper Losses in High Frequency Switchmode Transformers,” in 2019 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Oct. 2019, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1109/NAPS46351.2019.9000251.
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V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, “Grid Voltage Estimation and Feedback Linearization based Control of a Three phase Grid Connected Inverter under Unbalanced Grid Conditions with LCL Filter,” in 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2019, pp. 2979–2984. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912226.
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K. J. Prasad Veeramraju and J. W. Kimball, “An Improved Power Processing Unit for Multi-Mode Monopropellant Electrospray Thrusters for Satellite Propulsion Systems,” in 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2019, pp. 1302–1309. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913026.
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D. M. Ajiboye, J. Kimball, R. Landers, and J. Park, "A Highly Efficient Computational Model of Energy Storage Systems for Microgrid Applications," Meet. Abstr., vol. MA2019-01, no. 22, p. 1161, May 2019, doi: 10.1149/MA2019-01/22/1161.
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S. Mukherjee, P. Shamsi, M. Ferdowsi, and J. Kimball, "Indirect Grid Current Control of LCL Filter based Grid-Connected Converter," in 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2019, pp. 3024–3031. doi: 10.1109/APEC.2019.8721834.
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V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, "Voltage Sensorless Control of a Three-phase Grid Connected Inverter with LCL filter based on Passivity under Non-ideal Grid Voltage Conditions," in 2019 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Feb. 2019, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/PECI.2019.8698913.
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V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, "Adaptive Feedback Linearization Based Control of a Three-Phase Grid Connected Inverter under Non-Ideal Grid Voltage Condition," in 2019 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Feb. 2019, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1109/PECI.2019.8698926.
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M. Rasheduzzaman, P. Fajri, J. W. Kimball, and A. A. S. Khan, "Voltage Mode Control of Single-Phase Boost Inverter in $dq$ Reference Frame," in IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Oct. 2018, pp. 1574–1579. doi: 10.1109/IECON.2018.8591695.
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J. A. Mueller and J. W. Kimball, "Analysis of Soft-Switching Performance for a DC-DC Dual Active Bridge Converter with Randomly Varying Loads," in 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2018, pp. 4246–4253. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557430.
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S. Mukherjee, V. R. Chowdhury, and J. Kimball, "Control of a three phase boost rectifier under unbalanced grid conditions without grid voltage sensors," in 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2018, pp. 1521–1527. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558236.
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V. R. Chowdhury, S. Mukherjee, and J. Kimball, "A Voltage Sensorless Control of a Three Phase Grid Connected Inverter Based on Lyapunov Energy Function Under Unbalanced Grid Voltage Condition," in 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2018, pp. 4884–4888. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558434.
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G. Mpembele and J. W. Kimball, "A Matrix Representation of a Markov Jump Linear System Applied to a Standalone Microgrid," in Proc. IEEE Intl. Symp. Power Electronics for Distributed Generation, Charlotte, NC, 2018, pp. 1–8. [Online]. Available:
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P. Jain, J. A. Mueller, R. Landers, J. Park, and J. W. Kimball, "Battery Optimization in Microgrids using Markov Decision Process Integrated with Load and Solar forecasting," in Proc. IEEE Intl. Symp. Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Charlotte, NC, 2018, pp. 1–6. [Online]. Available:
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W. St. Pierre and J. W. Kimball, "Minimum Dwell Times for the Stability of Switched Systems with Multiple Stable Operating Points," in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2018, pp. 3798–3903. [Online]. Available:
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B. P. Baddipadiga, S. Strathman, M. Ferdowsi, and J. W. Kimball, "A high-voltage-gain DC-DC converter for powering a multi-mode monopropellant-electrospray propulsion system in satellites," in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf., 2018, pp. 1561–1565. doi: 10.1109/APEC.2018.8341224.
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J. A. Mueller, D. C. Wunsch, and J. W. Kimball, "Active Stabilization of Line-regulating Converters with Constant Power Loads," in Proceedings of the North American Power Symposium, Wheeling, WV, Sep. 2017, pp. 1–6. [Online]. Available:
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J. A. Mueller and J. W. Kimball, "Model-based determination of closed-loop input impedance for dual active bridge converters," in 2017 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Mar. 2017, pp. 1039–1046. doi: 10.1109/APEC.2017.7930824.
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G. Mpembele and J. Kimball, "Analysis of a standalone microgrid stability using generic Markov jump linear systems," in 2017 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Feb. 2017, pp. 1–8. doi: 10.1109/PECI.2017.7935737.
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G. Mpembele and J. W. Kimball, “Analysis of a Standalone Microgrid Stability Using Generic Markov Jump Linear Systems,” in Proceedings of the Power & Energy Conference at Illinois, 2017.
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J. A. Mueller and J. W. Kimball, "Generalized Average Modeling of DC Subsystem in Solid State Transformers," in Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Cincinnati, OH, 2017, pp. 1659–1666. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2017.8095992.
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L. Müller and J. W. Kimball, "High frequency core coefficient for transformer size selection," in 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2016, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855151.
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M. Rasheduzzaman, S. Khorbotly, and J. W. Kimball, “A modified SRF-PLL for phase and frequency measurement of single-phase systems,” in 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sep. 2016, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854707.
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J. A. Mueller and J. W. Kimball, "An Accurate Method of Energy Use Prediction for Systems with Known Consumption," in Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring, Vancouver, Canada, May 2016. [Online]. Available:
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W. Zhang and J. W. Kimball, "DC-DC Converter Based Photovoltaic Simulator with a Double Current Mode Controller," in Proceedings of the Power & Energy Conference at Illinois, 2016. doi: 10.1109/PECI.2016.7459261.
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T. Paul, H. Ravindra, M. Steurer, and J. W. Kimball, "Voltage stability preserving invariants for smart grids," in Proceedings of the Power & Energy Conference at Illinois, 2015. [Online]. Available:
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S. Alalwani and J. W. Kimball, "Optimal sizing of a wind/solar/battery hybrid microgrid system using the ForeverPower method," in Proceedings of the IEEE Green Technologies Conference, 2015, pp. 29–35. [Online]. Available:

Please note that in this field, “high impact” conferences like APEC, ECCE, and the former PESC typically have acceptance rates around 50% or a bit less. Other conferences have highly variable peer review processes, but all have some level of review.

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