• A New Approach to Include Complex Grounding System in Lightning Transient Studies and EMI Evaluations 

      Steinsland, Vegard; Sivertsen, Lasse Hugo; Cimpan, Emil; Zhang, Shujun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      A new approach to lightning transient studies including complex grounding grids is presented in this paper. The grounding system is modeled in Matlab/Simulink based on the transmission line theory. Using a bottom-up approach ...
    • Analyzing COVID-19 Impacts on Vehicle Travels and Daily Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Levels among Florida Counties 

      Karaer, Alican; Balafkan, Nozhan; Gazzea, Michele; Arghandeh, Reza; Ozguven, Eren Erman (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing social distancing behaviors resulted in substantial reduction on traffic, making this a unique experiment on observing the air quality. Such an experiment is also supplemental to the smart ...
    • Bundle Extreme Learning Machine for Power Quality Analysis in Transmission Networks 

      Ucar, Ferhat; Cordova, Jose; Alcin, Omer F.; Dandil, Besir; Ata, Fikret; Arghandeh, Reza (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper presents a novel method for online power quality data analysis in transmission networks using a machine learning-based classifier. The proposed classifier has a bundle structure based on the enhanced version of ...
    • FAIR Metadata Standards for Low Carbon Energy Research—A Review of Practices and How to Advance 

      Wierling, August Hubert; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Altinci, Sebnem; Balazinska, Maria; Barber, Michael J.; Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe; Burger-Scheidlin, Christopher; Celino, Massimo; Demir, Muhittin Hakan; Dennis, Richard; Dintzner, Nicolas; el Gammal, Adel; Fernández-Peruchena, Carlos M.; Gilcrease, Winston; Gładysz, Pawel; Hoyer-Klick, Carsten; Joshi, Kevin; Kruczek, Mariusz; Lacroix, David; Markowska, Malgorzata; Mayo-Garcia, Rafael; Morrison, Robbie; Paier, Manfred; Peronato, Giuseppe; Ramakrishnan, Mahendranath; Reid, Janeita; Sciullo, Alessandro; Solak, Berfu; Suna, Demet; Suess, Wolfgang; Unger, Astrid; Fernandez Vanoni, Maria Luisa; Vasiljevic, Nikola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) have been put forward to guide optimal sharing of data. The potential for industrial and social innovation is vast. Domain-specific ...
    • Field study on the thermal performance of vacuum tube solar collectors in the climate conditions of Western Norway 

      Popsueva, Victoria; Olivares, Lopez Andres F; Kosinska, Anna Dorota; Nikolaev, Oleg; Balakin, Boris (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      A significant part of energy consumption in Northern countries goes to heating. There is no consensus about the most efficient source of renewable heat there. This paper presents a field study for a 7.8 m2 vacuum tube solar ...
    • Hybrid Density Functional Study of Au2Cs2I6, Ag2GeBaS4, Ag2ZnSnS4, and AgCuPO4 for the Intermediate Band Solar Cells 

      Rasukkannu, Murugesan; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Vajeeston, Ponniah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We present a comprehensive investigation of the structural, electronic, mechanical, and optical properties of four promising candidates, namely Au2Cs2I6, Ag2GeBaS4, Ag2ZnSnS4, and AgCuPO4, for application in photovoltaic ...
    • Recent progress and approaches on transition metal chalcogenides for hydrogen production 

      Shanmugaratnam, Sivagowri; Yogenthiran, Elilan; Koodali, R; Ravirajan, Punniamoorthy; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan; Shivatharsiny, Yohi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Development of efficient and affordable photocatalysts is of great significance for energy production and environmental sustainability. Transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) with particle sizes in the 1–100 nm have been ...
    • The Road toward Smart Cities: A Study of Citizens’ Acceptance of Mobile Applications for City Services 

      Hou, Jinghui (Jove); Arpan, Laura; Wu, Yijie; Feiock, Richard; Ozguven, Eren Erman; Arghandeh, Reza (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Many local governments have started using smartphone applications to more effectively inform and communicate with citizens. This trend is of interest, as cities can only be smart if they are responsive to their citizens. ...
    • Ruthenium (Ru) Doped Titanium Dioxide (P25) electrode for dye sensitized solar cells 

      Rajaramanan, Tharmakularasa; Natarajan, Muthukumarasamy; Ravirajan, Punniamoorthy; Senthilnanthanan, Meena; Velauthapillai, Dhayalan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this study, P25-titanium dioxide (TiO2) was doped with ruthenium (Ru) by systematically varying the Ru content at 0.15, 0.30, 0.45 and 0.6 mol%. The synthesized Ru-doped TiO2 nanomaterials have been characterized by ...
    • Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Hurricane-induced Roadway Closures and Power Outages 

      Ghorbanzadeh, Mahyar; Koloushani, Mohammadreza; Ulak, Mehmet Baran; Ozguven, Eren Erman; Arghandeh, Reza (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Hurricanes lead to substantial infrastructure system damages, such as roadway closures and power outages, in the US annually, especially in states like Florida. As such, this paper aimed to assess the impacts of Hurricane ...