Hugo Villegas Pico

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Education

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2016
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2011
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas – ESPE, 2008

Awards and Recognitions

• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, Aug. 2024–Jul. 2029
• Harpole-Pentair Faculty Development Award, Iowa State University, Aug. 2021–Jul. 2024
• Star Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2017–2018
• Prize paper award, IEEE Power & Energy Society, 2015
• Best paper award, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2013–2014
• Fulbright Scholarship, 2009–2011

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• A. M. Mannan, H. P. Dang, and H. N. Villegas Pico, “FIDVR capability of hybrid grid-forming PV Power plants during feeder restoration” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1613–1629, Sep. 2024
• C. L. Peralta, H. P. Dang, and H. N. Villegas Pico, “Searching for grid-forming technologies that do not impact protection systems,” IEEE Electrification Mag., vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 63–70, Jun. 2024
• C. Peralta and H. N. Villegas Pico, “A time-domain protection approach for ac transmission systems with grid-forming resources” IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., vol. 73, Art. no. 9000318, Nov. 2023
• L. E. Guillén Montenegro and H. N. Villegas Pico, “Ac-heating and fast-charging power requirements of EV battery packs in subzero temperature,” IEEE Trans. Transport. Electrific., vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 3936–3946, Sep. 2023
• H. P. Dang and H. N. Villegas Pico, “Blackstart and fault-ride through capability of DFIG-based wind turbines,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 2060–2074, May 2023
• S. Roy and H. N. Villegas Pico, “Transient stability and active protection of power systems with grid-forming PV power plants,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 897–911, Jan. 2023
• H. N. Villegas Pico and Vahan Gevorgian, “Blackstart capability and survivability of wind turbines with fully rated converters,” IEEE Trans. Energy Convers., vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 2482–2497, Dec. 2022
• J. M. Miller, H. N. Villegas Pico, I. Dobson, A. Bernstein, and B. Cui, “Feedback control approaches for restoration of power grids from blackouts,” Electric Power Syst. Res., vol. 211, no. 108414, Oct. 2022
• H. N. Villegas Pico and Brian B. Johnson,“Transient stability assessment of multi-machine multi-converter power systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 3504–3514, Sep. 2019
• H. N. Villegas Pico and D. C. Aliprantis, “Reachability analysis of linear dynamic systems with constant, arbitrary, and Lipschitz continuous inputs,” Automatica, vol. 95, pp. 293–305, Sep. 2018

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Energy Systems

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