Rate My Professor Sukumar Brahma

Brahma's research focuses on power system protection with distributed and renewable generation, power system modeling and analysis, integration of renewables, microgrid protection, and applications of synchrophasor data. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) since 2020, recognized for contributions to power system protection with distributed and renewable generation. Additional honors include IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer since 2019, Outstanding Engineer Award from IEEE PES Piedmont Section in 2020, Donald C. Roush Award for Excellence in Teaching from New Mexico State University in 2016, and multiple best conference paper awards, such as at IEEE PES General Meeting 2023 and North American Power Symposium 2022. He has chaired IEEE PES Power and Energy Education Committee, Lifelong Learning Subcommittee, and Distribution System Analysis Subcommittee, and served as Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery from 2014 to 2020. Key publications include “Source-Agnostic Time-Domain Directional Relay” in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (2024), “Real-Time Hardware-in-The-Loop Implementation of Protection and Self-Healing of Microgrids” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (2023), “A Closed-Form Mathematical Model and Method for Fast Fault Location on a Low Voltage DC Feeder” in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy (2022), and “Advancements in Centralized Protection and Control within a Substation” in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (2016, IEEE PES Prize Paper Award). His work is funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, utilities, and government agencies, and he ranks in the top 0.5% of researchers in the Energy field per a 2023 Stanford/Elsevier analysis.