Brief Biography

EDUCATION

  • Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering,  Clemson University, Clemson, August 2003
  • Master of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1997
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, 1989

 KEY EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

  • Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) Chair Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, August 2022, – July 2023.
  • Director, Clemson University Electric Power Research Association (CUEPRA), The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, January, 2019 – present.
  • Dominion Energy Distinguished Professor, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, August 2018 onward.
  • William Kersting Endowed Chair Professor, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, August 2018 .
  • William Kersting Endowed Chair Associate Professor, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, January 2014 – July 2018.
  • Associate Professor, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, August 2012 – July 2018.
  • Associate Director, Electric Utility Management Program, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, August 2009 – February 2018.
  • Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, July 2007 – July 2012.
  • Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Widener University, September 2003 – June 2007.
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, B.V.M College of Engineering, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India, December 1990 – August 1999.
  • Trainee / Assistant Engineer, Ahmedabad Electricity Company, Ahmedabad, India, August 1989 – December 1990.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE POSITIONS

  • Fellow, IEEE – citation: for contributions to power system protection with distributed and renewable generation.
  • Member IEEE PES – Power System Analysis Computation and Economics (PSACE) Committee; Past Chair, Distribution System Analysis Subcommittee.
  • Past Chair IEEE PES – Power and Energy Education Committee; Past Chair, Lifelong Learning Subcommittee.
  • Member, IEEE PES Power System Relaying and Control Committee.
  • Member of 15 Working Groups of IEEE PES Power System Relaying and Control Committee (PSRC); Chair, Working Group C24 – Modification of Commercial Fault Calculation Programs for Wind Turbine Generators.
  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery – 2014-2020.
  • Guest Editor in Chief, EEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Special Issue on Frontiers of Power System protection, 2015.
  • Technical Reviewer for major Power Systems journals, conferences and NSF panels.

AWARDS/HONORS

1. Ranked in the top 0.5% of researchers in the field of Energy and ranked 58,551 among researchers in all areas in a citation-based analysis published by Stanford University researchers in Elsevier BV in 2023 .
2. Clayton Griffin Best Student paper award: 2024 Georgia Tech Protective Relaying Conference, April, 2024 – Prabin Adhikari, Daniel Zintsmaster and Sukumar Brahma, “Validation and Hardware Implementation of Source-Agnostic Time-Domain Distance Relay”.
3. Best conference paper award, IEEE PES General meeting 2023, Orlando, FL: M. Jayamohan, S. Das and S. Brahma, “Impedance Trajectories during Stable and Unstable Power Swings in Presence of PQ Control based PV Generations”.
4. Best conference poster award, to Daniel Zintsmaster (my advisee): IEEE PES General meeting 2023, Orlando, FL: D. Zintsmaster, M. Gani, S. Brahma, “Hardware Implementation of dc Protection Algorithms”.
5. Best Conference Paper Runner-up Prize, IEEE PES North American Power Symposium 2022, Utah, October 2022 – S. M. Hossain and S. Brahma, “Resolving Sub-Cycle Overvoltage Issue in Solar Farms”.
6. Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) Visiting Chair Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2022-23.
7. Advisory Board Member, Idaho National Laboratory, 2020-2022.
8. IEEE PES Best WG recognition award – PES TR-71 – Microgrid Protection Systems, 2022 – WG member.
9. Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), 2021.
10. Outstanding Engineer Award, IEEE PES Piedmont Section, USA, 2020.
11. Fellow of the IEEE, January 2020. Citation: for contributions to power system protection with distributed and renewable generation, IEEE.
12. Best Conference Paper Runner-up Prize, IEEE PES North American Power Symposium 2019, Wichita, KS, October 2019 – Phani Harsha Gadde, Sukumar Brahma, “Realistic Microgrid Test Bed for Protection and Resiliency Studies”.
13. IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, February 2019, IEEE PES.
14. Dominion Energy Distinguished Professor in power Engineering, Clemson University, August 15, 2018 onwards.
15. IEEE PES Distinguished Service Award for Chairing PES Power and Energy Education Committee, 2018.
16. William Kersting Endowed Chair, New Mexico State University, January 2014 – August 2018.
17. Elected Member of the main committee of IEEE Power System Relaying and Control Committee (PSRCC), January 2016.
18. Received Donald C. Roush Award for Excellence in Teaching from New Mexico State University in Spring 2016.
19. IEEE PES Exceptional Reviewer Award, 2016 – IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
20. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Best Paper Award – IEEE PES PSRC Working Group K15, “Advancements in Centralized Protection and Control within a Substation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery – Vol. 31- 4, pp. 1945 – 1952, August 2016 – WG member.
21. IEEE PES WG recognition award – Outstanding Technical Report for Joint WG (PSRC and Substations Committee): IEEE C37.240 Standard Cybersecurity Requirements for Substation Automation, Protection, and Control Systems – WG member.
22. IEEE PES Technical Committee WG recognition award, 2015 – Technical Report: Use of Synchrophasor Measurements in Protective Relaying Applications, 2014 – WG member.
23. IEEE PES Technical Committee WG recognition award – Fault Contributions from Wind Plants, 2016 – WG member.
24. IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper Award – IEEE PSRC Working Group K15, “Advancements in Centralized Protection and Control within a Substation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery – Vol. 31- 4, pp. 1945 – 1952, August 2016 – WG member.
25. IEEE PES Citation of Appreciation for Chairing Lifelong Learning Subcommittee from 2008-2009.
26. IEEE PES Citation of Appreciation for Chairing Distribution System Analysis Subcommittee from 2010-2011.