Mladen Kezunovic

Mladen Kezunovic, Ph.D., P.E., has 45 years of work experience serving the utility business as a Consultant and last 33 years simultaneously working at academia as a Professor. He acted as a Principal Investigator on over 150 research projects, mostly related to developing foundation for data analytics for power system disturbance analysis. He is the inventor of the first automated system for digital fault recorder data analysis introduced to the market over 20 years ago. His expertize spans across multiple data analytics issues such as theoretical foundation, solution design and practical implementation. He is the President and CEO of Test Laboratories International, Inc. for 15 years and XpertPower Associates for the last 10 years.He consulted for over 50 major companies around the world in over 30 countries on five continents. He also acted as a consultant for several government organizations in Brazil, China, Canada, Europe and Middle East. He contributed to development of several key standards for automated fault analysis such as COMTRADE, COMFEDE, Guide for Fault Location, and Naming Convention for Time-sequence Data. He was closely involved in recent development of synchrophasor standards 37.118.1-2011, 37.118.2-2, 37.242-2012, and 37.244-2012. He is author of two books, contributed to 5 edited books, published over 550 widely cited journal and conference papers, authored over 65 technical reports and gave over 120 invited lectures, seminars and short courses.

Areas of Expertise

  • Intelligent system applications to fault analysis and detection of cascading events
  • Protective relaying fundamentals and solutions
  • Standards development and implementation
  • Application (transient) testing of Digital relays and Phasor Measurement Units
  • Innovative predictive applications for power system protection, monitoring and control

Experience and Background

  • 40 years of utility industry experience
  • 25 years Member, IEEE Power Systems Relaying Committee (1986-2011)
  • 25 years, Principal Consultant, Test Laboratories International, Inc. dba XpertPower Associates
  • 33 years, Professor at Texas A&M University

Accomplishments and Industry Recognition

  • Member, DOE Electricity Advisory Committee, appointed by the US Secretary of Energy (2018-present)
  • Elected member, Governing Board, NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (2009-2013)
  • IEEE Life Fellow , IEEE P&E Society Distinguished Lecturer
  • Registered Professional Engineer in Texas (since 1993)
  • Inaugural IEEE Educational Activities Board Standards Education Award, 2011
  • CIGRE Fellow, Honorary and Distinguished Member and recipient of the U.S.  Committee Philip Sporn Award, Atwood Associate Award

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, 1980
  • M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, 1977
  • B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, 1974