David Lubkeman

Electrical and Computer Engineering

David Lubkeman has more than 25 years of experience in distribution systems and automation and has been an active participant in technical development activities, resulting in more than 40 publications and 13 US patents. His previous industry experience includes working at Sensus as a senior product manager for distribution automation; at KEMA consulting in the areas of smart grid business case analysis, large-scale energy storage and renewable energy integration; and at ABB, where he was involved in the development of solutions for distribution automation and asset management. Lubkeman’s prior academic experience was as an associate professor in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. He is also a licensed professional engineer.

Research Interests

Lubkeman’s research focuses on the area of power systems engineering. He leads the Electrical Power Systems Engineering (EPSE) Master of Science professional degree program. He also is a research faculty member associated with the NSF FREEDM Systems Center.

Education

DegreeProgramSchoolYear
Ph.D.Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringPurdue University1983
MSEEMaster of Science in Electrical EngineeringPurdue University
BSEEBachelor of Science in Electrical EngineeringPurdue University

Honors and Awards

  • 2015 | Fellow, IEEE

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Publications

A Secure and Adaptive Hierarchical Multi-Timescale Framework for Resilient Load Restoration Using a Community Microgrid
Shirsat, A., Muthukaruppan, V., Hu, R., Paduani, V. D., Xu, B., Song, L., … Tang, W. (2023), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, 14(2), 1057–1075. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2023.3251099
A Data-driven Pivot-point-based Time-series Feeder Load Disaggregation Method
Wang, J., Zhu, X., Liang, M., Meng, Y., Kling, A., Lubkeman, D., & Lu, N. (2021), 2021 IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (PESGM). https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638034
A Load Switching Group based Feeder-level Microgrid Energy Management Algorithm for Service Restoration in Power Distribution System
Hu, R., Li, Y., Zhang, S., Shirsat, A., Muthukaruppan, V., Tang, W., … Lu, N. (2021), 2021 IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (PESGM). https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638231
Agent-Based Modeling of Feeder-Level Electric Vehicle Diffusion for Distribution Planning
Sun, L., & Lubkeman, D. (2021), 2021 IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (PESGM). https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638119
Diesel Generator Model Parameterization for Microgrid Simulation Using Hybrid Box-Constrained Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm
Long, Q., Yu, H., Xie, F., Lu, N., & Lubkeman, D. (2021), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 12(2), 943–952. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2020.3026617
FeederGAN: Synthetic Feeder Generation via Deep Graph Adversarial Nets
Liang, M., Meng, Y., Wang, J., Lubkeman, D. L., & Lu, N. (2021), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 12(2), 1163–1173. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2020.3025259
FeederGAN: Synthetic Feeder Generation via Deep Graph Adversarial Nets
Liang, M., Meng, Y., Wang, J., Lubkeman, D., & Lu, N. (2021), 2021 IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (PESGM). https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638247
Hierarchical Multi-timescale Framework For Operation of Dynamic Community Microgrid
Shirsat, A., Muthukaruppan, V., Hu, R., Lu, N., Baran, M., Lubkeman, D., & Tang, W. (2021), 2021 IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (PESGM). https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638104
Impact of Transients Caused by PV Transformer Energization on Active Industrial Loads
Chandel, A., & Lubkeman, D. L. (2021). [Review of , ]. IETE TECHNICAL REVIEW, 38(4), 450–462. https://doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2020.1766386
Secondary Voltage and Frequency Regulation for Grid Re-Synchronization in Microgrid with Unified Virtual Oscillator Controlled Multi-port Converters
Bipu, M. R. H., Awal, M. A., Cen, S., Zabin, S., Khan, M., Lubkeman, D., & Husain, I. (2021), 2021 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE), pp. 900–905. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595901

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Grants

  • Developing large DER Protection Guidelines and Settings for Mitigating System-wide Impacts across Transmission and Distribution Systems, CAPER Enhancement Project
  • Universal Interoperability for Grid-Forming Inverters (UNIFI) Consortium
  • Developing a Combined System Model and Simulation Process for Integrated Planning and Operations across Transmission and Distribution Systems, CAPER Enhancement Project
  • Integrated Microgrid Control Platform
  • Photovoltaic Analysis and Response Support (PARS) Platform for Solar Situational Awareness and Resiliency Services
  • Enhancement Project for Center for Advanced Power Engineering Research (CAPER) led by Clemson University with NCSU being one of 3 partner institutions: Fundamentals of Power Engineering to Support Integration of Distributed Energy Resources
  • ECONOMICAL DATA-FUSED GRID EDGE PROCESSOR (EDGEPRO) FOR FUTURE DISTRIBUTION GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS
  • A Testbed to Study Interactions of PV Installations with Distribution Systems
  • Energy Management Strategies for Hybrids and Microgrids
  • Customer-Oriented Planning Strategies for Active Distribution Systems: Core project for Center for Advanced Power Engineering Research (CAPER) led by Clemson University with NCSU being one of 3 partner institutions
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