HA THU LE Electrical and Computer Engineering California State Polytechnic University Pomona 3801 West Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, USA Office: 9-413, Tel: (909) 869 2523, Email: hatle@cpp.edu Biography Dr. Ha Thu Le earned her BSEE from Odessa College (Ukraine, 1994), MEEE from the University of Queensland (Australia, 2003), MS and PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin (Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008 and 2010). Presently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Cal Poly Pomona. Prior to joining CPP, she has over 12-year work experience with several industrial, research, and academic institutions. She was a Project and Technical Executive with EAN Vietnam for 7 years and an Engineering Manager with Nata JSC (Vietnam) for over 2 years. Her US-based employment included appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Virginia Tech. Her research topics and interests include wind and solar power, smart grid, energy storage, power system stability and protection, demand response, energy conservation, distributed generation, optimization, and power quality. Her research has been published in peer-review international journals and presented at various IEEE conferences. Dr. Le participated in developing and implementing many training and research projects in Vietnam and in the U.S. Between 2007 and 2011, she was a developer and/or Co-Principal Investigator of three US-based research projects, which were funded by the National Science Foundation with the total funding of US$1.05 million. She reviews the work of other researchers in the field of power engineering for many international journals. Dr. Le teaches courses in electrical engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. She serves as Chair of ECE Scholarship Committee, Member of CPP Senate Standing Committees and an advisor for the university Power and Energy Society Student Club. EDUCATION Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), 2010, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA. M.S. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), 2008, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA; GPA: 3.6/4.0 M.E. (Electrical Engineering), 2003, University of Queensland, Australia; GPA: 6.2/7.0 B.S. (Electrical Engineering), 1994, Odessa College, Ukraine; GPA: 4.8/5.0 Ha Thu Le CV Page 1 of 5
WORK EXPERIENCE U.S. based positions Vietnam based positions Assistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, 1 year 4 months (Sept 2013 Present, full-time). Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 8 months (July 2010 Feb 2011, full-time). Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, 2.5 years (Fall 2007 Spring 2010, part-time. Intern, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Inc., 3 months (Summer 2006, fulltime). Engineering Manager, Nata JSC, 2 years 2 months (Apr 2011 Jun 2013, full-time). Project and Technical Executive, EAN Vietnam, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, 7 years (1995 2002, full-time). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching the following courses: 1) ECE 209 Network Analysis II 2) ECE 310 Introduction to Power Engineering 3) ECE 307 Network Analysis III 4) ECE 309 Control Systems Engineering 5) ECE 315 Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes 6) ECE 207L Network Analysis I Laboratory 7) ECE 209L Network Analysis II Laboratory 8) ECE 310L Power Engineering Laboratory Developed and teaching the following courses: 1) ECE 475 Wind and Solar Power Systems 2) ECE 575 Distribution System and Power Quality PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Performed review for the following journals: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Ha Thu Le CV Page 2 of 5
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy IEEE Power Engineering Letters IET Renewable Power Generation International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (Elsevier) Journal of Renewable Energy (Open access) Cal Poly Pomona: Chair, ECE Scholarship Committee (2014-2016) Member, Senate Standing Committee (Faculty Affairs, 2015-2016) Member, Senate Standing Committee (Elections& Procedures, 2014-2015) Member, Senate Standing Committee (Academic Programs, 2014) MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), and IEEE Power & Energy Society, 2003 present. Fellowship, Cal Poly Pomona Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities, 2015-2016. Recipient, Cal Poly Pomona Provost Teacher-Scholar Scholarship, 2014-2015. Recipient, U.S. Government Fellowship (VEF), 2004 2007. Recipient, Australian Development Scholarship (AusAID), 2002 2003. FUNDED U.S. RESEARCH PROJECTS Project 1: Role of the Smart Grid in Alleviating Electrical Power System Stress Conditions Through Demand Response University-industry collaborative R&D project on a smart-grid concept with smart end-use energy management, optimized demand response, energy conservation and renewable energy, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award No. 1114314, 2011-2013). Role: Key developer of proposal and Co-principal Investigator. Project budget: US$ 600,000. Project 2: US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Managing Grid Integration of Large-Scale Wind Power Parks using Energy Storage Technology and Demand Response Cooperative research between Virginia Tech and University of Cairo (Egypt) on large-scale wind power integration, energy storage systems, and demand response, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award No. 1104023, 2011-2013). Role: Key developer of proposal and U.S. team researcher. Project budget: US$ 250,000 (US$170K for US team). Ha Thu Le CV Page 3 of 5
Project 3: Increasing Capacity Credits and Firming Wind Power using Energy Storage Systems PhD research project on wind power integration, grid stability and energy storage systems, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0725548, 2007-2010). Role: Contributor to proposal and researcher. Project budget: US$ 200,000. PUBLICATIONS & TECHNICAL REPORTS Peer - Review Journals 1. Ha Thu Le and S. Santoso, "Operating compressed-air energy storage as dynamic reactive compensator for stabilizing wind farms under grid fault conditions," IET Renewable Power Generation journal, vol. 7, issue 6, pp. 717-726, doi 10.1049/iet-rgp.2011.0247, 2013. 2. Ha Thu Le, S. Santoso and Thang Quang Nguyen, "Augmenting wind power penetration and grid voltage stability limits using ESS: Application design, sizing, and a case study," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 27, Issue 1, 2012. 3. Ha Thu Le, "Demand response: World experience and Vietnam application," UOD Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 57, issue 8, pp. 92-99, 2012. 4. S. Santoso and Ha Thu Le, "Fundamental time-domain wind turbine models for wind power studies," Elsevier Renewable Energy journal, vol. 32, issue 14, pp. 2436-2452, doi 10.1016/j.renere.2006.12.008, 2007. IEEE Conferences 1. Anh-Huy Le, A. Giourdjian, A. Frankyan, V. Mandany and Ha Thu Le, " Design, Sizing and Operation of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Farming," to be presented at IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 2016, pp. 1-5. 2. D. S. Melvin, J. Le, O. Vazquez, R. Martinez and Ha Thu Le, " Smart Lighting Solutions: Energy Saving Designs for an Animal Protection Shelter," to be presented at IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 2016, pp. 1-5. 3. J. Glueck and Ha Thu Le, "Impacts of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on local distribution feeders," in Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2015, pp. 1-5. 4. Ha Thu Le, "Guidance-based hybrid lab training method for enhancing core skills of EE students," in Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2015, pp. 1-5. 5. Ha Thu Le and S. Santoso, "Increasing wind farm transient stability by dynamic reactive compensation: Synchronous-machine-based ESS versus SVC," in Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2010, pp. 1-8. Ha Thu Le CV Page 4 of 5
6. Ha Thu Le, S. Santoso, and W. M. Grady, "Development and analysis of an ESS-based application for regulating wind farm power output variation," in Proc. Power & Energy Society General Meeting, IEEE, 2009, pp. 1-8. 7. Ha Thu Le and Thang Quang Nguyen, "Sizing energy storage systems for wind power firming: An analytical approach and a cost-benefit analysis," in Proc. Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, IEEE, 2008, pp. 1-8. 8. Ha Thu Le and S. Santoso, "Analysis of voltage stability and optimal wind power penetration limits for a non-radial network with an energy storage system," in Proc. Power Engineering Society General Meeting, IEEE, 2007, pp. 1-8. 9. Ha Thu Le and T. K. Saha, "Investigation of power loss and voltage stability limits for large wind farm connections to a subtransmission network," in Proc. Power Engineering Society General Meeting, IEEE, 2004, pp. 2251-2256 Vol.2. Selected Technical Reports 1. Ha Thu Le et. al., Report for the Project on Investigation, Design, and Production of an Environment Monitoring and Alarm System (in Vietnamese), funded by Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, 2013. 2. Ha Thu Le, Hoc V. Le, et al., Report on Enhancing Automatic Monitoring Systems for Air and Water (in Vietnamese), Funded by the Vietnam Institute of Chemistry and Physics, 2012. 3. Ha Thu Le, Review of Application of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms in Generation Expansion Planning, Project Report, University of Queensland, Australia, 2003. 4. Ha Thu Le, Investigation of Voltage Sag, Voltage Swell, Harmonics and Effect of Transformer Winding Connection on Blocking Harmonics, Project Report, Universtiy of Queensland, Australia, 2003. 5. Ha Thu Le, Load Management Implementation at Two Large Power Utilities, Special topic study report, University of Queensland, Australia, 2003. 6. Ha Thu Le, Development of Renewable Energy from Government and Industry Perspective, Special topic study report, University of Queensland, Australia, 2003. Ha Thu Le CV Page 5 of 5