HA THU LE - Cal Poly Pomona

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: [email protected] 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 power and renewable energy, smart grid, energy storage, power system stability, demand response, energy conservation, distributed generation, optimization, power quality, and grid protection. 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. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching the following courses: 
ECE 310 Introduction to Power Engineering 
ECE 209 Network Analysis II 
ECE 307 Network Analysis III 
ECE 310L Power Engineering Laboratory 
ECE 207L Network Analysis I Laboratory 
ECE 209L Network Analysis II Laboratory 
ECE 499 Wind Power Systems Ha Thu Le CV Page 1 of 4 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  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:  Member, Senate Standing Committee (Academic Programs, 2014)  Member, Senate Standing Committee (Elections & Procedures, 2014‐2015)  Chair, ECE Scholarship Committee (2014‐2015) MEMBERSHIP & AWARDS  Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), and IEEE Power & Energy Society, 2003 – present.  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” Ha Thu Le CV Page 2 of 4 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$170K for US team). Project 3: “Increasing Capacity Credits and Firming Wind Power using Energy Storage Systems” PhD research project on wind power integration, grid stability and energy storage systems, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0725548, 2007 ‐ 2010). Role: Contributor to proposal and researcher. Project budget: US$ 200,000. PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS Peer ‐ Review Journals 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‐rpg.2011.0247, 2013. 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. Ha Thu Le, "Demand response: World experience and Vietnam application," UOD Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 57, issue 8, pp. 92‐99, 2012. 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 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, 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. 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. 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. Ha Thu Le CV Page 3 of 4 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 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. 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. Ha Thu Le, “Review of Application of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms in Generation Expansion Planning”, Project Report, University of Queensland, Australia, 2003. 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. Ha Thu Le, “Load Management Implementation at Two Large Power Utilities”, Special topic study report, University of Queensland, Australia, 2003. 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 4 of 4

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