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Bernard Lesieutre

Bernie Lesieutre

Professor

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Contact

2546, Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 1993, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • MS 1988, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • BS 1986, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 2023 University of Wisconsin – Madison, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Department Faculty Service Award
  • 2023 IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES), Fellow
  • 2013 North American Power Symposium, Second Prize, Student Paper Contest
  • 2012 North American Power Symposium, First Prize, Student Paper Contest
  • 2012 University of Wisconsin – Madison, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Holdridge Excellence in Teaching Award
  • U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Canadian Minister of Natural Resources John Efford for work behalf of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force, Certificate of Appreciation

  • Lesieutre, B., Gu, Y., & Panciatici, P. (2024). Exploring Feasible Transition from Local to Global Optima in Power Systems. In 2024 60th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (pp. 1–8).
  • Elbert, S., Holzer, J., Veeramany, A., Coffrin, C., DeMarco, C., Duthu, R., Greene, S., Kuchar, O., Lesieutre, B., Li, H., & others, (2024). ARPA-E Grid Optimization (GO) Competition Challenge 2. DOE Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI); Pacific Northwest National~….
  • Holzer, J. T., Coffrin, C. J., DeMarco, C., Duthu, R., Elbert, S. T., Eldridge, B. C., Elgindy, T., Garcia, M., Greene, S. L., Guo, N., & others, (2024). Grid optimization competition challenge 3 problem formulation. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States).
  • Lesieutre, B., & Kumar, B. (2023). Participation Factor Analysis of Nonlinear Systems: Beyond Equilibria. In 2023 59th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) (pp. 1–5).
  • Taylor, S., Rangarajan, A., Rhodes, N., Snodgrass, J., Lesieutre, B., & Roald, L. A. (2023). California test system (CATS): A geographically accurate test system based on the California grid. IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, 2(1), 107--118.
  • Babaeinejadsarookolaee, S., Park, B., Lesieutre, B., & DeMarco, C. L. (2023). Transmission congestion management via Node-breaker topology control. IEEE Systems Journal, 17(3), 3413--3424.
  • Abdennadher, Y., Lindberg, J., Lesieutre, B., & Roald, L. (2022). Carbon Efficient Placement of Data Center Locations. In 2022 North American Power Symposium (NAPS) (pp. 1–6).
  • Babaeinejadsarookolaee, S., Park, B., Lesieutre, B., & DeMarco, C. L. (2022). Effective Congestion Management via Network Topology Optimization Based on Node-Breaker Representations. In 2022 North American Power Symposium (NAPS) (pp. 1–6).
  • Safdarian, F., Snodgrass, J., Yeo, J. H., Birchfield, A., Coffrin, C., Demarco, C., Elbert, S., Eldridge, B., Elgindy, T., Greene, S. L., & others, (2022). Grid optimization competition on synthetic and industrial power systems. In 2022 North American Power Symposium (NAPS) (pp. 1–6).
  • Lesieutre, B., Abdennadher, Y., & Roy, S. (2022). Model-enhanced localization of forced oscillation using pmu data. In 2022 58th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) (pp. 1–8).

  • E C E 203 - Signals, Information, and Computation (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 230 - Circuit Analysis (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 427 - Electric Power Systems (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 203 - Signals, Information, and Computation (Summer 2024)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 203 - Signals, Information, and Computation (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 203 - Signals, Information, and Computation (Summer 2023)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2023)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)