Conference Papers

[1] N. Saqib, S. Bhattacharya, K. K. Challa, and G. Manimaran, “Impact Characterization of Cyber Attacks on Grid-Connected Microgrid Operations,” in Proc. 2024 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Ames, IA, USA, Oct. 2024, pp. 1–6, doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS61145.2024.10741631

[2] N. Saqib, F. C. Joseph, K. K. Challa, S. Bhattacharya and M. Govindarasu,” Impact of False Data Injection Attack on DER Integrated Distribution Systems”, 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting (Accepted)

[3] L. E. Guillen Montenegro and H. N. Villegas Pico, “Real-Time Simulation of Microgrids with Fast-Charging Stations and Grid-Forming Inverters,” 2024 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID), Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/eGRID62045.2024.10842672

[4] Almomani, M., Alkhonain, A. and Ajjarapu, V., 2025. Extended Sensitivity-Aware Reactive Power Dispatch Algorithm for Smart Inverters with Multiple Control Modes. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.05545

[5] Khatana V, Chakraborty S, Saraswat G, Patel S, Salapaka MV. A Distributed Malicious Agent Detection Scheme for Resilient Power Apportioning in Microgrids, Sep 30, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.19861

[6] V. Khatana and M. V. Salapaka, “Distributed Difference of Convex Optimization,” 2024 60th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-8, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/Allerton63246.2024.10735298

[7] M. Almomani, A. Alkhonain, and V. Ajjarapu, “Extended Sensitivity-Aware Reactive Power Dispatch Algorithm for Smart Inverters with Multiple Control Modes,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 2025 (Accepted).

[8] M. T. Rana, and M. V. Salapaka, “Learning Topology of Meshed Microgrids Using Voltage Magnitude,” ECCE 2025 (Submitted).

[9] Anurag Nagpure and Chee-Wooi Ten, “Residential Energy Arbitrage with BESS under Transformer Longevity and Load Constraints”, NAPS 2025 (Submitted).

Journals

[1] Khatana, V., Chakraborty, S. and Salapaka, M.V., 2024. A Plug and Play Distributed Secondary Controller for Microgrids with Grid-Forming Inverters. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.19866

[2] Arnab Dey, Vivek Khatana, Ankur Mani, Murti Salapaka, “Optimal Multimicrogrid Feedback System: Guaranteed Demand Fulfillment under Renewable Uncertainty”, submitted to the Automatica journal (under review)

[3] S. Chakraborty, M. T. Rana and M. V. Salapaka, “A Robust Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Interface Under Uncertain Software and Hardware System,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2024.3497340

[4] A. Dey, S. Chakraborty, M. V. Salapaka, “Topology Change Estimation in Power Distribution Networks: A Machine Learning Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. (Submitted)

Seminar/Posters Presentation

[1] N. Saqib, S. Bhattacharya, K. K. Challa, and M. Govindarasu, “Hardware-in-the-Loop CPS Security Architecture for Microgrid Monitoring and Control Applications,” presented at IEEE PES-GM, Austin, TX, July 2025.

[2] Mohammad Almomani, Ahmed Alkhonain, and Venkataramana Ajjarapu. “Extended Sensitivity-Aware Reactive Power Dispatch Algorithm for Smart Inverters with Multiple Control Modes”, 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting, Student Poster, Austin, TX, USA, July 2025.

[3] [3] H. Ravichandran and M. Govindarasu, “A Software-Based DER Protocol Translator for IEEE-1547 Compliant DER Integration,” IEEE PES General Meeting – Student Poster, Austin, TX, USA, Jul. 2025.

[4] Anurag Nagpure, Chee-Wooi Ten, and Manimaran Govindarasu, “Evaluation of Cyberattack Impacts on Distribution Grid Networks,” 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting, Student Poster, Austin, TX, USA, July 2025.