Regents Professor Vijay Vittal is the Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor (2005) and ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems at Arizona State University. Prior to ASU, Vittal was an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor at the Iowa State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. In addition, Vittal was a Murray and Ruth Harpole Professor and director of the university's Electric Power Research Center and site director of the National Science Foundation IUCRC Power System Engineering Research Center. He also served as the program director for power systems for the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical and Communication Systems in Washington, D.C., from 1993 to 1994. He was the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems from 2005 to 2011.
Professor Vittal was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2004. In 2018, he received the IEEE Power and Energy Society Prabha. S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award and the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group Achievement Award. In 2013, he was awarded the IEEE Herman Halperin Transmission and Distribution Technical Field Award. He also received the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award in 2000. He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 1997 and also was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1985.
Educational Projects
PowerLearn Project
Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)
http://pserc.org
IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Activities
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 471 | Power System Analysis |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 591 | Seminar |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 576 | Power System Dynamics |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 575 | Power System Stability |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 470 | Electric Power Devices |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 591 | Seminar |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 576 | Power System Dynamics |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 575 | Power System Stability |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 576 | Power System Dynamics |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 575 | Power System Stability |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
2019 -- Regents Professor
2013 – IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award – IEEE Technical Field Award
2009 – IEEE Power and Energy Society, Working Group Recognition Award, Outstanding Technical Report – “Blackout Experience and Lessons, Best Practices for System Dynamic Performance and the Role of New Technologies.
2007 – IEEE Power Engineering Society, Power System Dynamic Performance Committee, Technical Committee Prize Paper Award
2007 – Named among the 150 “Visionaries” — individuals who built Iowa State University on the occasion of ISU’s sesquicentennial.
2006 – IEEE PES, Power System Dynamic Performance Comm., Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award
2005 – IEEE Power Engineering Society, Power System Dynamic Performance Committee, Distinguished service award.
2005 – Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor, Arizona State University
2004 – Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University
2004 – Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering
2003 – Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research.
2001 – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Power Engineering Society Technical Council Committee of the Year Award 2000-2001 – Power System Dynamic Performance Committee – Chair Vijay Vittal.
2000 – Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award, Power Engineering Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
2000 – Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award. Departmental Award for Student Recognition of Outstanding Classroom Performance.
1997 – Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
1989 – Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, presented by the College of Engineering, Iowa State University.
1988 – Faculty Award of Excellence, Presented annually by the NCR Corporation to recognize outstanding contributions to the Academic Education of Electrical Engineering Students.
1985 – Presidential Young Investigator Award, received from the President of the United States in recognition of research and teaching abilities.