PANIDA JIRUTITIJAROEN
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
4 Engineering Dr, Singapore 117576
(+65) 6516-5569
http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/stfpage/elejp/
elejp@nus.edu.sg
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, August 2007
Advisor Dr. Chanan Singh
Chulalongkorn University,
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors), March 2002
Dean’s list 1998, 1999 and 2001
Bangkok, Thailand
RESEARCH INTEREST
Power system analysis, Reliability theory applied to power systems, Optimization techniques applied to power
systems, Cyber-security of energy systems.
SERVICE
Vice Chair, IEEE Power and Energy Chapter, Singapore Section
Secretary, IEEE PES Reliability, Risk and Probability Applications Subcommittee
Thailand Senate Honorary Adviser, Senate Committee on Energy
Department Management Committee, ECE, NUS
Department Academic Committee, ECE, NUS
Secretary, IEEE Power and Energy Chapter, Singapore Section
Committee Member, IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics, Singapore Section
Secretary, IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics, Singapore Section
Committee Member, IEEE Power and Energy Chapter, Singapore Section
Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Jan 2012-present
Aug 2011-present
Apr 2011-present
Jan 2010-present
Jan 2010-present
Jan 2010-Dec 2011
Jan 2010-Dec 2011
Jan 2009-Dec 2009
Jan 2008-Dec 2009
Aug 2007-present
Dec 2006-present
RESEARCH PROJECT
PI, Modeling and Analysis of Cyber-security Impact on Energy Delivery Systems for Resilient and Reliable
Smart Grid, 03/12-02/15, S$139,600
Co-PI, Computational Tools for Optimal Planning and Scheduling of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources,
08/08-02/12, S$805,000
PI, Optimization Techniques and Computational Tools for Reliability Analysis of a Large Interconnected
Network, 03/08-02/11, S$173,300
PUBLICATION
Journal
Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Comparison of Simulation Methods for Power System Reliability
Indexes and their Distributions”, IEEE transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 486-493, May
2008.
2. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Reliability Constrained Multi-Area Adequacy Planning Using
Stochastic Programming with Sample-Average Approximations”, IEEE transactions on Power Systems, Vol.
23, No. 2, pp. 504-513, May 2008.
3. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Reliability and Cost Trade-Off in Multi-Area Power System
Generation Expansion Using Dynamic Programming and Global Decomposition”, IEEE Transactions on
Power Systems, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 1327-1332, August 2006.
4. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “The Effect of Transformer Maintenance Parameters on Reliability
and cost: a probabilistic model”, Electric Power System Research, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 213-224, December
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Zhen Shu and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Latin Hypercube Sampling Techniques for Power Systems Reliability
Analysis with Renewable Energy Sources”, IEEE transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 20662073, November 2011.
Saranga K. Abeygunawardane and Panida Jirutitijaroen, "New State Diagrams for Probabilistic
Maintenance Models", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 2207-2213, November 2011.
Naran M. Pindoriya, Panida Jirutitijaroen, Dipti Srinivasan, and Chanan Singh, "Composite Reliability
Evaluation Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Least Squares Support Vector Classifier", IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 2483-2490, November 2011.
Bordin Bordeerath and Panida Jirutitijaroen, "Techniques for Improving Precision and Construction
Efficiency of a Pattern Classifier in Composite System Reliability Assessment", Electric Power System
Research, Vol. 88, July 2012, Pages 33–41.
Yang Dazhi, Panida Jirutitijaroen, and Wilfred M. Walsh, “Hourly Solar Radiation Time Series Forecast
Using Cloud Cover Index”, submitted to Solar Energy, March 2012, second review.
Xiong Peng and Panida Jirutitijaroen, "A Two-Stage Adjustable Robust Optimization for Unit Commitment
under Uncertainty", submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, May 2012, second review.
Panida Jirutitijaroen, Sujin Kim, Oran Kittithreerapronchai and Jose Prina, “Optimizing Natural Gas
Supply and Energy Portfolios of a Generation Company", submitted to Applied Energy, February 2012.
Conference
Xiong Peng and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “An Adjustable Robust Optimization Approach for Unit Commitment
under Outage Contingencies”, in Proceedings of the 2012 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San
Diego, California, July 2012.
2. Zhen Shu and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Optimal Sizing of Energy Storage System for Wind Power Plants”, in
Proceedings of the 2012 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, California, July 2012.
3. Saranga K. Abeygunawardane and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Effects of Maintenance on Reliability of
Probabilistic Maintenance Models”, 12th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to
Power Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2012.
4. Bordin Bordeerath and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Hybrid Enumeration and Conditional Probability Approach
for Reliability Analysis of Power Systems with Renewable Energy Sources”, 12th International Conference
on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2012.
5. Yang Dazhi, Wilfred M. Walsh, and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “The Estimation of Clear Sky Global Horizontal
Irradiance at the Equator”, 2011 PV Asia Pacific Conference, Singapore, November 2011.
6. Lian Zijuan, Saranga K. Abeygunawardane, and Panida Jirutitijaroen, "Smart Asset Management of Aging
Devices in Energy Systems: A Case Study of Transformers", the second European conference and exhibition
on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT-EUROPE 2011), Manchester, UK, October 2011.
7. Yonghe Guo, Chee-Wooi Ten, and Panida Jirutitijaroen, "Data Integrity Validation Framework for
Distribution System Operations", 7th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research
Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, October 2011.
8. Xiong Peng and Panida Jirutitijaroen, "Stochastic Unit Commitment Using Multi-Cut Decomposition
Algorithm with Partial Aggregation", in Proceedings of the 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting,
Detroit, Michigan, July 2011.
9. Yin Hong Chang, Panida Jirutitijaroen, and Chee-Wooi Ten “A Simulation Model for Cyber-security
Assessment of Energy Metering Devices in Distribution System”, 5th International Conference on Critical
Infrastructures (CRIS), May 2010.
10. Jianguang Deng and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Short-Term Load Forecasting Using Time Series Analysis: A
Case Study for Singapore”, 2010 International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, June
2010.
11. Saranga K. Abeygunawardane and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “A Realistic Maintenance Model Based on a New
State Diagram”, 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems,
Singapore, June 2010.
12. Oran Kittithreerapronchai, Panida Jirutitijaroen, Sujin Kim, and Jose Prina, “Optimizing Natural Gas
Supply and Energy Portfolios of a Generation Company”, 11th International Conference on Probabilistic
Methods Applied to Power Systems, Singapore, June 2010.
13. Xiong Peng and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Convergence Acceleration Techniques for the Stochastic Unit
Commitment Problem”, 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems,
Singapore, June 2010.
14. Zhen Shu, Panida Jirutitijaroen, “Non-sequential Simulation Methods for Reliability Analysis of Power
Systems with Photovoltaic Generation”, 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to
Power Systems, Singapore, June 2010.
15. Saranga K. Abeygunawardane and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “A Markov Model for a Wind Energy Conversion
System with Condition Monitoring”, in Proceedings of the 2009 international technical conference of IEEE
Region ( TENCON 2009), page(s) 1-6, Singapore, November 2009.
16. Usama Asif and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “An Optimization Model for Risk Management in Natural Gas Supply
and Energy Portfolio of a Generation Company”, in Proceedings of the 2009 international technical
conference of IEEE Region ( TENCON 2009), page(s) 1-6, Singapore, November 2009.
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17. Xiong Peng and Panida Jirutitijaroen, “A Probabilistic Unit Commitment Problem with Photovoltaic
Generation System”, in Proceedings of the 2009 international technical conference of IEEE Region
( TENCON 2009), page(s) 1-6, Singapore, November 2009.
18. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Comparative Study of System-Wide Reliability-Constrained
Generation Expansion with Unit Availability Considerations”, in Proceedings of the 2008 International
Conference on Power System Technology, New Delhi, India, October 2008.
19. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Composite-System Generation Adequacy Planning Using
Stochastic Programming with Sample-Average Approximation”, in Proceedings of the 16th Power Systems
Computation Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 504-513, July 2008.
20. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Unit Availability Considerations in Composite-System Generation
Planning”, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Probabilistic Method Applied to Power
System, page(s) 1-5, Rincon, Puerto Rico, May 2008.
21. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Comparative Study of System-Wide Reliability-Constrained
Generation Expansion Problem”, in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electric Utility
Deregulation and Restructuring and Power Technologies, pp. 675-678, Nanjing, China, April 2008.
22. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Stochastic Programming Approach for Unit Availability
Consideration in Multi-Area Generation Expansion Planning”, in Proceedings of the 2007 Power
Engineering Society General Meeting, page(s) 1-5, Tempa, Florida, June 2007.
23. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Multi-Area Generation Adequacy Planning Using Stochastic
Programming”, in Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, pp. 13271332, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2006.
24. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “A Hybrid Method for Multi-Area Generation Expansion using
Tabu-search and Dynamic Programming”, in Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Power
System Technology , page(s) 1-5, Chongqing, China, October 2006.
25. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “A Global Decomposition Algorithm for Reliability Constrained
Generation Planning and Placement”, in Proceedings of the 9 th International Conference on Probabilistic
Method Applied to Power Systems, page(s) 1-5, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2006.
26. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “A Method for Generation Adequacy Planning in Multi-Area Power
Systems Using Dynamic Programming and Global Decomposition”, in Proceedings of the 2006 Power
Engineering Society General Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2006.
27. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “A Global Decomposition Algorithm for Reliability Constrained
Transmission Line Planning in Multi-Area Power Systems”, student poster of the 2006 IEEE PES
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, May 2006.
28. Satish Natti, Panida Jirutitijaroen, Malden Kezunovic, and Chanan Singh, “Circuit Breaker and Transformer
Inspection and Maintenance: Probabilistic Models”, in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on
Probabilistic Method Applied to Power System, pp. 1003-1008, Ames, Iowa, September 2004.
29. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, “Oil-immersed Transformer Inspection and Maintenance:
Probabilistic models”, North American Power Symposium, Rolla, Missouri, October 2003.
Book Chapter
1. Panida Jirutitijaroen and Chanan Singh, "Power System Reliability Considerations in Energy Planning
Problem", book chapter, Handbook of Networks in Power Systems I.
INVITED PRESENTATION
Stochastic Unit Commitment with Reliability Constraints
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, USA
Nov 2011
Smart Grid Design for Reliability
Symposium on Information Technology for Smart Grid Systems, Singapore
Dec 2010
A Probabilistic Unit Commitment Formulation with Photovoltaic Systems
The 2009 ASEAN Symposium on Power and Energy Systems, Hua Hin, Thailand
Sep 2009
Recent Development in Power Systems Optimization Problems
Energy Research Institute and Power System Research Laboratory, Chulalongkorn University Jan 2009
Recent Development in Reliable Energy Market in the US and Singapore
Electrical Engineering and Maintenance Forum, World Engineering Congress,
Bangkok, Thailand
Jun 2008
Reliability Constrained Multi-Area Adequacy Planning Using Stochastic Programming with
Sample-Average Approximations
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle
Mar 2007
Mar 2007
Nov 2007
COURSE TAUGHT
EE5712 Power System Reliability
Fall 2008, 2009, 2010
EE4511 Sustainable Energy System
Fall 2010, Spring 2012
EE2022 Electrical Energy Systems (core module for all ECE undergraduates)
Fall 2011, Spring 2012
EE5702R Advanced Power System Analysis (core module for all PES graduates)
Fall 2011
AWARD
IEEE PES Faculty Recognition Award, 2011 IEEE Power & Energy Society Student Prize Paper Award in
Honor of T.Burke Hayes.