Recent News:
Broadwater featured in Virginia Issues & Answers (Jan. 2013)
Graph trace analysis for power system design (2010 Annual Report)
Software design courses boost corporate operations (April 2004)
Real-time control of distributed generation (April 2004)
DEW software helps utilities with real-time operation (Sept. 2002)
Office: 349 Durham
Mailing Address: 302 Whittemore (0111)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: (540) 231-3771
Fax: (540) 231-3362
vt.edu Email: dew
Title: Professor
Education:
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1977
M.S., Virginia Tech, 1974
B.S., Virginia Tech, 1971
Teaching Interests:
Graph Trace Analysis, Software Design, Electric Power Systems
Research Interests:
Software Systems, Cloud Computing, Power, Control
- Kevin Russell, Robert Broadwater, “Graph Trace Analysis Based Interdependent System Recoverability Analysis Criteria, Constraints and Measures,” Naval Engineers, 2011.
- Jaesung Jung, Haukur Asgeirsson, Thomas Basso, Joshua Hambrick, Murat Dilek, Richard Seguin, and Robert Broadwater, “Evaluation of DER Adoption in the Presence of New Load Growth and Energy Storage Technologies,” 2011 IEEE PES General Meeting, 2011.
- Josh Hambrick, Robert Broadwater, “Configurable, Hierarchical, Model-based Control of Electrical Distribution Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2010.
- Y. Liang, K. S. Tam, R. Broadwater, “Load Calibration and Model Validation Methodologies for Power Distribution Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2010.
- D. Kleppinger, R. Broadwater, “Generic Reconfiguration for Restoration,” Electric Power Systems Research Journal, 2010.
- Lynn R. Feinauer, Molly E. Ison, and Robert P. Broadwater, “Generic Algorithms for Analysis of Interdependent Multi-Domain Network Systems,” International Journal on Critical Infrastructures, 2010.
- D. Cheng, D. Zhu, R. Broadwater, S. Lee, “A Graph Trace Based Reliability Analysis of Electric Power Systems with Time Varying Loads and Dependent Failures,” , Electric Power Systems Research Journal, 2009.
- M. Dilek, Francisco de Leon, R. Broadwater, “A Robust Multi-phase Power Flow for General Distribution Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2009.
- Lynn R. Feinauer, Kevin J. Russell and Robert P. Broadwater, “Graph Trace Analysis and Generic Algorithms for Interdependent Reconfigurable System Design and Control,” Naval Engineers Journal, 2008.
- Dan Zhu, Danling Cheng, Robert Broadwater, Charlie Scirbona, “Storm Modeling for Prediction of Power Distribution System Outages,” Electric Power Systems Research, 2007.


