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Research

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. L. Souto, J. Yip, W.-Y. Wu, B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein, Z.-L. Yang, C.W. King, S. Santoso, 2022. Power system resilience to floods: Modeling, impact assessment, and mid-term mitigation strategies. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Volume 135, February 2022, 107545.

Refereed Journal Articles Submitted and Under Revision

  1. B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J.J. Hasenbein, 2023. A two-stage stochastic programming model for electric substation flood mitigation prior to an imminent hurricane.
  2. B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J.J. Hasenbein, S. Santoso, 2023. Two-stage models for flood mitigation of electrical substations.
  3. B. Austgen, M. Garcia, J. Yip, B. Arguello, B. Pierre, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein, S. Santoso, 2023. Risk-averse three-stage investment optimization to improve power system resilience to winter storms.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. B. Austgen, D. Hofheins, A. Holder, P. Upadhyay; Scheduling foundry production without mold inventory. 14th INFORMS Computing Society Conference; Richmond, VA, USA; January 11-13, 2015.
  2. B. Austgen, J. Hasenbein, E. Kutanoglu; Impacts of approximate power flow models on optimal flood mitigation in a stochastic program; IISE Annual Conference and Exposition 2021; Online; May 22-25, 2021.
  3. B. Austgen, J. Hasenbein, E. Kutanoglu; Comparison of linear power flow approximation models in the context of winter storm planning; IISE Annual Conference and Exposition 2022; Seattle, WA, USA; May, 21-24, 2022.
  4. A. Shukla, B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; Budget allocation in optimizing power grid resilience to extreme weather: Hardening, preparation, or recovery? IISE Annual Conference and Exposition 2022; Seattle, WA, USA; May, 21-24, 2022.
  5. M. Garcia, B. Austgen, B. Pierre, J. Hasenbein, E. Kutanoglu; Risk-averse investment optimization for power system resilience to winter storms; IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition 2022; New Orleans, LA, USA; April 25-28, 2022.
  6. B. Austgen, M. Garcia, B. Pierre, J. Hasenbein, E. Kutanoglu; Winter storm scenario generation for power grids based on historical generator outages; IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition 2022; New Orleans, LA, USA; April 25-28, 2022.
  7. B. Austgen, S. Gupta, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; Stochastic hurricane flood mitigation for power grid resilience; IEEE PES General Meeting 2022; Denver, CO, USA; July 17-21, 2022.

Technical Reports

  1. C.W. King, J.D. Rhodes, J. Zarnikau, E. Kutanoglu, B. Leibowicz, D. Niyogi, V. Rai, S. Santoso, D. Spence, S. Tompaidis, H. Zhu, E. Funkhouser, B. Austgen; The timeline and events of the Feburary 2021 Texas electric grid blackouts; The University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute.

Conference Presentations

  1. B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; Optimized reinforcement of an electric power grid prior to imminent hurricane landfall; 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting; Online; November 7-13, 2020.
  2. B. Austgen; Decision-making for major power grid contingencies; Sandia National Laboratories Summer 2021 New Mexico Intern Symposium; Online; July 26-29, 2021.
  3. B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; Development of realistic natural hazard contingencies for synthetic power grids; 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting; Anaheim, CA, USA; October 24-27, 2021.
  4. W.-Y. Wu, Z.-L. Yang, B. Austgen, S. Tabassum, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein, C. King, S. Santoso; Incorporating hurricane forecasts into WRF-Hydro for ensemble generation; AGU Fall Meeting 2021; New Orleans, LA, USA; December 13-17, 2021.
  5. E. Kutanoglu, W.-Y. Wu, S. Tabassum, A. Skukla, Z.-L. Yang, C. King, S. Santoso, B. Austgen, J. Hasenbein, J. Yip; Closing the gap from uncertainty quantification to decision making: Integration prediction-optimization modeling of the critical infrastructure flood resilience; AGU Fall Meeting 2021; New Orleans, LA, USA; December 13-17, 2021.
  6. E. Kutanoglu, W.-Y. Wu, S. Tabassum, A. Skukla, Z.-L. Yang, C. King, S. Santoso, B. Austgen, J. Hasenbein, J. Yip; Integrated intelligence for electric grid resilience using storm surge and inland flood models; AGU Fall Meeting 2021; New Orleans, LA, USA; December 13-17, 2021.
  7. B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; A performance-constrained stochastic power flow model for flood resilience planning; 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting; Indianapolis, IN, USA; October 16-19, 2022.
  8. Z.-L. Yang, E. Kutanoglu, S. Santoso, J. Hasenbein, S. Tabassum, J. Yip, B. Austgen, C. King; Integrated decision support for adapting the power grid to climate change: Resilient infrastructure planning via transdisciplinary modeling; AGU Fall Meeting 2022; Chicago, IL, USA; December 12-16, 2022.

Poster Presentations

  1. B. Austgen, J. Yip, B.J. Pierre, E. Kutanoglu, S. Santoso; Critical node identification vulnerability modeling and topology optimization for the electric grid; UT Austin’s Spring 2021 Sandia Day; Online; April 8, 2021.
  2. B. Austgen, A. Shukla, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; An end-to-end framework for informing hurricane resilience in critical infrastructure; TACCSTER 2021; Online; September 23-24, 2021.
  3. B. Austgen, A. Shukla, Z.-L. Yang, S. Santoso, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; Integrated short- and mid-term flood resilience optimization for power grids; The University of Texas Energy Institute: Fueling a Sustainable Energy Transition Project Review; Austin, TX, USA; October 26, 2021.
  4. B. Austgen, E. Kutanoglu, S. Santoso, Z.-L. Yang, J. Hasenbein, C. King, A. Shukla, S. Tabassum, W.-Y. Wu, J. Yip, W. Kim, B. Bilir, B. Sahin, K.Y. Kim, L. Souto, G. Toplu Tutay, S. Gupta; Defending the electricity infrastructure against extreme weather events, now and in the future; The University of Texas Energy Institute: Fueling a Sustainable Energy Transition Program Review; Austin, TX, USA; October 26, 2021.
  5. B. Austgen, M. Garcia, B. Pierre, E. Kutanoglu, J. Hasenbein; Risk-averse investment optimization for power grid resilience to winter storms UT Austin’s Spring 2022 Sandia Day Austin, TX, USA; March 31, 2022.