Chee-Wooi Ten

Chee-Wooi Ten is a tenured Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University, where he has served since 2010 and achieved tenure in 2016. He concurrently holds an Affiliated Professor appointment in Applied Computing and directs both the PSERC Site and ICC CPS Center. His institutional roles emphasize cyber-physical security integration within power infrastructure.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering from University College Dublin (2009)
• MSc in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University (2001)
• BSc in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University (1999)

Ten's research pioneers cyber-informed security engineering strategies for bulk power systems, focusing on quantifying rare events through system risk models and data science. His work bridges power grid interactions with robotics and transportation systems to advance decarbonization and electrification. Key methodologies include validating cyber-physical security frameworks against steady-state and dynamic grid approaches, with emphasis on attack/defense combinatorics and smart home technologies. This transdisciplinary approach supports the fourth industrial revolution's resilience requirements.

His publication trends reveal strong focus on risk-aggregated substation testbeds using generative adversarial networks, cyber insurance models for power systems, and cascading failure analysis from switching attacks. Recent works increasingly integrate machine learning with physics-based modeling to address cybersecurity threats in inverter-based resource integration and distribution emergency operations.

Ten has secured over $6.5M in active funding including:

• $2M DOE grant (MTU portion $105,000) for CyDERMS Center on DERs/Microgrids cybersecurity
• $704,409 CyManII award for secure digitalization in smart manufacturing
• $1.05M DOE ARPA-E grant for decarbonized freight transportation modeling
• NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program ($3.38M)

His grants consistently address risk management through data-driven and physics-based modeling, with industry partnerships through PSERC and utility collaborations.

As ICC CPS Center Director, he leads research on cyber-physical security testbeds and coordinates the PSERC Summer Transformation School. His team develops validation frameworks for NERC CIP compliance while addressing practical pain points in OT cybersecurity for grid operators.