A P Meliopoulos

A.P. Meliopoulos is a Professor and Georgia Power Distinguished Professor at Georgia Tech's College of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering. He has been a faculty member since 1976 and specializes in power systems engineering.

• Education: Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (National Technical University of Athens, 1972), MSEE (Georgia Tech, 1974), Ph.D. (Georgia Tech, 1976)

Research Interests: Focus on power systems reliability, risk assessment, operations planning, electromagnetic influence, power quality, protective relaying, disturbance analysis, and simulation/visualization techniques. His work integrates distributed generation, renewable energy, and power electronics with grid modernization.

Scientific Contributions: Co-inventor of the Smart Ground Multimeter and Macrodyne PMU-based Harmonic Measurement System. Developed quadratization methods for power grid modeling, the SuperCalibrator for state estimation, and μGRID for stability analysis. Leads field demonstration projects with USVI-WAPA, NYPA, Southern Company, and PG&E.

• Laboratory: Established a state-of-the-art synchrophasor laboratory
• Leadership Roles: Site director for NSF I/URC PSERC, academic administrator for Power System Certificate program, chairman of Georgia Tech Protective Relaying Conference and Fault and Disturbance Analysis Conference

Scientific Awards:

• IEEE Fellow (1993)
• IEEE-IAS Richard Kaufman Award (2005)
• George Montefiore Institute Award (Belgium, 2010)
• Sigma Xi Young Faculty Research Award
• IEEE/PES Best Paper Awards (1984, 1987)
• Holds three patents and published three books