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Hector Pulgar is an Associate Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He holds affiliations with the Tickle College of Engineering and the Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT). His research focuses on enhancing power system dynamics to integrate higher renewable energy penetration, with expertise in energy storage systems and grid stability. He has received the NSF CAREER Award (2021) and is a Fulbright Fellow. Dr. Pulgar teaches courses in power systems analysis and electric energy systems.
Education:
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)
- MS and BS in Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2003 and 2000)
Research interests include:
- Power system dynamics and stability
- Energy storage integration
- Renewable energy grid adaptation
- Machine learning for grid control
Grants and Funding:
- NSF CAREER Award #2044629 ($500K, 2021–2026)
- NSF #2033910 ($210K, 2020–2022)
- NSF #1509114 ($355K, 2015–2019)
Advising and Mentoring:
- Current PhD students: Sebastian Martinez, Francisco Zelaya
- Former students: Timothy Thacker, Horacio Silva, Yajun Wang, Paxton Wills, Michael Breuhl, Jonathan Devadason
- Leadership in a mentoring program for Hispanic engineering students
Labs and Teams: Active contributor to CURENT, focusing on wide-area grid resilience and electromechanical oscillation mitigation.
