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Michael Caramanis is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Systems Engineering at Boston University's College of Engineering. He holds affiliations with the Energy, Sustainability & Climate initiative. His research focuses on power markets, microgrid cyber capabilities, and stochastic production systems. Notably, he served on the Greek National Energy Council (1976-79), MIT Energy Laboratory (1979-82), and chaired Greece's Energy Regulatory Authority (2005-recently). His work emphasizes smart grid development, decision support algorithms, and integrating sustainable energy technologies like wind, storage, and EVs.
Education: PhD in Engineering/Decision and Control from Harvard University. Additional affiliations include Mechanical Engineering and Systems Engineering departments at BU.
Research Interests: Caramanis explores cyber-physical-energy systems, real-time market mechanisms, and load management. His recent work addresses distribution network retail markets, topology control algorithms (TCA), and the economic dispatch of distributed energy resources. Key areas include locational marginal pricing, demand response strategies, and grid resilience.
Publications: Over 100 peer-reviewed articles and co-authorship of Spot Pricing of Electricity (1988). Recent trends focus on smart grid algorithms, market design innovations, and integrating renewable energy into power systems. His research bridges optimization theory with practical grid challenges.
Grants & Projects: Funded by NSF, EPRI, NYSERDA, and industry. Projects include topology control for congestion mitigation, data center participation in markets, and distributed energy resource coordination. His work has been applied in PJM grid simulations and real-world distribution networks.
Labs & Teams: Leads research teams advancing smart grid controls and market mechanisms. Collaborates on projects like the AitF: Collaborative Research initiative and ETEM-SG: Smart Energy Systems. Active in developing policy frameworks for competitive electricity markets.
