Mladen Kezunovic

Mladen Kezunovic is a Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, and Eugene E. Webb Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. He leads the Power Engineering Research Center (PSerc) and specializes in protective relaying, computational intelligence, and smart grid technologies. With over 600 publications and 10 books, his work bridges academic research with industry applications through his consulting firm XpertPower™.

• Affiliations: College of Engineering, PSerc Consortium, IEEE Life Fellow, CIGRE Fellow
• Educations: Ph.D. (1980), M.Sc. (1977), and Dipl. Ing. (1974) in Electrical Engineering from University of Kansas and University of Sarajevo

His research focuses on data-driven grid resilience, including machine learning for outage prediction, synchrophasor analytics, and smart grid cybersecurity. Recent projects address weather-related outages, transformer life-cycle management, and hybrid energy system integration.

Key awards include membership in the US National Academy of Engineering (2022), IEEE Life Fellowship (2017), and global collaborations as a Guest Professor at Tsinghua University (2018–2021).

• Grants & Advising: Over $10M in sponsored research, advisor to 50+ industry projects, mentor to visiting scholars from Brazil, China, and Europe
• Labs: Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), Synchrophasor Analytics Lab, Smart Grid Cybersecurity Initiative