- Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Raytheon Company Professorship
- Phone: 979-847-9048
- Email: klbutler@tamu.edu
- Office: WEB 334F
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Southern University at Baton Rouge – 1985
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin – 1987
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Howard University – 1994
Research Interests
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- Computer and intelligent systems application to power distribution
- Systems, distribution automation and management, fault diagnosis
- Estimation of remaining life of transformers, intelligent reconfiguration
- System modeling and simulation for hybrid vehicles
Selected Publications
- O. Bassey, K. L. Butler-Purry, B. Chen. Dynamic Modeling of Sequential Service Restoration in Islanded Single Master Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 2020. 35(1):202-214.
- B. Chen, C. Chen, J. Wang, K. Butler-Purry. Sequential service restoration for unbalanced distribution systems and microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 2018.33(2):1507-1520.
- X. Feng, KL Butler-Purry, T. Zourntas. Real-time electric load management for DC zonal all-electric ship power systems. Electric Power Systems Research. 2018. 154:503-514.
- S. Liu, B. Chen, T. Zourntos, D. Kundur, K. Butler-Purry. A Coordinated Multi-Switch Attack for Cascading Failures in Smart Grid. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 2014; 5(3):1183-1195.
- S. Mashayekh, K. L. Butler-Purry. An Integrated Security-Constrained Model-Based Dynamic Power Management Approach for Isolated Microgrids in All-Electric Ships. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 2015; 30(6):2934-2945.