Ian A Hiskens
Ian A Hiskens is the Vennema Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also holds an Honorary Professorship in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland in Australia.
He received the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Applied Science (Mathematics) degrees from the Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education, Rockhampton, Australia in 1980 and 1983 respectively. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1991.
From 1980 to 1992, Dr Hiskens held various positions within the Queensland Electricity Supply Industry. This industry experience covered distribution system design, system operation and control, and transmission system planning. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia, from 1999 to 2002 a Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and from 2002 to 2008 a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr Hiskens' primary research interests lie in the analysis and control of power systems. Current projects include large-scale integration of wind generation, grid controllability, system integration of PHEVs, dynamics and control of microgrids, and the development of methods for analyzing the impact of uncertainty on system dynamic performance.
He is involved in numerous IEEE committees, is past Chair of the Technical Committee on Control of Energy Processing and Power Systems within the IEEE Control Systems Society, and past Chair of the Power Systems and Power Electronic Circuits Technical Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers from 2002 to 2005, and is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. He is the Treasurer of the IEEE Systems Council.
Professor Hiskens is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Professional Engineer in Australia.
HIskens is a MMPEI Faculty Fellow.