Acknowledgments

I profoundly thank the following Institutions for supporting my research group via either start-up funds and/or competitive research grants.

• The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University.

• The National Science Foundation

• The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences

• The National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• The Electric Power Research Center at Iowa State University

• The Power Systems Engineering Research Center

Please, refer to my CV for details on present and past research grants.