Drones can play a significant role in the paradigm shift desired by several international
entities. Although many attempts to transport through the technology have encountered …

Several disastrous storms, such as Hurricane Sandy in 2012, that brought massive area
power outages for several days and even weeks in some areas, highlight the necessity of …

The use of electric vehicles is gaining momentum throughout the world. Low-carbon mobility
is a core area of focus for sustainable transportation in smart cities. Policy makers and …

This paper develops a machine learning outage prediction model (OPM) to serve as a
simulation framework capable of quantifying the reduction in damages to the distribution …

Power outages caused by severe storms produce enormous economic losses and societal
disruptions. Infrastructure hardening for a more resilient power grid can reduce weather …

Grid resilience and reliability are pivotal in the transition to low and zero carbon energy
systems. Tree-trimming operations (TTOs) have become a pivotal tool for increasing the …

This paper develops a statistical framework to analyze the effectiveness of vegetation
management at reducing power outages during storms of varying severity levels. The …

Critical to the resilience of utility power lines, tree failure assessments have historically been
performed via costly manual inspections. In this paper, we develop a convolutional neural …

Tree damage is a major cause of storm power outages in forested regions of the world which
results in substantial economic losses each year. Utilities must understand the effectiveness …

The adoption of light duty electric vehicles (EVs) in the past 5 years has accelerated
dramatically. As EVs continue penetrating the US market, it is critical to understand what a …