Research

Research Interests

Microgrid Control, Energy Storage, Sustainable Energy, Complex Systems Engineering, Mobile Robotics, Embedded Real-time Systems, and Indigenous engineering education.

Journal Publications

D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, “Integration of Small Modular Reactors Into Renewable Energy-Based Stand-Alone Microgrids,” IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 57—63, 2022.
D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, “Review of integration of small modular reactors in renewable energy microgrids,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 152, Article 111638, Dec. 2021.
A. Sabir, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, “Load-Frequency Control with Multi-Module Small Modular Reactor Configuration: Modeling and Dynamic Analysis,” IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science, Vol. 68, No. 7, Jul. 2021.
D. Michaelson, H. Mahmood, J. Jiang, "Reduction of Forced Outages in Islanded Microgrids by Compensating Model Uncertainties in PV Rating and Battery Capacity," IEEE Power Energy Technol. Syst. J., vol.5, no.4, pp.129-138, Dec 2018
D. Michaelson, H. Mahmood, J. Jiang, "A Predictive Energy Management System using Pre-emptive Load Shedding for Islanded Photovoltaic Microgrids," IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, vol.64, no.7, pp.5440-5448, July 2017, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2677317
H. Mahmood, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "Reactive Power Sharing in Islanded Microgrids Using Adaptive Voltage Droop Control," IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol.6, no.6, pp.3052-3060, Nov. 2015
H. Mahmood, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "Decentralized Power Management of a PV/Battery Hybrid Unit in a Droop Controlled Islanded Microgrid," IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol.30, no.12, pp.7215-7229, Dec. 2015
H. Mahmood, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "Strategies for Independent Deployment and Autonomous Control of PV and Battery Units in Islanded Microgrids," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.3, no.3, pp.742-755, Sept. 2015
H. Mahmood, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "A Power Management Strategy for PV/Battery Hybrid Systems in Islanded Microgrids," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.2, no.4, pp.870-882, Dec. 2014
H. Mahmood, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "Accurate Reactive Power Sharing in an Islanded Microgrid using Adaptive Virtual Impedances," IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol.30, no.3, pp.1605-1617, March 2015

Conference Publications

D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "A Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Platform for a Vehicular Auxiliary Power System with Onboard PV," 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Novi, MI, June 19-21, 2019
D. Michaelson, H. Mahmood, J. Jiang, "A predictive energy management strategy with pre-emptive load shedding for an islanded PV-battery microgrid," Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE, pp.1501-1506, 10-13 Nov. 2013
H. Mahmood, D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "Control Strategy for a Standalone PV/Battery Hybrid System," Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE, pp.3412-3418, 25-28 Oct. 2012
D. Michaelson, J. Jiang, "Modeling of Redundancy in Multiple Mobile Robots," Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 2000
J. Harvey, C. Cheng, D. Michaelson, "High-Level Design of a MIROSOT Simulator," MIROSOT'96, KAIST, Taejon, Korea, 1996
A. Rawicz, W. Li, D. Michaelson, "A Device for Distributed Tissue Injection," World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp.591, 1994
B. Stewart, M. Hollingshead, J. Stinn, D. Michaelson, B. Tryggvason, "Infralink: A Data Transmission System for Microgravity Research," Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Microgravity Experimentation, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, pp.117-121, 1990
W. Li, D. Michaelson, A. Rawicz, "The MicroMouse Project at SFU: An Experiment in Collaborative Student-Organized Design Courses," Proc. of the 8th Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, Quebec City, pp.439-445, 1992.

Patents

D. Michaelson, J. Hishon, US patent 8001418 "Fault detection and correction for single and multiple media players connected to electronics displays, and related devices, methods and systems," issued August 16, 2011.
K. Stuart, D. Michaelson, E. Elliott, US patent 7519703 "Media content display system with presence and damage sensors," issued April 14, 2009.