Ovidiu Crisan received an MS and a Doctor of Science degree, both in Electrical Engineering, in 1960 and 1972, respectively, from the Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara, Romania. He joined the University of Houston in 1984, as a Visiting Professor, and was tenured as Professor in 1991. Dr. Crisan is a member of the Editorial Board of "Electrical Machines and Power Systems", Hemisphere Publishing Corporation. At the University of Houston he directed 4 MS theses and 2 PhD dissertations, and currently is directing two MS theses. He is author or co-author of three books, and 52 referred papers.

 
-• Research and Academics

Ovidiu Crisan's main research and academic focus is in Power Systems Components modeling, Power Systems Operation and Control. Presently, he is concentrated in Voltage Stability/Voltage Collapse research, with direct application to the Electric Utilities.

 
-• Selected Publications

O. Crisan, and M. Liu, "Voltage Collapse Prediction Using an Improved Sensitivity Approach," Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 28, 1994, pp. 181-190.

O Crisan, and M. A. Mohtadi, "Efficient Identification of Binding Inequality Constraints in the Optimal Power Flow Newton Approach," IEE Proceedings-C, Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Vol. 139, No. 5, September 1992, pp. 365-370.

O. Crisan, Qin Yu, M. N. Ayub, and M Liu, "Reactance as a Function of Temperature and Frequency for HTS Bulk Samples," International Conference on Modern Aspects of Superconductivity (ICMAS-91), Proceedings, Paris, pp. 337-342, 7-8 October, 1991.