CAPITANESCU Florin

About

I am leading research at LIST/ICES. I have a background in electric power systems (MSc in 1997, PhD in 2003). My major field of research comprises (for 25+ years) the planning, operation and control of electric power systems at both transmission and distribution layers. I have conducted extensive research and development activities for 20+ years with various types of optimization methods (e.g. nonlinear programming, mixed integer nonlinear programming, optimization under uncertainty via robust, chance-constrained or stochastic programming, mathematical programming with equilibrium constraints, bilevel optimization) for solving problems arising from the electric power systems area. A major part of this work has been specifically devoted to power system security (leading research in the security-constrained optimal power flow framework), optimal power flow, voltage instability, active/smart distribution grids, and smart sustainable buildings. In addition, for more than two years I have worked in the area of environmental sustainability, where I have explored multi-objective optimization approaches for environmental management problems, taking a life cycle assessment approach for the cost-efficient improvement of industrial processes sustainability. I am the first author of 58 peer-reviewed research papers (and single author in 15 of these papers) published in these topics. I have co-authored other 60+ peer-reviewed research papers. I have served as an editor across three IEEE Transactions journals: Power Systems, Sustainable Energy, and Smart Grid. I have been recognized as an outstanding editor in each of these these journals. I am a senior member of IEEE. I was listed in the 1% top researchers worldwide by the ranking produced yearly by Stanford University.

Mission

- conducting high quality research; - acquiring and leading scientifically projects; - supervising and mentoring early stage researchers;

Skills and expertise

• Electrical engineering, power engineering
• Optimization under Uncertainty
• Energy Flexibility
• Energy
• Operational research

Key collaborations

• University of Liège
• KU Leuven
• University of Mons
• Technical University of Ilmenau
• Imperial College London

Projects

• gENESiS: Energy management system for smart sustainable buildings : planning, operation and optimal integration in the smart energy
• ATTEST: Advanced Tools Towards cost-efficient decarbonisation of future reliable Energy SysTems
• ML4SCOPF: Machine learning based enhancements of security constrained optimal power flow computations
• TESTIFY: Transmission System Security Enhancement Through Distribution System Flexibility
• DEFIE: Decision-Focused learning for Identifying multi-period, uncertainty-aware operating envelopes: towards coordinating energy entities in smart grids