Education Background
Ph.D. - 1980 Iowa State University
M.S. - 1977 Iowa State University
B.S. - 1972 Iowa State University
Teaching Interests
Dr. Ortmeyer teaches courses in the area of power systems and equipment. He also teaches the introductory laboratory courses. He has also been involved with a series of project based honors courses on a variety of energy related topics.
Research Interests
Dr. Ortmeyer has research interests in power systems. Specific areas of research include power quality, power distribution, power electronics, and power system protection. He is currently involved in research into applications of electric power in the transportation sector.
Publications
- Y. Liu, J. Li, L. Wu, T. Ortmeyer. “Chordal Relaxation Based ACOPF for Unbalanced Distribution Systems With DERs and Voltage Regulation Devices.” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan. 2018), pp. 970-984.
- T. Ortmeyer. “Electromechanical Machinery Theory and Performance.” IOP Publishing, 2018.
- S. Mousavian, M. Erol-Kantarci, L. Wu, T. Ortmeyer. “A Risk-Based Optimization Model for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Response to Cyber Attacks.” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. Vol. 9, No. 6 (Nov. 2018), pp. 6160-6169.
- B. Nguyen, T. Vu, T. Ortmeyer, T. Ngo. “Distributed Dynamic State Estimation for Microgrids.” 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. Aug. 2020. DOI: 10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281461.
- T. Ortmeyer, T. Vu. “Energy Storage Peak Shaving Feasibility: Case Studies in Upstate New York.” 2021 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. July 2021. Paper 21PESGM0477
- T. Ortmeyer and B. Fisk. "Characterization of Distribution System Interruption Duration," Paper number 2012GM0790, 2012 IEEE General Power Meeting, San Diego, July, 2012.
- M. Schenne; A. Ziarani, and T. Ortmeyer. “A novel adaptive flicker measurement technique.” Electric Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 33 (2011). pp. 1686-1694.
- T. H. Ortmeyer, J. A. Reeves, D. Q. Hou, P. McGrath. “Evaluation of Sustained and Momentary Interruption Impacts in Reliability-Based Distribution System Design.” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 25, No. 4, Oct., 2010, pp. 3133-3138.
- T. Ortmeyer. “A Unified Index for Power Distribution Reliability/Power Quality Indices.” 2010 IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, September, 2010, Bergamo, IT. Paper 938.