- Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Director, Renewable Energy and Advanced Power Electronics Laboratory (REAPER)
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Phone: 979-862-4985
- Email: rbalog@tamu.edu
- Office: WEB 236A
- Website: Research website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 2006
- M.S.E.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 2002
- B.S.E.E., Rutgers University – 1996
Research Interests
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- Advanced power electronics systems and controls solar photovoltaic and electrical energy storage power systems
- Photovoltaic balance of systems (BOS)
- Non-planar photovoltaic systems and building-integrated photovoltaics (BiPV)
- Techno-economic optimization of renewable resource-based energy systems
- Microgrids and distributed DC power systems
- Power quality enhancement in AC electrical distribution systems
- Model predicative control of power electronic systems
- Power electronics for solid state lighting (LED)
- Arc fault detection in photovoltaic, battery, and DC system
Certifications & Memberships
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
- Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), Texas
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), Illinois
Awards & Honors
- Co-Director, National Science Foundation Industry / University Collaborative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Next Generation Photovoltaics (NGPV)
- Assistant Director, Grid-Edge Modernization, Smart Grid Center of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Power Electronics Society – 2020-2021
- Patent and Innovation Award, Texas A&M University System Office of Technology Commercialization’s – 2017
- Technical Program Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) – 2016
- Distinguished Engineer Award, Rutgers College of Engineering – 2011
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, External Public Body – 2011
Selected Publications
- R.S. Balog, M. Shadmand, M. Metry, “The Load as a Controlled Energy Asset in DC Microgrids,” in DC Distribution Systems and Microgrids, London, United Kingdom: The Institute of Engineering and Technology, 2018.
- A. Kwasinski, W. Weaver, and R. S. Balog, Microgrids and other Local Area Power and Energy Systems, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- R. S. Balog and A. Davoudi, "Batteries, Battery Management and Battery Charging Technology," in Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, vol. 2, R. A. Meyers, Ed.: Springer Verlag, 2012, pp. 671-706.