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Ben Kroposki is the director of the Power Systems Engineering Center at NLR where he leads NLR's strategic research in the design, planning, and operations of electrical power systems. As center director, he manages engineers and scientists conducting research on power system devices and systems, sensing, measurement, and forecasting, operations and control, and power system design and planning. This work covers bulk power systems, distribution systems, and microgrids. Kroposki serves as cochair for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium, a partnership of 14 national laboratories to advance the modernization of the U.S. power grid. He has over 30 years of experience in the design, testing, and integration of advanced power solutions and systems.
Research Interests
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Energy Systems, Colorado School of Mines
Master, Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Data Center Power Systems: Architectures, Impact on Grid Reliability, Modeling Considerations, and Megawatt-Scale Hardware Testing
Shah, S., Gevorgian, V., Koralewicz, P., Wallen, R., Mather, B., Kroposki, B. & Kurtz, J., 2026, 42 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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UNIFI Specifications for Grid-Forming Inverter-Based Resources: Version 3
Kroposki, B., 2026, 66 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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A Large-Scale Hardware Experiment Demonstration of Operating High Inverter-Based Resource Power Systems With Grid-Forming Inverters
Wang, J., Ganguly, S., Hasan, A. S., Chakraborty, S. & Kroposki, B., 2025. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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A Large-Scale Hardware Experiment Demonstration of Operating High Inverter-Based Resource Power Systems With Grid-Forming Inverters
Wang, J., Ganguly, S., Hasan, A. S., Chakraborty, S. & Kroposki, B., 2025, 13 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Analysis of 1 Hz Oscillations Induced by Grid-Forming Plant in Kaua'i Power System
Dong, S., Tan, J., Ding, L., Lu, X., Kruse, C., Rockwell, B., Hoke, A. & Kroposki, B., 2025. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper