Juan Ospina

Los Alamos National Laboratory · Los Alamos, NM 87545

jjospina@lanl.gov

juanospinacasas@gmail.com

I am a researcher and engineer currently working as a Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). I received a dual Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Florida State University in 2016, 2018, and 2019 respectively.

I have extensive experience in the modeling and optimization of electric power systems, renewable energy integration, cybersecurity, real-time simulation, and other smart-grid applications. I believe in a sustainable, secure, and energy-efficient society driven by innovation and automation; that is why I find rewarding to work in areas related to machine learning, data analysis, reinforcement learning, optimization, real-time simulation, and cybersecurity with applications related to the power and energy fields.

Membership in Professional Organizations

IEEE PES Task Force on Resilient and Secure Large-Scale Energy Internet Systems (TF RSEI). Secretary (2021 - present).
National Postdoc Association (NPA). Member (2021 - present).
IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). Member (2013 - present).
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Member (2013 - present).
Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) Honor Society. Member (2015 - present).
Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) Honor Society. Secretary (2015-2016).

Experience

Scientist

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Los Alamos, NM

Jun 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Los Alamos, NM

Mar 2021 - Jun 2023

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS): Decision & Secure Systems (DSS) Lab.

Tallahassee, FL

Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

Data Analysis & Forecasting for Bulk System Renewable Integration Student Engineer

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Palo Alto, CA

May 2019 - Aug 2019

Graduate Research Assistant

Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) & FAMU-FSU College of Engineering : Modeling & Simulation (ModSim) Lab.

Tallahassee, FL

May 2016 - Dec 2019

Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Student Analyst

Industrial Assessment Center, Department of Energy (DOE) & FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Tallahassee, FL

Sept 2016 - Dec 2019

Computer Engineer Intern

ID Tech Logistics

Panama City, Panama

May 2015 - Aug 2015

Education

Florida State University

Ph.D.

Electrical Engineering

Tallahassee, FL

Sept 2016 - Dec 2019

Florida State University

Masters

Electrical Engineering

Tallahassee, FL

Sept 2016 - Dec 2018

Florida State University

Bachelor of Science

Electrical Engineering

Tallahassee, FL

Sept 2011 - May 2016

Florida State University

Bachelor of Science

Computer Engineering

Tallahassee, FL

Sept 2011 - May 2016

Skills

Programming Languages

C/C++
Python
Julia
MATLAB
Assembly
HTML5
JavaScript
PHP
VHDL

Software Tools

PowerModels.jl
PowerModelsDistribution.jl
PowerModelsITD.jl
Docker
Git
Tensorflow
OpenDSS
MATLAB/Simulink
MATPOWER
Power Systems Analysis Toolbox (PSAT)
RT-LAB (OPAL-RT)
CORE: Common Open Research Emulator
ExataCPS
Keras
OpenDNP3
OpenPDC
NI LabVIEW
Modelsim Quartus
Multisim
System Advisor Model (SAM)
OrCAD/Diptrace
Databases: SQL, SQLite, MySQL
GNU/Linux

Talks and Presentations

"Modeling & Co-optimizing Integrated Transmission & Distribution Systems". Invited presentation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Auburn University. February 2024. | Slides

"Co-optimizing Integrated Transmission-Distribution Systems using PowerModelsITD.jl". Invited panelist on State-of-the-Art Review on TSO-DSO Coordination Models and Solution Methodologies panel at the 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. July 2023. | Slides

"Modeling and Co-optimizing Integrated Transmission-Distribution Systems". Invited presentation talk for New Mexico State University (NMSU) & Microgrid Systems Laboratory seminar. May 2023. | Slides

"Modeling and Co-optimizing Integrated Transmission-Distribution (ITD) Systems using PowerModelsITD.jl". Poster session for Office of Electricity (OE) Deparment of Energy (DOE) visit. May 2023. | Slides

"Towards the Secure Operation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPES)". Invited presentation talk for the Research on Computing Systems (ROCS) Joint Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). November 2022. | Slides

"Towards the Optimization of Integrated Transmission-Distribution Networks via the Rapid Prototyping of OPF Formulations with PowerModelsITD.jl". NREL Fifth Workshop on Autonomous Energy Systems. July 2022. | Slides

"Framework for Evaluating Cyberthreats targeted at Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPES): From Threat Modeling to Co-simulation Case Studies”. IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) TC10 Design Methodologies web-seminar series. April 2022. | Slides

"DEMO: Trustworthy CPES: Time-Delay Attacks in a Real-Time Co-Simulation Environment”. November 2020. | Video

"Optimal Energy Management of Microgrids using Sampling-Based Model Predictive Control (SBMPC)", GEARED Poster Session - Distributech 2019, New Orleans, February 2019.

"Optimal Control of PV-Integrated Energy Storage System using SBMPC", FAMU-FSU/CAPS-Georgia Tech. Joint Seminar, November 2018.

"Cost Optimal Control of Microgrids Having Solar Power and Energy Storage", 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D) - PES Poster Session, April 2018.

"Forecasting of PV Plant Output Using Weather Data and Wavelet-Based Neural Network", FEEDER Seminar Series Fall 2017, October 2017.

"Optimal Control of PV and Energy Storage Considering Current and Future Weather and Real-time Price of Energy", FAMU-FSU COE ECE Seminar, October 2017.

"Development of Optimal Control Systems developed for the Smart Grid", 2017 Collaborative Collision Environment, Florida State University, September 2017.

"Smart Enterprise Energy Management System Under Real-time Pricing and Demand Response", GEARED Poster Session - Distributech 2017, San Diego, February 2017.

Publications

Modeling and Rapid Prototyping of Integrated Transmission-Distribution OPF Formulations with PowerModelsITD.jl

In: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2023.3234725

J. Ospina, D. M. Fobes, R. Bent, A. Wächter

On the Feasibility of Market Manipulation and Energy Storage Arbitrage via Load-Altering Attacks

In: Energies, Special Issue Cyber Security in Modern Power Systems , 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041670.

J. Ospina, D. M. Fobes, R. Bent

Load-Altering Attacks Against Power Grids under COVID-19 Low-Inertia Conditions

In: IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy , vol. 9, pp. 226-240, 2022, doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2022.3155973.

S. Lakshminarayana, J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou

CPES-QSM: A Quantitative Method Towards the Secure Operation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3210402.

J. Ospina, V. Venkataramanan, C. Konstantinou

Evaluation of Communication Network Models for Shipboard Power Systems

In: 2021 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS) , 1-9, August 2021.

J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou, M. Stanovich, M. Steurer

Controller Hardware-In-the-Loop Validation of Coordinated Voltage Control Scheme for Distribution Systems Containing Inverter-Based Distributed Generation

In: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, Early Access.

A. Newaz, J. Ospina, Md. O. Faruque

Faster than Real-Time Simulation: Methods, Tools, and Applications

In: MSCPES '21: Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems , Article No.: 3, Pages 1-–7, May 2021.

X. Liu, J. Ospina, I. Zografopoulos, A. Russell, C. Konstantinou

Cyber-Physical Energy Systems Security: Threat Modeling, Risk Assessment, Resources, Metrics, and Case Studies

In: IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 29775-29818, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3058403.

I. Zografopoulos, J. Ospina, X. Liu, C. Konstantinou

A Review of Current Research Trends in Power-Electronic Innovations in Cyber-Physical Systems

In: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2021.3051876.

S. K. Mazumder et al.

On the Feasibility of Load-Changing Attacks in Power Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In: IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 2545-2563, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3047374.

J. Ospina, X. Liu, C. Konstantinou and Y. Dvorkin

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity Assessment of Wind Integrated Power Systems

In: IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 208378-208394, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3038769.

X. Liu, J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou

DEMO: Trustworthy Cyberphysical Energy Systems: Time-Delay Attacks in a Real-Time Co-Simulation Environment

In: Proceedings of the 2020 Joint Workshop on CPS&IoT Security and Privacy, in conjunction with the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3411498.3422926 .

Juan Ospina

Membership in Professional Organizations

Experience

Scientist

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Data Analysis & Forecasting for Bulk System Renewable Integration Student Engineer

Graduate Research Assistant

Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Student Analyst

Computer Engineer Intern

Education

Florida State University

Florida State University

Florida State University

Florida State University

Skills

Talks and Presentations

Publications

In: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2023.3234725

J. Ospina, D. M. Fobes, R. Bent, A. Wächter

In: Energies, Special Issue Cyber Security in Modern Power Systems , 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041670.

J. Ospina, D. M. Fobes, R. Bent

In: IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy , vol. 9, pp. 226-240, 2022, doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2022.3155973.

S. Lakshminarayana, J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou

In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3210402.

J. Ospina, V. Venkataramanan, C. Konstantinou

In: 2021 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS) , 1-9, August 2021.

J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou, M. Stanovich, M. Steurer

In: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, Early Access.

A. Newaz, J. Ospina, Md. O. Faruque

In: MSCPES '21: Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems , Article No.: 3, Pages 1-–7, May 2021.

X. Liu, J. Ospina, I. Zografopoulos, A. Russell, C. Konstantinou

In: IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 29775-29818, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3058403.

I. Zografopoulos, J. Ospina, X. Liu, C. Konstantinou

In: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2021.3051876.

S. K. Mazumder et al.

In: IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 2545-2563, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3047374.

J. Ospina, X. Liu, C. Konstantinou and Y. Dvorkin

In: IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 208378-208394, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3038769.

X. Liu, J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou

In: Proceedings of the 2020 Joint Workshop on CPS&IoT Security and Privacy, in conjunction with the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3411498.3422926 .

J. Ospina, I. Zografopoulos, X. Liu, C. Konstantinou

In: 2020 IEEE 38th International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2020.

I. Zografopoulos, J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou

In: 2020 IEEE CyberPELS (CyberPELS), 2020.

C. Ogilvie, J. Ospina, C. Konstantinou, T. Vu, M. Stanovich, K. Schoder, M. Steurer

In: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 520-528, March 2020.

A. Newaz, J. Ospina, Md. O. Faruque

In: The Journal of Engineering, (1), p. 19-28, 2019.

M. U. Usman, J. Ospina, Md. O. Faruque

In: IEEE Power and Energy Technology Systems Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 195-207, Dec. 2019.

J. Ospina, N. Gupta, A. Newaz, M. Harper, M. Omar Faruque, E. G. Collins, R. Meeker, G. Lofman.

In: 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-5.

J. Ospina, M. Harper, A. Newaz, M. Omar Faruque, E. G. Collins, R. Meeker, N. Ainsworth

In: 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-5.

A. Newaz, J. Ospina, M. O. Faruque.

In: IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1087-1095, 20 5 2019.

J. Ospina, A. Newaz, M. O. Faruque.

In: 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 1-6.

M. U. Usman, J. Ospina, M. O. Faruque.

In: 2018 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), Denver, CO, 2018, pp. 1-9.

N. Gupta, G. Francis, J. Ospina, A. Newaz, E. G. Collins, O. Faruque, R. Meeker, M. Harper.

Patent. Florida State University Research Foundation Inc., 2019/2021. U.S. Patent 11,043,815.

R. Meeker, M. O. Faruque, J. Ospina, A. Newaz, E. G. Collins, G. Francis, N. Gupta.

Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, 2019, Tallahassee, Florida.

J. Ospina