Ha T Le

Ha T Le

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Email

Phone number

9098692523

Office location

9-417

Office hours

T W | 9 - 10AM AND 1:30 - 2:30PM

Biography - Teaching - Research - Service

Biography

 

Dr. Ha Thu Le earned her BSEE from Odessa College (Ukraine, 1994), MEEE from the University of Queensland (Australia, 2003), MS and PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin (Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008 and 2010).  She is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, where she teaches and serves for over 10 years. Prior to joining Cal Poly Pomona, she has over 12-year work experience with several industrial, governmental, research, and academic institutions in Vietnam and in the U.S. Her US-based employment included appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Virginia Tech.

 

Dr. Le participated in developing and implementing many training and research projects in Vietnam and in the U.S. She has obtained over 2.5 million in federal funding as PI, Co-PI, developer, and Key Personnel. Her research topics and interests include wind and solar energy, electric vehicles, energy storage, Smart Grid technologies, power system stability, demand response, distributed generation, optimization, energy efficiency, power quality, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, simulation and modeling. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at IEEE conferences. She also reviews the work of other researchers for many international journals, as well as books for publishers.

 

Dr. Le has won over $300,000 in awards and grants from Cal Poly Pomona since joining the university. She is very active in providing service to the university and professional community. Her service for the university includes member of Senate Standing committees (9 years), member of Graduate Council, chair/co-chair of Search Committees for College of Engineering (COE) Associate Dean and Dean, member of COE Graduate and Scholarship committees, ECE Graduate Coordinator, chair of 3 other department committees, an advisor for the Power and Energy Society Student Club. Her IEEE service includes chair of Educational Activities Committee (IEEE Foothill Section), chair of technical sessions and judge at various IEEE conferences.  So far, she served as chair in 10 service positions.

 

  

 Research

 

Dr. Le research topics include wind and solar energy, Smart Grid technologies, energy storage, power system stability, demand response, distributed generation, optimization, energy efficiency, electric vehicles, power quality, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and engineering education.

 

Recent grant

“Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: DP: IIS RI: Research Capacity Expansion via Development of AI Based Algorithms for Optimal Management of Electric Vehicle Transactions with Grid”, Funded by U.S. National Science Foundation, Award No. 2318611 and 2318612, 2023-2026, Principal Investigator, $600,000 ($300,000 for CPP).

 

 

Teaching experience

 

Taught / teaching the following courses:
  1. ECE 109/1101 Electrical Circuit Analysis I
  2. ECE 209/2101 Electrical Circuit Analysis II
  3. ECE 310/3810 Introduction to Power Engineering
  4. ECE 307 Network Analysis III
  5. ECE 309/3709 Control Systems Engineering
  6. ECE 315/3715 Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes
  7. ECE 405/4705 Communication Systems
  8. ECE 468/4868 Power Systems Electronics
  9. ECE 469/4869 Power Electronics
  10. ECE 207L/1101L Electrical Circuit Analysis I Laboratory
  11. ECE 209L/2101L Electrical Circuit Analysis II Laboratory
  12. ECE 310L/3810L Power Engineering Laboratory
  13. ECE 3709L Control Systems Engineering Laboratory
  14. EGR 4820 Project Design Principles and Applications
  15. EGR 4830 Project Design Principles and Applications
  16. EGR 4830H Project Design Principles and Applications Honors
  17. EGR 6910 Directed Research
  18. EGR 6950 Master’s Degree Project
  19. EGR 6960 Master’s Degree Thesis
Developed / taught / teaching the following courses:
  1. ECE 475/4875 Wind and Solar Power Systems
  2. ECE 575/5750 Distribution System and Power Quality
  3. ECE 467S Team Project III with Service Learning
  4. ECE 5990/5780 Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage
  5. EGR 4820 Project Design Principles and Applications with CCEL - Curricular Community Engaged Learning
  6. EGR 4830 Project Design Principles and Applications with CCEL - Curricular Community Engaged Learning
 Note: 500/5000-level and above are graduate courses.
 
 Professional Service
 
Journal review:
  1. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  2. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  3. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  4. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
  5. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
  6. IEEE Power Engineering Letters
  7. IET Renewable Power Generation
  8. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution
  9. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (Elsevier)
  10. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Book Review:
Wind Turbines: Theory and Practice, C. Anderson, Cambridge University Press, March 2023.
Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering, 3rd edition, T. Gonen, CRC Press, Jan 2020.
Electric Power Distribution Engineering, 3 rd edition, T. Gonen, CRC Press, April 2018.
 

 

 Professional Membership

 

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), and IEEE Power & Energy Society, 2003 – present.

 

 

Peer-Review Proceedings of IEEE and Other Conferences

 

 Note: (*) denotes students

 

 

  1. D. Ray*, J. Macias*, I. Garcia*, C. Panlasigui*, B. Dang*, D. Tam*, Ha Thu Le, “Solar Powered Portable Water Purifier for Use in Under-Resourced, Emergency and Mobile Situations”, 2024 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Electrics and Computer (INTCEC 2024), Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/INTCEC61833.2024.10602996.
  2. X. Shi* and Ha Thu Le, “Mitigating Harmonics from Residential Solar Photovoltaic Systems ”, in Proc. The 10th IEEE PES International Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference – Asia (IEEE PES ISGT-Asia 2021), 2021, pp. 1-5
  3. B. Postovoit*, D. Susoeff*, D. Daghbas*, J. Holt* and Ha Thu Le, “A Solar-Based Stand-Alone Family House for Energy Independence and Efficiency”, in Proc. IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech), 2020, pp. 1-6.
  4. Jenny Zhen Yu and Ha Thu Le, “Bringing Students to Real-World Training Environment through Service Learning Senior Capstone Projects with K-12 Outreach Activities,” in Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest (ASEE PSW) Conference, 2019, pp. 1-15.
  5. J. Calderon*, J. Cureg*, M. Diaz*, J. Guzman*, C. Rudd* and Ha Thu Le, " Smart Agriculture: An Off-Grid Renewable Energy System for Farms using Wind Power and Energy Storage," in Proc. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 2019, pp. 1-5.
  6. A. Kaiser*, A. Nguyen*, R. Pham*, M. Granados* and Ha Thu Le, "Efficient Interfacing Electric Vehicles with Grid using Bi-directional Smart Inverter,” in Proc. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2018, pp. 1-5.
  7. ­­Thang Vo*, J. Sokhi*, and A. Kim* and Ha Thu Le, "Making Electric Vehicles Smarter with Grid and Home Friendly Functions," in Proc. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2018, pp. 1-5.
  8. A. Carrillo*, A. Pimentel*, E. Ramirez* and Ha Thu Le, " Mitigating Impacts of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on Local Distribution Feeders Using a Charging Management System," in Proc. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2017, pp. 1-6.
  9. Anh-Huy Le*, A. Giourdjian*, A. Frankyan*, V. Mandany* and Ha Thu Le, "Design, Sizing and Operation of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Farming," in Proc. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 2016, pp. 1-5.
  10. S. Melvin*, J. Le*, O. Vazquez*, R. Martinez* and Ha Thu Le, "Smart Lighting Solutions: Energy Saving Designs for an Animal Protection Shelter," in Proc. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 2016, pp. 1-5.
  11. T. Reyes*, R. M. Chandra, Ha Thu Le, and Z. Aliyazicioglu, “Detecting Anomalies in Irregular Data using K-means Clustered Signal Dictionary”, in Proc. International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCIS), 2016.
  12. J. Glueck* and Ha Thu Le, "Impacts of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on local distribution feeders," in Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2015, pp. 1-5.
  13. Ha Thu Le, "Guidance-based hybrid lab training method for enhancing core skills of EE students," in Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2015, pp. 1-5.
  14. Ha Thu Le and S. Santoso, "Increasing wind farm transient stability by dynamic reactive compensation: Synchronous-machine-based ESS versus SVC," in Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2010, pp. 1-8.
  15. Ha Thu Le, S. Santoso, and W. M. Grady, "Development and analysis of an ESS-based application for regulating wind farm power output variation," in Proc. Power & Energy Society General Meeting, IEEE, 2009, pp. 1-8.
  16. Ha Thu Le and Thang Quang Nguyen, "Sizing energy storage systems for wind power firming: An analytical approach and a cost-benefit analysis," in Proc. Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, IEEE, 2008, pp. 1-8.
  17. Ha Thu Le and S. Santoso, "Analysis of voltage stability and optimal wind power penetration limits for a non-radial network with an energy storage system," in Proc. Power Engineering Society General Meeting, IEEE, 2007, pp. 1-8.
  18. Ha Thu Le and T. K. Saha, "Investigation of power loss and voltage stability limits for large wind farm connections to a subtransmission network," in Proc. Power Engineering Society General Meeting, IEEE, 2004, pp. 2251-2256 Vol.2.