* indicates students or staff directly supervised, † indicates publications from projects led as PI, ☨ indicates projects directed as co-PI
Journal Publications
[J3] S. Taylor, A. Rangarajan, N. Rhodes, J. Snodgrass, B. C. Lesieutre and L. A. Roald, “California Test System (CATS): A Geographically Accurate Test System Based on the California Grid,” in IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 107-118, March 2024. View☨[J2] P. Dehghanian, A. Zhang, R. Fatima, J. Snodgrass, A. B. Birchfield, K. R. Davis, T. J. Overbye, “An Integrated Assessment of a G3 GMD Event on Large-Scale Power Grids: From Magnetometer Data to Geomagnetically Induced Current Analysis,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1634-1644, Jan. 2024. View
[J1] J. Snodgrass and L. Xie, “Overvoltage analysis and protection of lightning arresters in distribution systems with distributed generation,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 123, p. 106209, 2020. View
Conference Publications
[C41] R. Baembitov , F. Safdarian , J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Load Prediction Considering Forced Outages,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View†[C40] S. Healy*, B. Kennedy, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Undergraduate Research Toward a Linear Programming–Based Method for Estimating Feeder-Level EV Charging Hosting Capacity Using Simulated Demand Data,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View
[C39] H. Kim*, E. Keller*, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Towards a Domain-Specific AI Framework for Power System Simulation Analysis,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View [C38] H. Patel*, E. Keller*, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Building a Parallel ERA5 Download and Cleaning Pipeline for Large-Scale Weather Analysis and AI Training,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View†[C37] N. Philipello*, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Undergraduate Research in Iterative Power Flow using PowerModels and PowerWorld Simulator,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View
†[C36] N. Slavchev*, E. M. Keller*, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Testing Fine-Tuned Large Language Models for Power System Analysis,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View
[C35] J. M. Snodgrass, Z. Harrison, C. L. DeMarco, B. Lesieutre, “Creating Hourly-Resolution Time-Varying Synthetic Load Data for U.S. Electric Grid Models,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View [C34] J. M. Snodgrass, Y. Agalgaonkar, T. J. Overbye, “Human-Centric Analytics for Resilient and Modern Power System Control Rooms,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View†[C33] A. Diop*, W. Yun*, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Undergraduate Research on Physically Informed Transmission Line Design,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View
†[C32] E. Keller*, W. Yun*, J. M. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “CaseBuilder and the EIA-860 Dataset: Towards a Rapid Power-Case Creation and Modification System,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View
[C31] J. M. Snodgrass, A. Bryce*, M. Vervelde*, T. Whitmore*, M. Zupan*, B. C. Lesieutre, C. L. DeMarco, “Deriving Realistic Transmission Line Parameters from Publicly Available Data for Synthetic Power System Networks,” 2026 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2026. View [C30] S. Kunkolienkar, J. Snodgrass, A. Birchfield, T. J. Overbye, “Modeling Electric Grid Topology with Spatially-Aware Degree-Corrected Stochastic Block Model,” 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 2026. View [C29] J. Kwon*, J. Snodgrass, F. Safdarian, T.J. Overbye, W. Jang, “Undergraduate Research Towards An Integrated Modeling Framework For Electric Grid Planning,” College Station, TX, October 2025. View [C28] S. Dzakpasu*, T.J. Overbye, J. Snodgrass, “Visualization and Analysis of United States Independent System Operator Generator Interconnection Requests,” College Station, TX, October 2025. View [C27] F. Safdarian, J. Cook, K. Zhgun, T.J. Overbye, J. Snodgrass, “Power Flow Modeling of the Impacts of Weather and Other Resiliency Hazards with a Focus on Transmission Planning,” 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, HI, January 2025. View†[C26] L. Haylow*, D. Wallison, J. Snodgrass, T.J. Overbye, “Undergraduate Research on Big Data Analysis: Towards Large-Scale Electric Vehicle Integration Studies,” 2024 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), El Paso, TX, Oct. 2024. View
[C25] J.S. Cook, F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, and T.J. Overbye, “Large-Scale Weather Correlations for a Possible Interconnection of North American Power Grids,” 2024 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), El Paso, TX, Oct. 2024. View☨[C24] N. LoGuidice, J. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Estimating the Electric Field from Geomagnetically Induced Currents,” Kansas Power and Energy Conference 2024, April 2024. View
[C23] F. Safdarian, S. Kunkolienkar, J. Snodgrass, A. Birchfield, T. Overbye, “Creating a Portfolio of Large-Scale, High-Quality Synthetic Grids: A Case Study,” Kansas Power and Energy Conference 2024, April 2024. View [C22] F. Safdarian, M. Stevens, J. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Detailed Hourly Weather Measurements for Power System Applications”, 2024 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, Feb. 2024. View [C21] S. Kunkolienkar, F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, A. Birchfield, T. Overbye, “A Description of the Texas A&M University Electric Grid Test Case Repository for Power System Studies”, 2024 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, Feb. 2024. View [C20] J.S. Cook, F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, and T.J. Overbye, “Using Power Flow Application Capabilities to Visualize and Analyze US Energy Information Administration Generation Data”, 2024 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, Feb. 2024. View†[C19] M. Stevens, T. J. Overbye, J. Snodgrass, A. B. Birchfield, “Generating Electric Field Test Patterns for Electric Grid Resiliency Studies”, 2023 North American Power Symposium, October 2023. View
[C18] E. Ekeruche*, S. Kunkolienkar, J. Snodgrass, T.J. Overbye, “Undergraduate Research on Improving Power Grid Planning Models”, 2023 North American Power Symposium, Asheville, NC, October 2023. View [C17] J. L. Wert, T. Chen*, F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, and T. J. Overbye, “Calculation and Validation of Weather-Informed Renewable Generator Capacities in the Identification of Renewable Resource Droughts,” IEEE PowerTech 2023, Belgrade, Serbia, June 2023. View [C16] S. Kunkolienkar, F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Quantification of Area Sparsity in Large-Scale Electric Grids,” Kansas Power and Energy Conference 2023, April 2023. View [C15] S. Kunkolienkar, F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, T. J. Overbye, “Creating Active and Reactive Power Reserve Zones for Large-Scale Electric Grids,” Kansas Power and Energy Conference 2023, April 2023. View [C14] F. Safdarian, J. Penaranda, S. Kang, J. Snodgrass, A. Birchfield, T. J. Overbye, “Improving Load Time Series of Electric Power Systems based on the Temperatures,” Kansas Power and Energy Conference 2023, April 2023. View☨[C13] J. Griffin*, B. Kruse*, M.S. Bitar, J. Snodgrass, K. Davis, and T.J. Overbye, “Properties of Geomagnetic Disturbances and How they Might Effect Power Systems: An Analysis of Past Geomagnetic Disturbances,” IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference at College Station, TX, February 2023. View
†[C12] S.E. Hurt*, J. Snodgrass, T.J Overbye, “Undergraduate Research on Adding Relay Models and Generator Capability Curves to Synthetic Electric Grids,” IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference at College Station, TX, February 2023. View
☨[C11] A. Zhang, P. Dehghanian, M. Stevens, J. Snodgrass, and T. J. Overbye, “Synthetic Geomagnetic Field Data Creation for Geomagnetic Disturbance Studies using Time-series Generative Adversarial Networks,” IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference at College Station, TX, February 2023. View
[C10] T. J. Overbye, F. Safdarian, W. Trinh, Z. Mao, J. Snodgrass, and J. Yeo, “An Approach for the Direct Inclusion of Weather Information in the Power Flow,” Proc. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 2023. View [C9] J. Yeo, W. Trinh, S. Hurt, J.Wert, J. Snodgrass, and T. J. Overbye, “Selectively Modeling Generator Capability Curves Based on Critical Generator Parameter Rankings,” 14th IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Australia, November 2022. View [C8] F. Safdarian, J. Snodgrass, J. Yeo, A. Birchfield, C. Coffrin, C. Demarco, S. Elbert, B. Eldridge, T, Elgindy, S. Greene, N. Guo, J. Holzer, B. Lesieutre, H. Mittelmann, R. O’Neill, T. J. Overbye, B. Palmintier, P. Van Henternryck, A. Veeramany, T. WK Mak, and J. Wert, “Grid Optimization Competition on Synthetic and Industrial Power Systems,” North American Power Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2022. View☨[C7] J. Wert, P. Dehghanian, J. Snodgrass, and T.J. Overbye, “The Effects of Correctly Modeling Generator Step-Up Transformer Status in Geomagnetic Disturbance Studies,” North American Power Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2022. View
[C6] T. J. Overbye, J. Snodgrass, A. Birchfield, and M. Stevens, “Towards Developing Implementable High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse E3 Mitigation Strategies for Large-Scale Electric Grids,” IEEE. Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), February 2022. View [C5] J. Snodgrass, S. Kunkolienkar, U. Habiba, Y. Liu, M. Stevens, F. Safdarian, T. Overbye, and R. Korab, “Case Study of Enhancing the MATPOWER Polish Electric Grid,” IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, College Station, TX, February 2022. View☨[C4] J. L. Wert, P. Dehghanian, A. Zhang, M. Stevens, R. Guthrie, J. Snodgrass, K. S. Shetye, T. J. Overbye, K. R. Davis, and J. Gannon, “Analysis of Magnetometer Data from a Strong G3 Geomagnetic Disturbance,” in the 2022 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, February 2022. View
[C3] S. Babaeinejadsarookolaee, J. Snodgrass, S. Acharya, S. Greene, B. Lesieutre, and C. DeMarco, “Comparison of Real and Synthetic Network Models of the Western United States with Respect to New Realism Measures,” in 2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Mar. 2021. View [C2] C. Coffrin, A. Birchfield, J. Snodgrass, T.J. Overbye, C.L. DeMarco, B. Lesieutre, , et al., “The power grid library for benchmarking ac optimal power flow algorithms,” arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.02788, Aug. 2019. View [C1] A. A. Almehizia and J. Snodgrass, “Investigation of V2G economical viability,” in 2018 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 2018, pp. 1-6. View