Lalit GOEL
Professor of School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Division of Power Engineering
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

Phone: 6790 4542, Fax: 6793 3318
Office: S1-B1a-24
Email: elkgoel@ntu.edu.sg

Biography

Lalit Goel was born in New Delhi, India, in 1960. He obtained his BTech Degree in electrical engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Warangal, India in 1983, and his MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1988 and 1991 respectively. He joined the School of EEE at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 1991 where he is presently a professor and Head of the Division of Power Engineering. From January to June 2008, Dr Goel concurrently served as Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid (Designate). He has assumed responsibilities as Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid with effect from July 2008. Dr Goel is a senior member of the IEEE. He received the 1997 & 2002 Teacher of the Year Awards for the School of EEE, “Best Teacher of Year 2” awards for 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002 & 2005/06, and the “Best Teacher of Year 3” awards for 2001/2002 and 2002/03. Dr Goel served as the Publications Chair of the 1995 IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Energy Management & Power Delivery (EMPD) conference, Organizing Chairman of the 1998 IEEE PES EMPD Conference, Vice-Chairman of the IEEE PES Winter Meeting 2000, Honorary Secretary of the International Power Engineering Conferences (IPEC) in 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2003, Chair of the IEEE PES Powercon2004, Chair of IPEC2005 & IPEC2007.
Dr Goel received the IEEE PES Singapore Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in 2000. Dr Goel is the Regional Editor for Asia for the International Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, and an editorial board member of the International Journal for Emerging Electric Power Systems. He is the Chief Editor of the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) Journal C - Power Engineering. He served as deputy director of NTU's Protective Technology Research Center (PTRC) from May 1999 to April 2007. Dr Goel is the IEEE Singapore Section Chair since January 2007, a member of the IEEE PES USA Nominations & Appointments Committee 2006 - 2007, a member of the IEEE PES Long Range Planning Committee 2006 - 2009, and the IEEE PES Region 10 Chapters Representative since Jan 2005.

Research Interest

Power system reliability assessment. Cost/benefit analysis. Reliability in deregulated systems.

Selected Publications

  • L. Goel, P. A. Viswanath & P. Wang, “Monte Carlo Simulation based reliability evaluation in a multi-bilateral contracts market”, IEE Proceedings Generation, Transmission & Distribution, UK, Vol 151, No 6, pp 728-734, 2004.
  • L. Goel, R. Gupta, M. F. Ercan, “Comparison of subtransmission system reliability worth for diverse systems by including health considerations”, Electric Power Systems Research Journal, Elsevier, Switzerland, Vol 74, No 1, pp 65-72, April 2005.
  • Z. Song, L. Goel, P. Wang, “Optimal spinning reserve allocation in deregulated power systems”, IEE Proceedings Gen., Trans., Dist., Vol. 152, No. 4, July 2005, pp 483-488.
  • L. Goel, P. A. Viswanath, P. Wang, “Reliability evaluation of hybrid power markets based on multiple transaction matrix and optimal transaction curtailment”, IEE Proceedings Gen., Trans., Dist., 2006.
  • L. Goel, P. A. Viswanath, P. Wang, “A Framework to Implement Supply and Demand Side Contingency Management in Reliability Assessment of Restructured Power Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 22, No. 1, Feb 2007.