Publications

Journals
    • Hove, E., & Johnson, N. (2021). Refugee settlements in transition: Energy access and development challenges in Northern Uganda. Energy Research & Social Science, 78, 102103. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102103  <Click Here to View>
    • Saha, S., Nikhil, R., Hreinsson, K., Baek, J., Scaglione, A., & Johnson, N. (2021) A secure distributed ledger for transactive energy: The Electron Volt Exchange (EVE) blockchain. Applied Energy, 282, 116208. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116208  <Click Here to View>
    • Saha, S., Arnold, D., Scaglione, A., Schweitzer, E., Roberts, C., Peisert, S., & Johnson, N. (2021) Lyapunov stability of smart inverters using linearized distflow approximation. DOI: 10.1049/rpg2.12009  <Click Here to View>
    • Budama, V., Johnson, N., Ermanoski, I., & Stechel, E. (2021) Techno-economic analysis of thermochemical water-splitting system for Co-production of hydrogen and electricity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46, 1656-1670. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.060  <Click Here to View>
    • Nelson, J., Johnson, N., Fahy, K., & Hansen, T. (2020). Statistical development of microgrid resilience during islanding operations. Applied Energy, 279, 115724. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115724  <Click Here to View>
    • Janko, S., & Johnson, N. (2020) Reputation-based competitive pricing negotiation and power trading for grid-connected microgrid networks. Applied Energy, 277, 115598. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115598  <Click Here to View>
    • Nelson, J., & Johnson, N. (2020). Model predictive control of microgrids for real-time ancillary service market participation. Applied Energy, 269, 114963. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114963  <Click Here to View>
    • Schweitzer, E., Saha, S., Scaglione, A., Johnson, N., & Arnold, D. (2020) Lossy DistFlow Formulation for Single and Multiphase Radial Feeders. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 35, 1758 – 1768. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2019.2954453  <Click Here to View>
    • Ahmad, N., Chester, M., Bondank, E., Arabi, M., Johnson, N., & Ruddell, B. (2020). A synthetic water distribution network model for urban resilience. DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2020.1788230  <Click Here to View>
    • Nelson, J., Johnson, N. G., Chinimilli, P., Zhang, W. (2019). Residential cooling using separated and coupled precooling and thermal T energy storage strategies. Applied Energy, 252, 113414. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113414  <Click Here to View>
    • Budama, V., Johnson, N. G., McDaniel, A., Ermanoski, I., & Stechel, E. (2018). Thermodynamic development and design of a concentrating solar thermochemical water-splitting process for co-production of hydrogen and electricity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43, 17574-17587. DOI: 1016/j.ijhydene.2018.07.151  <Click Here to View>
    • Janko, S., & Johnson, N. G. (2018). Scalable multi-agent microgrid negotiations for a transactive energy market. Applied Energy, Special Issue on Distributed Energy and Microgrids (DEM), 229, 715-727. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.026  <Click Here to View>
    • Nelson, J., Johnson, N. G., Doron, P., & Stechel, E. B. (2018). Thermodynamic modeling of solarized microturbine for combined heat and power applications. Applied Energy, 212, 592-606. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.015  <Click Here to View>
    • McComb, C., Johnson, N. G., Santaeufemia, P. S., Gorman, B. T., Kolste, B., Mobley, A., & Shimada, K. (2018). Multi-objective optimization and scenario-based robustness analysis of the MoneyMaker Hip Pump. Development Engineering, 3, 23-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.deveng.2018.01.001  <Click Here to View>
    • Burillo, D., Chester, M. V., Ruddell, B., & Johnson, N. (2017). Electricity demand planning forecasts should consider climate non-stationarity to maintain reserve margins during heat waves. Applied Energy, 206, 267-277. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.141  <Click Here to View>
    • Janko, S. A., Arnold, M. R., & Johnson, N. G. (2016). Implications of high-penetration renewables for ratepayers and utilities in the residential solar photovoltaic (PV) market. Applied Energy, 180, 37-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.041  <Click Here to View>
    • Bartos, M., Chester, M., Johnson, N., Gorman, B., Eisenberg, D., Linkov, I., & Bates, M. (2016). Impacts of rising air temperatures on electric transmission ampacity and peak electricity load in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 11(11), 114008. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114008  <Click Here to View>
    • Vignarooban, K., Chu, X., Chimatapu, K., Ganeshram, P., Pollat, S., Johnson, N. G., Razdan, A. R., Pelley, D. S., & Kannan, A. M. (2016). State of health determination of sealed lead acid batteries under various operating conditions. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 18, 134-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2016.10.007  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., & Bryden, K. M. (2015). Field-based safety guidelines for solid fuel household cookstoves in developing countries. Energy for Sustainable Development, 25, 56-66. DOI: 1016/j.esd.2015.01.002  <Click Here to View>
    • Miller, C. A., Altamirano-Allende,, Johnson, N. G., & Agyemang, M. (2015). The social value of mid-scale energy in Africa: Redefining value and redesigning energy to reduce poverty. Energy Research & Social Science, 5, 67-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.12.013  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., & Bryden, K. M. (2012). Factors affecting fuelwood consumption in household cookstoves in an isolated rural West African village. Energy, 46(1), 310-321. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.08.019  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., & Bryden, K. M. (2012). Energy supply and use in a rural West African village. Energy, 43(1), 283-292. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.028  <Click Here to View>
Book chapters
  • Diekman, S., Pope, D., Falk, H., Ballesteros, M., Dherani, M., Bruce, N., Meddings, D., Johnson, G., Bryden, M. (2014). “Burns, scalds and poisoning” in “WHO Indoor Air Quality Guidelines: Household Fuel Combustion,” World Health Organization.  <Click Here to View>
Periodicals
  • Anderson, A., Loomba, P., Orajaka, I., Numfor, J., Saha, S., Janko, S., Johnson, N. G., Podmore, R., & Larsen, R. (2017). Empowering smart communities: Electrification, education, and sustainable entrepreneurship in IEEE Smart Village Initiatives. IEEE Electrification Magazine, 5(2), 6-16. DOI: 1109/MELE.2017.2685738  <Click Here to View>


  • Podmore, R., Larsen, R., Louie, H., Johnson, N. G., & Saha, S. (2016). Fueling sustainability: The exponential impact of empowering off-grid communities. IEEE Electrification Magazine, 4(1), 11-17. DOI: 10.1109/MELE.2015.2509878  <Click Here to View>


  • Johnson, N. G., & Bryden, K. M. (2013). Clearing the air over cookstoves. 1(1):8-13.  <Click Here to View>
Conference Proceedings
    • Saha, S., Gorog, C., Moser, A., Scaglione, A., Johnson, N. (2021) Integrating Hardware Security into a Blockchain-Based Transactive Energy Platform. In 2020 52nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS) DOI: 10.1109/NAPS50074.2021.9449802 <Click Here to View>
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    • Roberts, C., Ngo, S., Milesi, A., Peisert, S., Arnold, D., Saha, S., Scaglione, A., Johnson, N., Kocheturov, A., & Fradkin, D. (2020) Deep Reinforcement Learning for DER Cyber-Attack Mitigation. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm). DOI: 10.1109/SmartGridComm47815.2020.9302997  <Click Here to View>
    • Hove, E., Cleve, C., Mobley, A., Janko, S., Plum, A., Zamudio, A., Schmaltz, J., Nollette, J., Hampton, J., & Johnson, N. (2020) Rapidly Deployable Containerized Medical Clinic for Refugee Settings. In 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). DOI: 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342950  <Click Here to View>
    • Saha, S., Schweitzer, E., Scaglione, A., & Johnson, N. (2019) A Framework for Generating Synthetic Distribution Feeders using OpenStreetMap. In 2019 North American Power Symposium (NAPS). DOI: 10.1109/NAPS46351.2019.9000187  <Click Here to View>
    • Shammya, S., & Johnson, N. G. (2018). Point-on-wave analysis of three-phase induction motor under fault external to the power plant. In IEEE 2018 Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2018.8586031 <Click Here to View>
    • Janko, S., & Johnson, N. G. (2017). Design of an agent-based technique for controlling interconnected distributed energy resource transactions. In ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-68346  <Click Here to View>
    • Saha, S., Janko, S., Johnson, N. G., Podmore, R., Riaud, A., & Larsen, R. (2016). A universal charge controller for integrating distributed energy resources. In IEEE 2016 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2016.7857320  <Click Here to View>
    • Lopes, M. L., Johnson, N. G., Miller, J. E., & Stechel, E. B. (2016). Concentrating solar power systems with advanced thermal energy storage for emerging markets. In IEEE 2016 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/GHTC.2016.7857318  <Click Here to View>
    • Janko, S., Atkinson, S., & Johnson, N. (2016). Design and fabrication of a containerized micro-grid for disaster relief and off-grid applications. In ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 1115/DETC2016-60296  <Click Here to View>
    • Miller, J. E., Ambrosini, A., Babiniec, S. M., Coker, E. N., Ho, C. K., Al-Ansary, H., Jeter, S. M., Loutzenhiser, P. G., Johnson, N. G., & Stechel, E. B. (2016). High performance reduction/oxidation metal oxides for thermochemical energy storage (PROMOTES). In ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2016 Power Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 1115/ES2016/59660  <Click Here to View>
    • Janko, S. A., Gorman, B. T., Singh, U. P., & Johnson, N. G. (2015). High penetration residential solar photovoltaics and the effects of dust storms on system net load. In ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2015-48030  <Click Here to View>
    • Agyemang, M., & Johnson, N. G. (2015). Development of biomass energy technologies and business models for Southern Africa. In ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2015-48033  <Click Here to View>
    • Gorman, B. T., Johnson, N. G., Miller, J. E., & Stechel, E. B. (2015). Thermodynamic investigation of concentrating solar power with thermochemical storage. In ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49810  <Click Here to View>
    • Reilly, K. M., Birner, M. T., & Johnson, N. G. (2015). Measuring air quality using wireless self-powered devices. In IEEE 2015 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 1109/GHTC.2015.7343983  <Click Here to View>
    • McComb, C., Santaeufemia, P. S., Johnson, N. G., & Shimada, K. (2014). Identifying technical and economic improvements to the MoneyMaker Hip pump through multi-objective optimization. In IEEE 2014 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 1109/GHTC.2014.6970302  <Click Here to View>
    • Santaeufemia, P. S., Johnson, N. G., McComb, C., & Shimada, K. (2014). Improving irrigation in remote areas: Multi-objective optimization of a treadle pump. In ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 1115/DETC2014-35463  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., & Granato, M. (2014). Single cell battery charger for portable electronic devices in developing countries. In ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 1115/DETC2014-35457  <Click Here to View>
    • Carberry, A., Johnson, N., & Henderson, M. (2014). A practice-then-apply scaffolding approach to engineering design education. In 2014 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 1109/FIE.2014.7044291  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., Glassmire, J. W., & Lilienthal, P. D. (2013). Techno-economic design of off-grid domestic lighting solutions using HOMER. In ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 1115/DETC2013-13630  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., & Bryden, K. M. (2013). Establishing consumer need and preference for design of village cooking stoves. In ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. DOI: 1115/DETC2013-13629  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., Glassmire, J. W., & Lilienthal, P. D. (2012). Comparing power system architectures for domestic lighting in isolated rural villages with HOMER. In IEEE 2012 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 1109/GHTC.2012.55  <Click Here to View>
    • Johnson, N. G., & Bryden, K. M. (2012). The impact of cookstove adoption and replacement on fuelwood savings. In IEEE 2012 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 1109/GHTC.2012.56  <Click Here to View>