Frostburg State University
Department of Physics and Engineering
Oguz A. Soysal
Chair, and Associate Professor
246 Compton Science Center
Frostburg, MD 21532-1099Phone : (301) 687 7079
Fax : (301) 687 7966
osoysal@frostburg.edu
Overview:
- Education
- Previous Affiliations
- Professional Associations
- Teaching Interests and courses
- Research Interests
- Publications
Education:
Ph. D. : 1985, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey M.Sc. : 1978, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey B.Sc. : 1975, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Previous Affiliations:
(In chronologic order)
- Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
- ABB/ESAS Inc. Transformer Factory, Istanbul, Turkey
- Black-Sea Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
- Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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Professional Associations:
- IEEE Power Engineering Society (Senior Member)
- ASEE American Society for Engineering Education)
- ECEDHA Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association
- AAPT American Association of Physics Teachers
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Teaching Interests:Engineering Design Electronics and Instrumentation Digital Logic design Circuits and Systems Power systems/Energy Conversion Power Electronics Control and Syetem Theory Robotics Top
Research Interests:
- Learning and teaching styles for engineering education
- Computer integrated experimentation for classroom and distance education
- Modeling and analysis of electric power systems
- Parameter estimation and system identification
- Study of electromagnetic transients in transmission and distribution networks
- Power quality
- Solid state drive systems
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Refereed Journal Papers
Soysal, O. A., Semlyen, A. “Reduced Order Transmission Line Modeling for Improved Efficiency in the Calculation of Electromagnetic Transients,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 1494-1498, August 1994.
Soysal, O. A., Semlyen, A. “State Equation Approximation of Transfer Matrices and Its Application to the Phase Domain Calculation of Electromagnetic Transients,” IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 420-428, February 1994.
Soysal, O. A. “A Method for Wide Frequency Range Modeling of Power Transformers and Rotating Machines,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 1802-1810, October 1993.
Soysal, O. A., Semlyen, A. “Practical Transfer Function Estimation and Its Application to Wide Frequency Range Modeling of Transformers,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 1627-1637, July 1993.
Discussions in Refereed Journals
Discussion of paper "Overvoltages Due to Switching Off an Unloaded Transformer With a Vacuum Circuit Breaker," by M. Popov and E. A. Acha, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 1317- 1326, Oct. 1999.
Discussion of paper "Monitoring of Power Transformers Using the Transfer Function Method," by T. Leibfried and K. Feser, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 1333 - 1341, Oct. 1999.
Conference Papers
Soysal, O. A., Soysal, H. S. “Interactive Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Introductory Electrical Engineering Classes,” Proceedings of ASEE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.
Soysal, O. A., Soysal, H. S. “Environmental Significance of Harvesting Wind Power on the Alleghenies,” Proceedings of IEEE General Meeting, Denver, CO., June 2004.
Soysal, O. A., Soysal, H. S. “Meeting Abet-2000 Criteria through Introductory Courses in A Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE/WFEO International Colloquium, Nashville, TN, June 2003.
Soysal, O. A. “Project Based Learning of Energy Conversion Principles at Freshman Level,” Proceedings of ASEE 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2002.
Soysal, O. A. “Collaborative Engineering Education at Frostburg State University,” Proceedings of ASEE Zone 1 Meeting, USMA WestPoint, NY, April 2002.
Soysal, O. A. “Freshman Design Experience: Solar Powered Irrigation System for a Remote Farm,” Proceedings of ASEE 2000 Annual Conference, Saint Louis, MO, June 2000.
Soysal, O. A. “Computer Integrated Experimentation in Electrical Engineering Education Over Distance,” Proceedings of ASEE 2000 Annual Conference, Saint Louis, MO, June 2000.
Soysal, O. A. "Analysis of Switching Transients in Arc Furnace Supply System," Proceedings of 57th Electric Furnace Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1999.
Soysal, O. A. "Collaborative Engineering Education at Frostburg State University," Presented at ASEE 1999 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, June 20 - 23 1999.
Soysal, O. A. "Protection of Arc Furnace Supply Systems from Switching Surges," Proceedings of 1999 IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Vol. 2, pp. 1092 - 1095, New York, NY, February 1999.
Soysal, O. A. "Voltage Stresses in a Distribution Transformer Under Non-Ideal Switching Conditions," Proceedings of 1999 IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Vol. 2, pp. 1031 - 1035, New York, NY, February 1999.
Soysal, O. A., Sarioglu, M. K., Kaya, A. “Protection of Arc Furnace Transformers From Switching Surges,” Proc. 6th National Conference on Electrical Engineering Vol. 1, pp. 168-171, Turkey, September 1995.
Soysal, O. A., Sarioglu, M. K. “Some Adverse Effects of the Variable Frequency Starting of Gas Turbine Generator-Transformer Systems,” Proc. International Conference on Electrical Machines ICEM’94, Vol.3, pp.304-308, Paris, France, September 1994.
Soysal, O. A., Loglaroglu, D. “Power Flow Control In International Energy Connections,” TOK’94 Turkish Automatic Control Meeting pp. 477-484, Istanbul, Turkey April 1994.
Soysal, O. A. “Improved Representation of Transmission Lines for the Study of Electromagnetic Transients,” MELECON’94 (Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference) Proceedings pp. 956-959, Turkey, April 1994.
Soysal, O. A., Semlyen, A. “On the Adequacy of Modal Approach in Modeling of Three Phase Untransposed Transmission Lines,” Athens Power-Tech Conference Proceedings pp. 33-35, Athens, Greece, September 1993.
Caldecott, R., Kasten, D.G., Liu, Y., Sebo, S. A., Soysal, O. A., Wright, S. E. “Performance Measurements on High Voltage Equipment in the 1 kHz - 1 Mhz Frequency Range,” 5th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Braunschweig, Germany, 1987.
Soysal, O. A., Sebo, S. A. “Wide Frequency Range Performance of Electric Machines,” Proc. of the 19th. Annual North American Power Symposium (IEEE cat. No. 87 CH 2501-5) pp. 69-78, Edmonton, Canada, 1987.
Soysal, “Computer Aided Design of Electric Machines,” Computer Aided Design Symposium, pp. 36-40, Izmir, Turkey, 1986.
Soysal, O. A. Sarioglu, M. K. “A Method for Modeling of Power Transformers for the Study of High Speed System Transients,” Proc. of ICEM’86, International Conference on Electric Machines, pp. 29-32, Munich, Germany, 1986.
Soysal, O. A. “Determination of the Surge Voltage Distribution on Transformer Windings by Computer Analysis,” 1st National Electrical Engineering Congress, pp. 666-671, Adana, Turkey, 1985.
Soysal, O. A., Delikkaya, A. “Computer Applications in Transformer Design,” 1st National Electrical Engineering Congress, pp. 662-665, Adana, Turkey, 1985.
Soysal, O. A. Sarioglu, M. K. “A Synthetic Method for Modeling of Transformer Windings in the Study of System Transients”, Proc. of the 17th. Electrical Insulation Conference, pp. 134-138, Boston, USA, 1985.
Soysal, O. A. Sarioglu, M. K., Tokad, Y. “Transient Phenomena on High Power Arc Furnace Transformer Supply Systems," 7th Science Congress, Izmir, Turkey, 1980.
Papers Published in Professional Magazines
Soysal, O. A. “Power Generation and International Connections in the Middle East,” (Turkish) 3e - Enerji, Elektrik, Elektronik, Vol. 20, pp. 60-63, January 1996.
Soysal, O. A. “Electromagnetic Disturbances in Arc Furnace Supply Systems,” (Turkish) 3e - Enerji, Elektrik, Elektronik, Vol. 16, pp. 40-43, September 1995.
Soysal, O. A. “Trends in the Electric Power Generation in the World,” (Turkish)3e - Enerji, Elektrik, Elektronik, Vol. 13, pp. 26-36, June 1995.
Soysal, O. A. “The European Power System and Turkey,” (Turkish) 3e - Enerji, Elektrik, Elektronik, Vol. 7, s. 26-29, December 1994.
Limited Access Reports
Soysal, O. A. "Computer Simulation of Switching Operations in ERDEMIR Steelworks Arc Furnace Supply System," Technical Report submitted to Alsthom GEC - AEG ETI, (Gebze, Turkey), January 1998.
Soysal, O. A. "Investigation of the Breakdown of a 250 MVA Generator Transformer During the Short Circuit Withstand Test," Technical Report submitted to AEG ETI (Gebze, Turkey), September 1996.
Soysal, O. A. "Computer Simulation of Switching Transients on a 1600 kVA 20/0.4 kV Molded Type Distribution Transformer," Technical Report submitted to AEG ETI (Gebze, Turkey), June 1996.
Soysal, O. A. Sarioglu, M. K. "Study of Switching Transients in METAS Arc Furnace Supply System to Improve the System Protection and Reliability," Technical Report, Submitted to METAS Metallurgy Inc. (Izmir Turkey), January 1995.
List of publications
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