Career milestones:
BSEE, U. T. Arlington, 1971
MSEE, Purdue University, 1973
System Planning Engineer, Texas Power & Light Co., Dallas, 1974-80
Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, 1981-present
PhD, Purdue University, 1983
Assistant Professor, U. T. Austin, 1983-85
Associate Professor, U. T. Austin, 1985-92
Professor, U. T. Austin, 1992-present
IEEE Fellow "for contributions to the analysis and control of power system harmonics and electric power quality," 2000.
Dr. Grady's research interests are mainly in the areas of electric power systems, with emphasis on harmonics, power quality, renewable energy, and power electronics. He is the author of the PCFLO computer program for harmonics analysis, plus several other power system analysis programs found on this web page.
Grid frequency swings for Oct. 22, 2008, a windy day in West Texas (click figure to enlarge)
Annual Workshop on Renewable Energy, October 23, 2008.
Annual ECE student bus trip to the Renewable Energy Roundup , Fredericksburg, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2007. Mack Grady's presentation at the Roundup.
Action photos of students in the power lab
The latest yearbook (272 page pdf) for the power electronics lab
Presentations made at our 2004, 2006, and 2007 Workshops on Renewable Energy
Presentations made at our 2007 Intelligent Utility Workshop
Notes on harmonics, fundamentals of electric power systems, and the ATP version of EMTP
Recent grid frequency events (click on a figure to enlarge)
ERCOT (monitored in San Angelo, TX)
WECC (monitored in Redding, CA)
PCFLO Version 6.0 (loadflow/short circuit/harmonics analysis)
HASIP (harmonics analysis for ships and industrial power systems, developed for the Office of Naval Research)
ABC012 (handy phase sequence calculator)
SAG1 (voltage sag analysis and propagation)
My favorite movies