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Dr. Arun Veeramany is a data scientist specializing in risk, reliability, and resilience of engineered systems who has supported various Department of Energy offices, international nuclear and public safety organizations, and multinational corporations. Dr. Veeramany was the principal investigator for development of a risk framework for modeling high-impact, low-frequency events affecting the power grid, as well as for the development of a framework for risk-informed autonomous adaptive cyber controllers. Dr. Veeramany was a task manager for managing systems and platforms for the multiyear ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition and the lead developer of a concurrent optimization algorithm for the APRA-E high-performance power grid optimization project. Dr. Veeramany holds a PhD in reliability of nuclear power plant systems from the University of Waterloo, Canada, with prior experience involving development of models for risk-informing regulatory initiatives leading to operationalization and optimization of key decision support systems for nuclear and public safety regulators.

• Risk
• Reliability
• Resilience
• Data Science

• PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
• MS in Applied Mathematics, Osmania University
• BS in Mathematics, Osmania University

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part A: Civil Engineering and Part B: Mechanical Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers-American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2022–Present)
• Executive Committee Member, Safety Engineering, Risk, Reliability and Risk Analysis Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Veeramany, A., W. J. Hutton III, S. Sridhar, S. N. G. Gourisetti, G. A. Coles, M. J. Rice, P. M. Skare, D. O. Manz, J. E. Dagle, and S. D. Unwin. 2021. Risk-informed autonomous adaptive cyber controllers. Battelle Memorial Institute Inc. U.S. Patent 11,206,278.
 

Pal, S., A. Veeramany, C. A. Bonebrake, B. E. Johnson, W. J. Hutton III, S. Sridhar, S. N. G. Gourisetti, and G. A. Coles. 2021. Evaluating cyber-risk in synchrophasor systems. Battelle Memorial Institute Inc. U.S. Patent 11,206,287.

Veeramany A., S. D. Unwin, G. A. Coles, J. E. Dagle, W. D. Millard, J. Yao, C. S. Glantz, S.N.G. Gourisetti. 2015. Framework for Modeling High-Impact, Low-Frequency Power Grid Events to Support Risk-Informed Decisions. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-24673. Richland, WA.

Veeramany A., W. J. Hutton, S. Sridhar, S. G. Gourisetti, G. A. Coles, and P. M. Skare. 2019. "A Framework for Development of Risk-Informed Autonomous Adaptive Cyber Controller." Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 19 (4). PNNL-SA-129745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4043040.

Veeramany A. 2020. "Risk, Reliability and Resilience of Engineered Systems." Presented by A. Veeramany at Energy Master Planning for Resilient Public Communities, Virtual, United States. PNNL-SA-156855.

Ramuhalli P., E. H. Hirt, A. Veeramany, C. A. Bonebrake, W. J. Ivans, G. A. Coles, and J. B. Coble, et al. 2015. Prototypic Enhanced Risk Monitor Framework and Evaluation – Advanced Reactor Technology Milestone: M3AT-15PN2301054” Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-24712. Richland, WA.

Veeramany A., S. D. Unwin, G. A. Coles, J. E. Dagle, W. Millard, J. Yao, C. S. Glantz, et al. 2016. "Framework for Modeling High-Impact, Low-Frequency Power Grid Events to Support Risk-Informed Decisions." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 18: 125–137. PNNL-SA-115402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.06.008.

Veeramany A., D. J. Hammerstrom, J. T. Woodward, and J. G. O'Brien. 2017. "Addressing Risk in the Valuation of Energy Systems." In Proceedings of the ASME 2017 Power and Energy Conference. Charlotte, North Carolina, June 26–30, 2017, 2, V002T10A002; Paper No. POWER-ICOPE2017-3526. New York, New York: ASME.

Veeramany A., J. T. Woodward, and D. J. Hammerstrom. 2018. "An Approach to Uncertainty Identification in the Valuation of Transactive Energy Systems." ASCE – ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B. Mechanical Engineering 4 (4): 041005. Paper No: RISK-17-1064. PNNL-SA-126349. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039465.

Unwin S. D., D. Calderin Morales, B. C. Simpson, C. J. Spitz, A. Veeramany, J. A. Gastelum, and C. T. Maloney. 2020. "An Improved Risk Priority Measure for the Management of Project Risk." In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE2020, Virtual, Online, November 16-19, 2020, 14, Paper No: IMECE2020-23917, V014T14A019. New York, New York: ASME. PNNL-SA-152881. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2020-23917.

Ramuhalli P., E. H. Hirt, G. Dib, A. Veeramany, C .A. Bonebrake, and S. Roy. 2016. Summary Describing Integration of ERM Methodology into Supervisory Control Framework with Software Package Documentation; Advanced Reactor Technology Milestone: M4AT-16PN2301052. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-25839, Rev. 0. Richland, WA.

Veeramany A., J. T. Woodward, and D. J. Hammerstrom. 2018. An Approach to Uncertainty Identification in the Valuation of Transactive Energy Systems. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-SA-124322. Richland, WA.

Veeramany A., G. A. Coles, S. D. Unwin, T. B. Nguyen, and J. E. Dagle. 2018. "Trial Implementation of a Multihazard Risk Assessment Framework for High-Impact Low-Frequency Power Grid Events." IEEE Systems Journal 12 (4) :3807–3815. PNNL-SA-124609. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2017.2737993.

Ramuhalli P., A. Veeramany, C. A. Bonebrake, W. J. Ivans, G. A. Coles, and E. H. Hirt. 2016. "Evaluation of Enhanced Risk Monitors for Use on Advanced Reactors." In 24th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. ICONE24, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 26–30, 2016. V004T14A003; ICONE24-60040. New York, New York: ASME. PNNL-SA-115283. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE24-60040.

Veeramany A., G. A. Coles, S. D. Unwin, T. B. Nguyen, and J. E. Dagle. 2016. Trial Implementation of the High-Impact, Low-Frequency Power Grid Event Risk Framework to Support Informed Decision-Making. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-25667. Richland, WA.

Widergren S. E., D. J. Hammerstrom, Q. Huang, K. Kalsi, J. Lian, A. Makhmalbaf, T. E. McDermott, et al. 2017. Transactive Systems Simulation and Valuation Platform Trial Analysis. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-26409. Richland, WA.

Coleman A., S. Matzner, J. D. Tagestad, K. B. Larson, T. E. Warfel, S. A. Montgomery, A. R. Maxwell, et al. 2017. Improving Situational Awareness Through Automated Damage Analysis from Overhead Imagery. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-26485. Richland, WA.

Veeramany A., D. J. Hammerstrom, J. T. Woodward, and J. G. O'Brien. 2017. "Addressing Risk in the Valuation of Energy Systems." Presented by Arun Veeramany at ASME 2017 Power and Energy Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 27, 2017. PNNL-SA-126564.

Hardy T. D., A. Veeramany, M. R. Knight, and J. T. Woodward. 2018. Resilience Metric Formulation Considering Transactive Systems. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-28363. Richland, WA.

Unwin S. D., D. Calderin Morales, B. C. Simpson, C. J. Spitz, A. Veeramany, J. A. Gastelum, and C. T. Maloney. 2020. "An Improved Risk Priority Measure for the Management of Project Risk." In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE2020, November 16-19, 2020, Virtual, Online, 14, Paper No: IMECE2020-23917, V014T14A019. New York, New York:ASME. PNNL-SA-156058.