1. Modeling and Prevention of Cascading Failures in Power Systems Open Access Author: Gharebaghi, Sina Title: Modeling and Prevention of Cascading Failures in Power Systems Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering (PHD) Keywords: Cascading failure modeling and preventionAC-QSS modelsTrapezoidal methodBackward Euler methodHyperstabilitySparsity.Cascading failurePower systemsDynamic modelsTrapezoidal methodBackward Euler methodHyperstabilitySparsityDynamic security assessmentCyber-physical power gridOptimal preventive controlparallel computingDSA File: Download Dissertation-FinalVersion-SinaGharebaghi.pdf Committee Members: Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/ChairThomas La Porta, Major Field MemberSeth Blumsack, Outside Unit & Field MemberYan Li, Major Field MemberNilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Chair & Dissertation Advisor