Nils M Stenvig

Bio

Nils Markus Stenvig is the Group Leader for ORNL’s Power Systems Resilience group within the Energy Systems Integration & Control Section, Electrification and Energy Infrastructures Division, Energy Science and Technology Directorate. Nils also serves as the Grid Modeling R&D thrust lead at ORNL’s Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center (GRID-C). He leads and/or participates in research work primarily in the areas of transmission security, reliability & resilience; advanced grid modeling; system protection & control; and microgrids. He has purview and leadership over ORNL bulk grid modeling, electromagnetic transient research, grid waveform analytics, and advanced protection systems.

Mr. Stenvig received the B.S.E.E., MBA, and M.S.E.E. degrees from Michigan Technological University in 2008, 2010, and 2011, respectively. He was previously employed by American Transmission Company and held engineering internship positions with International Transmission Company (ITC Transmission), Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, and was a student scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Mr. Stenvig’s engineering roles with American Transmission Company included Transmission Planning Engineer, Operations Engineer, and Substation Maintenance Engineer over the course of six years. His industry experiences have included regional blackout investigation/root cause analysis, seasonal operations studies, outage planning studies, tornado damage recovery, equipment failure analysis, asset management, work management planning, GIC blocking device installation, substation security enhancement, generator interconnection and retirement studies, specialty transient analysis cases, transmission expansion studies, and system protection & control. 

He has held engineering positions with International Transmission Company (ITC Transmission), Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, and American Transmission Company, and was a student scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). As an undergraduate, Nils conducted research under a NSF fellowship—spending a summer at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. His research work during this time was primarily in areas of transformer testing, harmonics, capacitor bank switching, and fault transients. As a graduate student, Nils performed research funded by LLNL focused in electromagnetic transient modelling and broadband over powerlines.

Professional Experience

• ORNL Group Leader, Senior Research Staff Member 4/2024 to present
• ORNL Acting Group Leader 6/2022 to 4/2024
• ORNL Research Staff Member 1/2021 to 4/2024
• ORNL Team Leader 01/2020 to 9/30/2020 
• ORNL Research  Associate 12/2016 to 12/2020
• American Transmission Company, Interconnections and Special Studies, Apr 2016 – Dec 2016
• American Transmission Company, Asset Management, Jan 2013 – Apr 2016
• American Transmission Company, System Operations Engineering, Feb 2011 – Jan 2013
• Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Student Scholar, May 2010 – Aug 2010
• Michigan Technological University, Research Assistant, Jan 2008 – Jan 2011
• Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Planning Engineering Intern, May 2007 – Aug 2007
• International Transmission Company, Operations Engineering Intern, May 2006 – Aug 2006

Education

Michigan Technological University

• Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, December 2010; 
• Master of Business Administration, December 2010; 
• Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, May 2008;

Professional Affiliations

IEEE Senior Member

Publications