Dakota Roberson’s research interests lie in power systems control, high-performance control design, renewable energy integration, process control and statistical signal processing. Much of Roberson’s research is concentrated on distributed wide-area damping, employing various sources of active power actuation (e.g. HVDC, energy storage). Issues regarding time delay, positive feedback (i.e. regeneration) detection and coupling of distributed systems are of particular interest. These concentrations have resulted in the development of wide-area damping controllers for the western North American Power System, as well as smaller-scale, local control technologies based on energy storage and renewable generation. His teaching interests include power system stability, process automation, estimation/detection theory and advanced classical control.

• President, Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society, WY-A
• Chairman of Academic Dishonesty Appeals Panel, College of Engineering Dean’s Office, University of Wyoming
• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member of IEEE Power and Energy Society
• Ambassador, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wyoming

• Winner of the 2016 Fisher Innovation Challenge
• Nicholson Power Systems Engineering Fellowship
• IEEE Power & Energy Society Plus Initiative
• Engineering Student of the Year
• Electrical Engineering Student of the Year
• Honor Book Recipient
• Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Member
• Graduated “Cum Laude”, University of Wyoming

• D. Roberson and J. F. O'Brien, “Variable Loop Gain using Excessive Regeneration Detector for a Delayed Wide-Area Control System” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, 2017 
• D. Roberson and J. F. O'Brien, “Loop Shaping of a Wide-Area Damping Controller using HVDC” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2017
• D. Roberson and J. F. O’Brien, “Transient Stability Augmentation With Excessive Regeneration Detection in a Delayed WADC” in International Transportation Electrification Conference, 2017
• D. Roberson and J. F. O’Brien, “A Comparison of HVDC Damping Controllers in the Western North American Power System " in IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, IL 2017
• D. Roberson and J. F. O'Brien, “Coupling Analysis & Preliminary MIMO Control Design for Wide-Area Damping Using HVDC” in Proceedings of IEEE North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2016