• Jose F. Espiritu & Sowmya Parimi (2009). Electricity distribution system optimization via heuristic approaches. (under preparation - to be submitted to Electric Power Systems Research )

• Tongdan Jin, Jose F. Espiritu & Heidi A. Taboada. (2009). Variance estimation for system reliability estimates with k-out-of-n configurations. Journal of Risk and Reliability (under review).

• Heidi Taboada, Jose F. Espiritu, Gregory Levitin & David W. Coit. (2009). A multi- objective evolutionary algorithm for determining optimal configurations of multi-task production systems. IIE Transactions (under review).

• Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2008). Component Replacement Models for Electricity Distribution Systems. The Engineering Economist, 318-339(53).

• Heidi Taboada, Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2008). MOMS-GA: A Multiobjective Multi-State Genetic Algorithm for System Reliability Optimization Design Problems. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 57(1): 182-191.

• Heidi Taboada, Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2008). Design Allocation of Multi-State Series-Parallel Systems for Power Systems Planning: A Multiple Objective Evolutionary Approach. Journal of Risk and Reliability, 222(3).

• Jose F. Espiritu, David W. Coit & Upyukt Prakash. (2007). Component Criticality Importance Measures for the Power Industry. Electric Power Systems Research, 77(5-6).

• Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2007). Component Replacement Analysis for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems. International Journal of Performability Engineering, 3(2).

• Jose F. Espiritu & Sowmya Parimi. (2009). Electricity distribution system optimization using evolutionary algorithms. In Proceedings of the 15th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality Design. August,2009. San Francisco CA.

• Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2009). Component Replacement Analysis in the Power industry.  In Proceedings of the 15th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality Design. August, 2009. San Francisco CA.

• Noel Chavez, Heidi Taboada and Jose F. Espiritu. (2009). Multiple Objective Optimization in Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems. In Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). June, 2009. Miami, Florida.

• Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2008). Component Replacement Analysis for Radial Distribution Systems. In Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Vancouver, BC.

• Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2008). Component Replacement Analysis for Complex Electricity Distribution Configurations. In Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Vancouver, BC.

• Jose F. Espiritu, David W. Coit & Naruemon Wattanapongsakorn (2007). Component Replacement Models for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Quality and Reliability. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

• Jose F. Espiritu & David W. Coit. (2006). Customized Component Reliability Importance Measures for Electricity Transmission Systems. In Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Orlando, FLA.

• Jose F. Espiritu, David W. Coit, Upyukt Prakash & Jose Ramirez-Marquez. (2005). Reliability Modeling of Electricity Transmission Systems: An Extension of Traditional Reliability Methods. In Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Atlanta, GA.

• Electricity Distribution System Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms. Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Miami, Florida. June, 2009

• Development of an ant colony optimization algorithm to obtain optimal replacement schedules for electricity transmission and distribution systems. INFORMS Western Regional Conference. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ, April 2009

• Power Systems Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms. INFORMS Western Regional Conference. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ, April 2009

• How to motivate and guide engineering students at UTEP to successfully pursue graduate studies?. Sixth International Sun Conference, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2009.

• Seminar: Graduate school and you. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, April 2009.

• Institute for Operations Research and Management Science Conference (INFORMS). A replacement analysis model for electricity distribution systems. Washington, D.C, October 2008.

• Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Replacement Analysis for Radial Distribution Systems. Vancouver, BC, May 2008.

• Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Replacement Analysis for Complex Distribution Systems. Vancouver, BC, May 2008.

• A Multiple Objective Evolutionary Approach to Consider the Design Allocation of Multi-state Series-parallel Systems for Power Systems Planning. INFORMS Southwest Regional Conference. College Station, TX, April 2008.

• A New Component Replacement Analysis Method for Electricity Distribution Systems. Industrial Engineering Seminar. The University of Texas at El Paso, February 2008.

• Institute for Operations Research and Management Science Conference (INFORMS). A replacement analysis model for electricity distribution systems. Seattle, Washington, November 2007.

• Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Customized Component Reliability Importance Measures for Electricity Transmission Systems. Orlando, FLA, May 2006.

• Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Component Reliability Importance Measures and Replacement Analysis for Electricity Transmission Systems. Poster Presentation. Orlando, FLA, May 2006.

• Institute for Operations Research and Management Science Conference (INFORMS). Multiobjective Multi-State Genetic Algorithm for Power Systems Reliability Optimization Problems, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2006.

• Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Reliability Modeling of Electricity Transmission Systems: An Extension of Traditional Reliability Methods. Atlanta, GA, May 2005.

• System Risk and Reliability Analysis
• Reliability Modeling of Power Systems
• Replacement Analysis
• Optimization in Energy Systems
• Data Mining and Pattern Recognition
• Sustainability Engineering
• Engineering Education