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Visiting Faculty and Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Sagnik Basumallik, Engineering Scientist, May 2022 – August 2024 (Working with the New York Ppwer Authority (NYPA), NY)
- Paramarshi Banerjee, Post-doctoral Fellow, Feb. 2023-September 2024 (Working with Siemens, Germany)
- Vignesh V. Krishnan, Visiting Faculty, February 2024-August 2024
- Pratyasa Bhui, Visiting Faculty (Nov, 2023-May 2024)
- Sajan K. Sadanandan, Engineering Scientist, October 2021 – April 2022 (Working at the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai, UAE)
- Subir Majumder, Engineering Scientist, September 2021 – March 2023 (Working at the Texas A&M University, College Station, TX)
- Sanjeev Pannala, Assistant Research Professor/ Post-Doc, July 2019 – July 2023 (co-mentored with Dr. Schulz), Working at National Renewable Energy Lab
- Subir Majumder, Post-Doc Fellow, Jan. 2020 – Aug. 2021 (supported by DOE and NSF), Working at the Texas A&M University, College Station.
- Sajan K. Sadanandan, Post-Doc Fellow, December 2018 – September 2021
- Amirkhosoro Vosughi, Post-Doc Fellow, January 2020 – March 2021 (Supported by DOE), working at OpenEye, Liberty Lake, WA
- Pratim Kundu, Assistant Research Professor, 2018- 2019 (supported by EPRI, ARPA-E, PSERC), Working as a Faculty at Indian Institute of Tech., Mandi, India
- Illia Diahovchenko, Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow, December 2018-June 2019, (supported by Fulbright), Working as a Faculty at Sumy State University, Ukraine
- Ramyar Saeedi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, (Co-advised with Prof. Gebremedhin), October 2018-August 2019 (Supported by DOE), Working at Hitachi America
- Venkatesh Venkataramanan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, July 2019-August 2019 (Supported by DOE), Working at National Renewable Energy Lab.
- Vignesh Krishnan, Assistant Research Professor, July 2016- October 2018 (Supported by DOE, ARPA-E, Siemens, EPRI), – Working as a Faculty at IIT Tirupati
- Param Banerjee, Assistant Research Professor, July 2015 – June 2018 (Supported by DOE, NSF, PSERC, EPRI), Working at the AutoGrid R&D
- Chandrashekhar N. Bhende, Visiting Faculty from IIT Bhuvneshwar, May-July 2018 (Funded by Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship)
- Anju Meghwani, Visiting Post-Doctoral Associate, Summer 2018 (Supported by DOE)
- Sandeep Anand, Visiting Faculty, Summer 2018 (Supported by DOE)
- Ramon Zamora, Post-Doctoral Associate, January 2016- July 2016 (Supported by NSF grant), working at the Auckland University of Technology as a Faculty
- Prabodh Bajpai, Visiting Faculty, May 2015 – July 2015 (Funded by Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum)
- Shaowei Huang, Post-Doctoral Fellow, January-March 2013 (Funded by Tsinghua University, China)
Ph.D. Students (Graduated)
- Partha Sarkar, “Enabling Cybersecure and Resilient Smart Distribution Grid with Edge Devices”, August 2023 (working at Dominion Energy, VA)
- Srayashi Konar, “Distributed Discrete Optimization for Autonomous Restoration in DER-Rich Power Distribution Network”, December 2023 (Working with General Electric, NY)
- Linli Jia, “Distribution Power System Resiliency in DER-Rich Environment”, August 2023, (working at the Dominion Energy, VA)
- Amir Gholami, “Disturbance and Outage Root Cause Analysis in Distribution System Using Physics-aware Data-driven Approaches”, September, 2022 (working at the Ulteig, CA)
- Chuan Qin, “Data-Driven Situational Awareness for Distribution System Resiliency”, August 2022 (Working at the Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA)
- Arman Ahmed, “Data Driven Event Analysis for Cyber-Power System”, August 2022 (Co-advised with Dr. Yinghui Wu) (WSU-PNNL Distinguished Graduate Research Fellow) (Working at Intel, Beverton, OR)
- Niloy Patari, “Distributed Voltage Control and Optimization for Distribution Power Systems”, December 2021 (Working at National Grid, NY)
- Gowtham Kandaperumal, “Resiliency-Driven Situational Awareness and Decision Support For Cyber-Power Distribution Systems”, July, 2021 (PNNL DGRP fellow co-advised with Dr. K. Schneider) (Working at the ComEd, Chicago, IL)
- Armina Foroutan, “Generator Model Validation and Calibration Using Synchrophasor Measurements”, May 2021 (Working at the GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA)
- Syed Rizvi, “Data-Driven Algorithms for Power System Load Model Parameter Estimation and Voltage Stability Assessment”, May 2021 (Working at the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dubai, UAE)
- Zhijie Nie,”Cyber-Physical Resilience Analysis for Power Systems”, December 2020 (Working at the GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA)
- Shikhar Pandey, “Application-Aware Synchrophasor Estimation and Quality-Aware Applications”, May 2020 (Working at the ComEd, Chicago, IL)
- Yue Zhang, “Data-Driven Algorithms for Distribution System Operation and Control”, Ph.D., August 2019 (Working at the GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA)
- Venkatesh Venkataramanan, “Cyber-Physical Resilience Assessment for Active Power Distribution Systems”, August 2019 (Co-advised with Dr. Hahn) (Working as the National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO)
- Krishnanjan G. Ravikumar, “Adaptive Remedial Action Schemes using Synchrophasors”, Ph.D., December 2018, (Working at the Google, VA)
- Tushar, “Measuring and Enabling Cyber-Physical Resiliency of Electric Transmission Systems”, Ph.D., December 2018, (Working at the GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA)
- Sayonsom Chanda, “Enabling Resiliency of the Electric Distribution Systems During Extreme Events”, December 2018, (Working at the National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO)
- Bo Cui, “Synchrophasor Based Failure Diagnosis and Asset Monitoring in Transmission Network Protection System”, Ph.D., August 2018, (Working at Microsoft, Redmond, WA)
- Ren Liu, “Cyber-Physical Security Analysis for Synchrophasor Applications”, Ph.D., December 2017, (Working at Dominion Virginia Power, Richmond, VA)
- Hyojong Lee, “Development, Modeling, and Applications of PMUs”, Ph.D., December 2017 (Working at the Hitachi Energy, Cary, NC)
- Ramon Zamora, “Energy Management and Multi-Layer Control of Networked Microgrids”, Ph.D., December 2015, (Working as a faculty at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
- Saugata Biswas, “Synchrophasor Based Voltage Stability Monitoring and Control of Power Systems”, Ph.D., September 2014 (*Best Graduate Research Assistant Award) (Working at the GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA)
- Farshid Shariatzadeh, “Energy Management and Control of Active Distribution Systems”, Ph.D., August 2014 (Working at the Google, Seattle, WA)
- Y. Baez-Rivera, “Control of Multi-generators for the All-Electric Ship”, (co-advised with Dr. Noel Schulz) Ph.D., May 2011 (Best graduate student award from President’s Commission on the Status of Women) (Associate Chair, Undergraduate Programs & Program Director, Electrical Engineering Technology at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC)
- M. Lin, “Static and Dynamic Voltage Stability Assessment of Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems”, (co-advised with Dr. Noel Schulz), Ph.D., December 2010 (working at New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), NY)
- Q. Huang, “Power System Distributed State Estimation with Phasor Measurement Units”, (co-advised with Dr. Noel Schulz), Ph.D., December 2010 (with Focus PDM, CA)
M.S. Students (Graduated)
- Vasavi Sivaramakrishnan, “Real-Time Power System Testbed Development and Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Data Anomaly Detection”, August 2024 (working at Dominion Energy, VA)
- Mustafa Hussain, “Real-Time Testbed Development for Cyber-Power Analysis and Validation”, July 2021, (co-advised with Dr. A. Hahn) (continued as a Ph.D. student)
- Arman Ahmed, “PMUNET: Anomaly Detection Over Concept Drifting Synchrophasor Data Streams”, May 2019 (Co-advised with Dr. Wu) (Continued as a PNNL Fellow)
- Matteo Menazzi, “Enabling Resiliency Through Outage Management and Real-Time Data-Driven Aggregated DERs”, EU Student with WSU Thesis, August 2018. (Working with ABB, Bergamo, Italy)
- Shikhar Pandey, “A Real-Time Synchrophasor Data-Driven Approach for Event Detection in The Power Grid”, December 2017 (Continued as a doctoral student at WSU and now working at the ComEd, Chicago, IL)
- Mengze Zhou, “An Ensemble-based Algorithm for Synchrophasor Data Anomaly Detection”, May 2017 (Working at the PacificCorp, Portland, WA)
- Guo Yu, “Three-phase distribution state estimation using smart meter data”, S., August 2016 (Working with 1898 and Co., Greater Boston, MA)
- Leslie Corson, “Development and Integration of Three Phase Unbalanced Voltage Stability Index into Multi-Objective Optimization for Distribution System Planning”, M.S., December 2015 (Working with Douglas County PUD, East Wenatchee, WA)
- Venkatesh Venkataramanan, “A Real-Time Cyber-Physical Testbed for Microgrid Resiliency Analysis”, M.S., August 2015 (Continued as a Doctoral Student, WSU)
- Sayonsom Chanda, “Measuring and Enabling Resiliency in Distribution Systems with Multiple Microgrids”, M.S., August 2015 (Continuing as a Doctoral Student, WSU)
- Tushar, “Data-Driven Load Modeling and Application in Voltage Stability”, M.S., August 2015 (Continued as a Doctoral Student, WSU and at the GE)
- Arvind Malikeshwaran, “Development and Testing of Synchrophasor Based Dynamic Remedial Action Schemes”, M.S., August 2015, (Working with GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA)
- Pramila Nirbhavane, “Data-Driven Load Modeling in Power Distribution System”, M.S., December 2014 (Working with New York ISO, NY)
- Fransiska Anna Martina, “Graph Theory and Particle Swarm Based Reconfiguration of Multiple Microgrids For Grid Resiliency”, MS, Dec 2014 (Working at Chevron, Indonesia)
- Jie Wei, “Distribution Locational Marginal Price Using Three-Phase Current Injection Based Optimal Power Flow”, M.S., Dec. 2014, (Working at Monitoring Analytics LLC, PA)
- Rahul Anilkumar, “Volt/Var Management for Transmission and Distribution Systems with Wind Energy”, M.S., May 2014 (Working with Quanta Technology, CA)
- Ceeman Vellathurai, “Cyber-Power System Analysis Using a Real-Time Test Bed”S., August 2013 (Working with Schweitzer Engineering Lab, WA)
- Griet Devriese, “Energy Savings and Volt/Var optimization using intelligent control”, M.S., August 2013 (Working with Power Engineers, ID)
- Timothy Ernster, “Power System Vulnerability Analysis: A Centrality Based Approach Utilizing Limited Information”, S., August 2012 (Working with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, OR)
- Meshal Marzooq, December 2021 (SEL)
- Kevin Gowan, Professional Science Masters (PSM), May 2021 (Puget Sound Energy)
- Michael Montgomery, Professional Science Masters (PSM), December 2020 (E.C. Fennell, FL)
- Kelly McFarlane, Professional SM, May 2020 (Bonneville Power Administration)
- Dejene Mersha, Professional SM, May 2018 (Seattle City and Light, Seattle, WA)
- Abdur Rehman, Professional SM, December 2017 (Seattle City and Light, Seattle, WA)
- Sadiq Anod, PSM, May 2017 (Chelan County PUD, Chelan, WA)
- Brandon Powers, “Model-based attack detection and mitigation for AGC”, M.S., May 2016 (working with Army Corps of Engineer, Walla Walla, WA)
- Yipeng Zhou, “Cyber-Physical Analysis for Reconfiguration of Multiple Microgrids”, M.S. (Non-Thesis), Engineering Sciences, August 2015 (National Institute of clean and low carbon energy (NICE), China)
- Alexander Anderson, PSM, December 2015 (Pacific Northwest National Lab, WA)
- Han Zhao, “Fault Location for Power Distribution System”, M.S. (Non-Thesis), May 2015
- Bhavana Mupalla, “Distribution system restoration with Microgrid”, M. S. (Non-thesis), August 2014 (Working at Electric Power Systems (EPS), St. Louis, MO)
- Amanvir Sudan, “Data acquisition and monitoring in power grid”, M. S. (Non-thesis), August 2013 (Working at Schweitzer Engineering Lab, CA)
- Shreya S Kodnadu, “PMU performance and modeling”, M. S. (Non-thesis), August 2012 (Working at Silicon Valley Power, San Francisco, CA)
- Shilpa Toppo, “Three-phase continuation power flow based on current injection algorithm for distribution systems”,S., Dec. 2010 (Working with PacificCorp, Salt Lake City, UT)
- Ram Mohan Reddi, “Development of smart grid testbed for operation, control and cyber-security analysis”, M.S., Dec. 2010 (Working at the Penna Cement Industries, India)
- Doug Bowman, “Impact of Wind farm with storage on Electric Grid”, M.S., December 2010 (Working with Southwest Power Pool, AR),
- Shireesha Methuku, “Modeling of the Biomass Power Generation and Techno-Economic Analysis”, M.S., December 2009 (Working with ERCOT, Texas)
- Ankush Saran, “Real-Time Modeling, Simulation and Validation of Protective Relays”,S., December 2009. (Ph.D. student at Mississippi State University, MS)
- Sunil Palla, “Development of overcurrent relay model and power system simulator using national instruments devices in real-time”, M.S., December 2008. (*Best Graduate Research Assistant Award) (Working with New York Power Authority, NY)
- Bharath Ravulapati, “Development of corrective actions for higher-order contingencies”, S., December 2008. (Working with Cross Texas Transmission, TX)
- Abhilash Reddy Masannagari, “Optimizing the size and location of distributed generators to maximize the grid stability”, S., December 2008. (Working with New York Power Authority, NY)
- Aarthi Asok Kumar, “Technical and economic impacts of distributed generators and energy storage devices on the electric grid”, S., December 2008. (Working with LCG Consulting, CA)
- Dina Khaniya, “Development of three-phase continuation power flow for voltage stability analysis of distribution systems”, S., Dec. 2008. (Working at Schneider Electric, SC)
- Vinoth Mohan, “Advancements in Power System Monitoring and Inter-Operability”, (with Dr. Noel Schulz) S., Dec. 2009, (Working with GE Grid Solutions, Redmond, WA),
- Padmavathy Kankanala, “Optimal Control of Voltage and Power in MVDC Multi-Zonal Shipboard Power System”, (with Dr. Noel Schulz), S., December 2009 (PSE&G, Newark, NJ)
- Seetharam Rudraraju, “Small Signal and Transient Stability Analysis of MVDC Shipboard Power System”, (with Dr. Noel Schulz), S., December 2009 (Working with Open System International, Minneapolis, MN)
- Venkata Pendurthi, “Uncertainty in Measurements and Cognitive Engineering Analysis of a Decision Support System for Power System Reconfiguration”, (with Dr. Noel Schulz), S., December 2009 (Working with CompuSharp, Jackson, MS)
- Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar, “Distributed simulation of power systems using Real-Time Digital Simulator”, M.S., August 2009. (with Dr. Noel Schulz) (*Best Graduate Research Assistant Award) (Working with the Google, CA)
- Srinath Kamireddy, “Comparison of state estimation algorithms considering phasor measurement units and major and minor data loss”, S., December 2008. (with Dr. Noel Schulz) (Working with Entergy, Jackson, MS)
- Mounika Kurra, M.S., December 2010 (working with Siemens PTI, NY)
- Venkata Surya Subrahmanyam, M.S., December 2010 (Working with PWR Solutions, DNV GL Company, Dallas, TX)
- Sugam Patel, M.S., March 2010. (Working with American Electric Power, TX)
- Bala Ranganath Kondaveeti, M.S., August 2009. (Working with IK Power Systems Solutions, LA)
- Chenfeng Zhang, M.S., December 2008 (Working with Texas Instruments, IN)
- Bharath Annabathina, M.S., 2008. (Working with New York Power Authority, NY)
Visiting GRADUATE SCHOLARS
- Kemal Aygul, Graduate Student (Summer 2023-Summer 2024)
- Samridhi Sajwan, Graduate Student (Fall 2023-Spring 2024)
- Krit Thampanichvong, Graduate Student (Spring 2024-Summer, 2024)
- Pratik Sharma, Graduate Student (Summer 2023)
- Diksha Singh, Graduate Student (Summer 2023)
- Satabdy Jena, Graduate Student (Summer 2022)
- Mehdi Jabbari Zideh, Graduate Student (Summer 2022)
- Ramyasai S. Bhavirisetty (Spring 2021- Fall 2021)
- Rushabh Shah (Fall 2021)
- Eshwar Nag Pilli, Graduate Intern (Spring 2021- Fall 2021)
- Anshuman, Graduate Intern (Summer 2019-Spring 2021)
- Tejas Ghanwat, Graduate Intern (Fall 2020- Spring 2021)
- Nikhil Doppalapudi, Graduate Intern (Spring 2020- Fall 2020)
- Ali Tamimi, Graduate Intern, Summer 2020 (Supported on NSF)
- Amandeep Saini, Graduate Intern, Spring 2020- Fall 2020 (Supported on NSF/ DOE)
- Aditya Jasuja, Graduate Intern, Fall 2019 (Supported on PSERC)
- Dipankar Medhi, Graduate Intern, Fall 2019 (Supported on DOE GMLC)
- Ehdieh Khaledian, Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (supported on NSF and DOE)
- Rajarshi Dutta, Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (Supported by DOE)
- Shreyasi Som, Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (Supported by DOE)
- Supnirun Suwannasorn, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (Funded by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok)
- Wasawat Sukrung, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (Funded by the AIT)
- Sittinan Muanchaona, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (Funded by the AIT)
- Chanatta Chaipakdee, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2019 (Funded by AIT)
- Yasmine Ben Miloud, Visiting Graduate Intern, July 2019, (Funded by Fulbright)
- Jayakumar Sreenath, Visiting Graduate Student, Summer 2018 (Supported by ARPA-E)
- Kush Khanna, Visiting Graduate Student, Summer 2018 (Supported by DOE)
- Jiranat Tangchittichariya, Visiting Student, September 2017- January 2018 (Supported by Thailand Government)
- Kalpesh Joshi, Visiting Doctoral Scholar, July 2015- January 2016 (Funded by IIT Gandhinagar, India)
- Frank A. Ibarra, Visiting Doctoral Scholar, January 2013- January 2014 (Partially funded by Sao Paulo University, Brazil)
- Pornchai Chaweewat, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2013 (Funded by Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok)
- Pathatai Dharmasaroj, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2013 (Funded by Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok)
- Xiyu Xie, Graduate Student (September 2015-December 2015) (Supported by Siemens)
- Pradya Panyainkaew Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2017 (Funded by AIT)
- Patthanapun Boonthong, Visiting Graduate Intern, Summer 2017 (Funded by Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok)
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS
- Ifenna Ekwenem, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2023-Spring 2024)
- Hunter Lavender, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2023)
- Camil Coullon, Undergraduate (Summer 2022)
- Brian Ha, REU Student (Spring 2021- Fall 2021)
- Asmita Acharya, Undergraduate Intern on NSF REU (Summer 2021)
- Jayce Gaddis, Undergraduate Intern (September 2018-March 2020)
- Edgar Orozco, Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020)
- Tori Elizabeth Warner, Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020)
- Alexandra Beatrice King, Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020)
- Jonah Davis, Undergraduate Intern on NSF REU (Summer 2020)
- Lauren Smith, NSF REU, Summer 2019
- Hyesun Cha, Research Intern, 2013- 2017 (Supported by DOE, PSERC, EPRI)
- Chuan Qin, Intern (January 2018-December 2018)
- Harshit Bajpai, Visiting Researcher, Summer 2018 (Supported by ARPA-E, NSF)
- Caroline L. Rublein, NSF REU (Summer 2018)
- Christopher Riedeman, NSF REU Intern (January 2018-May 2018)
- Jacob Greig Prine, Research Intern, (May 2016-May 2018)
- Darryl Hicks, Intern (August 2017-December 2017)
- David Bai, NSF REU (June 2017-August 2017)
- Darryl Hicks, NSF REU (June 2017-August 2017)
- Noble Stoneman, NSF REU (June 2017-August 2017)
- Linh Nguyen, NSF REU (June 2016-August 2016)
- Nathan VelaBorja (Summer, 2015-December 2015)
- Glory Obielodan, NSF REU (Summer 2015)
- Sebastian S. Rodriguez (Summer 2015)
- Douglas Rapier (Summer 2014-December 2014)
- Trey Ottaway (Summer 2014)
- Austin Irby (Spring 2013-Spring 2014)
- Alex Loper (Fall, 2013-Spring 2014)
- Matt Tabor (Spring, 2013- Summer, 2013)
- Rory Beckstorm, (Fall, 2012 – Fall 2013)
- Hyojong Lee, (Fall, 2012)
- Abdur Rehman (Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
- Rakesh Goyal (Summer 2012)
- Jared Bestbreuer (Summer 2011)
- Sadiq Anod (REU) (Summer 2011)
- Reginal Roby, Mississippi State University, B.S. Student, (Spring and Fall, 2010)
- Udita Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, (Summer 2009)
- Sri Hari Krishna, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, (Summer 2009)
- Meenakshi Garg, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, (Summer 2008)
- Nikhil Kumar, Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, India, (Summer 2007)
HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS
- Rohan Arunkumar, Highschool Student, (Summer 2024)
- Noah Jacob, Highschool Student, (Summer 2024)
- Kashish Vankayala, Highschool Student, (Summer 2024)
- Dev Aggarwal, Highschool Student, (Summer 2023)
- Gauri Kshettry, Highschool Student, (Summer 2023)
- Srikar Kovvuri, Highschool Student, (Summer 2023)
- Simran Saluja, Highschool Student, (Summer 2023)
- Nethan Binu, Highschool Student, (Summer 2022)
- Rohith Madhuker, Highschool Student (Summer 2022)
- Rajat Sengupta, Highschool Student (Summer 2022)
- Suhani Shukla, Highschool Intern as part of SPARK SIP (Summer 2021)
- Rosie Shen, Highschool Intern as part of SPARK SIP (Summer 2021)
- Rayna Bhattacharyya, Highschool Intern as part of SPARK SIP (Summer 2021)
- James Park, High-school Intern, Summer 2019 (Supported on NSF)
- Siyum Khan, High-school Intern, Summer 2019 (Supported on DOE)
- Darshil Shah, Highschool Research Intern, Summer 2018, 2019 (Supported by PSERC)