About Me
I am an interdisciplinary researcher who loves to work on the nexus of energy systems and artificial intelligence. Infusing today’s grid with AI to enable its transition to smart grid, by enabling higher levels of renewable penetration, increased reliability, and heightened resiliency - is my goal.
I created this website to share my STEM journey. The way electricity is generated, transmitted, and consumed is transforming at an unprecedented pace. Main drivers being - urgency to address climage change problems and the evolution of the grid as a dynamic network serving eletrified transportation. I believe AI has a lot to offer to the classical power systems science for enhancing the effectiveness of global energy transformation. So, the blog on this website is aimed at shedding light on the tremendous possibilities [AI + Energy] hold, as they come together.
My Timeline
Podcast guest - The Alan Turing Institute (Data Driven channel)
How to Build a Career in Energy Analytics and AI
July 2020Chat with The Alan Turing Institute professor Ganna Pogrebna
International Conference on 'AL and ML Applications in Smart Buildings'
Keynote speaker
July 2020Behind-The-Meter Renewable Energy Optimization for Smart Buildings and Campuses – REopt Lite
Women in AI - Launch Denver AI Chapter
WAI inaugural talk with DoE AI Director and NREL researchers
June 2020Initiative to help increase female participation in AI field
Podcast guest - Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Spoke about my STEM career trajectory so far
June 2020Take of a Female Engineer with Industry + Research Experience
Department of Energy - Your AI Career
Featured for my work in the interdisciplinary Energy and AI research
June 2020Researcher working with AI and Energy
Science Node - Paths to working with HPC
Featured for my work with NREL's Eagle HPC
April 2020Energy researcher working with HPC
Energy Systems Integration Group - Spring Summit
Panel speaker for ESIG's Workshop webinar
April 2020REopt Lite API dev Lead
Women @ Energy STEM Rising
Featured in Department of Energy's '#WomenInPower impact innovate inspire' series
March 2020Rising Female Researcher in STEM field
REopt Open Source Webinar
Panelist for REopt Lite's Open Source Review Webinar
March 2020REopt Lite API - R&D Lead
CMU Energy Week 2020 - AI & Energy Panel
Invited speaker, AI & Energy – Examining the Potential to Bolster Smart Transitions beyond Cybersecurity
March 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)Researcher working on the nexus of Energy + AI
REopt Lite API - Open Sourced
NREL's behind-the-meter optimization model is open-sourced
February 2020Technical Lead
Seminar at Florida International University
Smart Grid Evolution - Opportunities for apply AI based solutions in energy systems
February 2020Invited Speaker
AEE World Conference and Expo 2019
DoE Better Plants Program session - discussed REopt Lite
September 2019Panel Speaker
REopt made NREL headlines
NREL news homepage highlighted the capabilities of REopt
August 2019REopt Lite API development Lead
Attended 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo
Presented two papers for IEEE publication
September 2018Presentation and Poster session
CMU Energy and Innovation Club - Seminar
Conducted a hands-on workshop for REopt Lite API
March 2018Live workshop for using REopt Lite's API
Joined NREL
Move to Golden, CO to join NREL as a Reseacher
August 2018Started working on REopt and Intelligent Campus Projects
Obtained Professional Engineering License
P.E. in Electrical Engineering, state of Califormia
April 2018Working at AEP
Joined American Electric Power
Moved to Tulsa, OK to join AEP as a Grid Planning Engineer
January 2016Joined SPP Voltage Task Force and Advised PSERC projects as Indutry Adviser
My Projects
My Skills
My Career
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, Colorado, U.S.)
Working on building AI-driven solutions for energy systems and buildings including resource and load forecasting. Also, leading the development of REopt Lite tool's API for distributed energy resources integration.
Aug. 2018 - presentResearcher
American Electric Power (Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.)
Worked in AEP's West Transmission Planning wing, conducted full-interconnection studies for utility-scale renewable energy projects; Participated in various task forces in SPP and ERCOT.
Jan. 2016 - Aug. 2018Grid Planning Engineer
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
For Energy Transportation and Storage course, incorporated HOMER modeling tool in the syllabus and helped student build grid-connected and off-grid renewable energy generation mdoels incorporating energy storage to analyze economics of their constuction and operations.
Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2015Graduate Teaching Assistant
Black & Veatch (Seattle, Washington, U.S.)
Worked in B&V's energy practice, studied distribution feeder hosting capacity for the rooftop PV, customer PV adoption predictions for residential + commerical sectors, and fuel cell based plant's feasibility study.
May. 2015 - Jul. 2015Renewable Energy Engineering Intern
University of Michigan (Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.)
Worked in ECE research lab, researched day-ahead energy consumption scheduling of residential building using MPC.
Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014Research Assistant
Deakin University (Geelong, Victoria, Australia)
Worked in Renewable Energy Lab as full-ride scholar, conducted hardware-in-the-loop experiments to design controls for pv and wind connected residential loads.
Feb. 2014 - Jun. 2014Research Intern
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhopal, MP, India)
Conducted cost-effectiveness analysis on the permanent magnet DC traction motor with reconfigurable windings for high-speed locomotion applications.
May 2012 - Jun. 2012Intern
My Publications
My Education
University of British Columbia (Online currenlty | Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sep. 2020 - presentOngoing
Stanford University (Online)
Professional Certificate, Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies
Sep. 2016 - Jan. 2017Awarded the certification
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
Master of Science in Energy Science Technology and Policy, concentration - ECE
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2015GPA 4 on 4
University of Michigan (Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.)
Master of Science in Engineering Management (1 semester)
Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014GPA 4 on 4
Deakin University (Geelong, Victoria, Australia)
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1 semester abroad)
Feb. 2014 - June. 2014Bachelor's thesis
Vellore Institute of Technology (Chennai, Tamilnadu, India)
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Aug. 2010 - Jun. 2014GPA 8.35 on 10
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