About Me
I am an interdisciplinary applied AI research engineer working on the nexus of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and autonomous systems. I work on infusing today’s physical systems with AI - contributing to building technologies that help reduce carbon footprint of energy and transportation sectors.
I am currently focused on building Autonomy Blocks for aerial mobility as part of Microsoft's Project AirSim. In the past, I have worked on building tools for clean energy integration addressing the challenges associated with Distributed Energy Resources (DER) large-scale deployment. I have created this website to share my professional journey.
My Timeline
[Feature] Women to Watch by WIA
Women to Watch by Women in Analytics Community
October 2022 [Feature] SheCanCode Community
Feature Titled - What does it take to work in AI?
August 2022 [Career Achievement] Microsoft Project AirSim announced at Farnborough International AirShow
Building AI Blocks for Aerial Autonomous Systems, bringing state-of-the-art AI into the innovative product ideation and prototyping efforts as Senior AI engineer-cum-intrapreneur.
July 2022 [Panelist] Predictive Analytics World Climate
Invited speaker, participated on the Energy Panel
June 2022 [Commencement Speaker] Carnegie Mellon University EST&P Graduation Ceremony
Commencement Guest and Speaker at EST&P Program at CMU
May 2022 [Keynote Speaker] ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Keynote Speaker at the Student Project Opening Lunch
May 2022 [Keynote Speaker] Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) Annual Meeting
Keynote Speaker, JISEA (NREL)
April 2022 [National Judge] Department of Energy - EnergyTech Up challenge
National judge for inaugural year of EnergyTech UP
March 2022 [Testifier] The U.S. Chamber Commission on Competition, Inclusion, and Innovation (AI Commission)
Testimony offered at the AI Commission (Austin, TX)
March 2022 [Advisor] American Made Solar
Carnegie Mellon University, Energy Week
March 2022 [Career Achievement] IEEE Grade Elevation - Senior Member
IEEE Senior Member
February 2022 [Award] VIT University Distinguished Alumni - Chancellor’s Special Award
Global Alumni Base
January 2022 [Award] Forbes 30 Under 30 (Energy) Honoree (2022)
North American List
December 2021 [New Role] Joined Microsoft
Moved to WA to join Microsoft as Senior AI Engineer
November 2021 [Invited Speaker] Stanford Magic Lab
Topic - Blockchain for Energy Systems
October 2021 [Invited Speaker] Hawaii Data Science Institute
Topic - Data Science & Optimization and REopt Lite
November 2020 [Feature] REEL Award by Remesh
Research & Equitable Leadership Award Honoree
October 2020 [Invited Speaker] Women in Data Science
Topic - Making an Impact with Data
September 2020 [Invited Speaker] Pint of Science
Topic - AI needs you
September 2020 [Award] Cleantech Innovator Award by CELI
Received this recognition from Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI)
August 2020 [Award] Chairman’s Award for Exceptional Performance - NREL
In recognition of release of the open source REopt Lite model
August 2020 [Feature] Q&A with Sakshi Mishra - NREL
Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change and Advocating for Women in STEM
August 2020 [Podcast guest] The Alan Turing Institute (Data Driven channel)
How to Build a Career in Energy Analytics and AI
July 2020 [Keynote Speaker] International Conference on 'AL and ML Applications in Smart Buildings'
Keynote speaker, VIT University
July 2020 [Podcast guest] So you want to be a Data Scientist?
Data Science in Research with Sakshi Mishra
July 2020 [STEM Outreach] Women in AI - Launch Denver AI Chapter
WAI inaugural talk with DoE AI Director and NREL researchers
June 2020 [Podcast guest] Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Spoke about my STEM career trajectory so far
June 2020 [Feature] Department of Energy - Your AI Career
Featured for my work in the interdisciplinary Energy and AI research
June 2020 [Feature] Science Node - Paths to working with HPC
Featured for my work with NREL's Eagle HPC
April 2020 [Panelist] Energy Systems Integration Group - Spring Summit
Panel speaker for ESIG's Workshop webinar
April 2020 [Feature] The AI Journal
Featured in The AI Journal's Women In AI series
April 2020 [Feature] Women @ Energy STEM Rising
Featured in Department of Energy's '#WomenInPower impact innovate inspire' series
March 2020 [Panelist] REopt Open Source Webinar
Panel speaker for REopt Lite's Open Source Review Webinar
March 2020 [Panelist] CMU Energy Week 2020 - AI & Energy Panel
Panel speaker, AI & Energy – Examining the Potential to Bolster Smart Transitions beyond Cybersecurity
March 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19) [Career Achievement] REopt Lite API - Open Sourced
NREL's behind-the-meter optimization model is open-sourced
February 2020 [Invited Speaker] Seminar at Florida International University
Smart Grid Evolution - Opportunities for apply AI based solutions in energy systems
February 2020 [Panelist] AEE World Conference and Expo 2019
Panel speaker at the DoE Better Plants Program session (discussed REopt Lite)
September 2019 [Tool Featured] REopt made NREL headlines
NREL news homepage highlighted the capabilities of REopt
August 2019 [Conference Presentation] Attended 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo
Presented two papers for IEEE publication
September 2018 [Seminar Speaker] CMU Energy and Innovation Club - Seminar
Conducted a hands-on workshop for REopt Lite API
March 2018 [New Role] Joined National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Moved to Golden, CO to join NREL as a Reseacher
August 2018 [Career Achievement] Earned Professional Engineering License
P.E. in Electrical Engineering, State of Califormia
April 2018 [Award] Toastmasters - Competent Communicator
AEP Tulsa Toastmasters Club
May 2017 [Award] Academic Excellence Award
Carnegie Mellon University
May 2016[New Role] Joined American Electric Power
Moved to Tulsa, OK to join AEP as a Grid Planning Engineer
January 2016My Projects
My Skills
My Career
Microsoft (Bellevue, Washington, U.S.)
Working on Microsoft Project AirSim -- An end-to-end platform for simulating, training, and validating autonomous aerial mobility solutions including last-mile delivery, infrastructure inspection, and Air Taxis/Urban Air Mobility (UAM).
Nov 2021 - PresentSenior AI Engineer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, Colorado, U.S.)
Worked on creating AI-driven solutions for energy systems and buildings including resource and load forecasting. Also, led the development of REopt Lite API for DER integration (sabbatical from Jan 2021 to Aug 2021).
Aug. 2018 - Nov 2021Staff Researcher
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Worked on application of blockchain for energy systems (P2P energy markets) as part of Graduate Blockchain Training Pathway at UBC.
Sep. 2020 - Aug. 2021Doctoral Researcher
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 (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (on Leave-of-Absence starting Jan 2022)
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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