Lab Members

Current Researchers and Students @ALSETLab

Research Scientists (i.e. Senior Researchers)

• None, ;-(

Post-Docs

• None, ;-(

PhD Students

• Since Spring of 2024: Md. Nazmul Hassan Chowdhury, working on power electronic systems for multi-district energy hubs.
• Since Fall of 2023: Mohtarima Medha, working on analysis of embedded HVDC links in a synchronous dispatch region.
• Since Spring 2023: Srijita Bhattacharjee, working on multi-domain modeling for grid-interactive district energy systems.
• Since Spring 2022: Hao Chang working on testing and identification of Inverter-based resources.

MSc Students

• None, ;-(

Visitors

• None, ;-(

Other Current Students and Researchers outside of RPI

Current Students that I (co) supervise in other institutions:

• Maxime Baudette working on Synchrophasor-Based Model Validation,Calibration and Control Optimization of Power Networks, former main developer of the OpeinIPSL.org, among many many other things…. Software Engineering Associate at the Energy Technologies Area of Lawrence Berkley National Lab.

Former Members

Visitors

• 2019: Dr. Tetiana Bogodorova from the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the [Ukranian Catholic University]. Worked on Reinforcement Learning using Modelica.
• 2019: Oleh Lukianykhin from the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the [Ukranian Catholic University]. Worked on Reinforcement Learning using Modelica.
• 2018-2019: Ricardo Rincon Ballesteros from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogota). Working on analysis of power system dynamics and resiliency using graph-based and dynamic network analysis methods.
• 2018: Behrouz Azimian MSc student from Alfred University, NY, worked on microgrid modeling using real-time simulators.

Senior Researchers

• Dr. Tetiana Bogodorova worked on machine-learning applications and multi-domain modeling for energy systems, from Spring 2020 to Fall 2024.
• Dr. Abhijit Khare worked on multi-domain modeling for fully electrified aircraft in the NASA-funded CHEETA project.
• Dr. Sjoerd Boersma worked on system identification of HVDC control at SuperGrid Institute. Co-supervised with Prof. Prof. Xavier Bombois of EC Lyon and with Dr. Abdelkrim Benchaib.
• Dr. Hamed Nademi worked in the NASA-funded CHEETA project on aircraft electrification and vehicle charging solutions while at RPI.
• Dr. Hossein Hooshyar, worked on developing a time-sensitive real-time simulator-based synchrophasor lab., aka ALSETLab while at RPI. He nows leads NYPA’s AGILE Lab.

Post-Docs

• Dr. Hossein Hooshyar worked in the FP7 IDE4L project on research related to PMU Applications for Distribution Networks while in KTH.
• Dr. Rafael Segundo worked with me in the FP7 iTesla. Now at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
• Dr. Iyad Al-Khatib worked developing a real-time data mediator for synchrophasors, called BabelFish, available on Github.

PhD Students

• (16) 2024 - Fernando Fachini worked on “Dynamic Modeling for Autonomous Microgrid Control and Resilient Operation”, thesis to be uploaded in the future.
• (15) 2024 Gianni Bakhos worked on “AC & DC Hybrid Power Systems’ Security: Assessment And Enhancement” at SuperGrid Institute, thesis to be uploaded in the future.
• (14) 2023 - Giuseppe Laera worked on “Power Systems Modeling, Calibration and Cloud Applications using the Modelica Language and FMI Standard”, thesis to be uploaded in the future.
• (13) 2023 - Pengxiang Huang worked on “Impedance Reshaping of Modular Multilevel Converters for Stable and Safe Power System Operation”, thesis to be uploaded in the future.
• (12) 2022 - Meaghan Podlaski worked on Modeling, system identification, and parameter estimation for electrified aircraft systems and hydroelectric power plants.
• (11) 2022 - Marcelo de Castro Fernandes worked on “Equation-based object-oriented modeling, simulation, analysis and control of electric power systems”.
• (10) 2021 - Prottay Adhikari - worked on Synchrophasor-based monitoring, control, and protection for distributed energy resources.
• (09) 2019 - Tanushree Agarwal worked on micro-grid monitoring using TSN. Main supervisor: Prof. Mohammadreza Barzegaran at Lamar University. Sample publications: microgrid and TSN-based PMU data transfer.
• (08) 2019 - Francisco Gomez Lopez worked on CIM-Compliant Power System Dynamic Model-to-Model Transformation and Modelica Simulation, co-supervised by Svein H. Olsen.
  • In memoriam, Rest in Peace, 2019/09/21
• (07) 2018 - Farhan Mahmood worked on Synchrophasor based Steady State Model Synthesis of Active Distribution Networks.
• (06) 2018 - Wei Li worked on PMU-based State Estimation for Hybrid AC and DC Grids
• (05) 2017 - Tetiana Bogodorova worked on Modeling, Model Validation and Uncertainty Identification for Power System Analysis.
• (04) 2017 - M. Shoib Almas worked on Synchrophasor Applications and their Vulnerability to Time Synchronization Impairment.
• (03) 2016 -Vedran Peric worked on Non-intrusive Methods for Mode Estimation in Power Systems using Synchrophasors.
• (02) 2015 - Yuwa Chompoobutrgool. Worked on Aspects of Wide-Area Damping Control Design using Dominant Path Synchrophasor Signals. Download her Lic. Thesis and PhD. Thesis.
• (01) 2012 - Rujiroj Leelaruji worked on Methods for Synchrophasor-Based Power System Instability Detection and HVDC Control.

MSc Students

• 2023: Eric Segerstrom working on power system modeling and synchrophasor data analysis, sample paper 1, sample paper 2.
• 2022 (MSc Comp. Sys.) - Sergio Andres Dorado worked on machine learning applications for power systems, sample paper.
• 2021 - Kunj Shah worked on regenerative breaking systems for hybrid vehicles.
• 2020 (MSc EE) - Sergio Andres Dorado worked on machine learning applications for power systems, sample paper.
• 2020 - Manuel Navarro Catalan worked on continuous integration and regression testing workflows for power system modeling libraries.
• 2020 - Marcelo de Castro Fernandes worked on joint modeling and simulation of transmission and distribution networks, sample paper.
• 2018 - Marcelo de Fernandes Castro worked on Modeling and Simulation of Integrated Transmission and Distribution Systems to Assess the Impacts of Distributed Energy Resources, I was his co-supervisor, together with Prof. Janaína Gonçalves de Oliverira.
• 2017 - Miguel Aguilera Chaves worked on Semantic and Physical Modeling and Simulation of Multi-Domain Energy Systems: Gas Turbines and Electrical Power Networks, sample paper.
• 2017 - Biswarup Mukherjee worked on Automatic Resynchronization of an Islanded Power Network, sample paper.
• 2016 - Narasimham Arava worked on Voltage Stability Assessment of Power Systems by Decision Tree Classification and Preventive Control by Pre-Computing Secure Operating Conditions, sample paper.
• 2016 - Giuseppe Laera worked on Power System Dynamic Equivalencing and Calibration using Modelica and RaPId, sample paper.
• 2016 - Narender Singh worked on Feeder Dynamic Rating Application for Active Distribution Networks using Synchrophasors.
• 2016 - Albane Schwob worked on the Analysis of load models used in black-start studies.
• 2015 - Seyed Reza Firouzi worked on Design, Implementation and Validation of an IED 619850-90-5 Gateway for IEEE C37.118.2 Synchrophasor Data Transfer.
• 2015 - Ravi Shankar Singh worked on Assessment of Timing Requirements of Phasor Measurement Units.
• 2015 - Guðrún Margrét Jónsdóttir worked on Real-Time PMU-Assisted wide-Area Oscillation Damping using Active Load Control.
• 2015 - Mohammad Ahsan Adib Murad worked on Phasor Time-Domain Power System Modeling and Simulation using the Standardized Modelica Language: Conventional and Power Electronic-Based Devices.
• 2015 - Menghia Zhang worked on MANGO - Modelica Classes of the Norvegian Grid for iTesla and SW-to-SW Validation.
• 2015 - Le Qi worked on Modelica Driven Power System Modeling, Simulation and Validation.
• 2015 - Thibault Vandewoestyne worked on Test Scenarios for Validation of the Offline Workflow of the iTesla Toolbox for Small-Signal Stability Assessment.
• 2014 - MD Rokibul Hasan worked on Development, calibration and simulation of generic VSC-HVDC high level controls for DC grid Simulation.
• 2014 - Jahid Razan worked on VSC – HVDC Modelica Models for Power System Time Domain Simulation.
• 2014 - Robert Rogersten worked on VSC-HVDC System Modeling and Validation.
• 2014 - Eldrich Rebello worked on Real-Time PMU Assisted Wide-Area Oscillation Damping using Compact Reconfigurable Controllers.
• 2013 - Maxime Baudette worked on Fast Real-time Detection of Sub-Synchronous Oscillations in Power Systems using Synchrophasors.
• 2013 - Joan Russiñol Mussons worked on Modelica-Driven Power System Modeling, Parameter Identification and Physically-Based Model Aggregation.
• 2012 - Jan Lavenius worked on An Algorithm for Finding Minimal Load Interruption Costs.
• 2012 - Adrien Guironnet worked on Static security criteria for voltage stability assessment in the French transmission grid.
• 2012 - Mostafa Farrokhabadi worked on Automated Topology Processing for Conventional, Phasor-Assisted and Phasor-Only State Estimators.
• 2011 - Alexander Henry worked on Modeling and dynamic analysis of offshore wind farms in France: Impact on power system stability.
• 2011 - M. Shoaib Almas worked on PMU-Assisted Local Optimization of the Coordination between Protective Systems and Reactive Power Compensation Devices.
• 2011 - Wei Li worked on Hydro Turbine and Governor Modeling and Scripting for Small-Signal and Transient Stability Analysis of Power Systems.
• 2011 - Sebastian Bengtsson worked on Estimation of electromechanical oscillations in the Nordic Power System using synchrophasor measurement data.

BSc Students

• 2017 - Fanny Radesjö worked on Parameter Identification and Information Modeling of Gas Turbine Models for Power System Simulations. Supervised together with Tetiana Bogodorova as part of the OpenCPS.eu project.
• 2017 - Gustav Holm worked on Automated Model Transformation for Cyber- Physical Power System Models. Supervised together with Francisco Gomez Lopez as part of the OpenCPS.eu project.
• 2011 - Kim Weyrich worked on Real-Time Implementation of an Automatic Voltage Stabilizer for HVDC Control.

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