Personal Background

Academic Appointments

  • 2019 to present, Affiliated Faculty Fellow in the Center for Sustainable Communities, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University

  • 2017 to present, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Education

Experience

  • 11/2013 to 06/2017, Electrical Engineer, Schlumberger, Sugar Land, TX

  • 05/2013 to 07/2013, Research Intern, Lighting Systems and Services Group, Philips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, NY

  • 05/2012 to 08/2012, Research Intern, Data Analysis Group, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab, Cambridge, MA

  • 06/2011 to 08/2011, Research Intern, Power System & Architecture GroupEaton Corporation Innovation Center, Milwaukee, WI

Awards

 
  • Young Scientist Award, 3rd International Conference on Power Systems and Electrical Technology (PSET), the University of Tokyo, Japan, 2024

 
  • Best Paper, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conf. & Expo (ITEC), 2024

 
  • Prize Paper, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2023

 
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2023

 

 
  • Best Conference Paper on Power System Modeling & Analysis , IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PES-GM), 17-21 July 2022, Denver, Colorado

  • Best Conference Paper on Bulk Power Generation and Transmission, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PES-GM), 26-29 July 2021, Virtual Event

 
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
    - One of 36 junior faculty awardees nationwide in 2018 from all disciplines across the US
    - Temple's first awardee of this prestigious award in its 25 years' history