Projects


Current Projects:




(DoD-ONR) Deep Learning-based Control for Naval Power and Energy Systems, 2023-2028 ($970,000), Lead PI, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research (ONR).

(DoD-ONR) Real-time Voltage/Frequency Indexes for Assessing the Real-time Resilience of Navy Microgrids, 2023-2026 ($547,000), Lead PI, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research (ONR).

(NSF-EPCN) Data-Driven Dynamic State-estimation for Modern Power Systems, 2022-2025 ($431,000) Lead PI, National Science Foundation, Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN).


Past Projects:



  (Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) ) Grid Integration of Distributed Energy Resources using DC Interlinks 2023-2024 ($94,000), Lead PI, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA)

 (Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) ) Contingency Analysis and Optimal Microgrid Integration to Quakertown Grid 2022-2023 ($99,000), Lead PI, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA)

(Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Grid-interactive Smart Building Energy Management through Thermal Storage and Electric Vehicles,  2023-2024 ($93,000), Co-PI, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA)

 (Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) ) Cybersecurity for Interdependent Systems in Building Management, 2022-2023 ($89,903), Co-PI, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA)

 (Internal Grant-Lehigh University ) AI-based Cyberattack Detection for Smart Water Distribution Systems, 2023-2024 ($30,000), Co-PI, Lehigh's Faculty Innovation Grant (FIG).

(Internal Grant-Lehigh University ) Machine Learning-based Grid Optimization, 2022 ($6000), PI, Lehigh's Faculty Research Grant (FRG).

 (Internal Grant-Lehigh University ) Predictive Control of Interdependent Water-Energy Systems, 2022 ($6000), Co-PI, Lehigh's Faculty Research Grant (FRG)

(Internal Grant-Penn State University ) Application of Big Data Analytics in Detection of Cyberattacks in Smart Energy-Water Networks, 2020-2021 ($94,000), PI, Penn State's Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE)

  (DoD-ONR) Distributed Control of Distributed Energy Resources and Cybersecurity Testbed, 2020 ($181,000), PI, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research (ONR). 

 (Internal Grant-Penn State University ) Application of Advanced Math for Cybersecurity Modeling and Detection of False Data Injection in Power Systems, 2019-2020  ($15,000), PI, Penn State's Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE).

(Internal Grant-Penn State University ) Development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) Transformer for Solar Intermittency Compensation, 2019-2020  ($40,000), Co-PI, Penn State's Materials Research Institute (MRI).

 (Internal Grant-Penn State University ) Hardware Implementation of Modular Multi-level Converters for Solar Applications, 2018-2019  ($25,000), PI, Penn State's Institute for Energy and Environment (IEE).

 (Internal Grant-Penn State University ) Distributed Control of Energy Storage Devices in Smart Grids, 2017-2018 ($7,500), PI, Penn State Harrisburg's SEED grant.

(DoD-ONR) Plug and Play 45 kW Microgrid Testbed at Penn State Harrisburg, 2016-2019 ($275,000), Co-PI, Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research (ONR).