On-Campus Ph.D. Students

  • Ketian Ye, Research Assistant, 2019-current

B.S., Electrical Engineering and Automation, Zhejiang University, 2017

M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2019

Research Interests: Machine learning and uncertainty quantification for power systems


B.S., Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, 2017

M.S., Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, 2020

Research Interests: Low Inertia Power System Identification, Monitoring and Control


  • Yansong Pei, Research Assistant, 2021-current

B.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2019

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2020

Research Interests: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Connected Microgrid Resiliency


  • Alaa Selim, Research Assistant, 2021-current

B.E., Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, 2016

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, 2020

Research Interests: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Distribution System Resiliency and Restoration

Distant Ph.D. Students

  • George Dobbins, Distribution Operations Manager at Alabama Power Company, 2021-current

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001

M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2004

Research Interests: State Estimation and Machine Learning for Distribution System Visibility with DERs


  • Angela D Easton, Engineer in Transmission Planning Group at CenterPoint Energy, 2021-current

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX

M.S., Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Research Interests: Stability Control of Hybrid PV Systems

MS Students

  • Aaron Fontenot, Power System Dynamics and Stability with High Penetration of Renewable Energy

  • Edgar Nacianceno, Power System and Signal Processing

Undergraduate Students

  • Liam Nelson, Solar Energy Integration