Jan 2023- Present
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, MI, USA
Thesis: "Second-Life batteries for energy storage in power grid: Degradation modeling, Optimization and Grid integration"
Sep 2016- Apr 2019
Masters in Energy Engineering (Power Sytems)
Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Thesis: "Inertial emulation controller for VSWT wind turbines in power grid with high wind power penetration"
2008-2012
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan
Major: Power Systems Engineering
Thesis: "Design of PWM-based pure sine wave inverter for Uninterruptible Power Supply"
Teaching Recitation and Labs for foundational Electrical Engineering courses: ECE 210 (Circuits)
Research Projects:
"Technical Support on HEVI-LOAD Augmentation for National-Scale Infrastructure Assessment" Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2024. "
"Closing the Loop: Secondary Life Battery Energy Storage Systems for Grid Applications and Recycling," Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 2025-2028.
Projects:
-”Power system protection improvement using Machine Learning and data-driven techniques.”
-Results: Achieved 5 times faster phasor estimates with 98% accuracy for harmonics of the fault current using deep neural network as compared to traditional phasor estimation techniques
-Taught labs of the following courses: Electrical Circuit Analysis, Electronics I & II, Power System Analysis, Microcontroller Embedded Systems
-Worked in Maintenance and Operation of Flight Simulators, Airplane maintenance workshop and HR Deptt.