Dr. Jian Shi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Houston. His research interests include AI and power interplay, decarbonization of the electric energy grid, maritime transportation electrification, smart grid physical and cyber security, and energy affordability and accessibility. Dr. Shi has published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and 40 conference proceedings. He has received multiple awards and recognitions, including the Faculty Explorer Award from DOE EnergyTech Program (2025), Best Paper Award from Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting (2025), NSF CAREER Award (2024), UTC Emerging Leaders (Cohort of 2024), Early-Career Research Fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM-GRP, 2024), and Faculty Research Excellence Award at UH (2022). Dr. Shi has been serving on multiple IEEE committees and initiatives, such as the IEEE Marine Systems Coordinating Committee, IEEE Climate Change Technical Committee, and IEEE PES Climate Change Initiative. He has served on the Young Editorial Board for the journal Applied Energy since 2021. Prior to joining UH, Dr. Shi was an Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) and an Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University from 2015 to 2018. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. 

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Ms. Massiagbe Diabate is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UH (2023-Present). Her research interest lies in the area of microgrid operation and control and integrated hydrogen-electricity systems. Ms. Diabate received her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UH in 2023. 

Mr. Dingwen Pan is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UH (2023-Present). His research interests include LLM and AI+Energy. Mr. Pan received his B.S. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2023. 

Mr. Jiachen Shen is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UH (2023-Present). His research interest lies in Data-driven Robust optimization. Mr. Shen received his M.S.  in Statistics from Rutgers University in 2023. 

Ms. Tugce Uslu Aktas is currently pursuing her degree in Industrial Engineering at UH (2022-Present). Her work focuses on infrastructure resilience under the long-term effects of climate change. Ms. Aktas received her M.S. in Operations Research from Yalova University in 2021. 

Ms. Bindu Madhavi Talakanti is currently pursuing her M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UH (2024-Present). Her research interest lies in hydrogen-related production and economic analysis.

Ms. Zirui (Sharkie) Tong is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering at UH (2024-Present). Her work focuses on carbon market modeling, carbon trading, and how carbon trading can be coupled with energy markets. Ms. Tong received her M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Columbia and Financial Mathematics from University College London (UCL), respectively. 

Ms. Chuyue (Cici) Wang is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering at UH (2024-Present). Her research interest lies in modeling low-carbon consumer electronics and Li-ion battery recycling supply chains to strengthen domestic critical metal supply and circular economy. Ms. Wang received her M.S. in Urban Data from University College London (UCL). 

Ms. Yixuan (Amber) Huang is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering at UH (2024-Present). Her research interest focuses on the optimization of hydrogen supply chains and hydrogen-powered vehicles. Ms. Huang received her M.S. in Economics from UIUC in 2023. Before that, she received her B.S. degree in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota. 

Mr. Yvon K Kapumba is pursuing his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at UH. He is working on large-scale renewable integration.

Alfredo A Hernandez is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science at UH. He is a UH Energy Scholar (Cohort of 2025) and has been working with Dr. Shi on various issues faced by the electricity grid, such as policy analysis and extreme weather events.

Dr. Fatemeh Kalantari has completed her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UH in Fall 2024. Her specialty includes faster-than-real-time power system modeling and simulation and high-performance computing. Fatemeh is now a Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Texas-Tyler.

Ms. Xidan (Delia) Zhang worked with Dr. Shi as a Research Staff at UH between 2024-2025 on building energy management systems. She is now a Staff Member in Harris County's Office of County Administration. Ms. Zhang obtained her M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at Rice University in 2025. Before that, she received her B.S. degree in Business and Supply Chain Management from Rutgers University.

Dr. Anahita Molavi graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering at UH in Spring 2021. She worked with Dr. Shi between 2019-2021 on the electrification of maritime energy systems. She is now a Network Modeling and Optimization Engineer at META. Dr. Molavi graduated from Sharif University of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 2015. 

Dr. Yiwei Wu graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering at UH in Fall 2020. He worked with Dr. Shi between 2018-2020 on microgrid modeling and operation control. He is now a Research Scientist at Baowu Clean Energy LLC.