Vipin Chandra Pandey

Brief Biography

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India, 2018-2023
- Thesis Topic: Modeling and Strategies of Demand Response in Contemporary Distribution Systems
- Advisor: Prof. Nikhil Gupta
M. Tech., (Power Systems), Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India, 2014-2016

Thesis Topic: Dynamic Economic Load Dispatch with Renewable Energy Sources using an

Improved Fireworks Algorithm

B. Tech., Electrical Engineering, Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU), Dehradun, India, 2009-2013

- Project Topic: Implementation of Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique (P & O) for a PV Cell Using Matlab/Simulink
- Advisor: Mr. Venkatesh Warlu Kotha

Research Experience

Post-Doctoral Researcher August 2024–, School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland
- Project: Autonomous Open Energy Communities: A New Paradigm for Power Grid Operations (AUTONOMY)
  - Planning and operation of local energy communities (LECs)
  - Operation and optimization of LECs in energy community market
Post-Doctoral Fellow July 2023–July 2024, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Project: GENFLEX CORTEX: ENOWA –Flexibility Platforms (FP): Modelling & Simulation and Evaluation and Lab-Testing for NEOM’s future Digital Energy Platform (DEP) at Saudi Arabia
  - Development of flexibility solutions to support 100 % renewable energy system at NEOM
  - Design of planning and operational framework of flexibility market for NEOM
Research Consultant May 2023–July 2023, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow (SRF) August 2020–October 2022, Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India

Ph.D. Junior Research Fellow (JRF) July 2018–July 2020, Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India

Research Assistant (M.Tech.) Jul 2014–Jul 2016, Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India

Professional Details

Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland, August 2024–
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, July 2023–July 2024.
Research Consultant, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, May 2023–July 2023.
Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India, August 2020–October 2022.
Ph.D. Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India, July 2018–July 2020.
Assistant Professor, Shvalik College of Engineering, Dehradun, India, August 2027–July 2018.
Teaching Personnel, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology , Pantnagar, India, June 2013–July 2014.

Awards

Academic Proficiency

B. Tech. (Honours) Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU)
Gold medalist in M. Tech. (Power Systems).
All India Rank 1943 in Electrical Engineering in the 2013 Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

Fellowships/Positions

Post-Doctoral Researcher, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland, August 2024.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, July 2023–July 2024.

Doctoral Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, July 2018-2022.
Master Degree Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, July

2014–16.