Research Interests
- Power System Restoration and Self-healing Smart Grid
- Resilient and Secure Critical Infrastructure
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Renewable Energy and Microgrid
Ongoing Research Projects
- Scalable/Secure Cooperative Algorithms and Framework for Extremely-high Penetration Solar Integration (SolarExPert) (US Department of Energy)
- Developing Cybersecurity Laboratory and Curriculum for Critical Energy Infrastructure (Florida Center for Cybersecurity)
- Cyber-Physical Attacks Recovery in Smart Grids: Security, Resiliency, and Interdependency (Florida Center for Cybersecurity)
Professional Activities
- Director of Siemens Digital Grid Lab
- Associate Editor of Energy Systems
- Co-chair of WG on Power System Restoration in IEEE PES
- Task Lead of Restoration from Cascading Failures in IEEE PES CFWG
- Panel Chair in IEEE conferences, including Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, PES General Meeting
- Panelist and reviewers for NSF and DoE
Honors & Awards
- Microsoft Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Award (2014)
- Best Paper Award, 2019 IEEE PES ISGT Asia
- Mentor of the Year, UCF Graduate Student Association, 2019