Alumni

Below is a list of PSERC alumni, previously Bachelor,  Master, or Ph.D. students at one of the PSERC universities, and now working on Power Systems at Industries or Universities around the globe.

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wdt_ID Last Name First Name Graduated from Year Current Employer Position Email
1 Akinbode Oluwaseyi Arizona State University 2013 MISO  Market Evaluation & Design Engineer oakinbode@misoenergy.org
3 Balasubramanian Pranavamoorthy Arizona State University 2016 MISO Reliability Engineer pbalasubramanian@misoenergy.org
5 Baone Chaitanya Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison   2012 GE Senior Engineer 
6 Bose Anjan Iowa State University 1974 Washington State University Faculty bose@wsu.edu
8 Bitar  Eilyan Univ. of California at Berkeley 2011 Cornell University Faculty
11 Davis Katherine Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 2011 Texas A&M University Faculty
12 Datta  Sohom Arizona State University 2017 California ISO Market Validation and Quality Analyst  sohom.datta@asu.edu
14 Dehghanian Payman Texas A&M University 2017 George Washington Univ. Faculty payman@gwu.edu
16 Dobson Ian Cornell University 1989  Iowa State University Faculty 
17 Farantatos Evangelos Georgia Tech 2012 EPRI Technical Leader/Project Manager efarantatos@epri.edu
19 Frank  Stephen Colorado School of Mines  2013 NREL Senior Systems Engineer stephen.frank@nrel.gov
21 Gomaton  Krish Gomaton  Wichita State University  2003  EPRI Senior Technical Leader/Project Manager  kgomatom@epri.com 
23 Gopinathan  Gopakumar Arizona State University 2007  California ISO Operations Engineer Lead  gkumarg@gmail.com
25 Gotseff  Peter Colorado School of Mines  2013  NREL  Research Engineer  peter.gotseff@nrel.gov
27 Guo  Xian Iowa State University 2017  New York ISO Market Operation Engineer guoxian2012@gmail.com
29 Guru Nritya Arizona State University 2015  First Solar Engineer- Grid Integration
30 Hedman Kory Univ. of California at Berkeley 2010 Arizona State University Faculty  khedman@asu.edu
32 Hytowitz Robin Arizona State University 2013  EPRI Engineer/Scientist
33 Jain  Pallavi Arizona State University 2016  New York ISO  Market Design Specialist  jpallavi934@nyiso.com
35 Judd Steven Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign   2008 ISO-NE  Lead Engineer, System Planning  sjudd@iso-ne.com
37 Kandaswami  Srinag Arizona State University 2018 MISO EMS Engineer skandaswami@misoenergy.org
39 Kansal Prashant Washington State University AEP Senior Engineer   prashant.kansal0286@gmail.com
41 Khorsand Mojdeh Arizona State University 2017 Arizona State University Faculty  mojdeh.khorsand@asu.edu
43 Kowalski  Rich Cornell University 1980 ISO-NE  Technical Director-System Planning rkowalski@iso-ne.com
45 Lotfifard Saeed Texas A&M University 2011 Washington State University Faculty  s.lotfifard@wsu.edu 
47 Lyons  Daniel Molzahn  Wichita State University  1990 AEP Supervisor Planning and Engineering
48 Mann  Brian Arizona State University 2006 Tri-State Generation & Transmission Senior Engineer EMS Applications  bmann80@gmail.com 
50 Marzinzik Caroline Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 1996  PowerWorld Corporation  Senior Engineer caroline@powerworld.com
52 Mitra Parag Arizona State University 2016 EPRI  Senior Engineer pmitra247@gmail.com 
54 Mohapatra  Saurav Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign  2016  PowerWorld Corporation  Software Engineer and Senior Consultant  sauravmohapatra21@gmail.com 
56 Molzahn  Daniel Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison   2013 Argonne National Laboratory Computational Engineer dan.molzahn@gmail.com 
58 Mousavi Mirrasoul Texas A&M University 2004 ABB, Inc. Sr. Principal Scientist
59 Nagarajan Adarsh Arizona State University 2014  NREL  Research Engineer  adarsh.nagarajan@nrel.gov 
61 Nirbhavane  Pramila Washington State University 2014  New York ISO  Senior Grid Operations Engineer  pramilanirbhavane@gmail.com 
63 Peppanen Jouni Georgia Tech  2016  EPRI  Technical Leader
64 Ramasubramanian  Deepak Arizona State University 2017  EPRI Engineer Scientist III  dramasubramanian@epri.com
66 Ravi Vaithinathan Arizona State University 2015  Entergy  Transmission Planning Engineer vravi@entergy.com
68 Sapkota Bishnu Arizona State University 2010  GE Principal Engineer bishnu.sapkota@ge.com 
70 Sarawgi Sanjoy Washington State University  2004 AEP  Principal Engineer  sarawgi_s@yahoo.com
72 Silvers  Joseph Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 2014  ABB, Inc. Consultant 
73 Singhal  Nikita Arizona State University 2018  EPRI Scientist/Senior Engineer nsinghal@epri.com
75 Soni  Sachin Arizona State University 2014  First Solar  Senior Engineer Grid Installation  sachin.soni@firstsolar.com
77 Stoupis James Univ. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign   1994 ABB, Inc. Group Manager  james.stoupis@us.abb.com
79 Tadimalla  Goutam Arizona State University 2014  AEP Senior Engineer  
80 Vittal Vijay Iowa State University 1982 Arizona State University Faculty vijay.vittal@asu.edu 
82 Wang Zhaoyu Georgia Tech 2015 Iowa State University Faculty wzy@iastate.edu
84 Weng Yang Carnegie Mellon University 2014 Arizona State University Faculty yang.weng@asu.edu
86 Yu  Zhe Cornell University 2016  GEIRI North America  Engineer
87 Yuan Hui Washington State University 2009  Southern California Edison Advisor 
88 Zhao  Jenny Arizona State University 2013  AEP  Energy Market Modeling Analyst Principal  Jzhao@aep.com
90 Zhu  Kun Iowa State University 2003  MISO  Manager, Resource Retirement 
91 Banerjee Koustubh Arizona State University 2014 Commonwealth Associates, Inc. Engineer - System Studies kbanerj2@asu.edu
92 Beck Amanda Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2017 GE Project Engineer
93 Chu Zhigang Arizona State University 2020 ABB Senior Application Engineer zhigang.chu@us.abb.com
94 Jiang Yazhou Washington State University 2016 GE Power System Engineer yazhou.jiang@ge.com
95 Kumar Nikhil Texas A&M University 2010 Susquehanna International Group Energy Trader nikhikumar86@gmail.com
96 Reinhard Karl Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2017 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Postdoctoral Research Associate reinhardke@gmail.com
97 Tate Zeb Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2008 University of Toronto Associate Professor
98 Wu Xuan Arizona State University 2018 AEP Principal Engineer wu.3018@osu.edu
99 Xiao Mengjia Arizona State University 2016 California ISO Senior Operations Engineer mxiao@caiso.com
100 Kwon Jonghwan Arizona State University 2017 Argonne National Labratory Energy Systems Engineer jhkwan0328@gmail.com
101 Jonathan Ehlmann University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 2013 Inspire Semiconductor Principle Power Engineer jonehlmann@gmail.com
102 Dokic Tatjana Texas A&M University 2019 Texas A&M University Assistant Research Engineer tanjans88@gmail.com
103 Backes Matt Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2017 MIT Lincoln Laboratory
104 Becejac Tamara Texas A&M 2020 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Power System Engineer tamara.becejac@pnnl.gov
105 Idrees Hassaan Arizona State University 2016 Jacobs Electrical Engineer hidrees@asu.edu
106 Huang Qiuhua Arizona State University 2016 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Senior Research Engineer qiuhua.huang@pnnl.gov
107 Saikumar Karthik Arizona State University 2019 Hitachi ABB Senior Application Engineer karthik.saikumar@hitachi-powergrids.com
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Last Name First Name Graduated from Year Current Employer Position Email