Current Students
Lingjuan Chen, lingjuan.chen@my.utsa.edu, Fall 2022 – Present, PhD Student
Lingjuan is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Henan Polytechnic University, China in 2019 and her Master of Science degree from Jiangsu Normal University, China in 2022. Her area of research encompasses the integration of renewable energy sources and the analysis of power system oscillations.
Bowen Ou, bowen.ou@my.utsa.edu, Spring 2023 – Present, PhD Student
Bowen earned his bachelor’s degree from Anhui University in 2016 and his master’s degree from North China Electric Power University in Beijing in 2020. He has experience as an intern at South Electric Power Research Institution in Guangzhou City and as a power electronic application engineer in Xiamen City. His research interests are focused on power electronics, the electric market, and game theory. Currently, he is conducting research on the optimized operation of renewable energy and the resilience of power systems.
Chufeng “Jacky” Sun, chufeng.sun@my.utsa.edu, Fall 2023 – Present, PhD Student
Chufeng earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from Hunan Traffic Engineering College in 2019. In 2022, he obtained his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University. Chufeng has gained professional experience working at VESS and Wellex Corporation, where he has primarily focused on applying big data and SMT technology. His research interests lie in power system stability and power system oscillation analysis.
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Xavier Kestelyn (2023, Professor from Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, Lille, France)
Alumni
Erfan Kharazian
PhD student from August 2023-May 2024
PhD student at Arizona State University since August 2024
Rohit Upadhya
M.S. in EE, May 2024
Master’s thesis: Modeling and Analysis of Voltage Ride-Through Performance of Inverter-Based Resources
Mohammadamin “Amin” Pakravan
M.S. in EE, May 2024
Master’s thesis: Evaluation of DEF Method for Locating the Source of Sustained Oscillations in Power Systems with High Shares of IBRs
Engineer with Andrew Humphrey Engineering since May 2024
Dr. Xi “Michael” Lei
Postdoctoral Researcher, April-December 2023
PhD student at New Mexico State University since January 2024
Nikhita Gudodagi
M.S. in EE, December 2023
Master’s thesis: Power System Transient Frequency Estimation Based on Random Forest
Engineer with OCI Solar Power since January 2024