United States
Day-Ahead Operations - Execute and validate extended day-ahead market (EDAM) runs, diagnose congestions, infeasibilities, and price anomalies across constraints - Perform operational analysis, coordinate resolutions of reliability issues via outage coordination and generation dispatch Real-Time Operations - Control room engineering support for real-time CAISO/RC West operations, monitor system conditions and market performances Oscillation Analysis - Subject matter expert on oscillations; developed in-house diagnostic tools for oscillation detection and location - Presented peer-reviewed papers on PESGM2025, PESTD2026; contributor to IEEE Task Force on Sustained Oscillations
In this role as a transmission planning consultant, we support our clients in terms of technical feasibility and economics assessment. Using tools such as PSS/E and PSCAD, we conduct dynamic model quality test, reactive power capability assessment, steady-state and dynamic compliance assessment for a wide range of clients.
Serve as the V.P. of Technology in the newly founded TAMU Graduate Student Consulting Club (TAMUGC). - Co-founded the first consulting club serving the general grad community outside business school - Recruited 100+ members (67% paid member) within the first month - Started the "local small business initiative", aiming at delivering assistance to local small businesses impacted by COVID
- Appointed by the Associated Department Head to assist the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) to transition to online teaching format for the Fall 2020 semester - Consulted for Dr. P.R. Kumar, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, and proposed solutions to achieve effective online teaching, formative student assessment, and student-instructor interactions
Participated in the $4.4M project. Collaborated with 2 other departments affiliated with Texas A&M University, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Idaho Power Company, and Electric Power Group (EPG) Budgeted $50k for equipment purchase associated with my task Dissected and redefined task into smaller questions that can be solved through quantitative hypothesis-driven approach Effectively extracted patterns and features from raw data by applying a newly designed wavelet transform Unlocked and revealed insights through pattern recognition, and facilitated subsequent vital applications and decision-making Implemented the proposed solution on FPGA and real-time platform, and conducted systematic performance testing Collected data, critically scrutinized test results, improved hypotheses, and updated implementation protocols Evaluated available and obtainable resources, and proactively strategized implementation protocol for use cases. Saved ~$5k in equipment purchase and at least 2-month man-hour in internal program design and debugging Structured hypotheses for the detection and location of timing intrusions in an integrated cyber-physical system Materialized and implemented the adaptive and accurate characterization of extreme dynamic events in the power grid Synthesized the solutions into insights and recommendations to the utility company Collaborated closely with a team of 3 faculty members, 2 consultants, 8 graduate students, 2 utility company supervisors, and 3 national lab collaborators through regular organized discussions, proactive feedbacks, and rigorous troubleshooting sessions Consolidated meeting minutes, specification documents, and use cases for internal documentation and iterations Boosted the visibility of this project and its impact on industry via organized demonstrations to guests from U.S. DoE, utilities, and international scholars and researchers (from Italy, China, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, U.S.)
Full name of the project: ower Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) T-57 High Impact. Life-Cycle Management of Mission-Critical Systems Through Certification, Commissioning, In-Service Maintenance, Remote Testing, and Risk Assessment. Participated in the $1.2M high-impact project. Collaborated with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Tech, Washington State University, CenterPoint Energy, ISO-New England, Entergy, New York Power Authority, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE, France) Reconstructed and revived the Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) Calibration Lab back to functionality Facilitate the calibration and certification of PMU Calibration Lab by cooperating with National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) Ameliorated and redesigned the internal lab programs, achieved compliance with latest standardization Remodeled, reorganized, and upgraded hardware platform of the lab, restored to presentable state Collaborated closely with a team of 5 faculty members and 18 graduate students/postdocs from 4 universities Supervised the production of project final report. Finalized and prepared documents for submission to PSERC Aggregated, organized, and consolidated pertinent documents from each university collaborator, including meeting minutes, quarterly reports, and final report.