RISE Research Staff/Students
He received his B.Sc. in 2007 from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh. He is pursuing PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Clemson University. Before this, he served for 3.5 years in technical positions at Grameen Phone (Bangladesh). He also got trained and worked as a student researcher at Argonne National Lab on micro and nano-fabrication techniques. His research interest includes photovoltaics, micro/nano-grids and clean room fabrication techniques.
Paranietharan Arunagirinathan, Clemson University
He received the B.Sc Eng (Hons) degree specializing in Electrical Engineering from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2008. After working as an Electrical Engineer for five years, now he is a PhD student in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University. His current research interests include smart grid, power system stability, power system control and operation. He is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
Ali Arzani, Clemson University
He received the M.Sc. degree from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden in 2010, and the B.Sc. degree from Semnan University, Semnan, Iran in 2008. During his bachelor's studies he was an invited guest student at the University of Tehran for three semesters. From January to September 2010, he was a Researcher at ABB Corporate Research Center in Västerås, Sweden. Prior to joining Clemson University in January 2015, he was a Lecturer at Azad University. Currently, he is conducting research at the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems (RTPIS) Laboratory, and teaching undergraduate laboratory courses at Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. His main research interests include integration of distributed generation, power system dynamics, and smart grid.
Guneet Bedi, Clemson University
Guneet received his BE in Electronics and Telecommunication from University of Pune, India (2011) and his MS in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University (2014). While in the ECE program, he has worked as a teaching assistant and has received an award for the best lecture presentation. He is the current President of the Graduate Student Body where he serves on several committees and task forces across campus. He has also served as the President of International Student Association and the Vice-President of Clemson Indian Students’ Association. He is a current member of the Omicron Delta Kappa national level leadership honor society.
She received her M.S. in the Department of Automation from Science and Technology of China (Hefei, China) in 2006, and Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clemson University (Clemson, SC, USA) in 2011. Dr. Deng currently is a post-doctoral fellow in Clemson University. Her research interests are network and information security, smart grid security, software defined networking and network function virtualization.
Pramod Herath, Clemson University
He received his B.Sc Eng (Hons) degree specializing in Computer Engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2012. After working as a lecturer at University of Peradeniya for 3 years, now he is a PhD student in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University. His current research interests include demand response management and high performance computing with GPGPUs. He is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
Ryan Izard, Clemson University
Ryan Izard received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Clemson University in 2012. Since 2012, he has been pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. He is a research and engineering intern with Big Switch Networks in Santa Clara, CA where he leads the development of the open source Floodlight OpenFlow controller project. He has worked on NSF GENI projects since 2011, where he has been a lead developer of SDN-based projects including vertical handover, content delivery, high-throughput data transfer, and network services. His current research interests include computer networks, wireless networking, SDN and OpenFlow, heterogeneous networks, mobile networking applications, and future Internet architecture. Mr. Izard is a student member of the IEEE.
Iroshani Jayawardene, Clemson University
She received the B. Sc degree with first class honors specializing in Computer Science from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2011. After working as a Software Engineer for three years, now she is a Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering at Clemson University. Her current research interests include smart grids, solar power prediction, computational intelligence, and computing platforms. She is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
Liuwang Kang, Clemson University
Received his BS (2011) and MS (2014) in Vehicle Engineering from Chang’an University, China and is now a PhD student at Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CUICAR). During his master graduate study, he researched on simulation of powertrain control in electric vehicle. His current research interests focus on battery modeling, battery aging, state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) estimation.
Omer Lateef, Georgia Institute of Technology
Received his BSc and MSc degrees in 2008 and 2012 from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan where he also instructed from 2008 to 2014. He started his PhD degree at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia in fall, 2014. His research interests include smart gird, power system analysis, operation and control.
Md Ashfaqur Rahman, Clemson University
He received his M.Sc. and the B.Sc. degrees in 2012 and 2009, respectively, from Texas Tech University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Clemson University. He is working at the Real Time Power and Intelligence Systems (RTPIS) Lab as a research assistant. Before joining Clemson University, he was a lecturer in North South University in Bangladesh. His research interests include power system state estimation, high performance computing, and computational intelligence.
Morteza Rezaee, Georgia Institute of Technology
He received his master's degree from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2008 and his bachelor's degree from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (Mazandaran University) in 2005. He is currently pursuing PhD in Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), during this time he has been teaching variety of power engineering courses. His research interests include integration of renewable resources, power system stability and control, reliability, smart grid, and electrical measurement.
Steven Rosen, Clemson University
He is currently an undergraduate electrical engineering student from Clemson University. He is a PES scholar with experience in the power industry. His research interests include smart grids, micro and nano grids, and mass integration of renewable energy sources. His current research is frequency stability with a mass integration of dynamic generation. He is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory
He received his MS degree from Chinese Academy of Sciences at 2012. He received his Bachelor degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2009. He is currently a PhD student at Clemson, University. His research topic is power system stability and control. His research interests lie in the area of generator coherency based damping control using wide area signals, and stability issue in a power system with renewable energy integration. He is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
He received his MS degree from Michigan Technological University at 2014. He received his Bachelor degree from Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, in 2010. He is currently a PhD student at Clemson, University.. His research interests include real-time power systems, operations, computational intelligence, and renewable energy sources. He is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
Heng Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology
He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 2012. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. His current research interests include design and control of power electronic circuits.
Qichen Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology
He received the B.Eng. degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2013 and is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are power electronics and their applications.
Dr. Yu received her MS degree in control theory from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, and PhD degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina in 2012. She is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Assistance in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department in Clemson University. Her research interests mainly includes cyber-network security, stochastic models and game theory.
Xingsi Zhong, Clemson University
Xingsi received his MS degree in Computer Science at the University of Texas Pan-American in 2013. He received his BS degree in Math in Jilin University at 2010. He is currently a PhD student in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. His research interests include side-channels analysis, cyber-security in smart grid communication networks. He is currently a research assistant with the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory.