People

Current Students

PhD Students
  • Jonathan Black (Doctoral Program in Infrastructure & Environmental Systems)
  • Allison Campbell (Doctoral Program in Infrastructure & Environmental Systems)
  • Yike Li (Doctoral Program in Infrastructure & Environmental Systems)
  • Nima Nader (Doctoral Program in Infrastructure & Environmental Systems) 
  • Vinayak Sharma (Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering)
  • Shreyashi Shukla (Doctoral Program in Infrastructure & Environmental Systems)
  • Zehan Xu (Doctoral Program in Infrastructure & Environmental Systems) 
Master Students
  • Jordan McCorey (Master of Science Program in Engineering Management)

Alumni

PhD Graduates
  • Masoud Sobhani (MSEM, 2017/12; PhD 2020/5)
MS Thesis: A load-based temperature prediction model for anomaly detection
Doctoral Dissertation: Delivery point load forecasting
First job after graduation: Data Scientist, Duke Energy Corporation
MS Thesis: Retail energy forecasting
Doctoral Dissertation: Probabilistic load forecasting
First job after graduation: Research Statistician Developer, SAS Institute Inc

Master Graduates
  • Deeksha Dharmapal (MSEM, 2020/5)
MS Thesis: The use of Gross Domestic Product in short-term load forecasting
  • Yike Li (MSEM, 2020/5) 
MS Thesis: Optimal weather station selection for electric load forecasting
  • Zehan Xu (MSEM, 2019)
MS Thesis: Customer attrition modeling and forecasting.
  • Saurabh Sangamwar (MSEM, 2019/5)
MS Thesis: Grouping calendar variables for electric load forecasting 
First job after graduation: Statistical Modeling Analyst, Nestle
  • Shreyashi Shukla (MSEM, 2018), 
MS Thesis: Daily load forecasting with hourly temperatures.
MS Thesis: How does relative humidity affect electricity demand?
First job after graduation: Load Research Analyst, NCEMC 
MS Thesis: Combining sister load forecasts 
First job after graduation: Statistician, Carolina Healthcare Systems 

Visiting Scholars/Students
  • Zhixiong Su (Nanchang Institute of Technology, China, 2017/12 - 2018/12)
  • He Wang (Northeast Dianli University, China, 2017/2 - 2018/2)
  • Chang Liu (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China, 2017/2 - 2018/2)
  • Jue Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2017/3 - 2017/9)
  • Dabin Zhang (South China Agriculture University, China, 2016/11 - 2017/2)
  • Jian Luo (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China. 2016/8 - 2016/10)
  • Jia Zhong (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2016/4 - 2016/10)
  • Qian Zhang (North China Electric Power University, China, 2015/8 - 2016/8)
  • Xiaoli Liu (North China Electric Power University, China, 2015/3 - 2016/3)
  • Julian Huber (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2015/4 - 2015/9)
  • Jakub Nowotarski (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, 2015/3 - 2015/8)

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