Collaborator on the real-time control of smart grids
Dr. Sina Zarrabian
Dr. Sina Zarrabian is a tenure-track assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at the State University of New York (SUNY)-Maritime. His research interests are on Power System Dynamics, Stability and Control, Smart Grid and Grid Modernization, Micro-grids & Renewable Energy Resources, and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Power Systems.
Interns working on smart grid research
Jacob Kueber
Jacob Kueber is a research fellow at Loyola Chicago. Jacob worked on designing control methods and algorithms for linear and automatic voltage regulators. Jacob is currently at Accenture PLC.
Matthew Cmiel
Matthew Cmiel is a Provost research fellow at Loyola Chicago. Matthew worked on designing control methods and algorithms for ac/dc power converters. Matthew is currently at Slalom Consulting, LLC.
Lorenzo Trentini
Lorenzo is an engineering graduate and LUROP research fellow of Computer Engineering at Loyola Chicago. Lorenzo worked on the state flow-based modeling of storage units in smart grids. Lorenzo is currently a technology solutions engineer at Epic Systems Corporation.
Brooke Lepore
Brooke is a Provost research fellow and Engineering graduate from Loyola University Chicago. Brooke worked on improving the security of power grids using fuzzy logic. Brooke is currently a rotational engineer at US Cellular.
Anna Zachary
Anna is an engineering graduate and LUROP research fellow of Computer Engineering at Loyola Chicago. Anna worked on computing the vulnerability of power grid using unsupervised machine learning methods. Anna is currently a staff engineer at RJN.
Nafisa Ali
Nafisa is a Computer Engineering graduate from Loyola University Chicago. Nafisa worked on the design of overvoltage, overcurrent, and temperature sensors for smart power grids.
Minh Nhu
Minh is a Computer Engineering graduate from Loyola Chicago. Minh performed research on unscented and extended Kalman filter based estimation of storage related disturbances in smart grids.
Cameron Arkesteyn
Cameron is a Computer Engineering graduate student at Loyola Chicago. Cameron worked on the design of evolutionary neural networks for predicting voltage disturbances in smart grids. Cameron is currently a technology solutions engineer at Epic Systems Corporation.
Noah Muller
Noah is a senior Computer Engineering student at Loyola Chicago. Noah works on designing a convolutional neural network and a modified genetic algorithm for smart grid disturbance classification.
Collaborator on the safety of autonomous systems
Dr. Eric Chan-Tin
Dr. Eric Chan-Tin is an associate professor of Computer Science at Loyola Chicago. His research interests are on Network Security, Computer Security, Distributed Systems, Peer-to-peer Networks, Anonymity and Privacy.
Interns working on sensor fusion systems research
Naxi Shah
Naxi Shah is a Provost research fellow and Engineering graduate from Loyola University Chicago. Naxi worked on the security improvement of self-driving vehicles. Naxi is currently a graduate student at University of Colorado Boulder.
Max Kurinsky
Max is a Provost research fellow at Loyola Chicago. Max worked on improving the security of autonomous vehicles using evolutionary neural networks. Max is currently at Bartlett & West.
Valentine Geze
Valentine is a Provost research fellow and Engineering graduate from Loyola University Chicago. Valentine worked on improving the security of self-driving vehicles using model predictive control. Valentine is currently a staff engineer at Ernst & Young.
Franklin Jakubow
Franklin is a Provost research fellow at Loyola Chicago. Franklin worked on improving the security of autonomous vehicles using fuzzy logic. Franklin is currently at FRWRD.
Sophia Sklar
Sophia is a Provost research fellow and Engineering graduate from Loyola University Chicago. Sophia worked on improving the security of self-driving vehicles using unsupervised machine learning. Sophia is currently a test engineer at Credo Semiconductor Inc.
Josh Oliveros
Josh is a Computer Engineering graduate from Loyola Chicago. Josh worked on the segmentation of real-time sensor signals and developing a sensor fusion computer platform for autonomous systems.
Lila Areephanthu
Lila is a Computer Engineering graduate from Loyola Chicago. Lila worked on the design of a predictive method for obstacle detection and safe operation of autonomous vehicles.
Michael Quiroga
Michael is a senior Computer Engineering student at Loyola Chicago. Michael works on the design of a multi-sensing platform for collaborative and safe operation of autonomous systems.
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Dr. Brook W. Abegaz
Dr. Brook W. Abegaz is a tenure-track assistant professor of Computer Engineering at Loyola Chicago. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in May 2016, advised by Dr. Satish M. Mahajan, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Center for Energy Systems Research center. Dr. Abegaz's research interests are on the modeling, design, and control methods of smart power grids, autonomous vehicles, and modern computing systems.
