CORE Systems Lab Research Team
Mission: To achieve leadership, vision, scholarly excellence, and societal impact in energy and power systems.
Join us! I am recruiting multiple fully-funded PhD positions for 2023-24! For more info and project descriptions please see here.
Director

Associate Professor Mads R. Almassalkhi | CV
Ph.D., University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering: Systems (2013)
M.S.E., University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering: Systems (2010)
B.S., University of Cincinnati in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics (2008)
malmassa@uvm.edu
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Ph.D., University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering: Systems (2013)
M.S.E., University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering: Systems (2010)
B.S., University of Cincinnati in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics (2008)



Postdoctoral Scholars
Ph.D. Students

Hani Mavali Zadeh
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: grid-aware DERs Coordination & Control
M.S., Iran University of Science and Technology (2013)
B.S., University of Tehran (2011)




Waheed Owonikoko
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: power system reliability
M.S., University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2021)
B.S., University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2015)



Mazen El-Saadany
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: distributed control of DERs
M.S., American University of Sharjah, UAE (2022)
B.S., American University of Sharjah, UAE (2020)




Arash Omidi
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: hybrid energy systems modeling
M.S., Iran University of Science and Technology (2019)
B.S., Yazd University (2015)


M.S. Students
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Undergraduate Students


Emily Ninestein
B.S. student in Electrical Engineering (Class of 2025)



Kendall Meienhofer
B.S. student in Electrical Engineering (Class of 2025)


Alumni

Mahraz Amini, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Lead Analyst at National Grid
Ph.D., University of Vermont in Electrical Engineering (2019)
M.S., University of Tehran, Electrical Engineering (2013)
B.S., University of Tehran, Electrical Engineering (2011)





Nawaf Nazir, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Optimization and Control Engineer at PNNL
Ph.D., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2020)
M.S., Virginia Tech (2015)
B.S., National Institute of Technology (2011)
mnazir@uvm
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After CORE Systems Lab: Optimization and Control Engineer at PNNL
Ph.D., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2020)
M.S., Virginia Tech (2015)
B.S., National Institute of Technology (2011)





Adil Khurram, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Assistant Project Scientist at UC San Diego
Ph.D., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2021)
Co-Advised by Dr. Luis Duffaut Espinosa
M.S., American University of Sharjah, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2016)
B.S., National University of Sciences and Technology (2013)





Micah Botkin Levy, MSEE
After CORE Systems Lab @ UVM: Sr. Software Modeling Engineer at Form Energy
M.S., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2019)
B.S., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2015)


Zach Hurwitz, MSME
After CORE Systems Lab: Energy Engineer at Siemens
M.S., University of Vermont, Mechanical Engineering (2019)
B.S., University of Vermont, Mechanical Engineering (2015)
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After CORE Systems Lab: Energy Engineer at Siemens
M.S., University of Vermont, Mechanical Engineering (2019)
B.S., University of Vermont, Mechanical Engineering (2015)

Other former team members
M.S. Students (Project-based)
- Guanhao Feng (2019)
- Lincoln Sprague (2017)
Undergraduate Research Experiences
- Sophie Berne (2020)
- Cassie Malabar (2017)
- Owen McElhinney (2017)
- Zach Hurwitz (2016, 2017)
- Anna Towle (2016)
- Keith Zuckerman (2015)
- Micah Botkin-Levy (2015)