Mads R. Almassalkhi
Director of the CORE Systems Lab

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Mission: To achieve leadership, vision, scholarly excellence, and societal impact in energy and power systems.

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Director


L. Richard Fisher 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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Post-PhD Research Associates


Tanmay Mishra, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
M.Tech., Delhi College of Engineering, India
B.Tech., National Institute of Technology - Hamirpur, India
Tanmay.Mishra@uvm.edu
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Jayashree Yadav, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
M.Tech., Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, India
B.Tech., Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, India
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Dakota Hamilton, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Purdue University, USA
B.S., Purdue University, USA
dhamilt6@uvm.edu
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Ph.D. Students


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)
Mazen.Elsaadany@uvm.edu
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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)
Arash.Omidi@uvm.edu
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Beyzanur Aydin
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: DER hosting capacity
B.S., Özyeğin University (2023)
beyzanur.aydin@uvm.edu
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Eric Segerstrom
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: bulk power system modeling
M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2023)
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2021)
A.S., Hudson Valley Community College (2019)
B.S., The Juilliard School (2015)
eric.segerstrom@uvm.edu
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Omid Mokhtari
Ph.D. Student, EE: network reduction (Jointly supervised with Prof. Chevalier)
M.S., Sharif University of Technology (2020)
B.S., Imam Khomeini International University (2016)
omid.mokhtari@uvm.edu
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Dan Russell
Ph.D. Student, EE: constraint-aware DER control (Jointly supervised w/ Prof. Ossareh)
B.S., University of Vermont (2018)
daniel.russell@uvm.edu
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Mohammad Hassan
Ph.D. Student, EE: grid-aware DER coordination and data privacy
B.S., Punjab Engineering College (2021)
mhassan3@uvm.edu
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M.S. Students


Prithvi (Vee) Kalkunthe
MSEE Student: Battery storage and market dispatch under uncertainty
B.S., Austin College, Mathematics (Minors: Philosophy and Data Science)
Prithvi.Kalkunte@uvm.edu
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Joao Pedro Pereira
MSEE Student: T&D impacts of volt-VAr control
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Finance, 2004)
M.S., Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Finance, 1998)
B.S., Instituto Superior Tecnico (EE, 2024)
B.S., University Institute of Lisbon (Finance, 1995)
joao.pereira@uvm.edu
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Undergraduate Students

If interested in paid 5-10 hours per week R&D opportunity, please reach out.


Alumni


Mahraz Amini, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Manager of Market Analytics at National Grid (Boston)
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)
mahraz.amini@uvm
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Nawaf Nazir, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Optimization and Control Researcher at PNNL (Washington)
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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Adil Khurram, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Assistant Project Scientist at U.C. 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)
akhurram@uvm
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Hani Mavali Zadeh, Ph.D.
After CORE Systems Lab: Power Systems Engineering at Guidehouse (Boston)
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: grid-aware DERs Coordination & Control (2023)
M.S., Iran University of Science and Technology (2013)
B.S., University of Tehran (2011)
hani.mavalizadeh@uvm.edu
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Micah Botkin Levy, MSEE
After CORE Systems Lab @ UVM: Sr. Software Modeling Engineer at Form Energy (California)
M.S., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2019)
B.S., University of Vermont, Electrical Engineering (2015)
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Zach Hurwitz, MSME
After CORE Systems Lab: Sr. Energy Engineer at Siemens
M.S., University of Vermont, Mechanical Engineering (2019)
B.S., University of Vermont, Mechanical Engineering (2015)
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Other former team members


Senior researchers

  • Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa (2016-2019), now faculty at UVM

M.S. Students (Non-thesis)

  • Waheed Owonikoko (2023)
  • Guanhao Feng (2019)
  • Lincoln Sprague (2017)

Undergraduate Research Experiences and/or Honors Thesis

  • Emily Ninestein (URX, HT, 2023-2025) - Now at ISO New England
  • Rebecca Holt (URX, HT, 2021-2024)
  • Kendall Meienhofer (URX, 2023)
  • Sophie Berne (HT, 2020) -- Now at Guidehouse Consulting
  • Cassie Malabar (URX, 2017)
  • Owen McElhinney (URX, 2017) -- Now at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Zach Hurwitz (URX, 2016-2017) -- Now at Siemens Energy
  • Anna Towle (URX, 2016) -- Now at Fortum (Sweden)
  • Keith Zuckerman (HT, 2015) -- Now at Drexel University (PhD Candidate)
  • Micah Botkin-Levy (HT, 2015) -- Now at PowerLine (Optimization Engineer)
Last updated Jan 2023.