Mads R. Almassalkhi
Director of the CORE Systems Lab

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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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)
hani.mavalizadeh@uvm.edu
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Waheed Owonikoko
Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering: power system reliability
M.S., University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2021)
B.S., University of Ilorin, Nigeria (2015)
Waheed.Owonikoko@uvm.edu
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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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M.S. Students
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Undergraduate Students


Rebecca Holt
B.S. student in Electrical Engineering (Class of 2024)
Rebecca.Holt@uvm.edu
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Emily Ninestein
B.S. student in Electrical Engineering (Class of 2025)
Emily.Ninestein@uvm.edu
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Kendall Meienhofer
B.S. student in Electrical Engineering (Class of 2025)
Kendall.Meienhofer@uvm.edu
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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)
mahraz.amini@uvm
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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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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)
akhurram@uvm
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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)
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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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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)