Experience
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN
Jan 2021 – Present
- Lead Researcher, Nissan V2X Collaboration: Architected a hierarchical control framework combining MILP and Multi-Agent RL to coordinate 50+ distributed energy assets. Validated on field data, achieving >10% cost reduction over baselines.
- CARTA Transit Electrification: Led optimization modeling for Chattanooga’s electric bus fleet. Formulated a Stackelberg game for charging scheduling that reduced operational costs by 6% and GHG emissions by 10 tons.
- Open-Source Tools: Developed E-Transit-Bench and MoveOD, enabling scalable simulation of city-scale transit and energy systems. Tools are currently used by academic partners for resilience studies.
Research Intern (Connected Energy & Data Analytics)
Nissan North America Inc. — Santa Clara, CA
Jun 2023 – Sep 2023
- Designed a cost-optimization pipeline for EV-to-Building (V2B) power flows, achieving a 15% reduction in peak demand charges using hierarchical optimization.
- Analyzed 50k+ vehicle telematics records to model user behavior and flexibility, directly influencing the design of the V2B negotiation framework.
- Co-developed the OPTIMUS digital twin for benchmarking demand-response strategies against proprietary building management systems.
Undergraduate Researcher
Jadavpur University — Kolkata, India
May 2018 – Jun 2020
- Designed and implemented low-cost, portable IoT systems for environmental sensing (Air Quality Monitoring) and automation.
- Awarded Best Paper at I3SET 2019 for a battery-powered sensor hub using a novel QCM-sensor integration on an 8-bit microcontroller.
Industry Experience
NextGen Leaders Fellow (Energy Systems)
OpenMinds Inc. — Remote
May 2025 – Jan 2026
- Collaborating with Carrier and CenterPoint Energy to deploy first-of-a-kind battery-enabled heat pump controllers that provide dynamic load shaping.
- Developing analytic frameworks to quantify trade-offs between grid reliability constraints and operational flexibility.
Assistant Systems Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services — Kolkata, India
Sep 2020 – Aug 2021
- Optimized enterprise dashboards using Angular (20% faster load times) and automated backend scheduling pipelines.
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant — Embedded Systems Lab
Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN
Fall 2021
- Instructed undergraduates in C++ fundamentals through hands-on labs, culminating in building logic-based code-controlled cars with microcontrollers.