Projects

Research systems and open-source tools spanning EV-grid optimization, transit electrification, traffic simulation, and embedded hardware, most validated on real-world data and backed by peer-reviewed publications.

★ flagship · ph.d. thesis

Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) Charging Optimization

Intelligent decision-making for EV charging in buildings under uncertainty, combining optimization, reinforcement learning, and negotiation to cut energy cost while keeping the grid stable and users happy.

4
papers (AAMAS, ICCPS)
−6%
building energy cost
+22%
user affordability

// key contributions

AAMAS '25
RL for V2B with Heterogeneous Agents & Long-Term Rewards ★ Best Paper Finalist
AAMAS '26
CONSENT: a strategy-proof negotiation framework (Nissan data)
ICCPS '25
Online Decision-Making Under Uncertainty for V2B
SMARTCOMP '24
OPTIMUS: discrete-event simulator for V2B charging
MILPRLMPCStochasticOptDiscreteEventSim
energy · mobility

Electric Public Transit Optimization

Simulation + optimization for electric bus fleets, co-simulating transport and power grid to plan charging and cut emissions. Deployed on Chattanooga, TN.

3 papers: E-Transit-Bench (e-Energy '22), Grid-Aware Charging (ITSC '24), BTE-Sim (BigData '22)
MILPSUMOGridLAB-D
simulation · gis

City Traffic Simulation & Analysis

Data-driven calibration of city-scale traffic models from real vehicle-speed data, plus synthesizing realistic origin-destination demand from US Census data.

2 papers: Traffic Calibration (ITSC '23), MoveOD (ICCPS '26) · 2nd Place, INFORMS 2025
SUMOGISCensus
embedded · sensing

Sensor Systems & Data Acquisition

Low-cost embedded systems for environmental monitoring and QCM-based electronic-nose applications, full hardware-to-GUI data acquisition stacks.

4 papers: Air-Quality Monitor (ASPCON '20) + 3 QCM e-nose papers · Best Paper, I3SET 2019
ArduinoARMAndroid
hardware · maker

RC Planes & Drones

Custom-built fixed-wing aircraft and multirotors (airframes, propulsion, flight tuning), later used as an aerial platform for air-quality sensing research.

Maker portfolio · flight demos + research tie-in to aerial environmental monitoring
FlightControl3DPrintingRF
// open source

Software

all repos on GitHub →