Shivam Saini is a graduate researcher specializing in power electronics and energy conversion systems. His technical interests include grid-tied inverter technologies, DC-DC converter design, resonant power topologies, and advanced control strategies for renewable and battery-integrated applications.
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Ph.D. Student
ssaini3@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Mingjun Li received his bachelor’s from Yangzhou University, and master’s degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in 2023 and 2025 seperately. He is currently a Ph.D Student in electrical engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. His research interests include microgrid control, optimization and power electronics.
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Ph.D Student
mli57@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Dr. Rohith Pottekkat received his Ph.D. in Power Electronics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 2024, and an M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in power electronics and power systems from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, in 2013. He completed his B.Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Government Engineering College, Thrissur, India, in 2010.
His current research focuses on standalone power supplies using induction generators. During his Ph.D., Rohith worked on hybrid multilevel inverter topologies for induction motor drives, concentrating on the elimination of lower-order harmonics and enhanced DC bus utilization. He has also undertaken power electronics and embedded systems projects, implementing hardware for motor drives and grid-connected inverter applications. His main areas of interest and technical expertise include power converter design, digital controller design, and embedded systems development for power electronics applications.
Sai Sushma Pasupuleti is a researcher in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. She earned her M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, where her work was recognized with the Best Thesis Award and the Ms. Kiran Bala Aurora Memorial Reward.
Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Houston, Texas, USA. Her research focuses on power electronic converters, pulsed power systems, PCB design, designing and control of magnetics, data driven methods for power electronic converters and motor drive applications. Sai Sushma’s recent work received support from the IES-SYP Travel Grant for IECON-2024, where she presented her latest research findings. She continues to engage in developing innovative solutions in power electronics and energy systems.
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Ph.D Student
spasupu3@cougarnet.uh.edu
Massiagbe Diabate received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2021 and her master’s in Electrical Engineering in 2023 from the University of Houston in Texas, USA. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston in Texas, USA. Her research interest focuses on power electronics converters for fuel cell technology, and Energy Management Systems (EMS) of Energy Storage Systems (ESSs), such as Hydrogen and Batteries for Microgrids.
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Ph.D Student
mfdiabat@cougarnet.uh.edu
Hassan received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2016 and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering – Power from National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2019. He has worked as a R&D Engineer in SkyElectric Pvt. Ltd. from 2019 to 2022, specializing in Li-Ion based Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. His research interests include Microgrid Optimal Sizing & Optimal Energy Management Strategy involving BESS.
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Ph.D Student
hbutt@cougarnet.uh.edu
Ann received her Bachelor’s degree (B.Tech) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Kerala in 2017 and a Master’s degree (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2022. From 2017 to 2020, she worked as an Electrical Engineer for CKR Consulting Engineers in Dubai, UAE. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston. Her research interest includes microgrid optimal sizing and energy management, grid integration of renewable generation, demand side management and battery storage system planning.
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Ph.D Student
atoms2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Bharat Bohara received his Bachelors of Engineering (B.E) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal in 2015, and Masters of Technology (M.Tech) in Energy and Control System Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India in 2019. He worked as a Computer Vision Engineer from Aug. 2019 to Aug. 2021 at the Emotix, a robotic startup company in India that builds AI-based companion robots for children. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston, TX, USA. His research interests include applications of machine learning in power electronics, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and efficient neural network implementation in FPGAs.
Ravi Kumar Gaddala received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, India and Master’s of Technology in Power Electronics and Drives from Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India in 2016 and 2019, respectively. Later, he worked as an assistant project engineer and junior research fellow at IIT Guwahati and IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019 and 2020, respectively, India. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. in electrical engineering at University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. His research interests include renewable energy-based grid forming inverters, battery energy storage system, robust control techniques and efficient power sharing methods for power electronic converters.
Anil received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India in 2017 and the master’s degree in Power Electronics from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India in 2020. He worked as a PGET (Design Engineer) in Engineering design and research centre at Power Transmission & Distribution IC, Larsen & Toubro Constructions, Chennai, India from August 2020 to July 2021. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at University of Houston in Texas, USA. His research interests include switched mode power supplies, internal model control of dual active bridge DC-DC Converter and co-ordinated control of circuit breaker for aerospace applications.
