Thuan received his bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston. In 2019, he graduated with master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of Houston while working as a Professional Engineer at CenterPoint Energy doing Relay & SCADA project for electrical substations, Thuan is currently pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests include applying machine learning for power system operation and optimization.
Category Archives: P.hd Students
Jin Lu
Jin Lu received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China in 2018 and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA in 2020. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests are power system restoration and power system operation.
Cunzhi Zhao
Cunzhi Zhao received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer from McNeese State University, Lake Charles, USA in 2015 and master’s degree in Electrical Engineer from McNeese State University, Lake Charles, USA in 2018. 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 Energy Management Strategy, Power System Optimization and Smart grids.
Anant Singh
Anant Singh received his B.Tech(Hons) degree from SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2013 and M.S. degree in Power Electronics and Energy Systems from The University of Texas at Dallas, TX – USA, in 2016. He is currently working as a Motor Controls Engineer at Halla Mechatronics, MI – USA. He is also pursuing Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests include adjustable speed drives for low voltage and high voltage automotive applications, torque ripple modelling and minimization techniques for different permanent magnet and synchronous reluctance machines, modelling and simulation of power electronics circuits and control development.
John Parry
John Parry received his B.S.E. degree from the University of Iowa in 1994 and M.S. degree from the University of Iowa in in 1996. He is currently a R&D engineer for Schlumberger designing electronics used in the exploration and development of oil and gas wells. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree from the University of Houston. His research interests include electrical motors, generators and their associated electronics for medium power applications at temperatures greater than 150oC.
Mingjian Tuo
Mingjian Tuo received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China in 2015 and master’s degree in Computer Application Technology from National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning of Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China in 2018. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. His research interests include power system operations, power system optimization, machine learning and smart grids.
Arun Venkatesh Ramesh
Arun graduated with Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, India in 2013 and Master of Science in Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2015. He worked as a Software Engineer Specialist for GE, Hyderabad, India from March 2017 to December 2018 developing software applications for Energy Management Solutions, Wide Area Monitoring and Energy Markets. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at University of Houston. His research interests are Power System Operations and Planning, Power System Optimization and Smartgrids.
Yu Yao
Yu Yao received his bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China in 2015 and master’s degree in Circuits and Systems from Xidian University, Xi’an, China in 2018. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. His research interests include Power Electronic, Electric Vehicle Charger, and Renewable Energy Systems.
Vinay Rathore
Vinay completed his B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2016. He Worked in Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd. as Hardware Engineer for design and development of EV battery chargers from September 2016 to December 2018. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. His research interests are Wireless power transfer, EV battery chargers, high frequency converters, high frequency and planar magnetics design.
Jean Lobo da Fonseca
Jean received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Ceara (Brazil) in 2017 and 2019, respectively. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston, USA. His research interests include power quality improvement, modular multilevel converters, battery integration to electrical grids and microgrids.
