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[September 3, 2026] Received the Typhoon HiL Best Paper Award – United States 2026 for our paper entitled A Real-time Prognostic-Based Control Framework for Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

[September 1, 2026] Received funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) through the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC) for System Level Multi-Objective Optimization for NPES Linking Equipment Technology and Connection Variables.

[September 1, 2026] Received funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) through the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC) for CHiL Model Studies leading to Reduced Order Ship-Scale NPES Models.

[June 25, 2026] Received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Catalyst Grant Program for Medium Voltage Integrable Grid-Edge Controller to Support Distribution and Transmission System Resiliency.

[June 1, 2026] Got promoted to Research Scientist II at the Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

[May 22, 2026] All three of our digests got accepted for publication at the 2026 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE), Vancouver, BC, Canada.

[November 13-14, 2025] Attended the GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) Fall IAB meeting and the National Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research Fab (MUSiC) grand opening in Fayetteville, AR.

[October 19-21, 2025] Attended the 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE) in Philadelphia, PA.

[August 5-8, 2025] Attended and presented two papers at the 2025 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS) in Old Town Alexandria, VA.

[June 1, 2025] Started new role as Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and joined the Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems (SEES).

[May 6, 2025] Officially got hooded and received my Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University.

[May 5, 2025] Received the Outstanding Graduate Researcher award from the Graduate School at Clemson University (university-wide award)

[April 24, 2025] Received the Outstanding Graduate Researcher award from the Holcombe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Clemson University (department-wide award).

[April 7, 2025] Successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation titled Real-Time Active Thermal Management and Degradation Forecasting of Power Electronics Building Blocks in All-Electric Ships.

[September 24, 2024] Successfully passed my Comprehensive Exam and got promoted to Ph.D. Candidacy.

[August 5-8, 2024] Attended and presented one paper at the 2024 IEEE Sixth International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM) in Columbia, SC.

[June 19-21, 2024] Attended and presented one paper at the 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC) in Rosemont, IL.

[August 5-8, 2023] Attended and presented one paper at the 2023 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS) in Old Town Alexandria, VA.

[March 28, 2023] Successfully passed my Qualifying Exam.

[August 24, 2022] Started my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Clemson University and joined the Real-Time COntrols and Optimization Laboratory (RT-COOL) as a Graduate Research Assistant.