Professional Activities

Academic and Community Service Activities (Selected)

University Level:

Faculty Representative, Faculty Council – 2017-2018.

Faculty Representative, Faculty Council – 2014-2015.

College Level:

  • College of Engineering Faculty Organization, Faculty President–2016-2017.
  • College of Engineering Faculty Organization, President Elect–2015-2016.
  • EPIC Associate Director Search Committee – Member, 2016.
  • EPIC Grid Modernization Cluster Assistant Director Search committee – Member, 2016.
  • College of Engineering Faculty Organization – President 2016.
  • College of Engineering Faculty Organization – President Elect 2015.
  • Member EPIC Implementation Committee – 2013-2015.
  • Lab Director, Duke Energy Smart Grid Laboratory – 2012-2016.
  • EPIC Director Search Committee, 2010.

Departmental Level:

  • Undergraduate Student Advisor – 2014-2016.
  • Undergraduate Concentration in Power and Energy Systems –Faculty Point of Contact -2013-2016.
  • Chair, Department Review Committee (DRC) for Tenure and Promotion – 2014-2015.
  • Faculty Search Committee Chair—2013. Search organized for power system faculty.
  • Technical Thrust Group Chair for Power and Energy Systems—August 2010-August 2012. Under my leadership, the graduate and undergraduate Power and Energy concentration curriculum changes have been initiated
  • Voting Member, Department Review Committee (DRC) for Tenure and Promotion – 2011-2012, Contributions towards DRC policy document update.
  • Member ABET review team, 2011. Contribution towards ICAP, ABET documents compilation.

Professional Affiliations and Service Activities (Selected)

Memberships/Affiliations:

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Member: 2000-Current.
  • IEEE Control Systems Society–Member: 2000-Current.
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Society –Member: 2009- Current
  • IEEE Industrial Applications Society –Member: 2009- Current
  • Industrial Applications Control Committee—Member: 2009-Current
  • IEEE Power Electronics Society- Member: 2009- Current
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society – Member: 2000-Current.
  • International Society of Computer Applications (ISCA) – Member: 2003- 2007.
  • International Association of Engineers (IAENG) – Member: 2005- Current.
  • POWERGLOBE– Member: 2005- Current.
  • Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC) – Member 2009- Current

Office/Position Held:

  • Member, IACC Technical Program Committee, IAS Annual Meeting -2016.
  • Secretary, Industrial Automation and Control Committee, IEEE IAS- 2016-2018
  • General Co-Chair, IEEE PES, North American Power Symposium- 2015
  • Power Energy Education Committee (PEEC)
  • PEEC Adcom Committee Member- 2015-2017
  • Life Long Learning Sub Committee- Chair 2014-2017
  • Life Long Learning Sub Committee- Vice Chair 2012-2014
  • Life Long Learning Sub Committee- Secretary 2010-2012
  • Program Chair, NC Smart Grid Forum 2012—2012.
  • Vice Chair, IEEE Charlotte Section Power and Energy Society, 2010-2011.
  • Secretary, IEEE Charlotte Section, 2014.
  • Chair, IEEE Charlotte Section Power and Energy Society, 2012-2016.

     Review/Editorial Board/Advisory

  • West Florida Technical High school Advisory Board: Member 2005- 2010.
  • SC Smart Grid Energy Center, Proposal Adhoc Reviewer, 2013.
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2013-2014, 2016- present
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2013.
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2012.

Grant Review (Panelist)

  • NSF and NSERC Discovery Grant

Grant Refereeing (Adhoc)

  • NSF Panel
  • NSERC Fellow Review
  • SC State Smart Grid Consortium Review
  • AAAS Grant Review

 Manuscript Refereeing (Journal- Selected)

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
  • IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
  • IEEE Transactions on Education
  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • International Journal of System Science.
  • Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • International Journal of Power and Energy Systems
  • International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems
  • Journal of Neural Computing and Applications
  • Control Systems Practice
  • International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing

 Manuscript Refereeing (Conferences)

  • IEEE American Control Conference, 2008, 2007.
  • IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, 2007.
  • IFAC World Congress, 2008.
  • IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008, 2007.
  • IJME Intertech Joint International Conference, 2007.
  • Student Poster Session, IEEE PES General Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2007.
  • North American Power Symposium, 2007, 2009-2015.
  • IEEE South Eastern Conference, Memphis, USA, 2006.
  • IEEE PES General Meeting

Other Professional Activities and Accomplishments (Selected)

Conference Organizations and Services

  • Session Co-Chair, IEEE ISGT, 2016.
  • Session Co-Chair, IEEE PES General Meeting, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016.
  • Advisory Committee NAPS 2016.
  • International Program Committee, IEEE PEDES 2016, 800 papers submitted.
  • General Co-Chair: North American Power Symposium (NAPS) 2015, 280 attendees and 187 papers accepted.
  • Symposium Chair: NC Smart Grid Forum, 2012, 150 attendees and panel and paper sessions.
  • Session Chair, IEEE NAPS, 2009-2015.
  • Session Chair, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2010-2015.
  • Session Organizer, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2010-2015.
  • Program Committee Member, Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC) Energy Summit, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2010.
  • Panelist, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011.
  • Session(s) Chair, IEEE South Eastern Conference, Memphis, USA, 2006.
  • Panelist, Research Student and Faculty Internal Grant, UWF.
  • Evaluate and Judget, IEEE South East Con, Student paper and Ethics Competition
  • Sessions Chair, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Reviewer, Computer Applications Society