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Office: 213 Riggs Hall
Office Phone: (864) 656 - 5925
Fax: (864) 656 - 5910
Email: cedring@clemson.edu
Christopher S. Edrington
Warren H. Owen Distinguished Professor
Bio
Christopher S. Edrington received his BS in Engineering from Arkansas State University in 1999 and his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2001 and 2004, respectively; where he was both a DoE GAANN Fellow, NSF IGERT Fellow and Grainger Foundation Fellow. He currently is the Warren H. Owen Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University and is the lead for RT-COOL (Real-Time COntrol and Optimization Laboratory) as well as the co-director of the Smart Energy and Propulsion Focus Area in the new VIPR-GS (VIrtual PRototyping for Ground vehicle Systems) Center. His research interests include modeling, simulation, and control of electromechanical drive systems; applied power electronics; distributed control; integration of renewable energy, storage, and pulse power loads. Dr. Edrington has published over 170 papers (including 2 IEEE Prize Awards and multiple conference paper awards), has graduated 23 MS students and 16 PhD students (with 3 in process) and has 8 patents (in real-time stability and complexity metrics, insulation breakdown and linear machines).
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Electrical Machines
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Control Systems
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Power Electronics
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​Hardware in the Loop
Gokhan Ozkan
Research Assistant Professor
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Gokhan Ozkan received his BS degrees in Teacher Training in Electrical Field and Energy System Engineering from Marmara University and Erciyes University, Turkey in 2006 and 2014, and his MS in Energy System Engineering from Erciyes University, Turkey in 2015. He was a lecturer at Bozok University, Turkey. He completed a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and worked as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Advanced Power Systems. He joined as a Post-doctoral Research Associate for the RT-COOL group at Clemson University and currently working as a Research Assistant Professor at Clemson University. His research interests include renewable energy sources, power and energy management, real-time modeling and simulation, power electronics and control, Distributed Energy Resources and Electrical Vehicles.
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Distributed Energy
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Distributed Control
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Real-Time Modeling and Control
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Active Thermal Management
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Office: 221 C Riggs Hall
Office: 323 4 Research Drive
Office Phone: N/A
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Email: bpapari@clemson.edu
Dr. Behnaz Papari
Assistant Professor of Automotive Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bio
Behnaz Papari (S’10-M’2018) received the BS and MS.c in Electrical Engineering in 2008 and 2011 from the University of Bushehr and K. N. Toosi University of Technology, IRAN, respectively. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Florida State University, the USA in 2018. Prior to joining the Department of Automotive Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University in Spring 2022, Dr. Papari was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University and an Assistant Professor of Practice at the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) for three years at UNC Charlotte where she taught at undergraduate and graduate levels. Her background is in power systems controls with an emphasis on modeling, analysis, planning, and AI-based optimization and her current research interests are in distributed controls and secure control frameworks under uncertainty, applications on energy system modeling, and stochastic optimization, electric vehicle, including electric and hybrid-electric, and energy storage systems.
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Integrated Power Systems
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Control and Optimization
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Controller-hardware-in-the-loop
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Cyber Physical System Security
Dr. Laxman Timilsina
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Laxman Timilsina received his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2016 and M.Sc. degree in Distributed Generation in Electrical Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, in 2019. He joined Clemson University in Fall 2021 to pursue PhD degree in electrical engineering under the supervision of Dr. Chris S. Edrington and graduated in May 2024. He is working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RT-COOL (Real-Time COntrol and Optimization Laboratory) in Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Clemson University. His research interest includes Integration of Renewable Energy, Smart Grids and Integrated Power Systems.
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Power Electronics Design
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Renewable Energy
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Energy Storage Systems
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Digital Implementation of Control Systems
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Ali Moghassemi
PhD Candidate
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Ali Moghassemi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Real-Time COntrol and Optimization Laboratory (RT-COOL), Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, under the supervision of Dr. Christopher S. Edrington and Dr. Gokhan Ozkan. He is a Graduate Research Assistant. He is working on electro-thermal modeling, simulation, and control of power electronics building blocks (PEBBs) in all-electric ships (AESs). His research interests include modeling, simulation, and real-time modeling of power electronics and renewable energy systems.
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Power Electronics
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Power Electronics Building Blocks
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Thermal Management
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Renewable Energy Systems
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Power Quality
Ali Arsalan
PhD Student
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Ali Arsalan received his bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering in 2015 from UCET, IUB, Pakistan. After that, he served as a Lab. Engineer at Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Pakistan for five and a half years. During that, he also completed his master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from UET, Lahore, Pakistan in 2019. Has is also a reviewer for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, Michigan. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Automotive Engineering at Clemson University, International Center for Automotive Research (CUICAR), and also working as a Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Behnaz Papari. His research interests include Optimization, Microgrids, Energy Management, EV Technologies, Cyber Security, and Power System Resiliency towards cyber threats.
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Cybersecurity
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Energy Management
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Microgrids
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Power System Resiliency
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Grace Muriithi
PhD Candidate
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Grace Muriithi is a doctoral student in automotive engineering at the Clemson University International Centre for Automotive Research. She is currently undertaking research in resilience and security enhancement of cyber-physical systems with a particular focus Electric Vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSEs). Grace received her BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya and her master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Her research interests include energy management, microgrids, automotive cyber security, cyber threat intelligence, threat and vulnerability analysis, computational intelligence, machine learning and data science. Additionally, Grace enjoys volunteering in the community and taking part in initiatives that have a positive social impact.
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Machine learning
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Optimization
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Energy management
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Renewable energy
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Microgrids, andcyber security
Elutunji Buraimoh
PhD Candidate
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Elutunji Buraimoh is a Member, of the IEEE. He received the B.Tech. (Hons.) and MSc in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria, and Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, in 2012 and 2016. In addition, he obtained an engineering discipline DEng degree from the Durban University of Technology, South Africa, in 2021. He is pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, and his current research focus is the Geographically Distributed Real-Time Co-Simulation of Power Systems, Rapid Control Prototyping and Hardware in the Loop. His previous studies focused on microgrids, renewable energy, power systems control, and FACTS devices. Elutunji Buraimoh is a registered Engineer of the COREN, a Corporate Member of the NSE and a candidate for ECSA.
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Power Electronics Design
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Renewable Energy
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Energy Storage Systems
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Digital Implementation of Control Systems
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Imrat Rahman
PhD Candidate
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S M Imrat Rahman received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh in 2010 and his M.Sc. degree in Power Engineering from Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 2015. After that, he worked as a Lecturer at American International University Bangladesh, Bangladesh. Currently, he is working as a graduate research assistant at RT-COOL (Real-Time COntrol and Optimization Laboratory) and pursuing his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Dr. Christopher S. Edrington and Dr. Gokhan Ozkan at Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Clemson University. His research areas include Active Thermal Management of Power Electronic Converters, Distributed Control, and Thermal Modeling of PEBB (Power Electronic Building Blocks) systems.
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Power Electronics
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Renewable Energy
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Control Systems
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Asif Ahmed Khan
PhD Student
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​Asif Ahmed Khan completed his bachelor’s program in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from BRAC University, Bangladesh in 2019. He joined the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, in the spring of 2024 to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Behnaz Papari. He is currently working as a graduate research assistant at RT-COOL (Real-Time Control and Optimization Laboratory) and SEAL (Secure Energy and Automation Laboratory). His research interests include applications of Machine Learning in energy systems, DC microgrid control and optimization, and all-electric ship power systems.
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Power Systems
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Machine Learning
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Energy Management
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Justin Dobey
PhD Student
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Justin Dobey received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in May 2020. He is currently pursuing a MS degree in Electrical Engineering at Clemson University while simultaneously working as a teaching assistant. Additionally, he continues to be an active member of Clemson’s Programs for Educational Enrichment and Retention (PEER) as well as assistant coach of God’s Warriors Boxing Club in Clemson. Justin has also worked as a process control and automation engineering intern for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions. His research interests include power semiconductors, especially wide bandgap devices, as well as the modeling and control of power converters for more efficient power conversion.
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Power Electronics
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Renewable Energy Resources​
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Dr. Mustafa Ozden
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Mustafa Ozden received his B.Sc. degree in Energy system engineering department, his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in renewable energy systems from Erciyes University in 2015, 2017 and 2022, respectively.
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He was a postdoctoral researcher at Erciyes University from 2022 to 2023. He is presently working in the Energy Innovation Center at Clemson University as a postdoctoral fellow. He is a member of the Real-Time Control and Optimization Laboratory (RT-COOL). His current research interests include wind turbines, aerodynamic and thermomechanical modeling, and cooling system analysis.
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Renewable Energy
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Thermal Simulation
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Machine Learning
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Klaudia Izabela Bis
PhD Student
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Klaudia Izabela BiÅ› received the B.S. degree in automatic control, electronics and electrical engineering from Warsaw University of Technology in 2021. Currently, she is pursuing the Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Dr. Christopher S. Edrington and working at the Real-Time Control and Optimization Laboratory (RT-COOL), Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University as a Graduate Research Assistant. Her research interest include power management in DC distribution systems, intelligent controls, and artificial intelligence.
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DC Distribution System
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Machine Learning​