PAL Lab

Advancing reliable, intelligent, and resilient power systems

About the Lab

The Phasor Assisted Learning (PAL) Lab, led by Dr. Anamitra Pal, is in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) located in Tempe, Arizona. The lab performs fundamental and applied research in the power and energy domain.

Openings

We are looking for motivated Ph.D. students in the areas of power systems, optimization, controls, and machine learning.

ASU is the lead university of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), which includes 12 universities and 26 industry members. U.S. News & World Report has named ASU the most innovative university in the nation for six years in a row. If you are interested in joining ASU and working with me, please send your detailed CV to me at [email protected] or view our “Contact” page on our website.

IEEE PES General Meeting 2026 — 2026 IEEE PES General Meeting in Montreal, Canada

Latest News

Awards and Recognition

06/19/2026: Marco Iorio received the 2026 Gerald T. Heydt Scholarship in Electric Power Engineering.
2026: Dr. Antos Varghese, a Ph.D. graduate from Prof. Anamitra Pal’s research lab, has received the first rank in the 2026 IEEE Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics (SGSMA) Conference PhD dissertation competition for his work entitled, “Novel Statistical Techniques for Robust Parameter Estimation in Wide Area Measurement System”
2026: A paper written by Yadu Paudel received the Third Best Paper Award in the 2026 IEEE Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics (SGSMA) Conference
04/14/2026: Shiva received the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Award from NASPI in Chicago
02/18/2026: Shiva was awarded the Graduate Research Award for the Spring 2026 Semester

Shiva received the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Award from NASPI in Chicago

Publications

Shiva’s paper, titled “Machine Learning-Based State Estimation for an Actual Transmission System Using Field PMU Data,” has been accepted for presentation at the 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-60), 2027.
06/04/2026: D. Dalal, A. Pal, and R. Ayyanar’s paper titled “Achieving system-level benefits in solar photovoltaic-rich distribution feeders through intelligent control of inverters” has been accepted for publication in IET Renewable Power Generation.
05/24/2026: Antos’ paper titled “A constrained formulation for simultaneous line parameter estimation and instrument transformer calibration” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
02/16/2026: Yadu’s paper titled “Enhanced analysis of critical power system events using merged and correlated PoW and PMU data” has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 IEEE Smart Grid Synchronized Measurements and Analytics (SGSMA) Conference.
03/05/2026: Marco’s paper titled “Impact of Work Schedule Flexibility on EV Hosting Capacity: Insights from Analyzing Field Data” has been accepted for publication at the 2026 IEEE PES General Meeting

Lab Members and Student Updates

Summer 2026 Internships
- Anushka completed her internship at the National Laboratory of Rockies

- Farah completed her internship at the NextEra Energy Resources

- Marco completed his internship at Sandia National Laboratories

- Mohammad is interning at Hitachi as a Power System Analyst

- Shiva completed her internship at Electric Power Group (EPG)