PAL Lab

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.

Awards and Recognition

• 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
• 07/18/2025: Shiva was awarded the University Graduate Fellowship (UGF) for the Fall 2025 Semester
• 05/21/2025: Marco Iorio awarded the 2025-2026 Pamela and Jack Saltich Fellowship
• 05/05/2025: Marco Iorio received the 2025 IEEE Phoenix Section Scholarship

Publications

• 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
• 12/15/2025: Nick’s paper titled “Maximizing Grid Support of Electric Vehicles by Coordinating Residential Charging: Insights From an Arizona Feeder Case Study.” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy
• 10/13/2025: Antos’ paper titled “System-wide instrument transformer calibration and line parameter estimation using PMU data” accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
• 07/10/2025: Satya’s paper titled “A Preventive-Corrective Scheme for Ensuring Power System Security During Active Wildfire Risks” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy
• 06/30/2025: Yadu’s paper titled “Transfer Learning on Synchrophasor Data for Automatically Detecting and Classifying Critical Power System Events” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
• 05/30/2025: Shiva’s paper titled “Topology-Aware Graph Neural Network-Based State Estimation for PMU-Unobservable Power Systems” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
• 05/23/2025: Anushka’s paper titled “A Practical Approach Towards Inertia Estimation Using Ambient Synchrophasor Data” has been selected for the best paper session at 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting
• 03/13/2025: Book Chapter titled “Application of AI and Machine Learning Algorithms in Power System State Estimation” written by Behrouz Azimian, Reetam Sen Biswas, and Anamitra Pal published by IEEE/Wiley Press in the Book Titled “Smart Cyber‐Physical Power Systems: Solutions from Emerging Technologies, Volume 2“
• 03/04/2025: Anushka’s paper titled “A Practical Approach Towards Inertia Estimation Using Ambient Synchrophasor Data” has been accepted for publication at PESGM 2025.

Lab Members and Student Updates

• Summer 2026 Internships
  -Shiva is interning at Electric Power Group (EPG), working on synchrophasor EMS initiatives.
  -Anushka is a Graduate Ph.D. interning at the National Laboratory of Rockies.
  -Mohammad is interning at Hitachi as a Power System Analyst.
  -Marco is an R&D Graduate Summer Intern for the Electric Power Systems Research group at Sandia National Laboratories.
• 09/01/2025: Yeliz Yoldas Seven joined the PAL lab, Welcome Yeliz!
• 07/23/2025: Michael Leef joined the PAL lab, Welcome Michael!
• 05/19/2025: Summer 2025 Internships
  -Mohammad (Nick) completed his internship at PJM Interconnection
  -Satya completed his internship at GE Vernova
  -Shiva completed her internship at EPG

Talks, Conferences, and Events

• 02/28/2025: Anamitra Pal delivered a Keynote Talk titled “Big Data Analytics for the Electric Power Grid of the 21st Century” at the 1st IEEE International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Electrical Engineering (SSDEE) organized by the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India.

Patents and Professional Updates

• 02/06/2025: The Patent Office agreed to grant a new U.S. patent directed to John Patterson and Anamitra Pal’s work on “Time-Synchronized Micro-CPOW Measurement Device”. The patent will carry an official U.S. patent number of 12,235,292 and officially will grant on 02/25/2025. The new patent can be viewed by entering the patent number on or after the grant date in Google Patents.
• 01/06/2025: Antos Varghese joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a Research Engineer. Congratulations Antos!