PAL Lab
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.
Active research areas include:
- Data Analytics using Time-Synchronized Measurements
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Power Systems
- Energy Modeling and Smart Grids
- Critical Infrastructure Resilience
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.
Latest News
- 12/31/2024: Zachary’s paper titled “Design and Validation of a Very Low-Power Phasor Measurement Unit for the Distribution System” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
- 12/25/2024: Zachary joined Raytheon Technologies as a Senior Signal Processing Engineer.
- 12/02/2024: Zachary successfully defended their Ph.D. Dissertation
- 12/02/2024: Dhaval’s paper titled “Improving Photovoltaic Hosting Capacity of Distribution Networks with Coordinated Inverter Control – A case study of the EPRI J1 feeder” has been accepted for publication in IET Renewable Power Generation
- 12/01/2024: Antos and Hritik’s paper titled “Time-Synchronized Full System State Estimation Considering Practical Implementation Challenges” was selected as an “Editor’s Pick” article for the Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy Issue 6, 2024
- 11/26/2024: PAL Lab was declared a winner of the Data-Driven Distributed (3D) Solar Visibility Prize
- 11/20/2024: Anamitra gave a PSERC webinar titled “Integrated Voltage Monitoring and Control of Active Distribution Systems“
- 11/01/2024: Behrouz joined GE Vernova-Digital as a full-time Senior Electricity Market Software Engineer
- 10/28/2024: Antos successfully defended their Ph.D. Dissertation
- 10/25/2024: Dhaval joined ACP Technologies as a Principal.
- 10/11/2024: Dhaval successfully defended their Ph.D. Dissertation
- 09/04/2024: Hritik and Behrouz’s paper, “Creating Temporally Correlated High-Resolution Profiles of Load Injection Using Constrained Generative Adversarial Networks” accepted for publication at the North American Power Symposium (NAPS) 2024
- 09/03/2024: The paper titled “Machine-Learning-Based Adaptive Settings of Directional Overcurrent Relays With Double-Inverse Characteristics for Stable Operation of Microgrids” that Anamitra Pal wrote with researchers from Egypt has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
- 07/22/2024: Anamitra Pal received the 2023 Outstanding Editor Award for the Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
- 07/12/2024: Anamitra’s views on how artificial intelligence can help parse (power grid) sensor data were published under the title “Strengthening our power grid through AI”
- 07/02/2024: Behrouz successfully defended their Ph.D. Dissertation
- 05/23/2024: Marco Iorio received the 2024 Fulton Fellowship Award
- 05/18/2024: The paper titled “Stability-Constrained Settings of Directional Overcurrent Relays with Shifted User-Defined Characteristics for Distribution Networks with DERs” that Anamitra Pal wrote with researchers from Egypt has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
- Summer 2024 Internships
Antos interned at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Behrouz interned at EDF North America
Satya interned at Hitachi Energy
Shiva interned at PJM - 04/29/2024: Prof. Pal’s team, The Solar Custodians, awarded the Palais Prize for Excellence in Senior Design
- 04/18/2024: Shiva awarded the 2024-2025 ASU Iranian American Alumni Scholarship
- 04/17/2024: Dhaval awarded the Graduate College Completion Fellowship
- 03/28/2024: Anushka awarded the Graduate College Enrichment Fellowship
- 03/07/2024: Anamitra Pal’s paper with Prof. Anguluri of University of Maryland-Baltimore County, titled “Localizing Single and Multiple Oscillatory Sources: A Frequency Divider Approach” accepted for publication at the IEEE PES General Meeting (PESGM) 2024
- 03/06/2024: Dhaval’s paper “Analyzing Cross-Phase Effects of Reactive Power Intervention on Distribution Voltage Control” accepted for publication at the IEEE PES General Meeting (PESGM) 2024
- 03/06/2024: Mohammad’s paper “High-Speed Voltage Control in Active Distribution Systems with Smart Inverter Coordination and Deep Reinforcement Learning” accepted for publication at the IEEE PES General Meeting (PESGM) 2024
- 03/05/2024: Prof. Pal received the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
- 02/27/2024: Anushka’s paper “Comparative Analysis of Information Theoretic and Statistical Methods for Line Parameter Estimation” accepted for publication at SGSMA 24
- 02/22/2024: Zachary’s paper “Design and Validation of a Very Low-Power Phasor Measurement Unit” accepted for publication at Presented at Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) 2024
- 02/20/2024: Antos’s paper “Deep Neural Network-Based State Estimator for Transmission System Considering Practical Implementation Challenges” accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
- 2/13/2024: Zachary received a Best Paper Award for his paper/presentation at Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) 2024
- 01/29/2024: The PES Technical Report titled “State Estimation for Integrated Energy Systems: Motivations, Advances, and Challenges” that Anamitra contributed to has been recommended to receive the 2024 IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award for Outstanding Technical Report
