Rajit Gadh

Rajit Gadh

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Director of Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

46-147D, Eng IV

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Phone: (310) 267-4892

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RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Smart Grid, Electric Vehicle and Grid Integration, Microgrid, Distributed Energy Resource, Solar- and renewable- grid integration, Demand Response, Autonomous Electric Vehicle, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Wireless sensors and sensor fusion, Internet of Things, CAD/VR.
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Wenbo Shi, Na Li, Xiaorong Xie, Chi-Cheng Chu, and Rajit Gadh, “Optimal Residential Demand Response in Distribution Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.32, no.7, Jul. 2014.
  2. Rui Huang, Yubo Wang, Chi-Cheng Chu, Rajit Gadh, Yu-jin Song, “Optimal Configuration of Distributed Generation on Jeju Island Power Grid Using Genetic Algorithm: A Case Study,” Journal of Communications Software and Systems, Vol.10, No.2, June 2014.
  3. C. Chung, A Shepelev, C. Qiu, C. Chu, and R. Gadh, “Mesh Network for RFID and Electric Vehicle Monitoring in Smart Charging Infrastructure”, Journal of Communications Software and Systems, 10(2), Jun. 2014.
  4. C. Chung, J. Chynoweth, P. Chu and R. Gadh, “Master-Slave Control Scheme in Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Infrastructure”, The Scientific World Journal special issue for Power, Control, and Optimization, 18 Mar. 18, 2014.
  5. “Design of RFID Mesh Network for Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Infrastructure”, 2013 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technologies and Applications, IEEE RFID TA 2013, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 4-5 September, 2013, Bronze Best Paper Award, C. Chung, A. Shepelev, C. Qiu, C. Chu, R. Gadh.
  6. “Energy Service Interface: Accessing to Customer Energy Resources for Smart Grid Interoperation”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 31(7), July 2013, Eun-Kyu Lee, Rajit Gadh, and Mario Gerla.
  7. Electric vehicle smart charging and vehicle-to-grid operation, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, vol. 27, no. 3. March 2012. p. 249-265S. Mal, A. Chattopadhyay, A. Yang, R. Gadh.
  8. Mal, S., Gadh, R., “Real-Time Push Middleware and Mobile Application for Electric Vehicle Smart Charging and Aggregation, Accepted for publication June 15, 2011, Special Issue on: Context-Aware System and Intelligent Middleware for Smart Grid International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS) 2011”, (2011).
  9. Song, B.Y., Gadh, R., Lee, J., Lee, J.Y., “Feasible and effective IT asset management using surface acoustic wave based RFID, The International Journal of Manufacturing Technology, January 2011”, 1-13 (January 2011).
  10. Michael, K., Gadh, R., Roussos, G., Huang, G.Q., Prabhu, S., Chu, P., “Guest Editors Introduction: RFID – A Unique Radio Innovation for the 21st Century, Proceedings of the IEEE, 2010”, 1-3 (2011).
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University, 1991
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • NSF/Lucent Industrial Ecology Fellow
  • AT&T/Lucent Industrial Ecology Fellow
  • Early CAREER Development Award, NSF
  • ALCOA Science Support Scholar
  • Ralph R. Teetor Research and Educational Award, SAE
  • Best Technical Paper Award, Eastman Kodak/ASME
  • ASME Fellow
  • Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Research Initiation Award, Engineering Foundation
  • William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship in Engineering, University of Hong Kong
  • Best Paper (Bronze) award at the 2013 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technologies and Applications

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