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.

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• Amid Rising Temperatures, LA City Council Weighs Making AC Mandatory  |  KCRW 89.9FM Los Angeles, July 2023
• STEAM: Meet Dr. Rajit Gadh, a Green Energy Futurist | CBS News Los Angeles, February 2023
• Race to Zero: Can California’s Power Grid Handle a 15-fold Increase in Electric Cars? | CalMatters, January 2023
• ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Underscores Vulnerabilities of Nation’s Electric Grid | The Hill, December 2022
• Approved L.A. City Ordinance Will Require Newly-Built Properties To Be All-Electric, We Discuss Potential Logistics & Implications | KPCC AirTalk, December 2022
• North Carolina Attack Underscores Vulnerability of Power Grid | The Hill, December 2022
• Power Up! How We Avoided Critical Blackouts During the Last Heat Wave and Why it Matters | LAist, November 2022
• Caltech research on ‘smart grid’ explores how 100% green energy can meet growing demand | Courthouse News, September 2022
• Businesses in Los Angeles Are Working to Lessen Burden on Strained Power Grid | dot.LA, September 2022
• UCLA Expert on the Relationship Between Electric Vehicles and California’s Energy Grid | Spectrum News1, September 2022
• La Californie veut limiter la surconsommation électrique pendant le pic de chaleur | RTS (Swiss Public Radio), September 2022
• California Scrambles to Avoid blackouts as it Pursues a Green Energy Future | Washington Post, September 2022
• Amped Up: How smart technology is changing the face of the country's infrastructure system | Diversity in Action, April 2022
• Concerns over Russian cyberattacks against U.S. | KABC-TV, March 2022
• LA Companies Give Renters More Ways to Charge EVs | Los Angeles Business Journal, September 2021
• California’s Water and Energy Crisis Amid a Drought and Excessive Heat | Scriberr, August 2021
• Summer heat brings new challenge to electric grid | The Hill, June 2021
• CAL-ISO Urges Residents To Help Conserve Power After Historic Storm Hits Texas, Midwest | CBS KCAL Los Angeles, February 2021
• EV fast charger technology floors it | Automotive News, August 2020

Carnegie Mellon University, 1991

• 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