Faculty
Satadru Dey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Affiliation:
Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center
Education:
Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, 2015.
M.Tech. in Controls, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2010.
B.Tech. in Electronics, University of Kalyani, India, 2008.
Research Interests: Control, diagnostics, security, cyber-physical-social systems, smart cities, distributed energy systems, energy storage, connected and autonomous vehicles, transportation networks.
PhD Students
Sara Sattarzadeh
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
M.Sc. in Controls, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, 2014.
B.Sc. in Electrical, Shiraz University, Iran, 2011.
Research Interests: Control, distributed energy storage, connected vehicles, robotics, machine learning, smart cities.
Dissertation Project: Resilient distributed battery storage systems.
Tanushree Roy
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
M.S. in Mathematics, University of Central Florida, USA, 2015.
M.E. in Electrical, IIEST, Shibpur, India, 2011.
B.Tech. in Electronics, Haldia Institute of Technology, India, 2009.
Research Interests: Control, smart cities, cyber-physical-social systems, transportation, machine learning.
Dissertation Project: Control and resilience of smart cities.
Shanthan Kumar Padisala
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA, 2021.
B.E. in Manufacturing Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India, 2019.
Research Interests: Control, Machine Learning, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Battery Systems, Smart Cities, Distributed Energy Storage Systems, Electric Vehicles .
Research Project: Connected Energy and Transportation Systems.
Shashank Dhananjay Vyas
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2019.
Research Interests: Controls, Connected Vehicles, Autonomous Transportation, Smart Cities, Machine Learning.
Research Project: Connected Energy and Transportation Systems.
Master’s Students
Srikanth Srinath
MS Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2022.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (minor in Computer Science), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2020
Research Interests: Controls, diagnostics, hybrid-electric powertrains, energy storage systems, connected vehicles, machine learning.
Project: Security of Battery Management Systems.
Ashley Knichel
MS Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2021.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (minor in Sustainability Engineering), Binghamton University, 2019
Research Interests: Energy Storage, Smart Cities, Electric Vehicles, Sustainable Energy Systems, Pollution Control.
Project: Modeling and Simulation of Battery Pack Thermal Dynamics.
Undergraduate Researchers
Sara Wojnar
Undergraduate, Schreyer Honors College, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2022.
Minor in Engineering Leadership and Development
Research Interests: Compression systems, smart cities, and energy storage.
Project: Modeling and simulation of Lithium-ion batteries.
Teddy Frain
Undergraduate, Schreyer Honors College, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2023.
Research Interests: Energy storage, electric vehicles, and smart cities.
Project: Experimental testbed development for battery packs.