Congratulations to SBS lab member Saranya Anbarasu on passing her Ph.D. comprehensive exam. Her research is focused on developing innovative models for integrated community energy systems. She has worked on multiple U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Science Foundation (NSF) projects on community energy systems and smart & connected communities. She has published papers and developed Modelica models for community energy systems, which have been publicly released in the open source Modelica Buildings Library (MBL).