Projects
University of Michigan-Dearborn
2023 - 2026
Title: 2023 Battery Workforce Challenge
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE)
Role: Co-PI
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2022 - 2025
Title: Cyber REsilience of SubsTations (CREST)
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE), Virginia Tech (lead)
Role: Principal Investigator
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2022 - 2024
Title: AI System Cybersecurity for Autonomous Vehicle
Funded by: Ford Motor Company (Alliance)
Role: Principal Investigator
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2022 - 2023
Title: Improving Energy Efficiency in Campus Buildings using Artificial Intelligence and Multi-source Data Fusion
Funded by: DTE Energy
Role: Co-PI
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2021 - 2023
Title: Self-driving Car Accident Investigation and Analysis System
Funded by: National Police Agency and CBNU
Role: Principal Investigator
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2021 - 2022
Title: Development of Group-key Management Algorithm for IEC 61850 Process Bus
Funded by: KERI
Role: Principal Investigator
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2021 - 2022 Summer
Title: Undergraduate Research in Sustainable Energy (URISE) (Link)
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Role: Instructor
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2021 Summer
Title: Secure machine learning technique for autonomous vehicle
Funded by: Ford (sabbatical program)
Role: Researcher
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2020 - 2022
Title: Facility Energy Saving and Securing Technology (FEST) using Multi-Source Data
Funded by: Department of Defense (prime), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (direct)
Role: Co-PI
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2020 - 2021
Title: Cybersecurity of Process Bus Network for Digital Substations (Link)
Funded by: KERI
Role: Principal Investigator
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2020 - 2021
Title: Cybersecurity of EV Charging Station
Funded by: Research Initiation & Development Grant, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Role: Principal Investigator
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2019 - 2020
Title: Resilient Cybersecurity Framework for Asset Management System
Funded by: LS ELECTRIC
Role: Principal Investigator
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2019 - 2020
Title: Deep Learning for Power System Applications
Role: Principal Investigator
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2019 - 2023
Title: New faculty start-up funding
Funded by: University of Michigan-Dearborn
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ABB Inc
2018/11 - 2019/09
Title: Cybersecurity for eXtreme Fast Charging (XFC) station
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE) VTO, $2.1M
Role: Principal Investigator
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2018/11 - 2019/09
Title: Cyber Resilient Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS)
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE) CEDS, $3.24M
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2017/01 - 2018/03
Title: The Electro-Optic Voltage Transducer (EOVT) digital output
Funded by: ABB Inc
Role: Project Manager
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2016/10 - 2019/09
Title: Cyber Attack Resilient HVDC System
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE) CEDS, $3M
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2016/10 - 2018/06
Title: Multi-layered Resilient Microgrid Networks
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE) CEDS, $3M
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2016/01 - 2017/12
Title: Advanced Microgrid
Funded by: ABB Inc
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2014/09 - 2016/12
Title: Collaborative Defense of Transmission and Distribution Protection and Control Devices Against Cyber Attacks (CoDef)
Funded by: Department of Energy (DOE) CEDS, $3M
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Washington State University
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2012/09 - 2014/07
Title: Collaborative Research: Resiliency against Coordinated Cyber Attacks on Power Grids
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Role: Research Assistant
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2011/09 - 2013/12
Title: Optimal Blackstart Capability
Funded by: Electric Power Research Institute
Role: Research Assistant
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University College Dublin
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2010/01 - 2011/09
Title: Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation of Information and Communication Systems for Critical Infrastructures
Funded by: Science Foundation Ireland
Role: Research Assistant
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