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Graduate Students

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Di Wu's Research Assistant

Nof Yasir

Nof Yasir is a Graduate Research Assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineering at NDSU, assisting Dr. Di Wu on an Energy Resilience Project. She is developing AI-Based Tools for Predicting Cascading Failures in Integrated Power and Gas Systems, aimed at strengthening critical energy infrastructure.

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James Caton's Research Assistant

Abiodun Idowu

Abiodun is a doctoral student in Applied Economics at NDSU. He is currently researching the topic of supply and aggregate demand shocks on capital structure.

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Research Assistant

Ahmadreza Khatamgooya

Ahmadreza is a doctoral student at UNLV who is currently assisting with our research projects.

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Harun Pirim's Research Assistant

Ayman Sajjad Akash

Ayman is a doctoral student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at NDSU who is currently assisting Harun with his research.

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Research Assistant

Bright Awuko

Bright is a doctoral student at NDSU who is currently assisting with our research projects.

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Xintao Wu's Research Assistant

Karuna Bhaila

Karuna is a doctoral student in Computer Science/Engineering at UARK. She is currently working on a project called Graph Convolutional Networks for Multi-Layer Networks.

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Chau Le's Research Assistant

Lemlem Asaye

Lemlem is a doctoral student in Civil Engineering at NDSU who is currently assisting with Chau Le's research.

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Research Assistant

Miao Tan

Miao is a doctoral student at UARK who is currently assisting with our research projects.

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Roy McCann's Research Assistant

Mireille Tankoua Sandjong

Mireille is a doctoral student in Electrical Engineering at UARK who is currently assisting Roy with his research.

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Roy McCann's Research Assistant

Mojtaba Ahanch

Mojtaba is a doctoral student in Electrical Engineering at UARK. He is currently working on  a project called Hybrid AC Transmission with Multi-Terminal DC Operation.

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Eakalak Khan's Research Assistant

Morteza Nazaripour

Morteza is a doctoral student at UNLV who is currently assisting Eakalak with his research.

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Chau Le's Research Assistant

Muhammad Ali Moriyani

Muhammad is a doctoral student in Civil Engineering at NDSU. He is currently working on a project called Data Driven Model to Capture Interdependencies of Critical Infrastructure Systems.

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Harun Pirim's Research Assistant

Muhammad Kazim

Muhammad is a doctoral student at NDSU who is currently assisting Harun Pirim with his research.

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Di Wu's Research Assistant

Olabode Amusan

Olabode is a doctoral student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at NDSU who is  currently helping Di Wu with his research.

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Ying Huang & Saeed Salem's Research Assistant

Riyad Hakim

Riyad is a doctoral student at NDSU who is currently assisting Ying Huang and Saeed Salem with their research.

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Roy McCann's Research Assistant

Sandra Canas Rivera

Sandra is a doctoral student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UARK. Sandra is assisting Roy with his research, and is currently working on a project called Power System Modeling Using PMU Data.

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Haitao Liao's Research Assistant

Seyyed Farid Hashemian

Seyyed is a doctoral student at UARK. He is currently working on a project called AI for Resilience Improvement of Critical Infrastructure.

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Eakalak Khan's Research Assistant

Shams Rothee

Shams is a doctoral student at UNLV. Shams is currently assisting Eakalak with his research.

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Research Assistant

Talha Ahmed

Talha is a doctoral student at NDSU who is currently assisting with our research projects.

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Research Assistant

Tongxin Shi

Tongxin is a doctoral student at NDSU who is currently assisting with our research projects.

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Jun Kong's Research Assistant

Wei Wang

Wei is a doctoral student at NDSU who is currently assisting Jun with his research.

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Ying Huang's Research Assistant

Yasir Mahmood

Yasir is a doctoral student in Civil Engineering at NDSU. He is currently working on a project called Dynamic Risk Assessment and Intelligent Corrosion Decision-Supporting System

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Ying Huang's Research Assistant

Anh Lee

Lee is a PhD student in Civil Engineering at the NDSU and currently assisting Ying Huang with her research. 

Undergraduate Students

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Ying Huang and Eakalak Khan's Research Assistant

Nour Hakim

Nour is an undergraduate student at UNLV. Nour has previously helped Ying with the project called Post Fire Analysis of Thermally Sprayed Coatings, and Eakalak with the project called Public on Power Failure. Nour continued to assist with their research.

Graduates

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Di Wu's Research Assistant

Almir Ekic

Almir was a doctoral student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at NDSU, he graduated with hid Ph.D in the summer of 2022. He was assisting with a project called Cascading Failure Analysis of Integrated Power and Gas Systems.

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Saeed Salem's Research Assistant

Dylan James Zapzalka

Dylan was a Computer Science student at NDSU, who graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in the Spring of 2022

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Nita Yoda's Research Assistantt

Tanzina Afrin

Tanzina was a doctoral student in Industrial Engineering at NDSU. She helped Nita Yoda with a project called Condition-based Monitoring for Resilient Energy Infrastructure

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Allison Hedtke

Allison was a Computer Science student at NDSU, who graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

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Ying Huang's Research Assistant 

Kian Ansarinejad

Kian was pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at NDSU. He worked as a research assistant focusing on smart transportation, management information systems (MIS), and web development.

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Ying Huang's Research Assistant

Melika Ansarinejad

Melika was pursuing her master’s degree in Civil Engineering at NDSU. She worked as a research assistant . Her research focused on smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and the intersection of transportation and architecture.

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Trung (Tim) Le's Research Assistant

Phat Kim Huynh

Phat is a graduate student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Southern Florida who is assisted Tim with his research.

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Ying Huang's Research Assistant

Ratna Divya Yasoda

 Ratna was pursing her master's degree in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NDSU. She was assisting Ying with her research.

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Roy McCann's Research Assistant

Kadesh Hepburn

Kadesh was pursuing his master's degree in Electrical Engineering at UARK. He is currently investigating the protection and impact of grid forming and grid following inverters under system fault conditions.

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Contact us!

Ping Hu
email: ping.hu@ndsu.edu

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