Grad Students
We are always looking for high quality graduate students. To get more information about our graduate programs, please visit the Graduate School website: https://gradschool.louisiana.edu/prospective-students
Below are profiles of some of our current graduate students.
Ali Jafarian Abianeh is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has received his Master Degree in the field of Electrical Engineering from University of Malaya, Malaysia in 2010. He developed some solid professional expertise through several years of working in industry as the power electronics engineer with the main focus on electric motor drives, and grid-tied power converters. His current research interests include application of advanced control algorithms to AC/DC microgrids, power converters, electric motor drives, as well as distributed control, fault tolerant control algorithms, and cybersecurity.
Deepak Jain is pursuing Ph.D in System Engineering concentration in Mechanical Engineering at University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He did his Masters in Alternative Energy Engineering from Arizona State University and did his thesis related to encapsulant browning of photovoltaic(PV) modules. He worked at TUV Rheinland PTL for a year before deciding to pursue his Ph.D. His research interests are studying long term degradation of photovoltaic modules at UL and do the performance evaluation on Bifacial modules. He is currently working on analyzing and comparing the energy yield of 1.1MW solar photovoltaic systems at UL Lafayette.
Md Atiqur Rahaman is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering with a major in Electrical Engineering. He has completed his Bachelor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh. Afterward, he acted as a Lecturer of Southern University in Bangladesh for almost 4.5 years. After spending that many years, he has resolved to follow up on his aspiration for higher studies in the US.
As we all live in the world full of the energy crisis and climate change due to the combustion of fossil fuel, he has made up his mind working on something that will create a significant impact in a nation like Bangladesh who contributes less to Global Warming but has to endure the most substantial impact. That’s why his research entirely focused on the floating photovoltaic system, which is mostly useful for the country that has limited land resources. The temperature has significant importance to the efficiency of the PV systems, and floating PV systems can be a solution for higher efficiency, lower dust decomposition, and economically feasible PV systems. That’s why currently, he is working on the temperature effects of water and heat transfer analysis of floating PV systems using the modeling and simulation software like COMSOL and MATLAB/Simulink and real-time data from a floating PV plant in Brazil.
S.M.Safayet Ullah received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science amd Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2011. He achieved M.Sc. degree in Energy Engineering and Management from Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2013. He was a Senior Lecturer at Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2014 to 2019. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering (concentration in Electrical Engineering) at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include Power Systems, Smart Grid, Microgrid, and Renewable Energy.
Amy Vidrene
Advisors: Dr. Jalel BenHmida and Dr. Terrence Chambers
Degree: PhD. In Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Option
Dissertation Title: Reliability in Renewable Energy Systems