PNNL

Alka Singh is an Electrical Engineer in the Electricity Infrastructure & Buildings Division, Energy Systems Engineering Group.

She joined PNNL in 2018, her research includes Advanced Distribution Management Systems, grid resiliency, grid interoperability, and power systems communications.

Before PNNL, she was in the software and IT industry working with British Telecom. She worked as a senior associate consultant and technical lead at Infosys Limited and led the development of solutions for monitoring and reporting (M&R) of communication devices for prominent telecommunication clients.

Alka is currently serving as the Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering Chapter, Richland Section, and represents her division in the DEI Council at PNNL.

She earned her master’s in electrical engineering from Washington State University and her Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from India.

• Advanced Grid Data Applications

• Communication Protocols

• Power systems communication

• Grid Simulation and Analytics

• Common Information Model

• Power grid modeling

• Graduate work: Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Washington State University
• Undergraduate work: Bachelor of Engineering, Electronic & Telecomm Engineer, Nagpur, India

• Chair, IEEE Women in Engineering Richland Section
• Member – IEEE Power & energy society
• Past Scholarship Chair- Society of Women engineers, Eastern Washington Section

• EED Of the Year Award – STEM Contribution, PNNL
• Exceptional Contribution Award, PNNL

2023

Sebastian Cardenas D.J., M. Touhiduzzaman, A. Singh, J.T. Kolln, and J.P. Ogle. 2023. "The Distributed Grid Sensing Services (DGSS) platform: A scalable and decentralized sensor dissemination network." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2023), January 16-19, 2023, Washington, DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE.

doi:10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066403

2022

Sharma P., A. Riepnieks, A.P. Reiman, A. Singh, R.B. Melton, J.P. Ogle, and C.H. Allwardt. 2022. "Model-based interface design for smart field-device integration." In IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference (REPC 2022), April 5-8, 2022, Savanah, GA, 31-37. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. doi:10.1109/REPEC55671.2022.00014

Touhiduzzaman M., D.J. Sebastian Cardenas, J.P. Ogle, A. Singh, and J.T. Kolln. 2022. Distributed Grid-Sensing Service Layer- A System Architecture Blueprint. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

2020

Singh A., A.R. Fisher, C.H. Allwardt, and R.B. Melton. 2020. "A Data Exchange Interface for a Standards Based Data Integration Platform." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2020), February 17-20, 2020, Washington DC, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. doi:10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087646