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Samrat Acharya is an electrical engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He joined PNNL in 2022 after earning a PhD that year in electrical engineering from New York University. Prior to attending New York University, he received a master’s degree in electrical power engineering from Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, a program in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a bachelors of engineering degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Nepal Engineering College, Pokhara University in Nepal. He has worked on several projects funded by prestigious organizations, including the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, European Union, and Masdar-MIT Collaboration. He has a passion for advancing the field of clean, reliable, and secure energy systems and specializes in power systems analysis, transportation electrification, power grid reliability and security, data-driven decisions in energy systems, and demand-side management.

• Power grid security
• Power grid reliability
• Clean transportation
• Data in energy
• Renewable energy

• Cyber-physical modeling
• Electric vehicles
• Grid simulation and analytics
• Data analytics
• Optimization
• Machine learning
• Demand-side management

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, New York University
• MS in Electric Power Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (now called Khalifa University)
• BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pokhara University

• IEEE PES Member

• IEEE ISGT Best Paper Award, 2024
• Best Thesis Award in Electrical Engineering, 2017, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.

• Hamed, H., A. Abdou, M. S. El Moursi, E. E. EL-Kholy, and S. Acharya. 2020. Dynamic Direct Power Control Method and System for a Grid Connected to Converter. US Patent 10,637,243 B1.

2024

• Acharya, S., M. Ghosal, T. B. Thurber, C. Burleyson, Y. Ou, A. Campbell, G. Iyer, N. Voisin, and J. Fuller. 2024. "Weather Sensitive High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Transportation Electric Load Profiles For Multiple Decarbonization Pathways." 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, USA, 2024, pp. 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT59692.2024.10454229.
• Acharya, S., H. A. U. Khan, R. Karri, and Y. Dvorkin. 2024. "MaDEVIoT: Cyberattacks on EV Charging Can Disrupt Power Grid Operation." 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, USA, 2024, pp. 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT59692.2024.10454199.
• Murali, B., et al. 2024. Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100) (Summary Report). United States: N. p., 2024. Web. https://doi.org/10.2172/2301688.

2023

• Li, X., K. P. Guddanti, S. Acharya, P. Royer, X. Fan and M. Elizondo. 2023. "Smart Data Mapping for Connecting Power System Model and Geospatial Data." 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT-LA), San Juan, PR, USA, 2023, pp. 45–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-LA56058.2023.10328353.
• Acharya, S., T. B. Thurber, and M. Ghosal. 2023. “Transportation Electrification Load Profiles by Balancing Authority in the Western United States for GODEEEP.” Zenodo, May 02, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7888569.
• Burleyson, C., T. Thurber, S. Acharya, and M. Ghosal. 2023. “Total Load Profiles by Balancing Authority in the Western United States for GODEEEP.” Zenodo, Jun. 21, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8067472.

2022

• Acharya, S., R. Mieth, R. Karri, Y. Dvorkin. 2022. “False data injection attacks on data markets for electric vehicle charging stations.” Advances in Applied Energy, 7 (100098): 2666–7924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2022.100098.
• Eckstrom, S., G. Murphy, E. Ye, S. Acharya, R. Mieth, and Y. Dvorkin. 2022. "Outing Power Outages: Real-time and Predictive Socio-demographic Analytics for New York City." 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Denver, CO, USA, 2022, pp. 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9917220.
• Acharya, S., R. Mieth, C. Konstantinou, R. Karri, and Y. Dvorkin. 2022. "Cyber Insurance Against Cyberattacks on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations." In IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid March 2022, 13 (2): 1529–1541. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2021.3133536.

2021

• Oladimeji, O., A. Gonzalez-Castellanos, D. Pozo, Y. Dvorkin, and S. Acharya. 2021. "Impact of Electric Vehicle Routing With Stochastic Demand on Grid Operation." 2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech, Madrid, Spain, 2021, pp. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech46648.2021.9495092.
• Acharya, S., Y. Dvorkin, and R. Karri. 2021. "Causative Cyberattacks on Online Learning-Based Automated Demand Response Systems." In IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid July 2021, 12 (4): 3548–3559. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2021.3067896. 
• Mieth, R., S. Acharya, A. Hassan, and Y. Dvorkin. 2021. "Learning-Enabled Residential Demand Response: Automation and Security of Cyberphysical Demand Response Systems." In IEEE Electrification Magazine, March 2021 9 (1): 36–44. https://doi.org/10.1109/MELE.2020.3047470. 

2020

• Acharya,S., Y. Dvorkin, H. Pandžić, and R. Karri. 2020. "Cybersecurity of Smart Electric Vehicle Charging: A Power Grid Perspective." In IEEE Access 8: 214434–214453. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3041074.
• Acharya, S., Y. Dvorkin, and R. Karri. 202. "Public Plug-in Electric Vehicles + Grid Data: Is a New Cyberattack Vector Viable?" In IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Nov. 2020, 11 (6):  5099–5113. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2020.2994177.
• Hassan, A., S. Acharya, M. Chertkov, D. Deka, and Y. Dvorkin. 2020. "A Hierarchical Approach to Multienergy Demand Response: From Electricity to Multienergy Applications." In Proceedings of the IEEE , Sept. 202, 108 (9): 1457–1474. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2020.2983388.
• Mohandes, B., S. Acharya, M. S. E. Moursi, A. S. Al-Sumaiti, H. Doukas, and S. Sgouridis. 2020. "Optimal Design of an Islanded Microgrid With Load Shifting Mechanism Between Electrical and Thermal Energy Storage Systems." In IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, July 2020 35 (4): 2642–2657. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2020.2969575.

2019

• Acharya, S., et al. 2019. "Modeling and Design of Electrical Power Subsystem for CubeSats." 2019 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST), Porto, Portugal, pp. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEST.2019.8849042.

2018

• Acharya, S., M. S. El-Moursi, A. Al-Hinai, A. S. Al-Sumaiti, and H. H. Zeineldin. 2019. "A Control Strategy for Voltage Unbalance Mitigation in an Islanded Microgrid Considering Demand Side Management Capability." In IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 10 (3): 2558–2568. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2018.2804954.
• Hamed, H. A., A. F. Abdou, S. Acharya, M. S. El Moursi, and E. E. EL-Kholy. 2018. "A Novel Dynamic Switching Table Based Direct Power Control Strategy for Grid Connected Converters." In IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Sept 2018, 33 (3): 1086–1097. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2018.2795700.
• Kirakosyan, A., E. F. El-Saadany, M. S. E. Moursi, S. Acharya, and K. A. Hosani. 2018. "Control Approach for the Multi-Terminal HVDC System for the Accurate Power Sharing." In IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, July 2018, 33 (4): 4323–4334. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2017.2786702. 

2017

• Khan, O., S. Acharya, M. Al Hosani, and M. S. El Moursi. 2018. "Hill Climbing Power Flow Algorithm for Hybrid DC/AC Microgrids." In IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, July 2018, 33 (7): 5532–5537. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2017.2779238. 
• Acharya, S., M. S. E. Moursi, and A. Al-Hinai. 2018. "Coordinated Frequency Control Strategy for an Islanded Microgrid With Demand Side Management Capability." In IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, June 2018, 33 (2): 639–651 https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2017.2763186.
• Acharya, S., M. S. El Moursi, A. A. Hinai, and M. Albadi. 2017. "Coordinated control for frequency regulation in microgrids using RES, battery storage and demand response." 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2017.8274565.