PhD Students
Xiaoyang Wang (08/2024 – present)
Xiaoyang is a first-year PhD student in the ECE department at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on learning-based control and data-driven coordination of large-scale inverter-based resources in power systems. Prior to joining TAMU, he obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Master Students

Yashas Krishnamoorthy (09/2023 – present)
Yashas is a second-year MS student in the ECE department at Texas A&M University, with a focus in power and energy systems. His research involves developing complex data-driven methodologies for high-resolution weather data modeling and forecasting nodal renewable energy generation using Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Prior to TAMU, he earned his Bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BMSIT, Bangalore, India.

Joseph is a second-year MS (Thesis) student in the ECE department at Texas A&M University. He has nine years of experience in Texas’ power grid across operations, trading, planning, and strategy, with a total of 14 years of industry experience. He holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Finance from University of Houston, and a CFA designation. His research involves using the high-resolution weather data modeling to improve forecasting nodal renewable energy generation using Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
Dev Shah (09/2024 – present)
Dev is a first-year M.S. student in the ECE department at Texas A&M University, with a focus on the intersection between power systems and power electronics. His research involves developing analytical methods for a power system network connected to multiple inverter-based resources. Prior to joining TAMU, he has received his B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering degree at Santa Clara University, California, USA.
Undergraduate Students
CJ Vines (01/2025 – present)
Alexander Mandanis (08/2024 – present)