Niloy Patari, PH.D.

Education and Training:

• Postdoctoral Fellow, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2026
• Ph.D. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2021
• M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2015
• B.E.E. Jadavpur University, India, 2013

Research Areas:

• Distributed Optimization in Power Grids
• Optimal Power Flow
• Voltage control and grid-edge analytics
• Applications of Machine Learning in Power Systems

Selected Publications:

1. N. Patari, V. Venkataramanan, A. Srivastava, D. K. Molzahn, N. Li, and A. Annaswamy, “Distributed Optimization in Distribution Systems: Use Cases, Limitations, and Research Needs,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 3469-3481, Sept. 2022.
2. N. Patari, A. K. Srivastava, G. Qu, and N. Li, “Distributed Voltage Control for Three-Phase Unbalanced Distribution Systems with DERs and Practical Constraints,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 6622-6633, Nov.-Dec. 2021
3. N. Patari, A. K. Srivastava and N. Li, “Distributed Optimal Voltage Considering Latency and Asynchronous Communication for Three Phase Unbalanced Distribution Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1033-1043, March 2023
4. S. Pannala, N. Patari, A. K. Srivastava and N. P. Padhy, “Effective Control and Management Scheme for Isolated and Grid Connected DC Microgrid,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 6767-6780, Nov.-Dec. 2020
5. H. M. Mustafa, N. Patari, S. Basumallik and A. K. Srivastava, “Augmenting Decision-Making of Human-in-the-Loop Operators for Resilient Cyber-Power Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, vol. 3, pp. 525-536, 2025

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