Current Personnel

Research Engineer

Olaoluwapo (Olaolu) Ajala

Olaolu is from Lagos, Nigeria. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Lagos in 2010, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2014 and 2018 respectively. His research interests include microgrids modeling, analysis and control, and hardware implementation of microgrid control architectures.

Ph.D. Students

Temitope Amuda

Temitope is from Ondo, Nigeria. He received his B.Sc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Lagos in 2017. He is currently pursuing his  PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. His research interests include microgrid operation, control and integration with the current electric grid.

T.G. Roberts

T.G. is from Stockton, California. She received her B.S. In Energy Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include the integration of renewables into the grid, as well as control systems and modeling.

Eric Silk

Eric is from Hayden, Idaho. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho in 2016 and his M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington in 2021. He worked for Schweitzer Engineering Labs from 2016 to 2022. His research interests include the control and security of power systems, as well as applications of machine learning to this space.

M.S. Students

Ethan Williams

Ethan is from Dallas, Texas. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2022. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include modeling, analysis, and control of microgrids with large penetrations of renewable energy sources.