Meet George Stefopoulos, Behnam Khaki, and Rahul Kadavil
George Stefopoulos
George is the Director of the Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy (AGILe) at NYPA and has been with the Authority since 2009. He has held a variety of positions including Research and Technology Development Engineer and Smart Grid Solution Architect. His research areas of interest include modeling and simulation of electric power systems, real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, power system control and operation, synchrophasor applications, and computer application in electric power engineering.
George is the author or co-author of over sixty journal and conference research papers as well as many technical reports. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an associate member of Institute of Engineering Technology (IET). George received his diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2001 and he also holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2002 and 2009 respectively). He also obtained a MBA degree in Executive Management from Pace University of New York in 2015.
Behnam Khaki
Behnam joined NYPA in November 2019 as a Smart Grid Systems Engineer I in the Smart Generation and Transmission (SG&T) group under Utility Operations. In the SG&T group, he was involved in numerous innovative initiatives aiming at the modernization of NYPA’s generation assets and transmission grid. He managed the ongoing dynamic line ratings pilot project, evaluating different ongoing technologies for dynamic ratings of overhead transmission lines and he was a key member of the NYPA team investigating the application of advanced power flow controllers on NYPA’s grid.
Prior to joining NYPA, Behnam was a Ph.D. fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was doing research on the integration of distributed energy resources and electric vehicles in distribution grids. He received his Ph.D. degree from UCLA in September 2019. He also holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University (2015) and another Master’s degree in Power Systems Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic University (2009).
From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a power-systems engineer for consulting companies where he was involved in designing control and protection systems for high- and medium-voltage substations, motor control centers, and industrial automation projects.
Rahul Kadavil
Rahul has worked as a power system engineer with the Advanced Grid Innovation Lab for Energy (AGILe) lab at NYPA since 2019. He designs and tests hardware that analyzes diverse smart technologies in order to understand how they complement each other. His area of expertise includes power systems co-simulation, protection, network emulation modeling, and integration of renewable energy resources.
Before joining NYPA, Rahul worked as a power system research engineer tasked with integrating hybrid energy storage systems with real-time simulation tools at Idaho National Laboratory. Rahul received his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University in 2017.
Meet George Stefopoulos, Behnam Khaki, and Rahul Kadavil
George Stefopoulos
George is the Director of the Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy (AGILe) at NYPA and has been with the Authority since 2009. He has held a variety of positions including Research and Technology Development Engineer and Smart Grid Solution Architect. His research areas of interest include modeling and simulation of electric power systems, real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, power system control and operation, synchrophasor applications, and computer application in electric power engineering.
George is the author or co-author of over sixty journal and conference research papers as well as many technical reports. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an associate member of Institute of Engineering Technology (IET). George received his diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2001 and he also holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2002 and 2009 respectively). He also obtained a MBA degree in Executive Management from Pace University of New York in 2015.
Behnam Khaki
Behnam joined NYPA in November 2019 as a Smart Grid Systems Engineer I in the Smart Generation and Transmission (SG&T) group under Utility Operations. In the SG&T group, he was involved in numerous innovative initiatives aiming at the modernization of NYPA’s generation assets and transmission grid. He managed the ongoing dynamic line ratings pilot project, evaluating different ongoing technologies for dynamic ratings of overhead transmission lines and he was a key member of the NYPA team investigating the application of advanced power flow controllers on NYPA’s grid.
Prior to joining NYPA, Behnam was a Ph.D. fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was doing research on the integration of distributed energy resources and electric vehicles in distribution grids. He received his Ph.D. degree from UCLA in September 2019. He also holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University (2015) and another Master’s degree in Power Systems Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic University (2009).
From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a power-systems engineer for consulting companies where he was involved in designing control and protection systems for high- and medium-voltage substations, motor control centers, and industrial automation projects.
Rahul Kadavil
Rahul has worked as a power system engineer with the Advanced Grid Innovation Lab for Energy (AGILe) lab at NYPA since 2019. He designs and tests hardware that analyzes diverse smart technologies in order to understand how they complement each other. His area of expertise includes power systems co-simulation, protection, network emulation modeling, and integration of renewable energy resources.
Before joining NYPA, Rahul worked as a power system research engineer tasked with integrating hybrid energy storage systems with real-time simulation tools at Idaho National Laboratory. Rahul received his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University in 2017.