Selected Publications

• S. Rajendran, A. Melagoda, S. Shanthanam, N. Bataduvaarachchi, A. Manoharan, V. Aravinthan, A. Yogarathnam, A. Tamimi, C. R. Yokley, “Locational Value of Distributed Energy Resources for Mitigating High Impact Events: A Case Study Based on Midwest USA,” 2024 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Seattle, WA, USA. (Accepted for publication)
• S. Rajendran, E. Liu, M. Peterson, V. Aravinthan, A. Tamimi and C. R. Yokley, “Dynamic Charge Scheduling of Solar PV-Storage Hybrid Resources Based on Solar-Load Correlation,” 2023 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Asheville, NC, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/NAPS58826.2023.10318601.
• S. Rajendran, V. Aravinthan, A. Tamimi and C. R. Yokley, “Valuing DER Location based on the Impact on Transmission Network: A Planning Tool,” 2023 IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), Denver, CO, USA, 2023, pp. 186-190, doi: 10.1109/GreenTech56823.2023.10173804.

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Education

• PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wichita State University (2022 – )
• BSc Engineering (Hons) in Electrical Engineering at University of Moratuwa (2016 – 2021)
• Secondary Education at S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia (2006-2015)

Work Experience

• Student Assistant at Brookhaven National Lab, NY (2024 – )
• Teaching Assistant at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Wichita State University (2023 – )
• Research Assistant at Center for Energy Studies, Wichita State University (2022 – )
• Temporary Lecturer at Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa (2021 – 2022)
• Trainee Engineer at Resource Management Associates (Pvt) Ltd (2019)
• Trainee Engineer at Lanka Electricity Corporation (2019)
• Trainee Engineer at Ceylon Electricity Board (2019)

Notable Achievements

• Wallace Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research, Wichita State University, 2024
• Maha ‘Maggie’ Sawan Fellowship, Wichita State University, 2024
• Best Presentation Award, Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech), 2023
• Best Poster Presentation, Kansas Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS), 2023
• Runner-Up of ‘Three Minute Thesis’ competition, Wichita State University, 2022 and 2023

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Select Qualifications

• Deep Learning Specialization | Deeplearning.ai
• Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization | Duke University

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