Waqas ur Rehman
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
236 Emerson Electric Co. Hall
301 W 16th Street, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA
Email: w.rehman [at] mst [dot] edu
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About Me
Currently, I am a Ph.D candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA. I also work as a Lead Engineer at Eaton Research Labs.
I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila, Pakistan respectively in 2012 and 2017. I also received
a second M.Sc. degree in Nuclear Engineering from Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) in 2015.
I'm a recipient of 2023 CEC Dean’s PhD Scholar Award at Missouri S&T. I'm also a recipient of the Best Conference Paper Award
and the Second Prize in the graduate poster competition at the IEEE PES General Meeting, USA 2021. My current research interests are optimal siting, sizing, operation and control
of Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Stations and Superchargers for electric vehicles.
News
[06-2023] I joined Eaton Research Labs, Golden Colorado, as a Lead Engineer. I will be leading projects in the rapidly growing areas of DERs and EVs.
[05-2023] Our paper titled “Multi-layered Energy Management Framework for Extreme Fast Charging Stations Considering Demand Charges, Battery Degradation, and Forecast Uncertainties” got accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. [Link] [PDF]
[04-2023] I received the 2023 College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) Dean’s PhD Scholar Award at Missouri S&T. I am one of the seven recipients of this award for this year.
[01-2023] My dissertation titled “Control and Optimization of Energy Storage System in Power Distribution Systems” has been selected for the final round of Grid Edge Technologies Dissertation Prize Challenge. As a finalist, I am invited to participate in the on-site 3-Minute Challenge which will take place in the IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference and Exposition on April 11 and 12, 2023 at San Diego Convention Center.
[01-2023] I joined the Battery Software Group, Lucid Motors as Sr. Algorithms Engineer, ESS at the Lucid Motors Headquarters, Newark CA, USA.
[06-2022] I passed my Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam–graduation is expected in the Summer 2023.
[04-2022] I won the First Place with $200 cash prize in the 2022 Missouri S&T Graduate Poster Contest, out of 28 contestants (poster title “Multi-layered Framework for Energy Management of Extreme Fast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles”).
[02-2022] Our paper titled “Sizing battery energy storage and PV system in an extreme fast charging station considering uncertainties and battery degradation” got accepted in the Applied Energy. [Link] [PDF]
[01-2022] I completed my internship as Commercial Energy Design intern at Tesla Inc. I worked with Tesla designers on Superchargers, Level-II chargers, and commercial PV projects.
[07-2021] Our paper titled “Sizing Energy Storage System for Energy Arbitrage in Extreme Fast Charging Station” has been selected as one of the Best Conference Papers (top 3%) in 2021 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. The IEEE PES General Meeting is the flagship conference in Power & Energy fields. [Link] [PDF]
[07-2021] I won the Second Prize in the 2021 IEEE PES General Meeting Graduate Poster Contest, out of 58 contestants (Poster Title: “Sizing Energy Storage System for Energy Arbitrage in Extreme Fast Charging Station”).