RESUME
Summary: Graduate researcher at the Boysen - TU Dresden Research Group on Smart Grids and integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Awards & Honors
DAAD Doctoral Research Grant (2021-22)
Fredrich and Elizabeth Boysen Foundation Scholarship (2019-2022)
Fulbright Scholarship (2017-18)
Work Experience
Senior Consultant - ICF
May 2022– Present
- Member of ICF's Wholesale power markets division. Work on modeling energy markets, simulation of power grids and estimation of demand and supply scenarios
- Working on estimation of future EV charging scenarios
Analyst/Consultant - EVgo Fast Charging
May 2022– Apr 2023
- Member of Data Science and Data Strategy team - focusing on optimal charger pricing and placement
Energy Analyst/Consultant - The World Bank Group
Mar 2022– May 2023
- Member of Energy Modeling group focusing on West African countries
Researcher - Boysen Foundation/TU Dresden
Mar 2019 – Aug 2022
- Working as a member of the Cluster C: E-mobility and Autonomous Driving
- Working on modelling and simulation of EV charging strategies in typical and micro grids Development of novel EV charging strategies
Chief Technology Officer - Dielicious
Mar 2017 - May 2018
- Founding member and CTO of start-up related to targeted caloric intake prediction model
- Responsible for reliable deployment of automated software on centralized server and data visualization on mobile apps
Consultant - Office of Hon. Qasim Askari / FAMLAW Associates
Aug 2018 - Mar 2019
- Consulted and contributed on project planning stage of different power generation and distribution projects before stakeholder engagement
Analyst Software Engineer - Afiniti Nov 2016 - Jun 2017
- Worked as Technical Support Engineer for deployments of Afiniti AI algorithm on servers in Europe.
- Assigned clients included O2 - UK and PTCL – Pakistan
- Responsible for real-time maintenance and monitoring of deployed solutions offshore servers
- Tier 1 support for incidence resolution
- Responsible for managing databases containing call records using SQL
Operations Intern - L'Oréal
Aug 2016 - Oct 2016
- Exclusively responsible for clearance of shipments of make-up and haircare products from Customs authorities.
- Responsible for accurate forecasting and preparation of orders using SAP for L’Oréal makeup and Garnier products
- Exclusively responsible for ethical waste management of previous stock
Teaching Assistant - Lahore University of Management Sciences
Jan 2015 - Jun 2016
- Teaching assistant for the course EE380: Communication Systems
- Teaching Assistant for the course SS100: Writing and Communication
Projects Intern/Leadership Program - Unilever
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
- Reduced labour and manufacturing time by 40 percent for 168 products using AutoCAD.
- Design added to Unilever 2020 development program.
- Established a checklist to ensure safety standards for Knorr and Rafhan branded foods were met
- Prediction database that used past data to predict when the next maintenance was due for all machines in the factory
- Automated Knorr Noodle Line Monitoring System to calculate Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE)
- Project Management Steps Implementation through EEM on expansion of Knorr Cubes Manufacturing
Educational History
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering '23
Technische Universität Dresden (In Progress)
Fredrich and Elizabeth Boysen Foundation Scholar
- Research interests: EV integration in low voltage grids,
- Perspectives in media about transportation transition,
Master of Science - MS Energy '18
Texas A&M University
Fulbright Scholar
- Fundamental topics: Smart Grids, Carbon Sequestration, Building Energy Management, Oil and Gas Extraction,
- Optimization, Reservoir Modelling, Thermodynamics Fundamentals, Energy Law and Policy Bioenergy
- Thesis: Energy Security and Resiliency for the Texas National Guard
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering '16
Lahore University of Management Sciences
- Fundamental topics: Renewable energy, Programming, Data Structures, Computer Organization,
- Advance Calculus, Circuit Analysis, Digital Logic Circuits, Law and Principles of Accounting
- Thesis: Computer Vision based Traffic Control System