Greetings from Vermont!
My name is Sam Chevalier. I am an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Vermont (my Alma Mater!), where I run the Grid Verification Lab. We focus on problems at the intersection power grid optimization and machine learning verification. Until fall of 2023, I was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where my research with Spyros Chatzivasileiadis focused on developing data driven optimization and control strategies for power systems. Prior to DTU, I recieved my PhD (ā21) from the mechanical engineering department at MIT. For more information, download my CV.
Research themes
- designing industry-aware optimization & control strategies for renewable-based power grids
- building trustworthy machine learning tools for safety-critical engineering applications
- developing data-driven modeling techniques for the power & energy sectors
ā Lab Recruitment ā
In the fall of 2023, I launched my lab at UVM. Iām looking to build a strong team of mathematical innovators who are passionate about solving real-world power and energy system problems. I am recruiting fully funded PhD students whose research will broadly focus on
- Network compression and optimization
- Machine learning performance verification
- Aggregated distributed energy resource dynamics
If these topics excite you, please reach out to me directly at schevali [at] uvm.edu for more information. In your email, please include your CV along with a short explanation about why you are interested in doing a PhD in electrical engineering.
Education
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016-2021)
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont (2015 - 2016)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont (2011 - 2015)
Publications
- Please visit my Google scholar to see an updated publication list.
- All articles are hosted on my ArXiv page.