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 am part of the CREATE research center and an affiliate of the Complex Systems Institutue.
Within CREATE, I run the Grid Verification Lab. We focus on hard computational problems that emerge from areas like power grid operations, nonconvex optimziation, machine learning verification. Until fall of 2023, I was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) with Spyros Chatzivasileiadis. Prior to DTU, I recieved my PhD (‘21) from the mechanical engineering department at MIT. For more information, download my CV.
I presently chair the Power and Energy Society (PES) chapter of the IEEE Green Mountain Section (mainly Vermont). Join us!
Lab research
Nuemrical optimization unites everything we do.
- Given operational time constraints, what sorts of nonconvex optimization probems can we realistically solve?
- Can a convex relaxation sequentially tightened to global optimality outperform Branch and Bound (in terms of solve time)?
- In a convex relaxation, what is the mechanistic source of relaxation looseness? Can targeted cuts break the relaxation barrier?
<!— designing industry-relevant optimization & control strategies for renewable-infused power grids
- building trustworthy machine learning tools for safety-critical engineering applications
- developing data-driven modeling techniques for the power & energy sectors
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★ Lab Recruitment ★
I’m looking to maintain a strong team of fully funded mathematical innovators who are passionate about solving real-world (i) power grid, (ii) network optimization, and (iii) ML verification problems. If these topics excite you, reach out to me at schevali [at] uvm.edu.
Education
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016-2021). Thesis.
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont (2015 - 2016). Thesis.
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont (2011 - 2015). Thesis.
Publications
- Please visit my Google scholar to see an updated publication list.
- All articles are hosted on my ArXiv page.
