About Me
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining UT, I was a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). I am an IEEE senior member and a recipient of the Innovation Fellowship from Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at CMU. My research interests include multi-agent optimization and machine learning in networked cyber-physical systems, including smart grid-interactive buildings, power grid, and electrified transportation systems. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from CMU.

Affiliations

  • Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, UT Austin
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering, UT Austin
  • Block Center for Technology and Society, CMU
  • Academic Council, Grit Ventures
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Academic Advisory Network, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute

News

  • Aug 2024: Our poster titled "Towards Reliable AI-Based Energy System Optimizers” won the Best Poster Award at INFORMS Security 2024
  • Aug 2024: Congratulations to Hussein on joining Texas A&M International University as an Assistant Professor
  • April 2024: Congrats to Nora for receiving the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Dec 2023: Exited to have received the Air Force Office of Scientific Research's Young Investigator Award [Press Release]
  • July 2023: Thankful to NSF for supporting our work on "Learning-Assisted Estimation and Management of Flexible Energy Resources in Active Distribution Networks" [Award]
  • June 2023: Congrats to Kelsey for receiving the prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
  • Nov 2021: Looking forward to studying the impact of large scale community solar and distributed storage at Austin with the support from SPF2050 [Web]
  • Oct 2021: Proud of our team's performance in ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition Challenge 2. We were placed 5th overall (and 1st among university-led teams) [Press Release]
  • Sep 2021: Grateful to CMU's Block Center for supporting my work on "Translating Transportation Electrification Investments" [Award]

Openings
Actively looking for PhDs and interns

Contact
Email: javadm@utexas.edu
Faculty Assistant: Dori Eubank [Web]