Doctoral student Stefi Mitova successfully defended her dissertation, “Integrating Electric Vehicles and Solar Photovoltaics into Smart Cities with Smart Charging and Storage: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Impact Analysis Using Systems Engineering Methods.”
Mitova’s research investigates charging individually owned and shared electric vehicles with smart charging, solar energy, storage and the grid. Her research methodologically bridges environmental science, systems engineering, economics and machine learning. She was advised by Brian Muller, CEDaR director.
"These are dynamic models that simulate complex electricity systems under various optimization objectives," she says. "The results show that smart charging can be successfully implemented to build networks of interconnected electric vehicles, solar panels, smart home devices and charging stations. These systems can save a significant amount of money, emissions, and energy."
Mitova says that she has been in the field of sustainability for 13 years and has always been fascinated by smart energy systems, AI, and technology. She is looking towards being employed in the energy sector.