# Rajit Gadh

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Director of Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

46-147D, Eng IV

Email: rgadh@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 267-4892
Fax:

Websites

- Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)
- Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicle (CAEV) Consortium
- Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC)
- Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID)

##### RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Smart Grid, Electric Vehicle and Grid Integration, Microgrid, Distributed Energy Resource, Solar- and renewable- grid integration, Demand Response, Autonomous Electric Vehicle, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Wireless sensors and sensor fusion, Internet of Things, CAD/VR.

##### NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar page

##### IN THE NEWS

- Amid Rising Temperatures, LA City Council Weighs Making AC Mandatory | KCRW 89.9FM Los Angeles, July 2023
- STEAM: Meet Dr. Rajit Gadh, a Green Energy Futurist | CBS News Los Angeles, February 2023
- Race to Zero: Can California’s Power Grid Handle a 15-fold Increase in Electric Cars? | CalMatters, January 2023
- ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Underscores Vulnerabilities of Nation’s Electric Grid | The Hill, December 2022
- Approved L.A. City Ordinance Will Require Newly-Built Properties To Be All-Electric, We Discuss Potential Logistics & Implications | KPCC AirTalk, December 2022
- North Carolina Attack Underscores Vulnerability of Power Grid | The Hill, December 2022
- Power Up! How We Avoided Critical Blackouts During the Last Heat Wave and Why it Matters | LAist, November 2022
- Caltech research on ‘smart grid’ explores how 100% green energy can meet growing demand | Courthouse News, September 2022
- Businesses in Los Angeles Are Working to Lessen Burden on Strained Power Grid | dot.LA, September 2022
- UCLA Expert on the Relationship Between Electric Vehicles and California’s Energy Grid | Spectrum News1, September 2022
- La Californie veut limiter la surconsommation électrique pendant le pic de chaleur | RTS (Swiss Public Radio), September 2022
- California Scrambles to Avoid blackouts as it Pursues a Green Energy Future | Washington Post, September 2022
- Amped Up: How smart technology is changing the face of the country's infrastructure system | Diversity in Action, April 2022
- Concerns over Russian cyberattacks against U.S. | KABC-TV, March 2022
- LA Companies Give Renters More Ways to Charge EVs | Los Angeles Business Journal, September 2021
- California’s Water and Energy Crisis Amid a Drought and Excessive Heat | Scriberr, August 2021
- Summer heat brings new challenge to electric grid | The Hill, June 2021
- CAL-ISO Urges Residents To Help Conserve Power After Historic Storm Hits Texas, Midwest | CBS KCAL Los Angeles, February 2021
- EV fast charger technology floors it | Automotive News, August 2020

##### EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University, 1991

##### AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

- NSF/Lucent Industrial Ecology Fellow
- AT&T/Lucent Industrial Ecology Fellow
- Early CAREER Development Award, NSF
- ALCOA Science Support Scholar
- Ralph R. Teetor Research and Educational Award, SAE
- Best Technical Paper Award, Eastman Kodak/ASME
- ASME Fellow
- Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Research Initiation Award, Engineering Foundation
- William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship in Engineering, University of Hong Kong
- Best Paper (Bronze) award at the 2013 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technologies and Applications