
UD Groups working on Grid-Integrated Vehicles and Vehicle-to-Grid Power
Pictured below are the teams working on different aspects of GIV and V2G technology and policy:
Policy, Partnerships, System Analysis. Develop policies, write model legislation, work with legislators and advocates to enact law. Develop industrial and academic partners, work with partners to accomplish joint objectives.

Policy, Partnerships, System Analysis group: (Top row, from left to right) Jon Lilley, Nathaniel Pearre. (Bottom row, from left to right) Sachin Kamboj, Jacqueline Piero, Willett Kempton, Jo Huxster, Scott Baker. Photo Credit (c) UD 2010
Electrical Engineering. Design, test and implement hardware for electric vehicle supply equipment and on-board communications.

Electrical Engineering Group: (Back row, left to right) Corey Lange, Furkan Cayci, Stephen Janansky, Joshua Marks, Rodney McGee. (Front row, left to right) Nicholas Waite, Fouad Kiamilev. Photo credit (c) UD 2010.
Software Systems. Design algorithms for a coalition of vehicles to provide large-scale electrical power services, and for vehicles to learn and predict driving needs. Implement in-vehicle and server software.

Software Systems group: (from left to right) Li Liao, Keith Decker, Keith Trnka, Sachin Kamboj and Colin Kern.(c) UD 2010
Economics and Marketing. Survey consumers regarding attributes of plug-in vehicles at varying price levels. Calculate consumer value of plug-in vehicles and of the ability to sell V2G services.

Economics and Marketing Group: (From left to right) George Parsons, Willett Kempton, Michael Hidrue, Jon Lilley, Meryl Gardner. Photo credit (c) UD 2010
Mechanical Engineering. Design and testing of battery and fuel cell systems for energy storage in vehicles. Initial implementations of V2G controls in battery and fuel-cell vehicles. Also host of the UD Electric Vehicle Club. Located in the UD Department of Mechanical Engineering.
(Photograph coming soon)
Research Groups Contact Information
in alphabetical order by last name
Suresh G. Advani
George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering
advani@udel.edu
Scott Baker
Masters of Marine Policy Student
sbaker@udel.edu
Len Beck, Delmarva Power and Light
len.beck@pepcoholdings.com
Dr. Alec Brooks, Google, Inc.
alecbrooks@google.com
Doug Brunner
Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering
doug@udel.edu
Furkan Cayci
Masters of Electrical and Computer Engineering
furkan@udel.edu
Keith S. Decker
Associate Professor, Computer & Information Sciences
decker@cis.udel.edu
Tom Gage, AC Propulsion
tgage@acpropulsion.com
Meryl P. Gardner
Associate Professor, Business Administration
gardnerm@lerner.udel.edu
Michael Hidrue
Ph.D. Student
mkessete@udel.edu
Ken Huber, PJM Interconnection
HuberK@PJM.com
Joanna Huxster
Masters of Marine Policy Student
jhuxster@udel.edu
Sachin Kamboj
Post-doc, Ph.D in Computer and Information Sciences
skamboj@udel.edu
Willett Kempton
Professor and Center Director (Lead PI on V2G research)
willett@udel.edu
Colin Kern
Masters of Computer Information Science Student
kernco@udel.edu
Fouad Kiamilev
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
kiamilev@ece.udel.edu
Corey Lange
Masters of Electrical and Computer Engineering
cwlange@udel.edu
Dr. Steve Letendre, Business and Economics, Green Mountain College
letendre@greenmtn.edu
Li Liao
Associate Professor, Computer & Information Sciences
lliao@mail.eecis.udel.edu
Jon Lilley
Ph.D. Student
jclilley@udel.edu
Dr. Timothy Lipman, University of California, Berkeley
telipman@berkeley.edu
Tony Maine, Future Enterprises Pty Ltd, Adelaide, Australia
tony.maine@bigpond.com
Joshua Marks
Bachelors of Electrical Engineering
jmarks@udel.edu
Rodney McGee
Masters of Electrical and Computer Engineering
tmcgee@udel.edu
George R. Parsons
Program Director and Professor of Marine Policy
gparsons@udel.edu
Nathaniel Pearre
Ph.D. Student
npearre@udel.edu
Jacqueline Piero
Masters of Marine Policy Student
pierojd@udel.edu
Ajay K. Prasad
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
prasad@udel.edu
Blaise Sheridan
Masters of Marine Policy Student
bsherid@udel.edu
Jasna Tomić, Fuels Program Manager, WestStart-Calstart
JTomic@weststart.org
Victor Udo, Delmarva Power and Light
victor.udo@pepcoholdings.com
Nicholas Waite
Bachelors of Electrical Engineering
ernwa@udel.edu