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.
Analyze operation of GIV vehicles and large-scale systems, including impact on ISOs and high-penetration renewables planning. Primarily located in the UD College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.





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.
Analyze and extend national and international standards for communications via electric supply equipment. Located in the UD Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering.


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.
Implement communication protocols with ISOs, generators, and other electric power entities. Primarily located in the UD Department of Computer and Information Sciences.

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.
Study markets for electric vehicles with V2G attributes. Located in both the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, and the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

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