Advising Experience

• Post-doctoral researcher, serving as a major adviser Dr. Xiaojing Xu, research projects relating to energy conservation behaviors, public acceptance of renewable technology, “Social Impact of Power Grip Technology and Energy Conservation Behaviors.” CURENT, UTK

• M.S. and Ph.D. students serving as adviser for NSF-funded research projects for the departments of sociology and psychology, UTK
  1. Wenna Zhao. Energy saving behaviors and environmental impact (2012-2014).
  2. Summer Liu. Assessment for engineering education (2012-2014).
  3. Julie Shelton. Energy conservation behaviors, climate change and public acceptance of renewable energy technology (2013).
  4. Yifan Jiang. Public acceptance of communication and grid technology (2013).
     
• M.S. and Ph.D. students serving as committee member for the department of EECS, UTK
  1. Drew Maters (Spring 2017). Demand response, smart meter and energy behavioral analysis (Chair: Audris Mockus)
  2. Jiahui Guo. (July 2016). Data analytics and application developments based on synchrophasor ,measurements (Chair: Yilu Liu).
  3. Jidong Chai. (June 2016). Wide-area measurement-based applications for power system monitoring and dynamic modeling (Chair: Yilu Liu).
  4. Yin Lei. (August 2015). Wide-Area synchrophasor measurement applications and power system dynamic modeling (Chair: Yilu Liu).
  5. Qinran Hu. (July 2015). Incentive based residential load aggression (Chair: Fran Li).
  6. Lingwei Zhan. (June 2014). Accuracy and stability improvement of synchrophasor measurements (Chair: Yilu Liu).
     
• Undergraduate students in social science fields, serving as adviser for NSF-funded research projects
  1. Vesto Rivas (Psychology): Reducing poverty using solar panels in rural areas of China (Jan. 2018- present)
  2. Victoria Gilooly (Psychology): Social-psychological analysis of disasters, power grid infrastructure and social inequality issues (November 2017-present)
  3. Taylor Duncan (Psychology): Social-psychological factors affecting demand response and energy behavior (August 2017-present)
  4. James Brannon (Statistics): Public acceptance of smart home management system (May 2016-present)
  5. Alyssa Loveday (Psychology): Social-psychological factors affecting smart home management system and demand response, a cross-country comparison (August 2016-present)
  6. Jacqueline Adams (Psychology): Occupant behavior and energy saving in commercial building in multi-country context (Fall 2015-Present)
  7. Erica Davis (Sociology): Energy demand response and social psychological factors (Fall 2015-Summer 2016).
  8. Jackson Lanier (Sociology): Energy behaviors, public good and occupant behaviors in commercial buildings (Fall 2015-Fall 2016).
  9. Luke Waring (Sociology): Power transmission infrastructure and environmental impact at the community level (2013).
  10. Kayla Stover (Sociology). Survey methodology and energy saving behaviors (2012).
      
      
• Undergraduate students in engineering fields serving as adviser for NSF-funded research projects:
  1. Jeffery Dong (Computer Science): Integrating statistical modeling with simulation to investigate social psychological analysis of demand response behaviors (Fall 2017 - present)
  2. James Bates (Electrical Engineering): Analysis of behavioral patterns using Residential Household Energy Consumption Data and American Time Use Survey (Fall 2016 - present)
  3. Roy Tan, Brian Lundell, and Natalie Bogda (Computer Science): Using Twitter to analyzing energy issues (Spring 2017-present).
  4. Faiza Islam (Industry Engineering): Social-psychological factors and residential demand response programs (Fall 2016 - present).
  5. Sean Indelicato (Electrical Engineering): Incentive based demand response (Spring - Fall 2017).
  6. Adam Foshie (Electrical Engineering): Data acquisition and analysis for residential probabilistic demand response modeling (May-August, 2016).
  7. Taylor Woodward (Industry Engineering) and Diane Garcia (Electrical Engineering): Public acceptance of smart home management system (Spring 2016 - May 2017).
  8. Candice Patton (Electrical Engineering): incentives and demand response programs (Fall, 2013-Summer, 2014).