Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Now: Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (minor in Mathematics), Iowa State University
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, 2015
- M.Tech., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, VJTI, 2010
- B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Auroras Engineering College, 2008
Venkatesh was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests included building control systems, distributed optimization, diffusion maps, passivity-based control, flatness-based control, and feedback linearization. He enjoys badminton, tennis, and cooking.
He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in Mathematics, at Iowa State University and is now a Research Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Research interests: Building control systems, distributed optimization, passivity-based control, flatness-based control, feedback linearization
Publications with the lab (7)
- Supervisory control and distributed optimization of building energy systems — Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (2020)
- A Data-driven Approach towards Integration of Microclimate Conditions for Predicting Building Energy Performance — 5th International High Performance Buildings Conference (2018)
- A passivity-based power-shaping control of building HVAC systems — Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (2017)
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- Scalable supervisory control of building energy systems using generalized gossip — 2016 American Control Conference (ACC) (2016)
- Building HVAC systems control using power shaping approach — (2016)
- A volttron based implementation of supervisory control using generalized gossip for building energy systems — (2016)
- Comparative evaluation of control-oriented zone temperature prediction modeling strategies in buildings — Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 57250, V002T34A009 (2015)
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