Shivanshu Tripathi
PhD candidate
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Riverside
strip008@ucr.edu
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Riverside, advised by Prof. Maziar Raissi. I have worked in close collaboration with Prof. Hamed Mohsenian-Rad and Prof. Fabio Pasqualetti. My research interest lies at the intersection of online optimization, agentic AI, physics-informed ML, scientific ML, and smart grids. More about me.
I expect to complete my PhD in June 2027.
Education
-
University of California, Riverside
2022 – 2027
Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
-
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
2020 – 2022
M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Cyber Physical Systems.
-
National Institute of Technology Srinagar
2016 – 2020
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering.
Experience
-
National Laboratory of the Rockies
Jun – Sep 2026
Graduate research intern with Dr. Fei Ding in Golden, CO, on foundation models and AI agents for power systems.
-
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nov 2025 – Mar 2026
Graduate research intern with Dr. Kaveri Mahapatra in Richland, WA, developing AI agents for power systems.
-
Department of Telecommunications
May – Aug 2022
Research associate, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.
News
-
“Hybrid-time PINNs: Discontinuity-Aware Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Learning Hybrid Dynamical Systems” was submitted to IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS) — see the project page.
-
“Exact Distributed Attitude Alignment on SO(3) for Robot Teams with Conflicting Local Objectives” was submitted to the American Control Conference (ACC).
-
“VeraGrid-Agent: Tool-Augmented LLMs for Distribution Optimal Power Flow at the Grid Edge” was accepted to IEEE PES Grid Edge — read the preprint.
-
“Online Optimization with Unknown Time-Varying Parameters using Noisy Gradient Measurements” was accepted to IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS) — read the preprint.
-
Attended ICHQP in Dresden, Germany, to present our physics-informed synchro-waveform paper.
-
Our critical review of AI and machine learning methods for data-center load forecasting is out in Energies — read the paper.
-
Posted two grid-edge papers on arXiv: VeraGrid-Agent, a tool-augmented LLM for distribution optimal power flow, and a spectrogram-based detector for events in continuously recorded IBR waveforms.
-
Started a graduate research internship at NLR (National Laboratory of the Rockies) in Golden, CO, building foundation models and AI agents for power systems with Dr. Fei Ding.
-
“Test-Driven Agentic Framework for Reliable Robot Controller” was accepted to ICCAS (International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems) — read the preprint or see the project page.
-
“Data-Efficient Physics-Informed Learning for Synchro-Waveform Analytics of Grid-Integrated Inverter-Based Resources” was accepted to ICHQP (IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power) — read the preprint.
-
Presented our NSF-supported work on physics-informed learning at Rutgers University.
-
Advanced to PhD candidacy after passing the qualifying examination.
-
Joined PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) as a graduate research intern, developing AI agents for power systems with Dr. Kaveri Mahapatra.
-
“Online Optimization with Unknown Time-Varying Parameters” was published in IEEE Control Systems Letters — read the paper.
Selected Publications
All publications-
Hybrid-time PINNs: Discontinuity-Aware Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Learning Hybrid Dynamical Systems
2026
-
Online Optimization with Unknown Time-Varying Parameters using Noisy Gradient Measurements
IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2026
-
Online Optimization with Unknown Time-Varying Parameters
IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol. 9, pp. 1610–1615, 2025
-
Data-Efficient Physics-Informed Learning for Synchro-Waveform Analytics of Grid-Integrated Inverter-Based Resources
IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power (ICHQP), 2026
-
A Partially Distributed Fixed-Time Economic Dispatch Algorithm with Kron’s Modeled Power Transmission Losses
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2023
Honors & Awards
- Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship, University of California, Riverside
- Gold medal for outstanding student in academics, IIT Jodhpur
- Best B.Tech. undergraduate thesis in the department, NIT Srinagar