Solanki, Jignesh M.

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2006 
M.E., Electrical Engineering, Mumbai University, 2000 
B.E., Electrical Engineering, Nagpur University, 1998
Jignesh M. Solanki received his B.E. degree from Nagpur University, India, M.E. degree from Mumbai University, India and Ph.D. degree from Mississippi State University, Mississippi State. He then joined Open Systems International Inc. as a Senior Engineer. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown. He was involved in research activities at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India. He received IEEE technical committee working group recognition award in 2008. His research interest is in distribution automation for smart grid and intelligent applications to power systems.

Research Focus Areas

Power Engineering

Research Interests

Smart Grids 
Decentralized control of Power Systems 
Control and Automation of Distribution and Transmission Systems

Teaching Interests

Multi-Agent Systems applied to Power Systems 
Power Electronics applications in Power Systems 
Power Systems Operation and Control 
Power Systems Protection and Relaying 
Distribution Systems Modeling and Analysis 
Linear Control Systems

Professional Societies

IEEE