Speakers

Kumaraguru Prabakar (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, in 2011, the Ph.D. degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, in 2016, and the M.B.A. degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, in 2021. He is a principal engineer with Power Systems Engineering center, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA. He leads research projects targeting improvements in distribution system protection, and interoperability of distribution system assets. He is a technical contributor in multiple microgrid controller evaluation projects, and advanced distribution management systems evaluation projects. His research work focuses on the controller hardware-in-the-loop, power hardware-in-the-loop, and remote hardware-in-the-loop experiments. He can be contacted at kumaraguru.prabakar@nrel.gov.