Jesus Silva-Rodriguez is currently a PhD Student with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. Jesus joined the RPG lab initially as an undergraduate student in August 2020. After graduating with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston, Jesus started his PhD program here as a direct PhD student in January 2021. Jesus also works for Blended Power LLC as a part-time Engineering Associate and Interconnection Analyst.
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, 2021 - present
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, 2020
Professional Experience
Engineering Associate/Interconnection Analyst, Blended Power LLC, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Research Intern, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, 2019
Publications at UH RPG Lab
- J. Silva-Rodriguez and X. Li, “Water-Energy Co-Optimization for Community-Scale Microgrids,” IEEE 53rd North American Power Symposium, College Station, TX, USA, Nov. 2021.
- Jesus Silva-Rodriguez, Jin Lu and Xingpeng Li, “Cost-Benefit Analysis and Comparisons for Different Offshore Wind Energy Transmission Systems”, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, USA, May 2023.
- Cunzhi Zhao, Jesus Silva-Rodriguez and Xingpeng Li, “Resilient Operational Planning for Microgrids Against Extreme Events”, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, USA, Jan. 2023.
- Jesus Silva-Rodriguez and Xingpeng Li, “Centralized Networked Micro Water-Energy Nexus with Proportional Exchange Among Participants”, 54th North American Power Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Oct. 2022.
- Jesus Silva-Rodriguez and Xingpeng Li, “Privacy-Preserving Decentralized Energy Management for Networked Microgrids via Objective-Based ADMM”, arXiv:2304.03649, Apr. 2023.
Classes
- ECE 6327 Smart Grid Systems
- ECE 6379 Power System Operations and Modeling
- ECE 6305 Power Electronics Converters and Controls
- INDE 6372 Advaced Linear Optimization
- INDE 7397 Decition Modeling and Optimization Under Uncertainty
Research Interests
Power Systems Operations, Stochastic Optimization, Water-Energy Nexus