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PhD Student

Justin Luke

Ph.D. Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, admitted Spring 2019

Justin is a PhD candidate in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, working in the Sustainable Systems Lab and Autonomous Systems Lab. He is co-advised by Professor Ram Rajagopal and Professor Marco Pavone. His research focuses on the integration of autonomous electric vehicle fleets with the power grid, in particular identifying synergies with renewable energy resources integration. His current projects include charging station siting and sizing, grid-aware EV charging pricing, and an optimization toolkit for decarbonizing the planning and operations of autonomous EV fleets. Justin has obtained a MS in Electrical Engineering at Stanford in 2020 and a BS in Energy Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley in 2018.

Justin is passionate about environmental sustainability and enjoys hiking, hockey, and playing various musical instruments in his free time.

Publications:
1. A. Singhal, D. Gammelli, J. Luke, K. Gopalakrishnan, D. Helmreich, and M. Pavone, “Real-time Control of Electric Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems via Graph Reinforcement Learning,” in European Control Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024. (In Press)

2. M. Ribeiro*, J. Luke*, S. Martin, E. Balogun, G. Cezar, M. Pavone, and R. Rajagopal, “Towards a 24/7 Carbon-Free Electric Fleet: A Digital Twin Framework,” in Energy Proceedings, Doha, Qatar, 2023, vol. 43.

3. J. Luke, M. Salazar, R. Rajagopal, and M. Pavone, “Joint Optimization of Autonomous Electric Vehicle Fleet Operations and Charging Station Siting,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Indianapolis, IN, 2021.
4. A. Estandia, M. Schiffer, F. Rossi, J. Luke, E. C. Kara, R. Rajagopal, and M. Pavone, “On the Interaction between Autonomous Mobility on Demand Systems and Power Distribution Networks – An Optimal Power Flow Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2021.