Deepika H. Patel

Deepika Patel (GSM’19–M’24, IEEE) received her B.E. degree in electrical engineering
from Rajasthan Technical University, India, in 2009, her M.Tech. degree in Power Systems
from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in 2016, and her Ph.D. degree in
Power Systems from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 2024.

After completing her graduation, she began her professional career as an Assistant System
Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, India (2010–2011). She then served as a
Junior Engineer at a public utility company in the state of Rajasthan, India (2011–2013).
Transitioning to academia in 2016, she joined IFTM University, Moradabad, as an Assistant
Professor. From 2017 to 2019, she worked as an ad hoc faculty member at Sardar Vallabhbhai
National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, before enrolling in a Ph.D. program at the
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.

She joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, in September 2024 as an
R & D Assistant Staff Member. Her research interests include power system protection, microgrids,
inverter-based resources, inverter control, fault modelling of inverters, distribution networks,
power islands, and applications of machine learning in power systems.