Aranya Chakrabortty

Associate Department Head for Research

Professor


Biography

My research interests span all branches of control system theory with applications to large-scale electric power systems. I am a part of the FREEDM Systems Center, currently researching several system and control-theoretic problems for the US power grid using Synchrophasor (WAMS) technology, and its integration with renewable energy sources such as wind energy. My current research interests also include the application of machine learning based controls to power system applications at both transmission and distribution levels.

Education

  • Ph.D. 2008
    Electrical Engineering
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
  • Master's 2005
    Electrical Engineering
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
  • Bachelor's 2004
    Electrical Engineering
    Jadavpur University, India

Highlighted Awards

Awards & Honors

  • 2025 - IEEE Fellow
  • 2022 - NSF Director's Award  for Superior Accomplishment at NSF
  • 2020 - Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Control Systems Magazine
  • 2019 - University Faculty Scholar
  • 2018 - Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • 2016 - Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology
  • 2015 - Senior Member of IEEE
  • 2011 - NSF CAREER Award
  • 2009 - Allen B Dumont Prize (RPI, Top Ph.D. Graduate)
  • 2006 - HKN Honor Society award for best Graduate TA, RPI

Recent News

Aranya Chakrabortty
Chakrabortty Elevated to IEEE Fellow, Class of 2025

Posted on January 7, 2025 | Filed Under: Faculty

Aranya Chakrabortty named IEEE Fellow.

2020 Promoted and Tenured Faculty

Posted on November 12, 2020 | Filed Under: Faculty

Congratulations to five outstanding ECE faculty members who were promoted to Professor or granted tenure this year.

Managing data flow to boost cyber-physical system performance

Posted on November 11, 2020 | Filed Under: Research

Optimizing data flow allows ECE researchers to dramatically improve the performance of cyber-physical systems, from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids.

Media Mentions

Army advances learning capabilities of drone swarms

August 10, 2020

Army-sponsored researchers, including NC State ECE’s Aranya Chakrabortty developed a reinforcement learning approach that will allow swarms of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles to optimally accomplish various missions while minimizing performance uncertainty.

NCSU and Johns Hopkins team up to stabilize power grid

January 3, 2014

Researchers have found that an increase in the use of wind power generation can make the power grid more fragile and susceptible to disruptions. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical engineering, featured.

Wind energy may endanger the grid

January 8, 2014

Researchers identify a problem concerning the intermittency related to wind energy generation. Aranya Chakrabortty, electrical engineering, featured.

 

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