Sarika Khushalani-Solanki

Assistant Professor, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Contact Information Office:  ESB 835 Phone:  (304) 293-9142 Fax:  (304) 293-8602

Sarika Khushalani Solanki received her B.E. degree from Nagpur University, India, M.E. degree from Mumbai University, India and Ph.D. degree from Mississippi State University, Mississippi State. She then joined Open Systems International Inc. as a Senior Engineer. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University. She was involved in research activities at Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, India. Her research is in computer applications in power system analysis oriented towards smart grid and power system control. She was a Honda Fellowship award and IEEE student paper award recipient.
Education
	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2006
	M.E., Electrical Engineering, Mumbai University, 2000
	B.E., Electrical Engineering, Nagpur University, 1998
Research Focus Areas
	Power Engineering
Research Interests
	Smart Grids
	Intelligent Applications to Power Systems
	Power System Control
	Power System Optimization
Teaching Interests
	Power Systems
	Power Electronics
	Power Quality
	Control Systems
Professional Societies
	IEEE
	ASEE