Vishnuteja (Vishnu) Nanduri - Assistant Professor


Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 1045
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-4638
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: vnanduri@uwm.edu
WWW: http://vishnunanduri.wordpress.com/

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

 Vishnu Nanduri

Education

Ph.D.,  Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2009
M.S.,  Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2005
B.E. , Industrial Engineering & Management, Visweswariah Technological University, India, 2002

Research Interests

Energy and Environmental policy modeling
Restructured energy market modeling
Reinforcement learning (Simulation-based Optimization)
Game-theoretic modeling
Stochastic optimization and Applied probability
K-12 Engineering and Science Education

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Nanduri, V., Das, T. K., and Rocha, P., “Generation Capacity Expansion in Energy Markets Using a Two-Level Game-Theoretic Model,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 24, No.3, pp 1165-1172, August, 2009.
  2. Nanduri, V. and Das, T. K., “A Reinforcement Learning Approach for obtaining the Nash Equilibrium of Multi-player Matrix Games,” IIE Transactions, Volume 41, pp 158-167, February 2009.
  3. Nanduri, V. and Das, T. K., “A Survey of Critical Research Areas in the Energy Segment of Restructured Electricity Markets,” Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 31, No. 5, pp 181-191, June 2009. (listed as #2 on ScienceDirect in Most Downloaded Articles for April-June 2009)
  4. Nanduri, V. and Das, T. K., “A Reinforcement Learning Model to Assess Market Power under Auction-Based Energy Pricing,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 22, No. 1, pp 85-95, February 2007.
  5. Nanduri, V., Otieno, W., Das, T. K., Savachkin, A., and Okogbaa, G. “Mentor Teacher Workshops: Train-the-Trainer Model of the USF STARS GK-12 Program,” Journal of Florida Association of Science Teachers, 2009.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Nanduri, V. and Das, T. K., “A game theoretic approach for generation capacity expansion in restructured power markets,” IEEE Power & Energy Society Proceedings, July 2008 (Invited Paper).

Awards and Honors

  1. USF Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2009
  2. 1st prize, IIE Graduate Research Award for Best Master’s Thesis, 2006
  3. Best Paper award in Energy Sponsored Sessions of INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2007 (award presented in INFORMS 2008 Annual Meeting)
  4. INFORMS Judith Liebman Award for outstanding contributions to the USF Student Chapter of INFORMS (award presented in INFORMS 2008 Annual Meeting)
  5. Distinguished Graduate Achievement Award, Univ. of South Florida, 2008
  6. Selected for membership in Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society)