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Himanshu Jain
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himanshu.jain[at]hre.iitr.ac.in
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Grid reliability and resilience under very-high variable renewable energy penetration;, Improving Grid Flexibility using Pumped Storage Hydropower and Demand Side Resources, Blackstart of bulk power and distribution systems using inverter-based generation resources;, Modeling and simulation of utility-scale transmission, distribution, and integrated transmission and distribution systems at multiple timescales;, Developing software tools for improving the modeling accuracy of power grids under very-high variable renewable energy penetration;, Using distributed energy resources (DERs) for improving grid reliability and resilience.
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Educational Details
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
2016
PhD, Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
2010
MS, Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
2008
B. Tech., Electrical Engineering
Professional Background
Senior Research Engineer
05 Jul 2020 - 19 Feb 2021
National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly National Renewable Energy Laboratory), golden, Colorado, United States Of America
Research Engineer
13 Feb 2017 - 04 Jul 2020
r in National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Golden, Colorado, United States Of America
Senior Associate
13 Oct 2012 - 22 Jun 2013
ICF, Fairfax, Virginia, United States Of America
Associate
03 Jan 2011 - 12 Oct 2012
ICF, Fairfax, Virginia, United States Of America
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Towards Automatic Blackstart of Smart Distribution Systems using Inverter-based Resources 25 Mar 2025 Electrical Engineering Demonstrate automatic blackstart of distribution systems using grid forming inverters 110 lakhs Central Power Research Institute, Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, India
Development of a Real Time PSP Simulator for Pumped Storage Plants 12 Jan 2026 Energy Storage, Hydropower, Grid Integration of RE 603 Lakhs NHPC Ltd., India Prof. Arun Kumar (Co-PI)
Paving the Way Forward for PSP Development 01 Apr 2024 Grid Integration (Pumped Storage Hydropower) 1 - Identify key barriers for PSP development and mitigation measures 2 - Identify sites for sea bed and abandoned mines based PSP technology pilots 3 - Identify R&D gaps, policies, and business models for indigenization of PSP 134 Lakhs NA Prof. Arun Kumar (PI)
Investigation of Wide-Area Simulation Frameworks for Renewable Energy and HVDC Systems 15 May 2025 Electrical Engineering Develop EMT-TS co-simulation approaches for Transmission Systems 72 lakhs (IITR share 17.40 Lakhs) Grid Controller of India Ltd., IIT Bombay (PI), IISc Bangalore, IIT Indore, India Project PI is Prof. Anil Kulkarni, IIT Bombay
Optimization Studies for Hydropower Stations in Cascade for River Jhelum in J&K (PI) 25 Feb 2024 Hydropower, Optimization To study and suggest operation policy for hydro stations on cascade considering the existing and additional generation available from other sources. The suggested operational policy will be based on an optimization program being developed under this project whose validation will be done based on field data. 22.5 Lakhs Grid Controller of India, Sponsored by grid Controller of India, India Prof. Arun Kumar (co-PI); Prof. Dheeraj Khatod
Advanced Grid-scale Energy Storage Technologies (co-PI) 01 Aug 2022 Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Do a deep dive into various energy storage technologies shown in Fig. ES-1, identify existing supply chains and gaps, and develop policy options to address these gaps to encourage local manufacturing of energy storage technologies. ~83 lakhs NA Prof. Arun Kumar (PI)
Scaling up Floating Solar Photovoltaic Systems 01 Jul 2025 Renewable energy generation 23. 76 Lakhs ISEF, USA, India Prof. Arun Kumar (PI)
Multi-timescale Electrical Models of Buildings with high levels of Distributed Energy Resources (PI) 20 Oct 2021 Electric Power Distribution Develop and validate multi-timescale electrical models of buildings with high levels of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) including smart loads, rooftop solar PV, and electric vehicles. Hardware testbeds for model-free load modelling and supercomputer-based software testbeds for large-scale infrastructure simulations are being developed. 20 lakhs IIT Roorkee (Faculty Initiation Grant)
Machine Learning-based Dynamic Climate Projections for Power System Planning Datasets (PI from India) 01 Feb 2022 Climate Change, AI, Power Systems Create climate change informed publicly available load, wind, and solar datasets for power system planners in USA and India using advanced AI techniques. https://www.colorado.edu/irt/autonomous-systems/2022/01/04/engineering-faculty-part-research-decarbonizing-energy-systems 118.8 lakhs (USD 135K); (IITR Share 17.9 lakhs) Climate Change AI (USA), University of Colorado Boulder Prof. Bri-Mathias Hodge (PI; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA)
Power Flow and Stability Analysis Task under very high (up to 100%) Renewable Energy Integration 01 Jan 2019 - Grid Integration of Renewable Energy PI for the Power Flow and Stability Analysis Task. All steady-state and transients modeling and analysis was performed using the 22,000 bus model of the Western Interconnection of the United States using the GE-PSLF software Confidential US Utility Confidential
Blackstart Using Inverter-Based Resources 01 Oct 2019 Grid Resilience using Inverter-based Resources PI. MATLAB and its toolboxes such as SIMSCAPE were used. Confidential National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Obtaining grid reliability services from behind the meter distributed energy resources 01 Jul 2020 - Grid Integration of Renewable Energy PI from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA. Confidential US Department of Energy Confidential
Solar PV Variability Modeling 01 Jan 2019 - Solar PV Modeling Lead the multi-timescale solar PV variability modeling effort in the Multi-timescale Integrated Dynamics and Scheduling for Solar (MIDAS-Solar). NREL's MIDC data was used and analyzed in MATLAB. Confidential US Department of Energy Confidential
Synthetic Inertia from Inverter-based Resources 01 Apr 2019 - Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Worked with a U.S. Investor-owned utility to determine the impact of very-high penetration levels of solar PV and battery storage on the stability of the power system. Impact of adding synthetic inertia to solar PV and battery storage on the stability of the power system was also investigated. Transients modeling and analysis was performed using the 22,000 bus model of the Western Interconnection of the United States using the GE-PSLF software Confidential A US utility Confidential
HELICS-HLA Integration 13 Feb 2017 - Co-simulation Worked on a DOE sponsored grid modernization lab consortium (GMLC) project where my primary responsibility was to develop a HELICS-HLA interface. Hierarchical Engine for Large-scale Infrastructure Co-Simulation or HELICS is a co-simulation platform that was developed under this project. High Level Architecture or HLA is another co-simulation architecture that is widely used in the defense community. C, C++ and JAVA were used for developing the integration code. Confidential US Department of Energy Confidential




Publications
From challenges to solutions: Review and analysis of grid-supportive technologies in sustainable power systems
2026
Mirza, Zarka; Jain, Himanshu; | Elsevier
Journal: Applied Energy Pages: 127111 , Volumes: 403 ,
Automated Fast Frequency Response From Inverter-Based Motor Loads
2025
Mirza, Zarka; Jain, Himanshu; | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Pages: 2940-2952 , Volumes: 16 ,
Developing dynamic models of inverter-based motor loads using active probing-based system identification techniques
2025
Varshney, Harshit; Jain, Himanshu; | Elsevier
Journal: Electric Power Systems Research Pages: 111906 , Volumes: 248 ,
Integrated multimodel analysis reveals achievable pathways toward reliable, 100% renewable electricity for Los Angeles
2024
Cochran, Jaquelin; Denholm, Paul; Mooney, Meghan; Steinberg, Daniel; Hale, Elaine; Heath, Garvin; Palmintier, Bryan; Keyser, David; Oleson, Devonie; Arent, Doug; | Elsevier
Journal: Cell Reports Sustainability Volumes: 1 ,
Integrated life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of grid-scale energy storage alternatives for India
2025
A. Singhal; P. Arora; A. Kumar; H. Jain; A.K. Sharma; A.C. Bhosale;R. Singh; S.K. Saini; D. Rakshit; A.K.S. Parihar;S. Arora, | Elsevier
Journal: Sustainable Production and Consumption Pages: 404-422 , Volumes: 54 ,
Thermal-Electric Modeling: A New Approach for Evaluating the Impact of Conservation Voltage Reduction on Cooling Equipment
2023
Varshney, Harshit; Jain, Himanshu; Tiwari, Ravi; | MDPI
Journal: Buildings Pages: 1287 , Volumes: 13 ,
A review of active probing-based system identification techniques with applications in power systems
2022
Chakraborty, Rahul; Jain, Himanshu; Seo, Gab-Su; | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems Pages: 108008 , Volumes: 140 ,
Grid-supportive loads-a new approach to increasing renewable energy in power systems
2022
Jain, Himanshu; Mather, Barry; Jain, Akshay Kumar; Baldwin, Samuel F; | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Pages: 2959-2972 , Volumes: 13 ,
Addressing technical challenges in 100% variable inverter-based renewable energy power systems
2020
Hodge, Bri-Mathias S; Jain, Himanshu; Brancucci, Carlo; Seo, Gab-Su; Korpas, Magnus; Kiviluoma, Juha; Holttinen, Hannele; Smith, James Charles; Orths, Antje; Estanqueiro, Ana; | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hoboken, USA
Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment Pages: e376 , Volumes: 9 ,
Dynamic hosting capacity analysis for distributed photovoltaic resources-Framework and case study
2020
Jain, Akshay Kumar; Horowitz, Kelsey; Ding, Fei; Sedzro, Kwami Senam; Palmintier, Bryan; Mather, Barry; Jain, Himanshu; | Elsevier
Journal: Applied Energy Pages: 115633 , Volumes: 280 ,
Integrated transmission-and-distribution system modeling of power systems: State-of-the-art and future research directions
2020
Jain, Himanshu; Bhatti, Bilal Ahmad; Wu, Tianying; Mather, Barry; Broadwater, Robert; | MDPI
Journal: Energies Pages: 12 , Volumes: 14 ,
Studying the impact of solar PV on power system dynamics using integrated transmission and distribution network models
2018
Jain, Himanshu; Broadwater, Robert P; Dilek, Murat; Bank, Jason; | American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal: Journal of Energy Engineering Pages: 4017072 , Volumes: 144 ,
Graph Trace Analysis: An object-oriented power flow, verifications and comparisons
2017
Tbaileh, Ahmad; Jain, Himanshu; Broadwater, Robert; Cordova, Jose; Arghandeh, Reza; Dilek, Murat; | Elsevier
Journal: Electric Power Systems Research Pages: 145-153 , Volumes: 147 ,
Three-phase dynamic simulation of power systems using combined transmission and distribution system models
2016
Jain, Himanshu; Parchure, Abhineet; Broadwater, Robert P; Dilek, Murat; Woyak, Jeremy; | IEEE
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Pages: 4517-4524 , Volumes: 31 ,
Grid-to-Building Interactions through Digital Twin and OpenDSS Integration: Co-Simulation
2025
Aziz, Muhammad Shahbaz; Zhou, Xinlei; Robinson, Duane; Energy, Subbu Sethuvenkatraman; Jain, Himanshu; Ma, Zhenjun; | IEEE
Journal: 2025 IEEE 13th International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE) Pages: 133-137 ,
Resilient Distribution System using Grid Forming Inverters: Power Sharing in Parallel connected Inverters using Droop Control
2024
Singh, Urvi; JAIN, HIMANSHU; | CBIP, India
Journal: Global Trends in Water Resources, Power & RE Sectors Pages: 129 ,
MODELLING ENERGY STORAGE FOR POWER SYSTEM PLANNING AND OPERATIONS
2024
DUBEY, VARTIKA; JAIN, HIMANSHU; | CBIP, India
Journal: Global Trends in Water Resources, Power & RE Sectors Pages: 124 ,
TIMING & SYNCHRONIZATION OF HIERARCHICAL ENGINE FOR LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE CO-SIMULATION (HELICS): A CASE STUDY
2024
KUMAR, AMIT; JAIN, HIMANSHU; | CBIP, India
Journal: Global Trends in Water Resources, Power & RE Sectors Pages: 142 ,
Implementing Grid Supportive Behavior in Induction Motor-Driven Loads Using Field Oriented Control
2023
Mirza, Zarka; Jain, Himanshu; | IEEE
Journal: 2023 IEEE PES GTD International Conference and Exposition (GTD) Pages: 28-32 ,
Design of Horizontally Aligned Six-Plate Capacitive Power Transfer for EV Charging Applications
2023
Patidar, Pramod; Jain, Himanshu; | IEEE
Journal: 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific) Pages: 46174 ,
A Framework for Cyber-Physical Simulation of Smart Grid
2023
Kumar, Amit; Jain, Himanshu; | IEEE
Journal: 2023 First International Conference on Cyber Physical Systems, Power Electronics and Electric Vehicles (ICPEEV) Pages: 46113 ,
Variable speed pumped storage hydropower plant for black start
2023
Pathayapurayil, Sruthi Mavila; Jain, Himanshu; | IEEE
Journal: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG) Pages: 46143 ,
Optimal planning for building integrated microgrid system (BIMGS) for economic feasibility with renewable energy support
2022
Kumar, Maneesh; Sen, Sachidananda; Jain, Himanshu; Diwania, Sourav; | IEEE
Journal: 2022 IEEE 10th Power India International Conference (PIICON) Pages: 46174 ,
Autonomous microgrid restoration using grid-forming inverters and smart circuit breakers
2022
Banerjee, Abhishek; Pandey, Amit; Pailla, Uttam Reddy; Seo, Gab-Su; Shekhar, Shashank; Jain, Himanshu; Lin, Yashen; Wu, Xiaofan; Bamberger, Joachim; Muenz, Ulrich; | IEEE
Journal: 2022 IEEE power & energy society general meeting (PESGM) Pages: 46143 ,
Investigating Impact of Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) on Efficiency of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Loads
2022
Tiwari, Ravi; Jain, Himanshu; | Springer Nature Singapore Singapore
Journal: International Conference on Hydro and Renewable Energy Pages: 225-231 ,
Equivalent Test Bed in PSCAD and PSLF for Studying Advanced Power Systems Controller Performance
2019
Biswas, Reetam Sen; Tan, Jin; Jain, Himanshu; Gevorgian, Vahan; Zhang, Yingchen; | IEEE
Journal: 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) Pages: 46143 ,
Blackstart of power grids with inverter-based resources
2020
Jain, Himanshu; Seo, Gab-Su; Lockhart, Eric; Gevorgian, Vahan; Kroposki, Benjamin; | IEEE
Journal: 2020 IEEE power & energy society general meeting (PESGM) Pages: 46143 ,
Quantifying solar pv variability at multiple timescales for power systems studies
2020
Jain, Himanshu; Sengupta, Manajit; Habte, Aron; Tan, Jin; | IEEE
Journal: 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Pages: 0180-0185 ,
Evaluating the impact of price-responsive load on power systems using integrated T&D simulation
2019
Jain, Himanshu; Palmintier, Bryan; Krishnamurthy, Dheepak; Krad, Ibrahim; Hale, Elaine; | IEEE
Journal: 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) Pages: 46143 ,
Studying the impact of distributed solar PV on power systems using integrated transmission and distribution models
2018
Jain, Himanshu; Palmintier, Bryan; Krad, Ibrahim; Krishnamurthy, Dheepak; | IEEE
Journal: 2018 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D) Pages: 46143 ,
Integrated transmission & distribution system modeling and analysis: Need & advantages
2016
Jain, Himanshu; Rahimi, Kaveh; Tbaileh, Ahmad; Broadwater, Robert P; Jain, Akshay Kumar; Dilek, Murat; | IEEE
Journal: 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) Pages: 46143 ,
Application of distributed series reactors in relieving congestion costs
2016
Rahimi, Kaveh; Jain, Himanshu; Broadwater, Robert; | IEEE
Journal: 2016 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D) Pages: 46143 ,
Three phase dynamics analyzer: A new program for dynamic simulation using three phase models of power systems
2015
Jain, Himanshu; Parchure, Abhineet; Broadwater, Robert P; Dilek, Murat; Woyak, Jeremy; | IEEE
Journal: 2015 IEEE IAS Joint Industrial and Commercial Power Systems/Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (ICPSPCIC) Pages: 26-31 ,
Application of distributed series reactors in voltage balancing
2015
Rahimi, Kaveh; Jain, Himanshu; Broadwater, Robert; Hambrick, Josh; | IEEE
Journal: 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting Pages: 46143 ,
Plug-In Electric Vehicles-Distribution system impacts and high level screening methodologies for calculating costs and benefits
2014
Jain, Himanshu; Kumaraswamy, Kiran; Maurya, Rakesh N; | IEEE
Journal: ISGT 2014 Pages: 46143 ,
Detection and severity classification of rotor imbalance faults in induction machines
2010
Jain, Himanshu; Korkua, Suratsavadee; Lee, Wei-Jen; Kwan, Chiman; | IEEE
Journal: 2010 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting Pages: 46235 ,
Wireless health monitoring system for vibration detection of induction motors
2010
Korkua, Suratsavadee; Jain, Himanshu; Lee, Wei-Jen; Kwan, Chiman; | IEEE
Journal: 2010 IEEE industrial and commercial power systems technical conference-conference record Pages: 46174 ,
The Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100): Executive Summary
2021
Cochran, Jaquelin; Denholm, Paul; Mooney, Meghan; Steinberg, Daniel; Hale, Elaine; Heath, Garvin; Palmintier, Bryan; Sigrin, Ben; Keyser, David; McCamey, Devonie; | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Journal: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
HELICS-HLA
2018
Jain, Himanshu; | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Journal: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Hiearchical engine for large scale infrastructure simulation
2017
Top, Philip; Mast, Ryan; Smith, Steve; Fuller, Jason; Fisher, Andrew; Daily, Jeff; Palmentier, Bryan; Krishamurthy, Dheepak; Jain, Himanshu; Elgindy, Tarek; | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Journal: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dynamic simulation of power systems using three phase integrated transmission and distribution system models: Case study comparisons with traditional analysis methods
2017
Jain, Himanshu; | Virginia Tech
Journal: Virginia Tech
Honors And Awards
Honors
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India
2025
Received Director’s letter of Appreciation for outstanding performance for the Annual Performance Appraisal Report of AY23-24.
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India
2024
Placed in top 5 faculty at IIT Roorkee in the categories of (i) Post Graduate (PG 10 or more students) and (ii) Post Graduate Young Faculty (PG 10 or more students) in AY23-24.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
2020
Outstanding Mentor Award
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
2019
President’s Award for efforts in obtaining funding for research in the area of power system stability exceeding $1 million (INR 7.0 crore), 2019.
R&D World
2019
Finalist for the 2019 R&D100 Awards (widely recognized as the Oscars of Invention) as member of the Hierarchical Engine for Large-scale Infrastructure Co-Simulation (HELICS) team
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2018
Outstanding Reviewer Award for the ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
2009
Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal
MemberShips
IEEE
01 Jul 2015 - Present
Member
Tau Beta Pi
01 Aug 2009 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Advanced Modelling for Renewable Energy Power Systems ( HRL-527 )
Spring
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy ( HRC-505 )
Autumn
Rural Electrical Energy System Planning and Design ( HRE-528 )
Spring
Hydro Electric Equipment ( HRL-511 )
Spring
Computer Programming ( HRC-101 )
Autumn
Small Hydro Power Development ( IAH-301 )
Autumn
Miscellaneous
Administrative Positions
Coordinator, Center for Regulatory Affairs
01 Jan 2026 - Present
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Member of the Institute Diversity & Inclusion Committee
01 May 2022 - 30 Apr 2025
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India