Leadership, Service & International Recognition

Provide strategic leadership to support the professional growth, technical advancement, and international engagement of early-career engineers, researchers, and industry professionals. Fosters an inclusive and collaborative ecosystem connecting young professionals with global opportunities in research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and career development.

Actively organize and lead expert talks, technical seminars, and webinar series featuring internationally recognized experts across emerging areas of engineering and technology, including energy systems, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and sustainable technologies, emphasizing diversity, equity, and global participation across varied background sectors. Contributes to strengthening the global engineering workforce, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, and enhancing professional engagement.

Contribute to international leadership in advancing consumer-centric power and energy technologies. Responsibilities include coordinating global technical activities related to electric vehicles, distributed energy systems, smart energy technologies, consumer energy devices, and sustainable energy solutions.

Collaborate with researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers worldwide to organize international technical talks, workshops, and webinars addressing emerging opportunities and challenges in future power and energy systems, raising awareness regarding technological advancements, consumer energy transformation, smart grid evolution, and sustainable electrification pathways. Contributes to conference organization, technical collaborations, and strategic discussions while serving as a Technical Committee Member within the power and energy domain to support scholarly excellence.

Established and led a multidisciplinary research and innovation platform dedicated to advancing electric vehicle technologies, battery systems, sustainable transportation, and intelligent mobility solutions.

Developed an interdisciplinary ecosystem connecting academia, industry, and international collaborators to strengthen research, workforce development, and innovation in electric mobility. Initiated internal and external EV taskforces bringing together experts from diverse technical domains (battery systems, EV charging infrastructure, power electronics, battery management systems, renewable integration, and smart mobility). Facilitated expert lectures, industry engagement, international collaborations, and curriculum design to promote research translation and address critical technological bottlenecks.

Elected for two consecutive terms to represent and advocate for the professional and structural interests of postdoctoral researchers and early-career professionals university-wide. Served as an institutional bridge between researchers and university administration to improve development, funding routes, and career pipelines.

Led targeted initiatives focused on travel funding awareness, research recognition, career mentoring, professional skill-building, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Organized structured technical workshops, targeted networking sessions, systemic well-being initiatives, and mental health awareness programs to strengthen holistic candidate pipelines, receiving the formal *Outstanding Contribution and Support Award* from Clemson University for verified institutional impact.