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Dr. Naik received his Ph.D. from the Mechanical and Aerospace Department at North Carolina State University, where he worked on the experimental demonstration of a novel renewable energy harvesting concept involving underwater kites. Following his doctoral studies, he continued his research in co-design at the Reconfigurable Autonomous Control and Energy Systems Laboratory (RACElab) during his postdoctoral fellowship, focusing on optimizing and switching reconfigurable turbine arrays. He was the project manager for an ARPA-E funded project as part of the SHARKS program, where he continues to investigate the integration of real-time control implementation in hardware and exploring tech-to-market avenues for emerging technologies. His research efforts emphasize the synergy between control design and optimization in renewable energy systems, particularly in dynamic modeling and estimation control theory.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science