Summary
Aadil Latif is a Senior Engineer and scientist specializing in modeling, simulation, control, and optimization of electric distribution systems, with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from TU Wien. With eight years of focused experience at NREL鈥檚 Energy System Integration Facility, he leads DER integration, distribution planning, and energy storage characterization projects and serves as PI/technical lead on multiple utility partnerships. His work blends mathematical modeling, stochastic processes, and software development鈥攈e has built tools like PyDSS and PyParallelDSS to accelerate OpenDSS simulations and developed converters between industry formats. Aadil鈥檚 research targets optimal utilization of batteries, controllable loads, and distributed generators to improve operational flexibility and hosting capacity. He also teaches graduate-level distribution system modeling and has a track record translating academic innovations into practical utility-scale implementations. Based in Littleton, Colorado, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on field validation and algorithm development that often surfaces non-obvious system-level tradeoffs.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
MSc Electronics Engineering (Control Systems), MSc Electronics Engineering (Control Systems) at The University of Sheffield
BSc Electronics Engineering, BSc Electronics Engineering at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
English, Urdu, Punjabi