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Nishant Bilakanti
Staff Research Engineer,
EPRI
Nishant Bilakanti is a Staff Research Engineer at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where he focuses on distributed energy resource (DER) integration, electromagnetic transient (EMT) modeling, inverter-based resources, microgrids, and grid impact studies. He leads EPRI’s work on generic white-box EMT models, DER EMT screening criteria, and EMT model requirements for distribution utilities. He also leads EPRI’s DER EMT Modeling and Analysis Industry Interest Group (EMERG). Bilakanti received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech.