SCALE Lab
Sustainable Climate-resilient Analytics for Large-scale Energy Systems
Director: Anamika Dubey
Professor, Washington State University
Energy Systems Innovation Center
EME 23, 355 NE Spokane St
Pullman, WA 99164
At Washington State University, SCALE Lab develops models, algorithms, and tools for a reliable, resilient, and sustainable electric grid.
We combine power systems engineering, optimization, and data-driven methods to turn complex grid challenges into practical decisions.
- Grid resilience. Preparing for extreme events and restoring reliable service.
- Scalable optimization. Making increasingly complex power systems tractable to model and operate.
- Grid-edge flexibility. Coordinating buildings, distributed generation, storage, and electric vehicles.
About the lab director
Anamika Dubey (Lab Director) - I am Huie-Rogers Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School of EECS at Washington State University (WSU), Pullman. I also hold a joint appointment as a Research Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). At WSU, I am affiliated with Energy Systems Innovation Center (ESIC). I received my MSE and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 and 2015, respectively. Energy and climate change are indeed unquestionably urgent and significant challenges that demand our immediate attention. Within this broad scope, power systems research and development serve as the pivotal component in enabling the transition towards a clean and green energy future. As a power systems engineer and researcher, my goal is to help advance our society towards a future that is brighter, cleaner, and more sustainable.
news
| Oct 30, 2026 | Anamika Dubey delivered the 2026 Anjan Bose Lecture, “Engineering Resilient Power Grid: From Understanding Risk to Informing Decisions,” at WSU in Pullman. The lecture explored how outage data, vulnerability models, and optimization can inform decisions about extreme-weather risk and power-grid resilience, including emerging challenges in the Pacific Northwest. Lecture details. · |
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| Oct 8, 2026 | Kunal Shankar presented “Building Thermal Models using Real-World Data: Seasonal Transferability and Setpoint Sensitivity,” coauthored with Ninad Kiran Gaikwad, at the IAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Presentation announcement. |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Anamika Dubey is scheduled to join the panel “AI Infrastructures: It’s Really an Energy Race” at the WTIA AI Summit on October 27, 2026, at Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle. The panel will discuss AI infrastructure growth and its implications for energy and the power grid. Summit details. · |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Shiva Poudel was invited to present “Increasing Grid Utilization Through Stochastic Operating Envelopes and Asset-Aware Controls” at the WSU–PNNL Advanced Grid Institute seminar on September 30, 2026. The announced talk focused on using stochastic operating envelopes, asset-aware optimal power flow, and large-scale simulation to unlock capacity from existing distribution grids. · |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Anamika Dubey helped host AGI Day 2026 at WSU Tri-Cities in Richland, Washington. The theme, “Intelligent Grids at Scale: Serving rapid demand growth while preserving reliability and affordability,” brought researchers and industry leaders together to discuss AI, data-center load growth, grid resilience, and research deployment. Event details. · |