SCALE Lab (Sustainable Climate-resilient Analytics for Large-scale Energy Systems)

Director: Anamika Dubey

Professor, Washington State University

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 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.
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.
Aug 4, 2026	Rabayet Sadnan won the 2026 IEEE PES Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for his research on scalable, privacy-preserving distributed optimal power flow for grid-edge coordination, advised by Anamika Dubey. Award announcement.
Jul 8, 2026	Congratulations, Kunal Shankar, on passing your preliminary exam!

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selected publications

Elsevier

Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations

Shuva Paul, Abodh Poudyal, Shiva Poudel, and 2 more authors

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024

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@article{paul2024resilience,
  title = {Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations},
  author = {Paul, Shuva and Poudyal, Abodh and Poudel, Shiva and Dubey, Anamika and Wang, Zhaoyu},
  journal = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews},
  volume = {189},
  pages = {113991},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.rser.2023.113991}
}

IEEE

Distributed optimization using reduced network equivalents for radial power distribution systems

Rabayet Sadnan, and Anamika Dubey

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2021

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@article{sadnan2021distributed,
  title = {Distributed optimization using reduced network equivalents for radial power distribution systems},
  author = {Sadnan, Rabayet and Dubey, Anamika},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Power Systems},
  volume = {36},
  number = {4},
  pages = {3645--3656},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

IEEE

Network-level optimization for unbalanced power distribution system: Approximation and relaxation

Rahul Ranjan Jha, and Anamika Dubey

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2021

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@article{jha2021network,
  title = {Network-level optimization for unbalanced power distribution system: Approximation and relaxation},
  author = {Jha, Rahul Ranjan and Dubey, Anamika},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Power Systems},
  volume = {36},
  number = {5},
  pages = {4126--4139},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

IEEE

Distribution grid optimal power flow (d-opf): Modeling, analysis, and benchmarking

Rahul R Jha, Adedoyin Inaolaji, Biswajit Dipan Biswas, and 4 more authors

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023

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@article{jha2022distribution,
  title = {Distribution grid optimal power flow (d-opf): Modeling, analysis, and benchmarking},
  author = {Jha, Rahul R and Inaolaji, Adedoyin and Biswas, Biswajit Dipan and Suresh, Arun and Dubey, Anamika and Paudyal, Sumit and Kamalasadan, Sukumar},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Power Systems},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/pesgm52003.2023.10252188},
  pages = {1--1}
}

Monograph

Distribution System Optimization to Manage Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) for Grid Services

Anamika Dubey, and Sumit Paudyal

Foundations and Trends in Electric Energy Systems, 2023

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@article{dubey2023distribution,
  title = {Distribution System Optimization to Manage Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) for Grid Services},
  author = {Dubey, Anamika and Paudyal, Sumit},
  journal = {Foundations and Trends in Electric Energy Systems},
  volume = {6},
  number = {3-4},
  pages = {120--264},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Now Publishers, Inc.},
  doi = {10.1561/3100000030}
}

Springer

Preparing the Power Grid for Extreme Weather Events: Resilience Modeling and Optimization

Anamika Dubey

In Women in Power: Research and Development Advances in Electric Power Systems, 2023

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@incollection{dubey2023preparing,
  title = {Preparing the Power Grid for Extreme Weather Events: Resilience Modeling and Optimization},
  author = {Dubey, Anamika},
  booktitle = {Women in Power: Research and Development Advances in Electric Power Systems},
  pages = {209--243},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Springer International Publishing Cham},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-29724-3_8}
}