Achievements

2025 SPRING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE - RESEARCH TALK

We are excited to share that our team presented our research on "Synthetic Data Generation for Enhanced Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Prediction" at Stewart Hall, Purdue University. This project was developed in collaboration with SAS Institute, where we focused on using synthetic data techniques to improve the accuracy and scalability of EV charging demand forecasting. By addressing challenges such as data scarcity and privacy, our work aims to support more efficient and reliable electric vehicle infrastructure planning. We're grateful for the opportunity to showcase our research and for the support from SAS and the Purdue community.

Members: Ankitha Mallekav, Alexa Noto, and Akanksh Rao.

2024 SAS HACKATHON WIN

We are proud to announce that we were crowned winners of the 2024 SAS Hackathon! Our team developed an innovative business case that stood out to the judges, earning us the Champion title. As winners, we’ve been invited to present our solution at SAS Innovate 2025 in Orlando and are now in the running for the overall Grand Champion Award.

Members: Ryan Hsieh, Hyunsang (Ethan) Cho, Jihyo Park, and Jaewon (Jae) Cho.

To learn more about the SAS Institute Hackathon:

https://www.sas.com/sas/events/hackathon.html

Spring Conference 2024

Team ORSOL proudly represented our EV charging grid optimization idea at the Spring Research Expo, showcasing innovative solutions for sustainable energy management. Our presentation highlighted advancements in grid efficiency and scalability, earning positive feedback from industry experts and peers alike.

Members: Byung-Wook (Wooky) Kim, Hyunsang (Ethan) Cho, Jared Park, Ryan Hsieh, and Jaewon (Jae) Cho.

SAS Institute Curiosity Cup 2024

Competing against 107 esteemed teams on an international stage, ORSOL proudly clinched the 2nd position with our groundbreaking project: "Predicting EV Charging Demand: A Novel Approach Utilizing Traffic Flows." Our innovative research sheds light on the challenges encountered by electric vehicle (EV) drivers in locating charging stations post-highway exits.

Join us in pioneering change.

Watch the full video here:

https://youtu.be/eda-1nlGVAk?si=R568fqsNXyix_8Uy

LinkedIn Post:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7204847063921037312/

Purdue Feature:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/IE/news/2024/vip_orsol

Members: Byung-Wook (Wooky) Kim, Hyunsang (Ethan) Cho, Jared Park, and Jaewon (Jae) Cho. Introduction animation clip produced by Renee Chang.

To learn more about the SAS Institute Curiosity Cup:

https://www.sas.com/en_us/events/23q3/curiosity-cup.html

More Information:

https://www.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/documents/event-collateral/2024/en/curiosity-cup-2025-faq.pdf

2025 SPRING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE - POSTER PRESENTATION

We are excited to share that our team was selected to present our research on "Reinforcement Learning-Driven Real-Time Pricing for Sustainable EV Charging" at the 2025 Spring Undergraduate Research Conference X Poster Presentation, held at the PMU Ballrooms! This project was developed in collaboration with SAS Institute, where we explored how reinforcement learning can be applied to optimize real-time pricing for electric vehicle (EV) charging, ensuring both efficiency and sustainability.

Members: Jihyo Park, Thilak Babu, Shounak Mukherjee, Zephan Thomas.