Nima Rashgi Shishvan PhD Student, Transportation Engineering Nima Rashgi Shishvan is a PhD student in the Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and a member of the INSPIRE Lab. His research focuses on electric vehicle charging behavior, transportation–power system interactions, sustainable mobility, and data-driven infrastructure planning. His recent work examines how charging flexibility, spatiotemporal pricing, and coordinated system design can support grid efficiency, reduce peak power demand, and improve the integration of electric vehicles with renewable energy systems. Electric Vehicles Charging Flexibility Power Systems Pricing & Optimization Sustainable Transportation Research Overview Nima’s research explores how electric vehicles can be integrated more effectively into energy and transportation systems through coordinated charging strategies, economic incentives, and system-level planning. His work studies how EV charging demand evolves over space and time and how that demand can be shaped to improve both mobility outcomes and grid performance. A major focus of his recent work is quantifying charging flexibility and designing spatiotemporal pricing mechanisms that reduce localized demand peaks while preserving traveler mobility needs. His research combines optimization, behavioral modeling, and transportation–power system analysis to support more efficient and resilient electrified mobility systems. More broadly, he is interested in sustainable transportation systems, transportation electrification, and data-driven decision support for emerging infrastructure systems. Selected Publications and Presentations Electric vehicles’ potential for smoothing daily load profile considering mobility needs and solar output — Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2025. Spatiotemporal Pricing for EV Charging to Mitigate Zonal Power Demand Peaks — 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Austin, Texas. Quantifying spatiotemporal charging flexibility of electric vehicles as virtual grid assets to accelerate sustainable energy transition — Cell Reports Physical Science, 2025. Spatiotemporal Pricing for EV Charging to Mitigate Zonal Power Demand Peaks — poster presentation at TRB 2026. Electric vehicles’ potential for smoothing daily load profile considering mobility needs and solar output — presentation at INFORMS 2024. Conference presentation and research activities.
