Vivek Tanjavooru

Vivek Teja Tanjavooru is a research associate at Kempten University of Applied Sciences and a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He received the B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India, and the M.Sc. degree in Power Engineering from TUM, Germany. He also brings four years of industrial experience in the oil & gas and petrochemical manufacturing sectors.
His PhD research focuses on the intelligent control and thermal modeling of multi-string and modular battery energy storage systems (BESS) for grid applications, emphasizing electro-thermal optimization, predictive control, and system-level energy management. He applies Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) to improve battery availability, efficiency, and lifetime through adaptive power-split and temperature control strategies. By integrating digital twin modeling, thermal management, and multi-objective optimization, his work advances sustainable, high-performance energy storage solutions for renewable energy integration.