GridForge
Team
GridForge runs on a rolling cohort model — a new group of students joins each year, supervised by Cassidy Flynn with collaboration from Reza Razzaghi.
Supervisors
Leadership
Cassidy Flynn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University
Project lead and primary supervisor. PhD in electrical engineering. Research focus: LV network topology estimation and smart meter analytics. Oversees all GridForge student cohorts and the unified platform.
Reza Razzaghi
Senior Academic Collaborator, Monash University
Senior academic collaborator contributing to research direction and oversight, with expertise in power systems analysis and distribution network engineering.
Students
Cohorts
Organised by year. Fill in names and project summaries manually for each cohort.
✎ Student details below are placeholders — add names and project descriptions manually for each cohort.
Three groups active in 2026: a four-person Digital Twin group, a solo AI Topology Evaluation project, and a five-person masters research group working on topology comparison methods.
Digital Twin Group
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Digital Twin Infrastructure
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Digital Twin Infrastructure
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Digital Twin Infrastructure
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Digital Twin Infrastructure
AI Topology Evaluation
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AI Topology Evaluation
Topology Comparison & Metrics (Masters)
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Topology Comparison & Metrics
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Topology Comparison & Metrics
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Topology Comparison & Metrics
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Topology Comparison & Metrics
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Topology Comparison & Metrics
One student focused on pilot-building the platform: Streamlit GUI, OpenDSS simulation backend, synthetic data generation, and initial Python component integration.
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GridForge Prototyping
Built the initial platform from scratch — Streamlit frontend, Python backend, OpenDSS simulation integration, and synthetic data generation.