Environmental Internship Program - 2023 Booklet

Shuchen He ’25
OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL
ENGINEERING
INNOVATION AND A
NEW ENERGY FUTURE
PROJECT TITLE
Location Optimization for
Electric Two-wheeler
Charging Stations in South
Bangalore
ORGANIZATION(S)
Energy Systems Analysis
Group, Andlinger Center
for Energy and the
Environment, Princeton
University
LOCATION(S)
Princeton, New Jersey
MENTOR(S)
Eric Larson,
Senior Research
Engineer, Andlinger
Center for Energy and
the Environment;
Ganesh Hegde,
Postdoctoral Research
Associate, Andlinger
Center for Energy and
the Environment
To cut carbon emissions, the Indian government
has set the ambitious goal of electrifying its
transportation system by 2030, and the city
of Bangalore aims to become “the Capital of
Electric Vehicles” in India. It is estimated that
the number of electric vehicles, especially
two-wheelers, will grow significantly in
Bangalore, which will lead to a soaring demand
for public chargers. I studied where public
electric two-wheeler chargers should be sited
in south Bangalore. The location of chargers
matters because the accessibility of charging
infrastructures determines people’s willingness
to adopt electric vehicles. I first collected traffic
data from Bangalore government surveys and
used ArcGIS software to clean and process
the data before analyzing it in Python. Then, I
formulated and solved an optimization problem
to generate a set of optimal locations for electric
two-wheeler chargers. This internship allowed
me to apply textbook knowledge to real-world
problems, encouraged me to think as a scholar
and engineer, and allowed me to build valuable
friendships with my mentors and colleagues.
I plan to further develop this project into my
senior thesis.
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