Tapan Patel

Mr. Tapan Patel is a Mechanical Engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL). In this position, Mr. Patel is responsible for leading research projects related to energy research and development for DoD facilities. Specifically, he performs research in cybersecurity for control systems, demonstration and validation of advanced metering equipment and development of hardware/software prototypes. Mr. Patel holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.