Sandip Roy, Ph.D. (Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University; Director, Global Cyber Research Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station) will present this webinar at 3 P.M. CST on December 6, 2023.
Abstract:
My group’s recent research on power systems has been focused on coordinating sensing and control assets to manage network-wide swing dynamics during severe disruption events. These efforts are aimed at building wide-area resilience in power systems, through coordination of controls and fast situational awareness of disruptions. In this talk, I will discuss three recent projects in this direction:
1. A study of how control-system tuning, and control interdependencies modulate oscillatory swing dynamics in the bulk grid.
2. Design of coordinated controls in power distribution systems with high penetration of inverter-based resources, to ensure localization of disturbances.
3. Methods for fast alarming of forced oscillations and poorly-damped natural oscillations using data from multiple synchrophasors across the bulk power grid.
Beyond discussing these projects, I will briefly introduce a broader framework for understanding wide-area resilience in complex infrastructures and highlight some new data-driven approaches based on sparsification of network signals.
The presentation slides are available here, and the video recording is posted here.
Speaker:
Dr. Sandip Roy has served on the faculty in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Texas A&M University, and directed the Global Cyber Research Institute, since August 2023. He previously was on the faculty at Washington State University from 2003-2023, and also completed a rotation at the National Science Foundation from 2019-2022. His research is focused on wide-area control of infrastructures, for the purpose of secure and resilient operations.