A successful student informational session was held by Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Smart Grid Center of Texas Engineering Experiment Station (SGC) on January 23, 2025. The well-attended event aimed at providing valuable information to electrical and computer engineering students for making career decisions in the power industry. The talks presented were …
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KBTX interviewed Jonathan Snodgrass, Ph.D. (Senior Research Engineer, Texas A&M University; Assistant Director for Modeling, Simulation and Outreach, TEES Smart Grid Center) regarding the Weather Watch issued by Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on January 5, 2025. Cold weather is forecasted with higher electrical demand, and the potential for lower reserves across the ERCOT region from …
On December 9, 2024, Kate Davis, Ph.D. (Associate Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU); Assistant Director for Education at TEES Smart Grid Center) organized the “Cyber Defense and Response Barn Raising Workshop” at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) on the RELLIS campus. This invitation-only event brought together internal …
Electric grids worldwide are an indispensable critical infrastructure, and the impact of the loss of a portion of the electric grid ranges from minor inconveniences when the outage is small and short, to potentially catastrophic when the blackout covers a large region for a long duration. Electric grids are subject to several different types of …
The presentation is the partial result of a 5-yr, DOE funded, international project (UI-ASSIST) which was collaborative with the Government of India and included Washington State, MIT, Texas A&M University and University of Hawaii, as well as several IITs (Delhi, Kanpur, Bhubaneshwar, Roorkee) in India, as well as several corporate participants. The focus of the …
At the Innovation in AI and Energy (Innovation Forward, IF2024) event organized by Texas A&M Innovation, a panel discussion will be held on “Powering Progress: Reconciling Energy Capacity with Digital Growth; Texas is a Leader” at the Hall of Champions at Texas A&M University at 9:40 am – 10:30 am CST on November 13, 2024. …
In February 2021, Winter Storm Uri demonstrated to Texas and the rest of the nation both the criticality and the vulnerability of our electric grids. Unfortunately, there are multiple other events, potentially much more extreme than Uri, which could also affect our electricity supply. At the same time, the electric grids are rapidly changing with …
Description Electricity is the lifeblood of our modern society, and for most this electricity is supplied by large-scale, interconnected electric grids. Engineered as the ultimate in plug-and-play convenience, the wall outlet is actually the gateway to the world’s largest and most complex machine. The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction for …
Powerline-caused wildfires can occur when powerline equipment fails, creating ignition mechanisms. These mechanisms include melting devices, burning particles dropping from arcing parts, and lines down due to component failure. Research has shown that many equipment failures slowly develop over days or weeks prior to catastrophic failure that can ignite a fire. The Office of Cybersecurity, …
We are amid a massive change in our energy infrastructure as we move towards 100% clean electric energy. It is an exciting time, yet there are also many challenges to achieving this vision, particularly associated with the resiliency of our electric grids and in ensuring that the changes benefit all Americans. Electricity is the lifeblood …