Workshop on Steering Cities and Regions towards Resilience and Equity is an event related to the project titled “SRS RN: Sustainable Transportation Electrification for an Equitable and Resilient Society (STEERS)” and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This event is going to be held on December 15, 2022, from 8:15 AM to 1:30 PM. …
akishne
Electric grids worldwide are rapidly changing with the integration of much more renewable generation, the addition of new loads, and new technology. Our electric future could be quite bright as we quickly move to a long-term sustainable energy infrastructure! However associated with these changes there is a need to maintain and enhance the resiliency of …
The 21st Board meeting the TEES Smart Grid Center held in person was hosted by Valentine Emesih (Vice President of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity, CenterPoint Energy (CNP)) at CNP Headquarters in Houston on October 3, 2022. The meeting agenda included presenting updates on the Center and new large planned projects by the Center Director, Tom …
At 3 p.m. CDT on August 31, 2022, Adam Birchfield, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, is going to present the webinar titled “Modeling and Analysis of Interdependent Electric Power Grid and Natural Gas Network”. Abstract This presentation will discuss research efforts related to modeling and …
The paper titled “Use of D-STATCOM for Solid State LED Lamp Harmonic Power Mitigation” was recognized with Best Paper Award at the 10th International Conference on Smart Grid (icSmartGrid2022) held in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 27-29, 2022. The authors are the following: Robert S. Balog, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, TAMU, Director, Renewable Energy …
On the impact of U.S. heat wave on the power grid of Texas, National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed Thomas Overbye, Ph.D. (O’Donnell Foundation Chair III Professor at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, TAMU, and Director of TEES Smart Grid Center) and Le Xie, Ph.D. (Segers Family Dean’s Excellence Professor, Chancellor EDGES Fellow, and Presidential …
At 1 p.m. CDT on August 31, 2022, Le Xie, Ph.D., Segers Family Dean’s Excellence Professor, Chancellor EDGES Fellow, and Presidential Impact Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, Associate Director-Energy Digitization at Texas A&M Energy Institute, and assistant director of TEES Smart Grid Center, is going to present …
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) operating the state’s electric grid appealed to all electric customers to voluntarily conserve power last Monday (7/10/2022) from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Le Xie, Ph.D., Professor at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, holder of the Segers Family Dean’s Excellence Professorship II, Chancellor EDGES Fellow, Presidential Impact …
Former Congressman Bill Flores, Vice Chair of Board of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), visited the Smart Grid Control Room Lab Facilities on July 5, 2022. Mr. Flores was informed about the mission and vision of the facilities and current projects by Thomas J. Overbye, Ph.D., O’Donnell Foundation Chair III professor at Department of …
Kate Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, was interviewed on the cyber security research protecting power grid resilience conducted at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), along with her senior Ph.D. student Hao Huang, by KRHD25 on June 27, 2022. She said “Our research tries to do …