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TAMU Students’ Team Bags 10th Position In CyberForce Competition 2019

The CyberForce Competition is a cyber workforce development competition that focuses on the defensive/hardening nature of energy cyber infrastructure. The team was tasked with security for a combination of infrastructures. The objective of this competition was to keep the infrastructure up and secure. The model simulates real-world interdependency channels, which allow infrastructure to receive and

2nd International Conference On “Smart Grid And Renewable Energy”

2nd International Conference on “Smart Grid and Renewable Energy” held in Doha, Qatar on November 19-21, 2019. Looking at the importance of the smart grid and renewable energy resources integration in the existing power systems, this conference was planned to further explore the viability of various related technologies. SGRE 2019 is the 2nd International Conference

Researchers Receive $4.4M DOE Grant to Enhance Security of Solar Technology

Secure Monitoring and Control of Solar PV Systems through Dynamic Watermarking   The goal of this project is to develop and demonstrate a cyber-resilient operation for power distribution systems with massively photovoltaic (PV) generation, such as rooftop solar panels. It is led by Dr. Le Xie (lead PI), Dr. P.R. Kumar and Dr. Prasad Enjeti

Meeting of the Advisory Board of the TEES Smart Grid Center

At Oncor Electric Delivery in Dallas, Texas, the 15th Board meeting of the Center was held on November 4, 2019.                    Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, the former director of the Center was recognized for 7 years of dedicated service and leadership to the Center. Attendees: Advisory Board Members

Reminder : Improving the Grid Resilience

Today (10/22/2019) is the cut-off date for booking room at the state rate for the short course: Improving the Grid Resilience

Change in SGC Leadership

  Dr. Mladen Kezunovic;          Dr. Thomas Overbye;          Dr. Miroslav Begovic Dr. Mladen Kezunovic (Regents Professor, Eugene E. Webb Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, TAMU) has resigned from the director position of the TEES Smart Grid Center (SGC). Effective October 1, 2019, his successor is Dr. Thomas Overbye (TEES

KBTX Interviews with P.R. Kumar and Le Xie, September 8, 2019

Dr. P.R. Kumar and Dr. Le Xie had the opportunity to answer questions regarding power grid, renewable and cyber-security on KBTX news on September 8, 2019. Dr. P.R. Kumar and Dr. Le Xie are professors at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University. As the energy and power delivery system is evolving, it

Searching for Postdoc

Dr. Kate Davis, Assistant Professor at Electrical and Computer Engineering, is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for power systems cyber-physical systems analysis. For the cyber-physical resilient energy systems (CyPRES) project, the selected Postdoctoral Researcher will work on new models and techniques for the end-to-end analysis of power systems as cyber-physical systems while considering security and providing

Graduate Fellowship/Scholarship Awards – Milad Soleimani

Milad Soleimani (Ph.D. student) supervised by Dr. Mladen Kezunovic has received the following grants: -Thomas ’62 & Powell Industries Fellowship -Charles Bowman & Lynn Holleran Scholarship -IEFS Graduate ISS Scholarship Mr. Soleimani is also the current president of TAMU IEEE PES/IAS/PELS Joint Student Chapter and has been awarded the “Outstanding Chapter Award” by the IEEE

Powell Fellowship Award – Mohammad Khoshjahan

Congratulations to Mohammad Khoshjahan, PhD student for Dr. Mladen Kezunovic (Director of Smart Grid Center), for receiving The Powell Fellowship Award. Mr. Khoshjahan is the recipient of the “Thomas W. Powell ’62 and Powell Industries Inc.” Fellowship in the amount of $1000 for the period of September 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020 from the