An informational session was held for the Smart Grid Center (SGC) of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) for power and computer engineering students on September 3, 2024. Engineer representatives from Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and from Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) gave revealing and enlightening presentations to the attendees, answers all questions, …
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A recent article highlighted the importance of research on Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) conducted by a team of researchers working in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, that applies models of the real and synthetic electric grid to research recommendation options for power grid operators to lessen the impact of major solar …
This presentation covers some of the more recent developments in the modeling of weather and other environmental inputs (ENIs) such as earthquakes and wildfires in the power flow and other related tools, with a focus on electric grid transmission planning. The presentation is motivated because of the rapidly growing dependence of electric grids on the …
This free webinar is a special joint presentation between Texas A&M University and ElectroTempo, a new member of the Smart Grid Center. We will be giving an overview of our EV simulation and integration work, which requires cross-domain modeling and simulation from both of our teams. Our webinar will focus on our innovative scalable truck …
The Texas A&M Solar Car Racing Team recently competed at the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and American Solar Challenge (ASC) hosted by the Innovators Educational Foundation. Building this race car by these undergraduate students was completely a volunteer and extracurricular effort. As such, the students did not receive any course credit for participating in …
Sawsan Shukri, Ph. D. student supervised by Robert Balog, Ph.D., P.E. (Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, TAMU; Assistant Director for Grid Edge, TEES Smart Grid Center) won Best Poster Award at the 52nd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) in Seattle, Washington. This conference was held on June 9-14, 2024. The title of her poster presentation was …
On improving the resilience of the electric grid infrastructure, an interview with Thomas Overbye, Ph.D. (O’Donnell Foundation Chair III Professor at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, TAMU, and Director of TEES Smart Grid Center) appeared in Community Impact on July 10, 2024. The challenges with the current electric grid infrastructure were exemplified by Hurricane Beryl …
Texas A&M Nuclear Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty team of Drs. Kate Davis, Lin Shao and Pavel Tsvetkov, is excited to have the opportunity to be part of the Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation team led by Georgia Tech’ Dr. Anna Erickson. “We are thrilled to carry-on cutting-edge science and engineering research …
To accelerate analysis of regional extreme weather threats and impacts on the electric grid, the Grid Deployment Office of Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $600,000 to fund the project titled “Texas A&M and Prairie View A&M Regional Grid Consortium“. With duration of one year, it will start on August 1, 2024. The principal investigator …
Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs), caused by solar coronal mass ejections, have the potential to significantly impact the operation of the high voltage electric grid by causing geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). Over the last decade there has been significant research, industry interest, and regulatory concern about the impact of GMDs on the high voltage electric grid. The …