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 …
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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 …
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 …
The new research project titled “Physics-Aware and AI-Enabled Cyber-Physical Intrusion Response for the Power Grid” is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for 3 years. This $2.7 million research focuses on developing techniques and scalable working prototypes addressing the goal and challenges of achieving coordinated cyber-physical response (of both cyber and physical controls …
Chanan Singh, Ph.D., Irma Runyon Chair Professor at Electrical and Computer Engineering, Regents Professor and University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University was selected to receive the 2022 IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award for sustained contribution to the education, research, and industrial adoption of reliability theory and practice in large power systems. He is also …
Miroslav M. Begovic, Ph.D., Moore Professor and Department Head at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, was chosen to receive the 2022 IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award for leadership in education and development of tools and protection techniques for integration of renewable generation in electric power systems. This …
April 22, 2022 Welcoming Industry, Faculty, and Graduate Students The technical program starting at 9 am and finishing at 4 pm included presentations as well as a tour with demos at the Smart Grid Control Room Lab. Agenda More information can be found here. The Smart Grid Center (SGC) of Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) …