Arizona State University was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems. The award is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support CAREER: FAITHFUL, REDUCIBLE, AND INVERTIBLE LEARNING IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR POWER FLOW. Under this five-year project grant awarded February 1, 2021 with a completion date of January 31, 2026, Arizona State University will conduct research at its Tempe, Arizona campus...
This $350,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a new reduced-order dynamic modeling paradigm for accurately representing the impacts of massive distributed energy resource (DER) integration in carbon-neutral power systems. The project, awarded to Arizona State University, will leverage tools in dynamic systems, nonlinear system identification, and machine learning to create physics-based and machine...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (CFDA 47.041, Engineering) provides $500,000 over 5 years to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop advanced energy engineering solutions that account for diverse consumer preferences and needs. The project aims to enable co-management of utility-owned and customer-owned distributed energy resources (e.g., rooftop solar) using artificial intelligence algorithms. Key innovations include characterizing end-user consumption behavior,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant titled "ASCENT: BOOSTING CYBER AND PHYSICAL RESILIENCE OF POWER ELECTRONICS-DOMINATED DISTRIBUTION GRIDS IN ENERGY SPACE" to the San Diego State University Research Foundation under the NSF Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The project aims to develop an innovative sensing and control system to enhance the cyber-physical resilience of power distribution systems with a high penetration of power...
Arizona State University was awarded a $393,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The grant funds the "RET SITE: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SONORAN PHOTOVOLTAICS LABORATORY: ENERGIZING THE STEM PIPELINE THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE" project. This project will deliver citizen science programs focused on renewable energy research through ASU's Sonoran Photovoltaics Laboratory....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to Northeastern University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust and efficient state estimator that can trace the fast dynamics of inverter-based renewable energy sources. The project aims to enable effective control feedback signals and facilitate the integration of these renewable sources into power grids, resulting in cleaner, less costly, and more reliable energy delivery. Key aspects of the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $484,965 project grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to New York University (NYU) to develop transformative concepts and methodologies to enhance situational awareness of electric power distribution systems. The project aims to address challenges in integrating distributed renewable energy generation by enabling real-time tracking of distribution system operating states. Key objectives include learning-based continuous-time system...
This five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support research at Arizona State University to develop innovative solutions for time-synchronized estimation in power systems. Funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this CAREER award reflects the agency's mission to advance fundamental engineering research and education. The grantee will create new mathematical techniques in convex programming, interval-theoretic learning, and distributed optimization to...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), provides $749,628 to Arizona State University (ASU) to advance innovative approaches to the design and planning of energy infrastructures in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan region. The project engages communities, municipalities, and energy utilities to co-design carbon-neutral energy infrastructure solutions using distributed solar energy and battery storage...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $197,828 awarded to Arizona State University on September 1, 2022 will fund research into causal theory of residential electricity consumption and production through August 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering Directorate 47.041 CFDA program. The project aims to enhance resident interactions with smart energy systems and empower all to benefit from new opportunities in smart electric grids. Through causal learning and analysis of...