Project Grant 2316675

This $223,406 National Science Foundation project grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund the development of novel optimization models and algorithms for the operation of future electric power systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from January 2023 through February 2024. Specifically, the principal investigator will create efficient and robust algorithms for optimizing power flow and network topology to support the integration of renewable, demand response, and distributed energy resources in real-time power system operations. The intellectual merits include advancing mathematical understanding of network optimization problems and leveraging this to design rigorous algorithms for optimal power flow, topology control, and dynamic decision-making. Broader impacts include creating next-generation operational tools to reduce costs, increase reliability and flexibility for power grids and applications in other networked infrastructure industries.