Project Grant 2339243

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $500,000 CAREER grant to Arizona State University (ASU) for the project "HOLISTIC DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DISCOVERY VIA AUGMENTED LEARNING AND ROBUST OPTIMIZATION" under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This project aims to develop innovative energy engineering solutions that account for the preferences and needs of diverse residential electricity consumers. The research will enable co-management of utility-owned and customer-owned distributed energy resources (e.g., rooftop solar) to transform how power distribution systems are operated. Key technical approaches include leveraging artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze human-in-the-loop factors and diverse consumer preferences, developing behavior-aware smart grid solutions, and enhancing grid-edge resource management methodologies. The broader impacts include enhancing energy resilience for low-income communities and initiating an interdisciplinary research and education program on socially-aware and equitable clean energy engineering solutions.