Interdisciplinary Education on Smart Grids: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities
Visvakumar Aravinthan and Vinod NamboodiriDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Wichita State University
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NSF-PEEC Workshop Washington DCJuly 26-27, 2014
What is the Issues?2
• In addition, issues related to education: • CS students lack circuit theory, EE fundamentals• EE students lack information/data flow ideas• Differences in Math: Discrete versus Continuous
What are the issues?3
• Future Grid Interdependencies – Cyber Power Networks
• Future engineers require system level knowledge• How to develop solutions with practical value
Our Classes4
IntroductoryIntroductorySection 1: Introduction
Restructured power systemsPower system enhancementApplications that require grid advancement
Section 2: Measurement and CommunicationMeasurement Technologies Communication requirements for smart gridsStandardization
Section 3: Performance Analysis ToolsChanges to load flow studies Congestion and congestion managementPower system reliability
Section 4: Resource Management Demand response Sustainable renewable energy resources Impact of electric vehicles to the grid Environmental impacts
Section 5: Power System Automation Bulk power system automation Distribution system automation End user level of smart grid
AdvancedAdvancedSection 1: Power Systems
Power system transient and stability State estimation theory Signal processing in power systems
Section 2: Computer NetworkingHybrid commutation system for smart grids Advanced metering infrastructure Information security and privacy Network protocol development Performance evaluation
Section 3: Environmental and Economic Issues Environmental impacts Power system economics Economics of alternative fuels
Section 4: Control Theory Decentralized / distributed control Multi-objective optimization Reliable control
Section 5: Research
Lessons Learned5
How can we co-teach? •Engineers
• power system• Computer
•Computer scientists
• V. Namboodiri, V. Aravinthan, S. Joseph, E. Sawan, and W. Jewell, “Five heads are better than one: An interdisciplinary graduate course on smart grids: Lessons, challenges, and opportunities,” Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 44 –50, January 2013.
• V. Namboodiri and V. Aravinthan, “On the design of a graduate-level cross-disciplinary course on smart grids,” in Collaborative Smart Grid Education Panel Session: Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, IEEE PES GM, July 2012.