[CSEE Talk] Talk: Smart Distribution Systems, 11am Thr, 3/13 in ITE325b

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                      UMBC Eminent Scholar Program
              Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

                       SMART DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

                         Dr. Karen Butler-Purry
                          Texas A&M University

            11:00-12:00 Thursday, 13 March 2014  in ITE 325B


Smart Grid refers to the computerizing of the grid via the addition of
monitoring, analysis, control, and communication capabilities to
improve its reliability, efficiency, and security. Smart meter
devices, that include sensors to gather data and two-way digital
communication between the smart meters in the field and the utility's
grid operations center, are associated with the grid. The smart grid
can take advantage of new technologies, such as plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles, various forms of renewable and conventional
distributed generation, lighting management systems, automation
technology that lets the utility adjust and control each individual
device or millions of devices from a central location, and many
more. This presentation will discuss some of the current research
projects being investigated by Butler-Purry's group on smart
distributions systems, in grid or island operation. One project
investigates the impact of cyber attacks on the operation of smart
distribution systems. The second project developed two new approaches
to enhance the protection of smart distribution systems. One approach
uses smart meters during distribution planning to improve selectivity
of protection, and the other approach uses smart meters during
operation to improve the sensitivity of protection.


Karen L. Butler-Purry, PhD, PE, is Associate Provost for Graduate and
Professional Studies and Professor in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University where she has served on
the faculty since 1994. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering
in 1985 from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was
awarded a M.S. degree in 1987 from the University of Texas at Austin
and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1994 from Howard University
in Washington, D.C. Her research interests are in the areas of
protection and control of distribution systems and isolated power
systems such as all electric power systems for ships, mobile grids,
and microgrids; cybersecurity protection; and intelligent systems for
equipment deterioration and fault diagnosis.

Host: Prof. Gymama Slaughter, gslaught at umbc.edu

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