{"433441":{"#nid":"433441","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Saeedifard Receives IEEE Working Group Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaryam Saeedifard received the 2015\u0026nbsp;Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award for her paper, \u0026ldquo;Trends in Microgrid Control,\u0026rdquo; from the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee. Saeedifard is an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, published in the \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid \u003C\/em\u003Ein 2014, was coauthored with\u0026nbsp;Daniel E. Olivares, Claudio A. Ca\u0026ntilde;izares, Mehrdad Kazerani, and Amir H. Hajimiragha (University of Waterloo); Ali Mehrizi-Sani (Washington State University); Amir H. Etemadi and Reza Iravani (University of Toronto); Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt, Rodrigo Palma-Behnke, and Guillermo A. Jim\u0026eacute;nez-Est\u0026eacute;vez \u0026nbsp;(University of Chile); and\u0026nbsp;Nikos D. Hatziargyriou (National Technical University of Athens).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe microgrid concept is a quite appealing alternative\u0026nbsp;for overcoming the challenges of integrating distributed energy resource (DER) units, including\u0026nbsp;renewable energy sources, into power systems. However,\u0026nbsp;in order to allow seamless deployment of microgrids, several\u0026nbsp;issues still remain unsolved.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, effort is being put\u0026nbsp;into the design of special protection schemes and control systems\u0026nbsp;that ensure reliable, secure, and economical operation of\u0026nbsp;microgrids in either grid-connected or stand-alone mode. Saeedifard and her colleagues classify the micro grid\u0026nbsp;control strategies into three levels: primary, secondary, and\u0026nbsp;tertiary, where the primary and secondary levels are associated with\u0026nbsp;the operation of the microgrid itself, and the tertiary level pertains\u0026nbsp;to the coordinated operation of the microgrid and the host grid.\u0026nbsp;The paper presents a comprehensive overview of the existing technologies\u0026nbsp;and remaining challenges in microgrid control.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Assistant Professor Maryam Saeedifard received the 2015\u0026nbsp;Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award for her paper, \u0026ldquo;Trends in Microgrid Control,\u0026rdquo; from the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Assistant Professor  Maryam Saeedifard received the 2015 Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award for her paper, \u201cTrends in Microgrid Control,\u201d from the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2015-08-11 14:26:02","changed_gmt":"2017-07-12 12:56:24","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=176","title":"Maryam Saeedifard"},{"url":"http:\/\/ewh.ieee.org\/soc\/pes\/psdpc\/","title":"IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8784","name":"electrical energy"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"137621","name":"IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee"},{"id":"137631","name":"IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid"},{"id":"137611","name":"Maryam Saeedifard"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"167365","name":"smart grid"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}