CSL Social Hour, April 7, 2017

Ever wonder how the grid of the future looks like? Well, Alireza Askarian is going to briefly talk about the future grid during this week’s social hour talk on Friday, April 7 at 3pm in 369 CSL.

Bio: Alireza Askarian is a Master’s student in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. He is working under the supervision of Prof. Srinivasa M. Salapaka on developing novel microgrid control architecture to meet the challenges to grid system reliability, efficiency, and resiliency presented by widespread distributed and stochastic renewable power generation. His long-term goal lies in adoption of key technologies developed by this research for grid system of future.