EDITOR’S CHOICE: Resilience Assessment of Overhead Power Distribution Systems under Strong Winds for Hardening Prioritization
Published: December 7, 2018

Professors Amvrossios Bagtzoglou & Wei Zhang have had their paper titled “Resilience Assessment of Overhead Power Distribution Systems under Strong Winds for Hardening Prioritization” chosen as an Editors Choice feature on the ASCE/ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty Part A page in the ASCE Library. To see this paper please click here.

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CPES Excellence in Energy Award Winner Peng Zhang
Published: November 6, 2018

CPES is thrilled to announce it is presenting two Excellence in Energy Awards at the holiday party on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Please click here for more details.

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Yan Li Honored with 2018 Rising Star Award!
Published: October 22, 2018

Connecticut Power and Energy Society (CPES) has announced that Yan Li, a UConn Ph.D student has been awarded the 2018 rising star award for her help in shaping the energy landscape in Connecticut and the New England Region. Her work includes inventing new technologies that have significantly increased the hosting capacity of distributed energy resources! […]

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Eversource Invests an Additional $7 Million!
Published: October 9, 2018

Eversource Energy has announce that they will be investing an additional $7 million in our center to continue to lead research in the field. In particular the fund will be used to create a state-of-the-art grid simulator among other research endeavors. The work done in this center has helped to provide vital and timely science-based […]

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Prof. Peng Zhang awarded $800K by NSF to research Smart Programmable Microgrids
Published: October 4, 2018

Eversource Energy Center researcher Peng Zhang, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received $800,000 from the National Science Foundation to research microgrids. This award comes on the heels of the Center’s revamping research to increase resilience of the present and future grid, and recognizes Prof. Peng and his team’s work […]

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Colloquium Series
Published: October 2, 2018

This semester the Eversource Energy Center will be hosting seminar series from many professionals leading innovative research in the field. for full details on the presenter, time, and location of the seminar please click on the link below! Colloquium Series

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IEEE Conference
Published: October 2, 2018

This past month the Eversource Energy Center Director Emmanouil Anagnostou was invited to speak at the IEEE Conference in Washington D.C. This conference focused on the future concerns of the transmission and retail system under deregulation. For his presentation on this topic please click on the link below. EEC-highlights_9.12.2018

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Remote Sensing and Reliability of Gas and Electrical Infrastructure Systems Workshop
Published: October 2, 2018

The “Remote Sensing and Reliability of Gas and Electrical Infrastructure Systems” workshop, hosted by the Gas Technology Institute and the Eversource Energy Center, brought together more than 60 utility representatives and experts from industry and academia. The workshop discussed how remote sensing technology can be used to improve the ability of gas and electric utilities […]

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National Challenges for Energy Pipelines Seminar
Published: August 21, 2018

Where: Alumni Center;  When: Aug 30 at 5:15-6:15pm Seminar title: “National Challenges for Energy Pipelines” Speaker: Robert Smith   The presentation and discussion will cover the importance of energy pipelines to our country and illustrate that a number of integrity challenges must be addressed in keeping these systems safe.  The presentation will also touch upon how research […]

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GTI Workshop: Remote Sensing and Reliability of Gas and Electrical Infrastructure Systems
Published: July 26, 2018

Location: Eversource Energy Center, University of Connecticut UConn-Alumni Center, 2384 Alumni Drive, Storrs, CT Date: Thursday, August 30th, 2018 The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and the Eversource Energy Center at the University of Connecticut (UConn) are coordinating a workshop to identify the state-of-the-art remote sensing research and technology for solving real-world challenges to natural gas and electrical […]

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