Blog and Updates

UI-ASSIST Student Awarded IEEE Scholarship
The IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative is a scholarship awarded to students who are interested in grid technology, have high GPAs and attend University in the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada. Washington State University (WSU) student Ali Khan is pursuing a master’s degree in electrical engineering and won the award from […]
Get to know the researchers: Doctor Sanjeev Pannala
Dr. Sanjeev Pannala is a technical lead of UI-ASSIST, which works on research and development of the technology in relation to distribution systems. Dr. Pannala got his Ph. D from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and helped his professor at the time work with UI-ASSIST, which is how he got his start in the program.
Theme Focus: Energy Storage
One of the 11 themes of UI-ASSIST is energy storage: with modeling and optimal management being the focus. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) says that to be able to generate electricity and store it long enough so it can be available when needed would be a gamechanger. There are many ways energy […]