1. Interdisciplinary Education on Smart Grids: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities Visvakumar Aravinthan and Vinod Namboodiri Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Wichita State University 1 NSF-PEEC Workshop Washington DC July 26-27, 2014

2. What is the Issues? 2 In addition, issues related to education: CS students lack circuit theory, EE fundamentals EE students lack information/data flow ideas Differences in Math: Discrete versus Continuous

3. What are the issues? 3 Future Grid Interdependencies – Cyber Power Networks Future engineers require system level knowledge How to develop solutions with practical value

4. Our Classes 4Introductory Section 1: Introduction Restructured power systems Power system enhancement Applications that require grid advancement Section 2: Measurement and Communication Measurement Technologies Communication requirements for smart grids Standardization Section 3: Performance Analysis Tools Changes to load flow studies Congestion and congestion management Power system reliability Section 4: Resource Management Demand response Sustainable renewable energy resources Impact of electric vehicles to the grid Environmental impacts Section 5: Power System Automation Bulk power system automation Distribution system automation End user level of smart gridAdvanced Section 1: Power Systems Power system transient and stability State estimation theory Signal processing in power systems Section 2: Computer Networking Hybrid commutation system for smart grids Advanced metering infrastructure Information security and privacy Network protocol development Performance evaluation Section 3: Environmental and Economic Issues Environmental impacts Power system economics Economics of alternative fuels Section 4: Control Theory Decentralized / distributed control Multi-objective optimization Reliable control Section 5: Research

5. Lessons Learned 5 How can we co-teach? Engineers power system Computer Computer scientists V. Namboodiri, V. Aravinthan, S. Joseph, E. Sawan, and W. Jewell, “Five heads are better than one: An interdisciplinary graduate course on smart grids: Lessons, challenges, and opportunities,” Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 44 –50, January 2013. V. Namboodiri and V. Aravinthan, “On the design of a graduate-level cross-disciplinary course on smart grids,” in Collaborative Smart Grid Education Panel Session: Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, IEEE PES GM, July 2012.