Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Award Year
2017
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Integrating Renewable Energy Resources into the Electric Power System
Sairaj Dhople develops technologies to systematically integrate renewable resources into the electric power system. At the systems level, this involves formulating algorithms to optimally integrate and operate renewable resources in the power system. At the circuit level, the focus is on designing circuit interfaces between the renewable resources and the electric grid. The unified circuits-to-systems viewpoint is critical to engineer energy technologies that emphasize increased renewable integration, sustainable capacity expansion, and improved electricity access.