The University of Central Florida (UCF) is playing a leading role in modernizing America’s aging power grid. It’s home to the Siemens Digital Grid Lab, which features cutting-edge technology similar to what many private and public utilities use to manage the nation’s power system.
“The goal of the facility is to educate students so that they can play a role in the ‘smart grid,’ a new nationwide network that will use information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably and securely,” says Wei Sun, an electrical engineering and computer science professor who serves as director of the one-year-old UCF facility.