Electric power networks efficiency and security: an NSF/ONR initiative

Designing an efficient and secure power system is a concern of both civilian and military systems for survivability and reconfigurability during any external and internal attacks or disturbances, which might cause service disruption. The next generation of high performance systems is designed and upgraded with the interdisciplinary knowledge for achieving these abilities for optimum operations. To accomplish this goal NSF and ONR have developed an initiative to promote interdisciplinary research and education paradigm that draws from the advanced systems theory, economics and regulatory concepts, environmental and social sciences concepts and computational intelligence. The collaboration also promotes the new education pedagogy, which builds new power courses being taught by power engineers, economist and system theorists. Lastly, the research portfolio of NSF power program and some other initiative by NSF and ONR is discussed at the panel.