New Course Offering: Smart Grids



MAE C137/C237 - Design and Analysis of Smart Grids

Lecture – Tuesday & Thursday, 10 a.m. – 11 50 a.m., Boelter Hall – Room 8500.

For both undergraduates (elective) and graduate students

Email CEESAO@seas.ucla.edu for the full syllabus!

The course will provide a systems perspective to the design and analysis of smart grids. Smart grid technologies such as Demand Response, Transactive/Price-based load control, Home-area networks, Advanced Metering Systems, and Smart appliances will be introduced. Renewable energy generation sources such as solar and wind will be studied in the context of their intermittency and integration into the grid.  Micro-grids and their role in the grid stability will be studied.  Integration and stability of grid by way of energy storage will be discussed.  The impact of electric vehicles on the grid and advances in power systems to incorporate such vehicles will be studied.  Simulation techniques, monitoring and control of the distribution grid network and grid efficiency topics will be covered. The role of advanced sensors, communications and computing will be investigated in the context of monitoring and control of the grid.   Existing grid models will be studied and analyzed. 


 Professor Rajit Gadh
Henry Samueli School of Engineering, MAE
310 267 4892

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