Klein co-investigator on $6M NSF award to develop secure electric grids in communities impacted by climate change
A new collaborative research project led by the University of Maine called STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change, has been awarded $6 million from the National Science Foundation.
Over the next five years, the project team will conduct studies and create new tools that will grow research infrastructure and leverage data science to improve electrical grids and develop more resilient communities across the United States. Researchers will also focus on building strong relationships with community members to ensure solutions meet the needs of the people they are intended to serve.
Co-principal investigator Sharon Klein will work with STORM’s principle investigator Reinaldo Tonkoski, UMaine Robert N. Haskell Power Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and other researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM) and South Dakota State University (SDSU) on the project.
Excerpted from a UMaine News article