Custom power and controls hardware that intelligently manages power flows on remote, forward-deployed military microgrids.

Energy Systems

Working closely with the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Energy, we design energy solutions for the military and help bolster the U.S. energy infrastructure's resilience against natural and man-made threats. Our power system and controls engineers use real-time, regional, and interdependent simulations of energy infrastructure to protect power grids against large-scale outages. We design microgrids that can disconnect from the utility grid to serve communities during disasters while minimizing fuel use. Our systems analysts identify improved architectures for energy systems at defense sites, and our cybersecurity experts develop the foundation for secure control systems for industrial processes. Our staff serve as technical advisors to Department of Defense agencies, guiding investments in energy research and addressing the technical gaps in defense energy systems. We work with MIT and other universities to apply their basic energy research to energy challenges faced by the military, such as extending the range of unmanned vehicles.

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Events

Apr 29 -
May 1
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts

Featured Publications

Energy resilience: exercises for Marine Corps installations

Feb 1
Marine Corps Gazette, Vol. 106, No. 2, February 2022, p. 20-24.

A hybrid algorithm for parameter estimation (HAPE) for dynamic constant power loads

Nov 1
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., Vol. 68, No. 11, November 2021, pp. 10326-35.

High quality of service in future electrical energy systems: a new time-domain approach

Nov 18
IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1196-1205, April 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2020.3038884.