Information Trust Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

My interests lie at the intersection of power system operations and planning and market economics. I have worked on reliability assessment and dynamic simulation aspects of power system planning, on the development of state-of-the-art tools for power system operations and real-time monitoring and control, and on the development of effective decision support tools for these areas.

Professor Overbye is concerned with improving power system trust by researching techniques to better glean information from the ever-growing stream of data generated by the normal operation of the power grid. If we could figure out how to properly present this data, human operators will have a fighting chance to address and contain blackouts before they cascade out of control.

Professor Sauer is working on a number of projects addressing a range of trust and security issues in the electric power domain, from cyber-infrastructure security issues to very detailed power system security issues.

funded by the National Science Foundation

funded by the National Science Foundation and Grainger Foundation Endowments

funded by the National Science Foundation and Grainger Foundation Endowments

funded by the Power Systems Engineering Research Center

funded by the Grainger Foundation Inc., Power Affiliates Programs