Advanced Power System Monitoring and Protection

Catalog description

This doctoral-level course takes a project-based research approach to advanced power system monitoring and protection. Students will go beyond conventional relay theory to design, implement, and test advanced protection and monitoring schemes under realistic system conditions. Emphasis is placed on hands-on projects using simulation platforms (PSCAD, OPAL-RT, MATLAB/Simulink), synchrophasor data analytics, and cyber-physical testbeds. Projects will explore cutting-edge themes including adaptive relaying, wide-area monitoring and protection (WAMPAC), inverter-based resource protection, and cyber-resilient architectures. Each project is structured to mimic professional research practice: problem definition, model development, simulation/implementation, data analysis, and presentation in a publishable format.