Wei Sun Assistant Professor
He is Also:
Director of Siemens Digital Grid Lab
"I hope our research can equip and enable power systems to be resilient against events like natural disasters and cyber attacks."
Research
Sun and his team focus on power systems as well as the detection, protection, and restoration of smart grids – advanced systems that offer controlled monitoring with communication, sensing and security. His lab research revolves around the optimal operation of transmission and distribution systems with high penetration of renewable energies, stochastic modeling of power systems, protection of PV farms, real-time monitoring of transmission and distribution systems, distribution system automation, and power system restoration and resilience analysis.
Societal Impact
Sun’s life’s work is protecting the reliability of our nation’s power system against natural disasters and cyber attacks. His research has helped to revolutionize the power systems industry; in particular, power system restoration and self-healing, interdependent critical infrastructure, cyber-physical security, microgrid and data centers, renewable integration, distributed energy resources, transmission and distribution operation and control.
Graduate Students and Achievements
Advising one master’s student and four doctoral students
Education
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2011.
MS Electrical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2007
B.S. Electrical Engineering Tianjin University, 2004
Current Projects
Power System Resilience and Self-Healing Smart Grids
Topics include detection, protection, mitigation, and restoration of smart grids; Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) contribution in system restoration; microgrid participation in system restoration; cyber-physical system security assessment.
Microgrids and Data Centers
Topics include microgrid energy management system; microgrid resilience; microgrid protection; multiagent-based microgrid operation; microgrid-based data center operation.
Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Sustainability
Topics include HVDC-connected offshore wind integration; pumped hydro storage and wind coordination; grid-connected photovoltaic power system.
Courses He Teaches
EEL 4216: Fundamentals of Electric Power Systems
EEL 5255: Advanced Power Systems Analysis
EEL 5937: Advanced Microgrid Design and Operation
EEL 6269: Advanced Topics in Power Engineering
EE 434/L: Power System Analysis and Lab
EE 733: Advanced Power System
EE 734: Power System Dynamics
Laboratory
Siemens Digital Grid Laboratory
The Siemens Digital Grid Lab is equipped with utility-grade software and hardware, such as Spectrum Power Microgrid Management System (MGMS), Power System Simulator for Engineering (PSS/E) and PSS/SINCAL, and Siemens Distribution Feeder Automation (SDFA). The lab has 17 DELL computers and stations, two large displays, 2 large and 1 mobile white boards, presentation table and discussion area, and data links to UCF campus microgrid.
Discoveries/Publication Highlights
Sun has 21 journal articles, one book, and 21 conference publications.
Awards/Grants
Sun’s research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Florida Center for Cybersecurity, and Microsoft.
Microsoft Research Software Engineering Innovations Award, 2014