Grid of Tomorrow Consortium
Cutting-Edge Research and Strategic Partnerships Converge to Lead the Energy Transition
Part of the LEAPS Initiative
Upcoming Event
Grid of Tomorrow Consortium - Jan 30 & 31
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PARTICIPATING INDUSTRY PARTNERS
Our Mission
Our mission is to close the gap between academic research and industry practice to better serve the needs of electric power utilities. The Grid of Tomorrow consortium aspires to catalyze research and bolster workforce development for broader evolving grid ecosystems to address the challenges from a rapidly changing landscape. It will serve as a forum for the electric utility ecosystem-including utilities, large industrial customers and data centers, consumers, and technology providers- to:
- Share technical challenges with other members and Purdue University researchers.
- Collaborate on joint or externally funded projects that drive innovation while delivering measurable improvements in reliability and affordability.
- Recruit top talent and shape engineering education.
Challenges and Opportunities
- Decarbonization, load growth from data centers, electrification, distributed energy resources, and extreme weather events are major drivers of change.
- Existing options for industry-academia collaboration are limited or cumbersome to establish.
- Academic research can be disconnected from real-world problems.
- Rapidly evolving technologies require flexible lifelong training and up-to-date curricula.
- The Grid of Tomorrow consortium is a new paradigm for industry-academia collaboration with targeted high-impact problem solving.
Consortium Benefits
Joint research projects among consortium members and Purdue faculty with 3-month inception-to-start timeline.
Access to top talent (BS, MS, PhD) trained in a comprehensive engineering curriculum. Grid of Tomorrow Fellows will intern with consortium members.
Commercialization of research outputs with IP licensing rights to consortium members.
Networking and outreach events, member-focused consortium roadmap and strategic planning for future growth.
Our Core Research Strengths
- Asset optimization & integrated resource planning
- Data analytics & Al/ML solutions
- Emerging technologies for the grid edge
- Energy markets design
- Grid situation awareness
- Integration of distributed energy resources
- Modeling of mega-loads and large industrial customers
- Nuclear power engineering
- Power system dynamics with inverter-based resources
- Resilience to extreme events
- Transmission and distribution integrated analysis
Why Purdue? Why Now?
Purdue University aspires to be at the forefront of decarbonization and is primed to address the challenges of the Grid of Tomorrow. Our host schools - the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering - feature decades of research in electric power and operations. Purdue is proud to be:
- The largest producer of engineers in the nation.
- Home to highly ranked and historic engineering programs with comprehensive curricula offered both in-person and online.
- Home to world-class faculty with access to cutting-edge research facilities and lab space.
