ASU partners with SRP to make solar a secure power source

The College of Technology and Innovation hosted the Innovation Showcase last week, spotlighting student and industry-sponsored projects, as part of the College's iProjects program. 

The Arizona Republic highlighted one specific iProject from CTI's partnership with SRP called the microgrid. 

"The project the Polytechnic students are working on for SRP is a 'microgrid' project to make the power grid more dependable as increasing numbers of homes install solar and other alternative-energy products. The project could help SRP and other utilities forecast how to manage the fluctuating power from high concentrations of rooftop solar and other distributed energy systems," writes Ryan Randazzo of the Arizona Republic.

The iProjects program at CTI brings students and industry together to find solutions to real-world problems. Through the iProjects program, industry partners have the opportunity to engage with the College and its students in a mutually beneficial relationship as challenges defined by industry partners are solved through the diligence of student teams working under the expertise of faculty members.

The microgrid and more than 100 other student and industry-sponsored projects were on display during the annual Innovaiton Showcase on April 25 at the Polytechnic campus.

"The ASU-SRP project will help electrical-engineering technology students understand such problems before entering the workforce, said senior lecturer Scott Pollat, who led the project for the College of Technology and Innovation," writes Randazzo.

Michael Hoffnagle, Eric Hinkson, Matt Ciochetto, Michael Brown and Kai Baumgartner, plus two graduate assistants. Senior lecturer Scott Pollat was teh faculty advisor for the team.