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CenSCIR Welcomes Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann
Article Posted On 10/23/2009
This fall, CenSCIR welcomed a new faculty member to its research group: Dr. Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann. Dr. Hug-Glanzmann joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) as an assistant professor this summer, having worked recently for Hydro One, the transmission system operator for the province of Ontario, Canada. She is working with ECE Professor Marija Ilic on issues related to creating a "Smart Grid" for energy generating systems. Specifically, she is working on a mathematical concept that will help to coordinate and optimize control between energy generating systems, both conventional and alternative, storage devices and load. Her concept will account for the fact that some systems - those that are wind or solar based, for example - tend to be intermittent in their generation of energy, and it will help to coordinate the storage of energy by accounting for this inconsistency.
Hug-Glanzmann's research and work with Ilic has connected her with the Smart Grid projects being conducted by Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure Research (CenSCIR). This fall, she has presented with other CenSCIR faculty on the work the center is doing on Smart Grid issues. She spoke with Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Irving Oppenheim at the Edison Electric Institute and American Gas Association in Austin, TX, and at the Department of Homeland Security's Public Utilities Regional Meeting at Duquesne Light, in Pittsburgh, with other CenSCIR faculty.
"CenSCIR is excited to welcome Gabriela to Carnegie Mellon," says CenSCIR Executive Director Matt Sanfilippo. "She will help us advance our research in the rapidly growing areas of 'Smart Grids' and cyber-physical systems for electric utilities. She has already become a valuable member of our team."
Hug-Glanzmann is enjoying the collaborative research opportunities available at Carnegie Mellon. "There are lots of people willing to collaborate...not necessarily from the power systems field," she says, "and together, we can build strong projects." She also believes that the energy field is such a hot topic right now, and she is excited to be working with Ilic, who is prolific in energy-related research.
Hug-Glanzmann completed her Ph.D. in the Power Systems Laboratory at ETH Zurich (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Currently, she and her husband are expecting their first child.
