Special Events

  • Eversource Energy Center Innovation Challenge

    Eversource Energy Center (EEC) Innovation Challenge

    DRIVING ELECTRIC GRID INNOVATION THROUGH DATA ANALYTICS

    Join the summer competition among UConn students on research and development projects for a cleaner, safer, and more resilient electric grid!

    It’s easy:

    • Find a teammate
    • Apply by March 31st
    • Selections announced on April 15th
    • Research projects presented on August 28th
    • Winners announced on August 31st

    Participation:

    • $500 will be given to all students selected for the competition

    First prize:

    • 1 year ($10,000) fellowship

     

    Please send an email to eecchallenge@uconn.edu for registration.

    • Each team should be composed by two undergraduate students enrolled at UConn, should specify two projects from the list below, and attach CVs and UConn transcripts.
    • Four teams will be selected for this competition. Each selected team will be supervised by EEC faculty.
    • Fellowships will be offered to the two students of the winning team for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 to continue working on their summer research project.

    Possible projects:

    1. OPM: Modeling electric power outages through data analytics
    2. STORMWISE: Reducing the risk of tree-related storm damages to the infrastructure
    3. FIRE: Modeling wildfires through data analytics
    4. IRRIGATION: Reduce water usage for irrigation
    5. FLOOD: Flood risk estimation
    6. BIODIVERSITY: Biodiversity response to global changes
    7. WIND: Monitoring offshore winds or simulating winds at local scale
    8. LIDAR: Use of LIDAR techniques for infrastructure mapping
    9. STRUCTURAL: Studying infrastructure fragility curves
    For more information, contact: Diego Cerrai at eecchallenge@uconn.edu