On this page, you can access information about all our in-person and virtual events as well as catch up on the recognitions we have been honored to receive, popular press coverage our work has garnered, annual newsletters, and blog posts and articles our team members have authored.
Seminar series
The UNIFI seminar series is the venue to learn about the latest and greatest in grid-forming technology from leading experts in academia, industry, research labs, and regulatory agencies from around the world. The seminars are organized live every academic Fall and Spring semester at 3 PM Central Time. If you are unable to join us live, feel free to browse through our YouTube channel to see archived presentations from past series.
in the news
unifi Member Involved In Drafting IEEE TF Report
several unifi team members involved in drafting an IEEE TF report that highlights nuances associated with modeling and simulation of[...]
How One Device Could Help Transform Our Power Grid
How one device could help transform our power grid
unifi Modeling & Simulation Technical Area Members Help Electrical System Planners
unifi modeling & simulation technical area members help electrical system planners at ERCOT, AEP, and WECC better understand benefits of GFM inverters
WECC’s Modeling Validation Subcommittee
unifi plays an integral role in WECC’s Modeling Validation Subcommittee creating first-generation generic GFM inverter model, REGFM_A1, to simulate droop-based[...]
Prof. Deepak Divan Is Giving Plenary Talk at ECCE
Prof. Deepak Divan is giving a plenary talk at the upcoming IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), in Detroit,[...]
Secretary Jennifer Granholm about PNNL’s GFM models
Shout-out by Secretary Jennifer Granholm about PNNL's GFM models
Annual newsletters
Meetings
unifi General Meeting (July 2024)
by: Debjyoti Chatterjee- UNIFI consortium members, members of our external advisory board, and DOE technical program managers recently gathered at[...]
unifi Annual Meeting (February 2024)
by: Sairaj- unifi team members were hosted by Brian Johnson at the University of Texas Austin on February 6-7 for[...]
unifi General Meeting (July 2023)
by: Sairaj & Manish We met for our second General Meeting (the name capturing the temporal proximity to the IEEE PES[...]
unifi Annual Meeting (January 2023)
by: Sairaj unifi team members gathered at the Georgia Tech campus January 24-25 to discuss plans for the coming year,[...]
Blogs
2023-2024 UNIFI Annual Newsletter Released
This newsletter recaps key accomplishments in 2023, the second year of the UNIFI consortium operation. Reading on, you will learn all about our recent push towards long-term organizational sustainability, our contributions to modeling and simulation, our effort in driving consensus on specifications, the unique 1 MW multi-vendor demonstration at the[...]
unifi At The GE Electrification Symposium (2022)
The '22 GE electrification symposium (October 3, 2022) featured talks in two themes: aviation and power grids Organized at the GE Research campus in Niskayuna, NY, the event brought together leading researchers from academia and industry. Attendees were greeted by crisp fall weather, magnificent fall colors, and got a glimpse[...]
Technical Papers Presented at the 58th Annual Allerton Conference
unifi researchers presented 2 technical papers at the 58th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton'2022). Alejandro Domínguez-García served as co-chair of the conference this year. The conference is organized by the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Allerton Park & Retreat Center, a sprawling estate[...]
unifi Technical Papers Presented at irep ’22
unifi researchers presented 6 technical papers in the 11th bulk power systems dynamics and control symposium (irep'2022) in Banff and shared their research efforts on grid-forming inverters. This is a single technical-track series first established by Les Fink in 1988 and is managed since 1994 by the international institute of research and education in[...]
