Collaborative Research: RAPID: Wildfire Resilience On Hawaiian Islands: Risk-Aware EmergeN — NSF Award to University of Alaska Anc
This RAPID project aims to address how electric utilities, particularly those serving isolated and remote areas, can securely deactivate the vulnerable segments of their power grids during wildfire events while ensuring that essential home medical assistive devices maintain adequate power during the shutdown periods. T
| Award title | Collaborative Research: RAPID: Wildfire Resilience On Hawaiian Islands: Risk-Aware EmergeN |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2412419 |
| Awardee | University of Alaska Anchorage Campus |
| City | ANCHORAGE |
| State | AK |
| Amount obligated | $39,999 |
| Principal investigator | Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali |
| Program | EPCL: Energy, Power, Control, |
| Start date | 09/01/2024 |
| Abstract | This RAPID project aims to address how electric utilities, particularly those serving isolated and remote areas, can securely deactivate the vulnerable segments of their power grids during wildfire events while ensuring that essential home medical assistive devices maintain adequate power during the shutdown periods. This problem is more significant for Hawaii, given its island geography, recent destructive wildfires, and aging population. The intellectual merit of this project lies in its innov |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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