Twelve Georgia Tech engineering students have been awarded $14,000 in recognition of their innovative ideas for GE Energy Service’s Smart Grid Challenge Program. The competition provided the opportunity for students to address problems related to smart grid technologies.

The students were from three different teams and consisted of Ravishankar Nilakantan, Ryan Anderson, David Green, Peter Suh, Xuebei Yu, Muhammad Umer Tariq, Anupama Keel, Matthew John Reno, Satya Sridevi Pogaru, Fan Cai, Robert Gill, Evangelos Farantatos.  The students represented a cross function team from the School of Electrical Engineering and the School of Aerospace Engineering. 

Smart grid reliability and winning presentation (Team 2A): Ravishankar Nilakantan, ECE; Ryan Anderson, ECE; David Green, ECE; Peter Suh, AE; and Xuebei Yu, ECE.

• Smart grid demand (Team 3B): Muhammad Umer Tariq, ECE; Anupama Keeli, ECE; Matthew John Reno, ECE; and Satya Sridevi Pogaru, AE.
• Smart grid distribution losses (Team 1A): Fan Cai, ECE; Robert Gill, AE; and Evangelos Farantatos, ECE.

For more information, contact Lisa Grovenstein at 404.894.8835.