Undergrad Lecture Series Tuesday, December 1, 2009 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Rm 417 Schermerhorn All are welcome! Bring your lunch if you like. Lectures may be of interest to graduate students as well. Roger Anderson - /Con Edison/Boeing/Columbia/NYCEDC Smart Grid Project: An update on progress towards electric economy/ Summary: The Con Edison/Boeing/Columbia/NYCEDC Smart Grid Project aims to build an automated, scalable, secure, interoperable smart electric grid prototype for New York City and suburbs that increases reliability and energy efficiency, and is cost effective, scalable and cyber-secure. In addition, the system will enable greater use of renewable energy, distributed generation and storage, electric vehicle charging and consumer participation in the energy mix. The speaker requests that before coming to the lecture that you look at the attached document and the links at the bottom of it. http://eesc.columbia.edu/student-life/undergraduate-student-life/noon-balloon-lecture-series See entry for Dec 1 for link to readings.