2018 R&D 100 Award for Mobile Universal Grid Analyzer (m-UGA),
Liu, Yilu (Recipient), King Jr, Thomas (Recipient) & Zhan, Lingwei (Recipient)
Prize: Honorary award
Description
The m-UGA is a time-synchronized, multi-functional, wide-area monitoring and analyzing device designed to enhance the situational awareness capabilities and assess power grid health in real time on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The technology can be installed virtually anywhere with regular 120-V power outlets and is able to capture dynamic grid behaviors and monitor customer-end power quality.