W. Mack Grady

W. Mack Grady, Professor of ECE,
Jack S. Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources,
Associate Chairman of ECE

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
24th & Speedway, ENS348
U.T. Austin
Austin, TX 78712-0240
512-471-5231
grady@mail.utexas.edu

BSEE, U. T. Arlington, 1971
MSEE, Purdue University, 1973
PhD, Purdue University, 1983
Registered Professional Engineer in Texas
IEEE Fellow "for contributions to the analysis and control of power system harmonics and electric power quality," 2000.

One page bio (pdf)

Course materials

PCFLO Version 6.0 (loadflow/short circuit/harmonics analysis)

Texas Solar Energy Laboratory

U.T. Austin - Schweitzer Texas Synchrophasor Network
Click here to download weekly observations. Shown below are the Austin and McDonald Observatory stations, plus sample events. Click figures to enlarge.

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How tall is a wind turbine? Click to enlarge.

Elements of a Small Off-Grid 24 Volt Solar System. Click for PPT.

Our solar monitoring station "West of the Pecos," accessed by cellular modem. Click to enlarge.

Grid frequency swings for Oct. 22, 2008, a windy day in West Texas. Click to enlarge.

Annual Workshop on Renewable Energy, October 23, 2008.

Meet the future. Click to enlarge.

Annual ECE student bus trip to the Renewable Energy Roundup , Fredericksburg, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2007. Mack Grady's presentation at the Roundup.

Action photos of students in the power lab

The latest yearbook (272 page pdf) for the power electronics lab

Presentations made at our 2004, 2006, and 2007 Workshops on Renewable Energy

Presentations made at our 2007 Intelligent Utility Workshop

Notes on harmonics, fundamentals of electric power systems, and the ATP version of EMTP

Recent grid frequency events (click on a figure to enlarge)

ERCOT (monitored in San Angelo, TX)

WECC (monitored in Redding, CA)

ABC012 (handy phase sequence calculator)

SAG1 (voltage sag analysis and propagation)

My favorite movies