#133 TUE | Cybersecurity On Demand

Workforce Development: DOE invests $15M Into 6 Universities

Weather: Researchers Expect ‘Extremely Active’ Hurricane Season

Emerging Tech: FAMU-FSU Researcher Controls Voltage Response

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The cybersecurity centers will work with DOE national labs and energy sector owners, operators, and vendors to research and develop cybersecurity training.

The University of Connecticut, Iowa State University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Texas Tech University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Florida International University were selected for the cybersecurity centers.

The global cybersecurity workforce grew 8.7% from last year, according to a study by ISC2. Information security analyst is projected to be the fifth fastest-growing career in the U.S. through 2032, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As the El Niño conditions likely transition to La Niña conditions during the summer and fall this year, researchers are forecasting an "extremely active" hurricane season.

Both research institutions predict an active hurricane season in response to record-warm sea surface temperatures in much of the southern Atlantic, Caribbean, and even part of the Gulf of Mexico.

"These are record-setting warm temperatures for this early in the season," a portion of the Climate Adaptation Center in Florida stated.

Existing safety mechanisms that stop electricity during a fault work quickly, but not always quickly enough. A typical circuit breaker could take around 50 milliseconds to activate — still long enough to kill a person or spark a fire. Peng’s digital Z-source converter/inverter can protect in 5 microseconds, or 1,000 times faster.

Peng’s solution can be used to retrofit existing infrastructure to make it safer. Diversifying the power grid with renewable energy sources like wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, and fuel cells is one way to regulate increases and decreases in voltage.

Much of the electric grid in the United States was built and expanded in the 1960s and 1970s. Along with fires from downed power lines, aging infrastructure poses other problems, such as power outages or vulnerability to cyberattacks. Peng’s research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Solar Energy Technologies Office.

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