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ESIC Seminar

Engineering Teaching Research Laboratory (ETRL), Pullman, WA
ETRL 101
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About the event

Human Factors and the Control Room of the Future  presented by Dr. Michael Legatt, CEO & Founder of ResilientGrid, Inc.

As the number of new technologies and interdependencies on the electric system continue to grow, the system operator is becoming increasingly critical to the reliability and resiliency of the system. This talk will discuss the role of human factors in the control room of the future, as complexity and complicatedness continue to grow. The grid of the future cannot succeed without the operator being set up for success, in a world where continuous improvement and collaboration are increasingly important. As technologies (e.g., PMUs) already exceed human information processing capabilities, the growing role of teaming between operator and technology (whether automation, AI/ML, and other systems) becomes increasingly important. Ultimately, the same paradigm of strengthening situational awareness and mental models is still in force, but is harder to achieve in a “big data” world.

Michael E. Legatt is Founder and CEO of ResilientGrid, Inc., whose mission is to empower critical infrastructure operations to continually strengthen resiliency and reliability. Dr. Legatt has PhDs in both Energy Systems Engineering and Clinical Health Psychology/ Neuropsychology.  He has used the integration of these fields in his approach to building software solutions and management techniques which focus on optimizing human performance in complex technical operating environments. ResilientGrid has been selected by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as the software platform for Situational Awareness for NERC, FERC, and the Regional Entities (SAFNRv3).

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