IEEE Power and Energy Society Ideathon

Ideathon is a partnership between IEEE Power & Energy Society and MathWorks. With the central theme of modeling, simulation, and analysis of microgrids, the program will provide students with the opportunity to learn, imagine, and develop projects in the areas of distributed energy resources, energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and controllable loads.

Complimentary Software

MathWorks provides complimentary software for this competition. If your team is participating in this competition and needs software, fill out the software request form.

The period to request software has closed.

Student Tutorials and Videos

Learn how to use MATLAB and Simulink to design algorithms, create simulations, deploy code, and speed up software development for your projects.

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Competition Resources

Examples

Green Hydrogen Microgrid

Simplified Model of a Small Scale Micro-grid

Modeling a Hybrid Microgrid

Microgrid Energy Management System using Optimization

Systems-Level Microgrid Simulation for Simple One-Line Diagram

Videos

“How To” with MATLAB and Simulink

Introduction to MATLAB (43:33)

What Is 3-Phase Power? (9 videos)

Developing Electrical Systems with Simscape Electrical: Introduction to Electrical System Modeling (29:27)

Evaluating Microgrid Control with Simscape Electrical, Part 1: Microgrid System Overview (5:28)

Video Tutorials for Your Team

Interactive Online Tutorials

Learn by doing! Our two-hour online courses provide a hands-on learning environment where you will interact with a web-based version of MATLAB and receive instant and contextual feedback.

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