Phylicia Cicilio joins ACEP
July 1, 2020
Phylicia Cicilio has joined the Alaska Center for Energy and Power as a research assistant professor. She was most recently a graduate fellow at Idaho National Laboratory.
Cicilio will focus on power systems modeling of converter-based systems, microgrids and large electrical grids across numerous time scales.
She has a varied background in power systems, having spent time at Peak Reliability (former Western Interconnect Reliability Coordinator), ISO New England, and OnePower Africa while completing her Ph.D. at Oregon State University.
Cicilio brings power system modeling expertise to ACEP and will be leading these efforts for ACEP's U.S. Department of Energy’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, “Development and Validation of Models to Assess Dynamic Response of Converter-Dominated Power Systems across Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales,” as well as a DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy project, “Rapidly Viable and Sustained Grid.”
Cicilio is excited to start playing baritone saxophone in the Fairbanks music community and enjoy backpacking and bikepacking in the area.
For more information, email Amanda Byrd at agbyrd@alaska.edu.