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Grainger Power Engineering Award
I am honored to be a recipient of the 2020-2021 Grainger Power Engineering Awards. These awards are given annually by the faculty in the...
culmegan
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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Stability Impact of IEEE 1547 Operational Mode Changes
I'm happy to announce the publication of "Stability Impact of IEEE 1547 Operational Mode Changes Under High DER Penetration in the...
culmegan
Apr 12, 20212 min read
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Seminar Presentation: A thesis precursor
On April 5, 2021, I presented at the UIUC ECE Power and Energy group seminar, ECE 590i. I presented on the part of my thesis research...
culmegan
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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Machine Learning for Networks and Security: Fast Bottleneck Bandwidth Measurement
In Fall 2020, I took a class called CS 598: Machine Learning for Systems, Networks, and Security with Prof. Gang Wang. This was primarily...
culmegan
Dec 22, 20202 min read
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Exploring Power System Solvers
In Fall 2020, I took a class called ECE 530: Analysis Techniques for Large-Scale Electric Systems with Prof. Richard Zhang. In this...
culmegan
Dec 22, 20202 min read
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Empowered Design with KidWind
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a educational video for the KidWind project, which provides resources for teachers to...
culmegan
Oct 28, 20201 min read
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Evaluating the Risk of Ransomware in Energy Systems
On October 5, 2021, I presented at the UIUC Power and Energy group seminar, ECE 590i. My presentation, Evaluating the Risk of Ransomware...
culmegan
Oct 20, 20205 min read
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INL Graduate Fellowship with Cybercore Programs
This summer I had the opportunity to go to Idaho Falls for a few weeks in support of one of the projects I was working on for my Idaho...
culmegan
Sep 1, 20203 min read
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"There is only one Megan Culler"
I am honored to have my story shared in IEEE InSight after winning the IEEE-USA Jim Watson Student-Professional Awareness Award. This...
culmegan
Jul 25, 20202 min read
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Student Scholarship
I am deeply honored to be one of the first recipients of the IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Student Scholarship. This is a new...
culmegan
Jul 11, 20203 min read
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Grad School During the Covid19 Pandemic
The Covid19 pandemic affected everyone's lives, and I don't think anyone could have predicted exactly how their lives would look in May...
culmegan
Jun 1, 20206 min read
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IEEE-USA Jim Watson Student Professional Awareness Achievement Award
I am honored to receive the 2019 IEEE-USA Jim Watson Student Professional Awareness Achievement Award. The Board of Directors selected me...
culmegan
May 9, 20202 min read
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Radio Altimeter Spoofing: Tricking the Autopilot
What happens if an autopilot system thinks a plane is lower than it actually is? What happens if it thinks it is higher than it actually...
culmegan
May 2, 20202 min read
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WeSTEM 2020
Since first joining the graduate committee of the Society of Women Engineers in fall of 2019 I kept hearing about how transformational...
culmegan
Apr 25, 20202 min read
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Aerosec: Cracking the Comms in Commercial Crafts
One of the things that I love about research it that I'm always learning about new projects in my field. I am always interested in...
culmegan
Apr 18, 20202 min read
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Cybersecurity for DER Interoperability
On April 6, 2020, I gave a presentation for the UIUC ECE Power and Energy Systems group seminar, ECE 590i. My presentation was called...
culmegan
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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James M. Henderson Fellowship
I am honored and excited to receive the 2020-2021 James M. Henderson Fellowship from the UIUC Department of Electrical and Computer...
culmegan
Apr 7, 20201 min read
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IEEE PECI 2020
After leaving Texas A&M, I was eager to explore the options to remain connected with IEEE. I quickly signed up for the UIUC IEEE...
culmegan
Feb 25, 20204 min read
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And on to the Midwest
This fall, I started my Masters's in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I picked this program...
culmegan
Dec 22, 20191 min read
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What to do When You Don't Want to Own a Startup
14 months ago I would have thought you were crazy if you told me I would be the project manager on a startup project hacking drones for...
culmegan
Nov 12, 20194 min read
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