Project Overview

GridAI is a smart energy management platform developed at Iowa State University to streamline electric grid data analytics and decision-making for operators, developers, and researchers. The team’s role in this project focused on improving the frontend and the integration between the UI and backend services. The team built on the existing components to enhance usability, add new features, and ensure smooth communication with backend systems for a responsive user-experience.

Acknowledgement

This research is partially supported by U.S. NSF Grant CNS-2105269 and U.S. DOE CESER Grant DE-CR000016.

Component Overview

System Architecture

Tech Stack

Frontend

• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• TypeScript
• ShadCN (UI Library)

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js

Database & Messaging

• Firebase
• Neo4j
• InfluxDB
• Redis
• Apache Kafka