Critical Infrastructure Protection Laboratory

The mission of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Laboratory is to research in advanced methods of security applied within the realm of critical cyber and cyber-physical infrastructures.

The focus is on the use of rigorous mathematics through formal methods to create and analyzer fault-tolerant and secure real-time distributed computing systems applied to critical infrastructure protection. The laboratory supports undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers.The laboratory supports undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers. Students in the laboratory participate in the campus Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Research, the Intelligent Systems Center, and the Center for Research in Energy and Environment.

Current projects

  • Information Flow Security for Critical Infrastructure Systems
  • Next Generation Smart grid

Current Funding Sources

Faculty Researcher

Dr. Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani

Associate Professor and Distance Coordinator for ECE, S&T Faculty Ombuds

Research Interests

Stochastic modeling of complex systems, dependability and security, failure propagation, cyber-physical systems, critical infrastructure, educational technology.

Jonathan Kimball
Dr. Jonathan Kimball

Department Chair and Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor

Research Interests

Microgrids, renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, power electronics.

The mission of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Laboratory is to research in advanced methods of security applied within the realm of critical cyber and cyber-physical infrastructures. The focus is on the use of rigorous mathematics through formal methods to create and analyzer fault-tolerant and secure real-time distributed computing systems applied to critical infrastructure protection. The laboratory supports undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers. Students in the laboratory participate in the campus Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Research, the Intelligent Systems Center, and the Center for Research in Energy and Environment.


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