Dr. Shahidehpour has been the Principal Investigator of $60 million grants and contracts on power system operation and control, smart grid research and development, and large-scale integration of renewable energy. His DOE project on Perfect Power Systems has converted the entire Illinois Tech Campus to an islandable microgrid. He has initiated CSMART (Center for Smart Grid Applications, Research, and Technology) at Illinois Tech for promoting the smart grid cybersecurity research and implementation and enhancing the resilience of wireless networked communication and control systems in smart cities. He is a member of the SPIKE Center in the Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech, which is facilitating the design and the implementation of affordable microgrids in impoverished nations.