MicroDERLab is a Research Group at UPB, reuniting teams from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Automation and Control and the Faculty of Power Engineering. It promotes a common research agenda on electrical engineering topics focusing measurements and instrumentation for a faster deploying of the intelligent networks of the future.

The MicroDERLab team at UPB has a strong research background in measurement and instrumentation for power systems, and is actively involved in several European and national projects and networks. Currently the team is contributing to the smart metering deployment strategy in Romania (as one of the partners developing the Smart Metering roadmap, within the former IEE Smart Regions project). UPB team is working on several projects fostering ICT solutions for power grid infrastructure to be deployed in the emerging grids. An important objective on the R&D agenda is designing of holistic solutions (microgrids for sustainable communities, metering with PQ features) to be supported by visionary energy policies and regulatory framework.