This would be awesome!  GMU has multiple campuses and it is a state school.  So, it would be awesome if GMU could be funded to create a smart grid for their campuses.  So, I would be able to do live experiments rather than just simulating.  Well probably I would have to do a lot of simulation.  Like simulate the various campuses.  Get the electricity data and weather patterns.  I would also need to do assessments on the viability of various alternative energy like solar for installation at different places on the campuses.

This would be an awesome thesis.  I would be able to apply MAL and MAS to a live system after first simulating it.  This would cost a lot of money.  However, I believe the dividends the school and state would make would be worth it.