---
title: MKromer
description: Matt Kromer, Head, Grid Integration, Energy Systems, Fraunhofer USA Center for Manufacturing Innovation CMI, Brookline
---

[![cmi-usa](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/cmi-usa.svg "cmi-usa")](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/?hsLang=en)

[![subtext-2](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/hubfs/subtext-2.png?width=660&height=42&name=subtext-2.png "subtext-2")](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/?hsLang=en)

- [Fraunhofer USA](http://www.fraunhofer.org)

- [![](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/hubfs/boston_univ_rgb.gif?width=67&height=30&name=boston_univ_rgb.gif)](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/boston-university.html?hsLang=en)

- [DOING BUSINESS WITH US](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/Doing-business-with-us.html?hsLang=en)
- [PROJECTS](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/services/projects-our-work.html?hsLang=en)
- [CAREERS](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/career.html?hsLang=en)

- [About Us](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us.html) 
    - [Mission](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/Mission.html)
    - [Business Model](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/business-model.html)
    - [Leadership](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/leadership.html)
    - [Fraunhofer Network](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/fraunhofer-network.html)
    - [Boston University](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/boston-university.html)
    - [Facilities](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/Facilities.html)
    - [Careers](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/about-us/career.html)
- [Services](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/services.html) 
    - [Custom Automation Systems](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/services/custom-automation-systems.html)
    - [Energy Systems](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/services/energy-systems.html)
    - [Biomedical Instruments and Devices](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/services/biomedical-instruments-and-devices.html)
    - [Process Management and Consulting](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/services/process-management-and-consulting.html)
- [Industries](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/Industries.html)
- [Publications](https://www.fraunhofer.org/en/media/publications-and-annual-reports1.html)
- [News](https://www.fraunhofer.org/en/media/press.html)
- [Contact](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/contact.html)

### People

#### Matt Kromer

 Head, Grid Integration

###### Expertise:

- Grid integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
- Module-Level Power Electronics
- PV System Monitoring and Communication
- Electrical Codes and Standards
- Technology Assessment 

Matt Kromer leads the Grid Integration research at Fraunhofer USA. With over a decade’s experience in the energy and defense industries, Matt’s expertise extends to grid-integration of PV systems; technology assessment of emerging energy technologies; and embedded systems development. In his current role, Matt leads research and development of next-generation renewable and smart grid systems for grid-connected and off-grid applications, taking new ideas from concept to demonstration.

Before he joined Fraunhofer USA in 2014, Matt was the Program Manager for Advanced Technologies at Satcon Technology Corporation in Boston, where he spearheaded the development and demonstration of grid-smart inverters for solar, energy storage, and microgrid applications. Matt previously held positions at TIAX LLC in Lexington, where his work focused on techno-economic analysis of sustainable energy in the transportation and power generation sector; and as a staff engineer at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge. Matt received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, and received an MS in Technology & Policy from MIT.

#### Contact

### ![MKromer-Contact-Module-2](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/hubfs/MKromer-Contact-Module-2.jpg?width=90&name=MKromer-Contact-Module-2.jpg)

#### Matt Kromer

Head, Grid Integration

Fraunhofer USA CMI  
15 Saint Mary's Street  
Brookline, MA 02446, USA

Phone +1 617-353-1895

- [Send email](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/contact/send-email/mkromer?hsLang=en)

- QUICK LINKS
- [Contact](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/contact)
- [Fraunhofer USA](http://www.fraunhofer.org)
- [Fraunhofer ISE](https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en.html)
- [Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft](http://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html)

- © 2026
- [Site map](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/sitemap.html?hsLang=en)
- [CONTACT](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/contact.html?hsLang=en)
- [Data Protection](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/en/data_protection.html?hsLang=en)