As a Silver Connector for the American Made Challenge, FREEDM supported several teams for the Solar Prize Round 5 including Gismo Power who was named a semifinalist for the hardware track with their portable solar carport with integrated EV charger. The American-Made […]

Most people associate FREEDM with our research projects and graduate students, but we also work closely with undergraduate students. The two phrases we often hear from these students are “I had no idea this was how it worked” and “That […]

Nicole Poindexter needed help. Her company, Energicity, is a not-for-profit that develops mini-grids for communities in Africa. Their expansion into Sierra Leone meant more growth and greater impact but also presented a need to reduce costs. Energicity deploys small scale […]

Each year the IEEE Power & Energy Society awards students scholarships through its Scholarship Plus Initiative. One hundred eighteen students were selected this year from 78 U.S., Puerto Rico & Canadian universities. The initiative recognizes undergraduate students who have declared […]

Presenter: Niloofar Ghanbari, NC State & FREEDM Systems Center Ph.D. Candidate Principal Investigator: Subhashish Bhattacharya, NC State University Duke Energy Distinguished Professor DC microgrids have several advantages over AC microgrids but also face several design challenges. This webinar presented a novel energy […]

Dynamic Wireless Charging Systems for Electrified Transportation Many consumers cite range anxiety as a barrier to purchasing an electric vehicle (EV). Others note that EV charging times can be longer than a comparable gas vehicle especially for large EVs like […]

Recent MS-EPSE graduates Carolina Zhang, Pranav Kulkarni, Syed Arsal Hussain and Xihui Chen presented their capstone project at PAC World Americas 2020 Virtual Conference.  View the presentation:  Multi-Terminal Permissive Overreaching Transfer Trip (POTT) Scheme Using IEC 61850 GOOSE Messaging.   […]

Dear Members, Academic Partners and Friends, I hope this note finds you well and able to meet the personal and professional challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although our labs were closed for a short time, the students, staff and faculty […]

Please join us in congratulating our most recent Ph.D. and MS graduates! Although they had to adapt to a new defense process, these students didn’t let adversity stop them from reaching their goals, and we know they will go and […]

View the recorded webinar Presenters: Fuhong Xie, PhD Candidate and Professor Ning Lu, NC State ECE Department & FREEDM Faculty Batteries can provide a whole host of benefits to the electric grid. But before anything is physically connected to the […]