Recently, NC State’s College of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) held their annual Graduate Student Association Research Day. While there were many impressive presentations, FREEDM’s own Partha Das took home the 2nd place award! His focus is on developing next-generation […]

The FREEDM Systems Center at NC State University, in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Washington and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), was recently awarded $25 Million from the Department of Energy (DOE) Solar […]

The FREEDM Systems Center at NC State University is now an official partner of the American-Made Network, which supports the efforts of competitors in the American-Made Challenges program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The American-Made Network is designed […]

SETO 2020 – Artificial Intelligence Applications in Solar Energy Wenyuan Tang, NC State University Assistant Professor and FREEDM Faculty, received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy under a program created to support projects that will improve the affordability, reliability, […]

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 […]

The project team including Dr. Srdjan Lukic, NC State Professor and Deputy Director at FREEDM, will extend the capabilities of the RIAPS platform and deploy a pilot scale microgrid at a Department of Defense facility Read more about this project […]

This article, written by Tom Gibson for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, highlights FREEDM’s role in advancing grid resiliency and addressing vulnerabilities through hardware and software innovations. https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/engineering-ways-to-improve-electrical-grid-resilience

NC State students spent some time this week Going Green with help from Schneider Electric. Part of their incentive was to win some green (cash money!) and a trip to Las Vegas. But they were also motivated to do some […]

Everybody today wants a microgrid even though most people don’t exactly understand what that means. Like the time I ordered my first cappuccino from Starbucks. It sounded cool and I’d seen other people getting them. After my first sip, I […]

Join us November 19, 2019 for our monthly technical webinar series. REGISTER HERE This month’s topic is: The Effectiveness of Anti-Islanding Schemes on a Distribution System with DER. This project focuses on testing the effectiveness of anti-islanding protection schemes employed […]