Honors and Awards
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July 6, 2021
Alumni Receive IEEE Best Paper Award
FREEDM Alumni Anup Anurag, Ph.D., and Sayan Acharya, Ph.D., along with Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya recently received the Best Paper Award at ECCE Asia 2021 for their paper titled, “Solid State Transformer and Medium Voltage Grid Connection Applications Enabled by Gen3 […]
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June 21, 2021
NC State University Student Earns Recognition at APEC 2021
Ashish Kumar, NC State University and FREEDM Ph.D. candidate, was recently recognized as an APEC 2021 Technical Lecture and Dialogue Best Presentation Award Winner for his lecture titled, “Performance Evaluation of 10 kV SiC Current Switch Based PWM Current Source Inverter […]
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March 2, 2021
Ning Lu, Ph.D. Elevated to IEEE Fellow
December 2020- Ning Lu, Ph.D. was honored with elevation to IEEE Fellow in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of electrical and computer engineering. Dr. Lu was elevated for contributions to load modeling and control methods for providing […]
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January 7, 2021
NC State University Undergrad Students Win 2020 IEEE PES Scholarships
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 […]
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November 23, 2020
DOE Announces Recipients of Solar Project Grants
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, […]
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October 5, 2020
NC State University Makes AES Top 10 Elite Schools Best Energy Programs List
NC State University has been named among 10 “Energy Elite” colleges and universities by the American Energy Society (AES). NC State has numerous energy-related degree programs and a strong energy research portfolio, including centers and institutes such as the FREEDM Systems […]
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August 26, 2020
Dr. Ning Lu Receives IEEE PES Prize Paper Award
The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) provides the world’s largest forum for sharing the latest in technological developments in the electric power industry, for developing standards that guide the development and construction of equipment and systems, and for […]
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February 26, 2020
NC State University Students Receive 2019/2020 PES Scholarships
Each year the IEEE Power & Energy Society awards promising students scholarships through its Scholarship Plus Initiative. This year, one hundred and thirty five students were selected from 78 U.S., Puerto Rico & Canadian universities. The initiative recognizes undergraduate students […]
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December 13, 2019
Professor Doug Hopkins joins iMaps Exec. Council
Prof. Douglas C Hopkins, Ph.D., NC State University Research Professor, FREEDM Faculty and Director of the Laboratory for Packaging Research in Electronic Energy Systems (PREES), has joined the Executive Council of the International Microelectronic Assembly and Packaging Society (iMaps). IMAPS […]
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May 16, 2019
Hulgize Kassa Recognized at 2019 ECE Award for Excellence Ceremony
Please join us in congratulating Hulgize Kassa, FREEDM’s long-time Lab Manager, on being recognized for excellent customer service by the NC State ECE Department at their 2019 Award for Excellence ceremony. “This is something that is extraordinary for a lab […]