Since the beginning, FREEDM has promoted solutions to transform the electric grid. We are pleased to announce that we are now joined in that effort by LF Energy, the newest project of the Linux Foundation. LF Energy will promote multi-user […]

Simulating the grid is hard. So, when the National Renewable Energy Lab needed a new staff engineer, they came to FREEDM and hired one of the best. Dr. Rishabh Jain completed his degree requirements at NC State and successfully defended […]

With 280+ publications bearing his name, Dr. Subhashish Battacharya is a very busy NC State University ECE Faculty member and FREEDM Systems Center researcher. Since 2005, his research has focused on Power Electronics and Power Systems including Electric Vehicle Systems, and Electronic […]

On June 7-8, 2018 the FREEDM Systems Center hosted its annual conference and celebration to highlight accomplishments over the past ten years as a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. FREEDM industry members, faculty, staff, students, and alumni came together to […]

FREEDM was well represented at the 2018 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, March 5 through 8. In addition to co-sponsoring a booth on the exhibit floor with PowerAmerica, FREEDM students participated in technical and dialogue […]

Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a subsidiary of Fortive, is a supplier of fuel dispensers, payment systems, and support services primarily for convenience stores. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, they employ approximately 4,000 people around the world. Their products include automatic tank gauging […]

Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, FREEDM Alumnus, Yigitcan Unludag (Yeet-John Un-loo-duh) is part of a family of Wolfpack graduates.  Both of his parents and an older brother attended NC State and it was while visiting Raleigh that Yigitcan decided to follow […]

The FREEDM Systems Center at NC State University is proud to announce that ERMCO, a transformer manufacturer based in Tennessee, recently acquired GridBridge, one of our early spin off companies. GridBridge licensed three patents from NC State University that relate […]

We passed! As an Engineering Research Center funded by the National Science Foundation, there is an annual “exam” before a panel of outside experts who review the Center’s research progress and program performance. FREEDM is happy to announce that the NSF […]

FREEDM is partnering with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to host a one-day short course focused on distribution system modernization. This course is part of an educational library of short courses developed and offered by GridEd, an EPRI educational […]