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

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 […]

Join us September 24, 2019  for our new technical webinar series designed to share the research we’re doing to lead the electrification revolution. There are two options for participation: in-person (on the NC State campus) or via conference call. Please […]

Aranya Chakrabortty, Ph.D., a FREEDM researcher and NC State faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won two grants from the National Science Foundation – one from the Cyber-Physical System (CPS) program, and another from the EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory […]

Aranya Chakrabortty, Ph.D., a FREEDM researcher and NC State faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering, spent nine weeks this summer at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland conducting research on big data. ARL does basic and applied research […]

The 2019 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference is the premier conference focused on transitioning to advanced electrified vehicles of all types: hybrid and plug-in, boats and aircraft, light duty automotive and heavy duty, on-road and off-road. FREEDM presented our work […]

Researchers in the FREEDM Systems Center led by NC State have received a $3.1 million research award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the U.S. […]

FREEDM Faculty and students will be at APEC 2019 to present research on advances in wide band gap power electronics. APEC, considered to be the leading conference for practicing power electronics professionals, addresses a broad range of topics in the […]

Sponsored by IEEE PELS and IAS, the Energy Conversion Congress and Expo 2018 was held in Portland, Oregon on September 23 – 27. And FREEDM was there in force. We had over 20 students attend with five PI’s and our […]