2024 Research Symposium

Our 2024 conference was held on April 2 and 3 in the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus at NC State. We had a wonderful time presenting our students' research as well as interacting with our many industry partners. Below you can find the conference presentations linked in the agenda.

Presentations

Tuesday, April 2
8:00 amRegistration
8:30 amUniversity WelcomeJim Pfaendtner, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering
NC State
Keynote AddressJosé Zayas-Castro, Ph.D.
Division Director
National Science Foundation
The Journey of Engineering Education and Centers at NSF
Special PresentationLouis Martin-Vega, Ph.D.
Professor
ISE, NC State
Recognition of
Enrique Santacana, PE
FREEDM UpdateIqbal Husain, Ph.D.
FREEDM Executive Director
Professor
ECE, NC State
FREEDM Highlights
10:00 amBreak
10:15 amPower SystemsSpeakerPresentation Title
Aranya Chakrabortty, Ph.D.
Professor
ECE, NC State
NSF FundingOpportunities inPower, Energy, andClimate
Alyssa Kody, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ECE, NC State
Wildfire RiskMitigation for Electric Power Systems
Qi Xiao
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Assessment of TransmissionFaults on DistributionIBR Operation
12:00 pmLunch
12:30 pmPoster Session
1:30 pmRenewable EnergySpeakerPresentation Title
Wenyuan Tang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
ECE, NC State
The Role ofForecasting and AI/MLin Grid Optimization
Shweta Meena
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Microgrid Control/CoordinationCo-design (MicroC3)
Mohammad Abdelraziq
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Marine MultiportConverter Development
3:00 pmBreak
3:15 pmWide BandgapSpeakerPresentation Title
Wensong Yu, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Professor
ECE, NC State
Modular Solid-StateTransformers with3.3 kV SiC Devices
Subhashish Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Professor
ECE, NC State
BiDFET Applications
Nithin Kolli
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Asynchronous MicrogridPower ConditioningSystems
4:45Career PerspectiveJohn Gajda
Professor of the Practice
5:00 pmPoster Awards
Reception with Heavy hors d'oeuvres
Wednesday, April 3
8:00 amRegistration
8:30 amWelcome
Electric TransportationSpeakerPresentation Title
Srdjan Lukic Ph.D. Professor
ECE, NC State
Extreme Fast ChargerDeployment
Zeljko Pantic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
ECE, NC State
Beyond EVs -Charging Infrastructurefor Electrified Mobility
Iqbal Husain, Ph.D.
FREEDM Executive Director
Professor
ECE, NC State
Model PredictiveControl for Motor Drives
10:00 amBreak
10:15 amStudent PresentationsSpeakerPresentation Title
NCSU Solar District
Cup Team
DOE Program Overviewand Use CasePresentation
Luis Montoya
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Microgrid Resiliency:Control Design forEnergy StorageDispatch in ExistingCritical Facilities
Mehrnaz Madadi
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Enhancing Behind theMeter Visibility ofRenewable Energies by Designing Low-costSensors
Michael Kercher
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
Bidirectional Shared-Switch DC-DCConverter for ElectricVehicle Applications
Ujjwal Pratik
Graduate Student
ECE, NC State
I-Corps Experience
11:40 amIndustry SpeaksSpeakerPresentation Title
12:00 pmLunch
1:00 pmLab Tour and PostersFollow directions to FREEDM lab or parking deck.
3:00 pmAdjourn