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Apr 19, 2019

PhD Candidate Mackey Wins NCROEP Symposium Poster Award

Landon Mackey, PhD EE Candidate at FREEDM won first prize at the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP) Symposium held April 15-16, 2019 for his poster entitled “Protecting Distributed Renewable Energy Resources with Direct Current Circuit Breakers.” “I am awed by the power of the ocean. The mission of the NCROEP program and FREEDM Systems Center directly…

Mar 15, 2019

See FREEDM In Action at APEC 2019

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 use, design, manufacture and marketing of  power electronics equipment. Checkout the program for a list…

Mar 12, 2019

GTM Brings Grid Edge East to NC

Grid Edge East will  focus on how innovation and decentralization can result in a more resilient energy system. Led by leading utilities, smart grid tech giants, and Wood Mackenzie’s research experts, Grid Edge East will explore how frontier technologies such as AI, edge computing and power electronics are already impacting grid resiliency and customer experience,…

Dec 5, 2018

NC State Student Wins Prestigious Sensus Reach Scholarship

Shanzila Chowdhury, a dual-engineering degree student at NC State and Meredith College, is one of two students to be awarded the 2018 Sensus Reach™ Scholarship. The scholarship, which was established in 2016, is a merit- and need-based award given annually to two promising students who are majoring in electrical and/or computer engineering. “I am honored…

Nov 25, 2018

FREEDM Student Wins Award at eGrid 2018

The FREEDM Systems Center was well represented at the 2018 eGrid Workshop held November 12 – 14 in Charleston, SC. This international workshop focused on the role of power electronics in electric utilities and included presentations from leading experts in industry and academia. The Center hosted a booth and several students presented electronic posters during the conference. …

Nov 8, 2018

FREEDM, ABB and NYPA Partner on Extreme Fast Charger

FREEDM, ABB and New York Power Authority are engaged in a collaborative R&D project to develop and deploy an extreme fast charger for electric vehicles. How extreme? The initial design calls for a 1 megawatt station with five charging points each rated at a maximum 350 kilowatts. The project goal is to provide the “gas station experience”…

Oct 15, 2018

FREEDM Stands Out at ECCE 2018

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 Industry Liaison. Our booth on University Row was nearly overrun with visitors examining some of…

Oct 15, 2018

IEEE IAS Awards Dr. Samir Hazra With Best Dissertation Award

Dr. Samir Hazra a former Ph.D. student of Prof. Subhashish Bhattacharya at FREEDM, received first prize in the 2018 IEEE Industry Application Society Chapters and Membership Development (IAS CMD) Student Thesis Contest for his doctoral work entitled, “Power Generation and Energy Storage Integration for Wave Energy Conversion System”. Read the full dissertation here. IAS CMD…

Oct 15, 2018

FREEDM Student Proposes Solution to Global Energy Poverty

There are over one billion people in the world without access to electricity. Let that sink in for a minute. It’s probably hard for anyone reading this on their web browser to imagine living without electricity. The scale of the issue is immense, the consequences are severe, and there are dozens of factors involved. In…

Sep 6, 2018

DOE Invests in Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research with FREEDM Faculty

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced the selection of 42 projects focused on early-stage research of transportation technologies that can give families and businesses greater choice in how they meet their mobility needs. Srdjan Lukic, PhD, Deputy Director of the FREEDM Systems Center and ECE Faculty at NC State, ABB and the New York…