News

• Yilu Liu Visits Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Santiago, ChileJanuary 29, 2025
• Dr. Yilu Liu addresses Executive Women’s AssociationDecember 9, 2024
• CURENT Graduate Student Receives Award at NAPS 2024November 6, 2024
• CURENT Faculty, Staff, and Students Receive Awards at ECCEOctober 29, 2024
• UT Graduate Wins AwardSeptember 11, 2024

About CURENT

CURENT, Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks, is a graduated National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center that was jointly supported by NSF and the Department of Energy (DoE) for a period of 10 years before becoming self-sustaining. A collaboration between academia, industry, and national laboratories, CURENT is led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Partner institutions include:

• Northeastern University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Tuskegee University

Our Vision

• A nation-wide or continent-wide transmission grid that is fully monitored and dynamically controlled in real-time for high efficiency, high reliability, low cost, better accommodation of renewable energy sources, full utilization of energy storage, and accommodation of responsive load.
• A new generation of electric power and energy systems engineering leaders with global perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

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