The 2025 CURENT Industry Conference was held on April 22–23 at the Student Union and Min H. Kao Building at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The event brought together leading minds in power systems and power electronics, providing a platform…
On April 20, Ibukunoluwa Korede (IBK), of Dominion Energy, hosted a dinner in Knoxville for CURENT faculty and for students who have upcoming internships there.
Yilu Liu, CURENT Deputy Director, visited with Dr. Arun Phadke in Portland, Oregon to discuss the next new research agenda for the center. Dr. Phadke is a former CURENT SAB member.
CURENT faculty welcomed visitors from ORNL to the UT campus on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Faculty provided an introduction to CURENT, Power Electronics research highlights, and a tour of the power electronics facilities and testbed.
Three CURENT faculty members (Kevin Bai, Daniel Costinett and Leon Tolbert) and four present/former students (Ziwei Liang, Liyan Zhu, Yang Huang and Ruiyang Qin) received Most Popular Technical Article Award and Top Technical Article Award of 2022 from IEEE Power…
Congratulations to CURENT student Ori Yuru on being recognized as NASPI’s (The North American SynchroPhasor Initiative) Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year for 2024. The award celebrates students who make substantial contributions to the use or advancement of synchronized measurement…
Dr. Alvarez-Malebrán visited the University of Tennessee on March 5, 2025. He presented to CURENT faculty and students on the subjects of PUM measurement applications, power system planning, and quantum computing. CURENT faculty met with Dr. Alvarez to discuss future…
Four representatives from Dominion Energy spoke to students enrolled in a junior-level electrical engineering course about elements of careers in the power system industry. How elements of the work, including the critical importance of safety and the integration of industry…
Dr. Kevin Bai visited Lucid Motors on February 24 as part of the ongoing DOE motor drive inverter project effort. Bai discussed the progress and challenges of the present inverter and motor design with Lucid teams. In addition, Bai introduced…
The Lenoir City High School student filled out the anonymous survey after hearing Hector Pulgar share his personal story about pursuing a career in engineering. Pulgar, an associate professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was…