Dr. Yang Xu was recognized for his outstanding presentation during APEC 2026 (2026 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition) held March 22-26 in San Antonio, Texas. His presentation topic was Analysis of Crosstalk in Solid-State Circuit Breakers Equipped with Transient…
On March 18, 2026, CURENT was pleased to host Nick Hennen, Global Vice President of Kustan GmbH/Inbatec America, Inc., to discuss shared interests and potential collaborations in energy storage for grid applications. Drs. Fran Li and Kevin Bai introduced CURENT’s…
CURENT students and faculty attended a lecture titled “Grid Reliability and Its Vital Signs.” The event was sponsored by East Tennessee section of the Power and Energy Society and Power Electronics Society. The event was held in the Min Kao…
Dr. Bai and members of his lab, in collaboration with FORVIA HELLA and Volkswagen Group of America, have patented two technologies that will improve electric vehicle charging and power conversion. Full details about this collaboration are available on the UT…
Power System Inertia, Strength, and RoCoF, is now published on Spring Nature Link in eBook format. Dr. Liu co-authored the book with Farhad Shahnia and Paolo Attilio Pegoraro. This publication is part of the Power Systems book series. Springer Nature…
Dr. Yilu Liu attended the 2026 IEEE Power & Energy Society International Meeting (PESIM 2026) held in Hong Kong on January 18-21, 2026. The PESIM 2026 topic was Global Power and Energy Systems Resilience: Leveraging Collaborative Expertise. Dr. Liu, along…
Dr. Kristen Booth, Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina, visited CURENT on Nov. 21 and presented a seminar titled, “Development of Digital Twins for Microgrid Applications.” The seminar covered the fundamentals of digital twins, how to develop and…
Associate Professor, JiangBiao He, was one of only 30 American engineers invited and sponsored by the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to attend and present at the 2025 European Union-United States Frontiers of Engineering Symposium held in Bordeaux, France…
CURENT Professor, Yilu Liu, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s, Yuru Wu, along with the entire product development team were recognized at the R&D 100 awards ceremony in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 20. Wu accepted the 2025 R&D 100 award at…
CURENT hosted three visitors from NTT DATA North America on October 10: Beth Howen – President of US Public Sector, NTT DATA, NA; Billy Johnson – Regional VP, NTT DATA NA; Jude Olesh – Account Representative, State of Tennessee, NTT DATA. NTT staff viewed the capabilities…