Dominion Energy Hosts Dinner for CURENT Faculty and for Students Who Will Intern There
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.
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Dr. Yilu Liu Visits Dr. Arun Phadke, Former CURENT SAB Member
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.
ORNL Visit to CURENT
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.
CURENT Receives 2 Major Paper Awards During APEC Conference
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…
CURENT Student Recognized as NASPI’s Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year for 2024
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. Ricardo Alvarez-Malebrán Visits UT CURENT Program
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…
Dominion Energy Speaks to Engineering Students About Career Opportunities
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…
Bai Presents at Lucid Motors and Stanford University
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…
Nature Energy Paper on weather vulnerability of power systems attracts broad interests beyond electric power engineering
Dr. Fran Li, Director of the CURENT, along with Dr. Jin Zhao, a former postdoctoral researcher, and Dr. Qiwei Zhang, a former Ph.D. student, have co-authored a paper published in the prestigious journal Nature Energy, titled “Impacts of renewable energy…
CAMINO Creates a Path for Hispanic Students in Engineering
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…