On September 17, CURENT students attended the fall 2025 on-site laboratory safety training session. The session was led by Leon Tolbert, CURENT Professor, with input from Bob Martin, Infrastructure Manager, and other faculty members who serve as advisors for students…
On August 25, R&D World revealed the 2025 R&D 100 Award Winners. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and co-developer Oak Ridge National Laboratory were among the announced winners for the product submission, Universal GridEdge Analyzer (UGA). CURENT Professor, Yilu Liu,…
At the recent IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting 2025, held in Austin, TX from July 27–31, 2025, numerous CURENT faculty members, students, and alumni were recognized with prestigious awards and honors. Society-Level Prize Paper Awards Each year,…
Professor Yilu Liu attended a meeting with the British Embassy Delegation on August 5. The meeting was hosted by the UT Center for Global Engagement (CGE). CGE’s Office of Global Research, Innovation, and Partnership, led by Rachel Rui, collaborates with UT…
Dr. Jinia Roy of the University of Wisconsin presented a seminar to CURENT faculty, staff, and students on Friday, August 8, 2025, in Min Kao #124. Dr. Roy’s presentation, “The Evolution of Marx Generator for pulsed power: Challenges and opportunities…
CURENT faculty member, Dr. Daniel Costinett, served as chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power Electronic Society Workshop (IEEE COMPEL) that took place on the campus of the University of Tennessee June 22–26, 2025. Dr. Costinett’s work was…
CURENT’s five power electronics professors (Drs. Kevin Bai, Daniel Costinett, Jiangbiao He, Leon Tolbert, and Fred Wang) visited ORNL’s National Transportation Research Center and GRID-C power research facilities on June 30 as a reciprocal visit (ORNL researchers had visited CURENT…
On Thursday, June 12, CURENT graduate students and staff assisted with a campus visit by high school students from the PiPES Explorers Camp Program. CURENT members led the students on a tour of labs in the Min Kao Building and…
On May 28, 2025, Jim LeBlanc, Technology Director for Electrification and Judy Guzzo, Business Development Manager/External Partnerships Manager for Electrification at GE Vernova Advanced Research (GEVAR) visited CURENT. CURENT power electronics faculty Fred Wang, Kevin Bai, Daniel Costinett, JiangBiao He,…
On May 30, Dr. Adam Birchfield, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University presented on the topic, Applying Network Synthesis Methods to Long-Term Transmission Planning. Growth in bulk electric demand, largely driven by datacenters, and the interconnection of…