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…
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…
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…
Dr. Yilu Liu, CURENT Deputy Director, traveled to Chile January 7-10, 2025. She presented on the topic of the GridEye GPS-synchronized wide-area power system frequency network at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Santiago, Chile. She also visited the…
Dr. Horacio Silva, a UT Graduate who studied under Dr. Hector Pulgar, is now working for Electric Power Group in California where he recently won first place in the Next Generation Network (NGN) Showcase Presentation. In August, he represented the…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2024 R&D 100 Award Announced Dr. Yilu Liu’s team received notification that Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Tennessee are the recipients of a 2024 R&D 100 Award…
CURENT Hosted a Mini-Workshop on Power System Simulation On August 14th, CURENT hosted a mini-workshop featuring two invited guest speakers: Dr. Qiuhua Huang from the Colorado School of Mines and Dr. Philip Top from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Huang…
Dr. Fran Li recaps CURENT 2024 Summer Strategic Planning Meeting in Seattle CURENT held its annual summer strategic planning meeting with its industrial members during the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting (GM). The meeting this year took…
By Sebastian Martinez-Lizana The 2024 CURENT Industry Conference, held on April 30 and May 1 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville brought together leading minds in energy systems, green technology, and power electronics. This event provided a platform for cutting-edge…