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Industry Leaders and Scholars Convene for the 2024 CURENT Industry Conference at UTK
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…
Best Paper at International Journal of Electric Power and Energy
Dr. Fran Li and his former PhD student received the Best Paper award at International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Dr. Fangxing (Fran) Li’s paper, titled “Network Reconfiguration and Distributed Energy Resource Scheduling for Improved Distribution System Resilience,” has…
Li Named New Director of CURENT
Possessing a deep appreciation for the past and a bold vision for the future, Fran Li has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electrical Energy Transmission Networks(CURENT). CURENT, which is widely recognized as one…
Micron Technology Presents the March 4 CURENT Power and Energy Seminar
Dennis Pratt, Johnny Lam and Brandon Burgess from Micron Technology will present the CURENT Power and Energy Seminar on Friday, March 4 from 1:00pm – 1:50pm via ZOOM. Please join us for their talk on Micron Technology Tech! Time: Friday, March…
Prof. Sun received the 2024 Research and Creative Achievement Award from the University of Tennessee.
Prof. Sun received the 2024 Research and Creative Achievement Award from the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Kevin Bai leads $5M Grant from DOE-VTO to Produce Smaller, More Efficient Motor Drive Systems for Electric Vehicles
Kevin Bai, associate professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), shares a principle-investigator role in a collaboration with the ABB Group’s US Research Center to develop an integrated, compact drive inverter and motor…
UT Awarded $2.8 Million DOE Grant to Modernize the Nation’s Electric Power Grid, led by Dr. Fred Wang
Validating its status as a leader in power electronics for grid and aviation applications, the University of Tennessee has been awarded a grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) to help modernize…
Prof. Sun’s paper “Real-time Damping Estimation on Nonlinear Electromechanical Oscillation” (Xin Xu, Wenyun Ju, Bin Wang, Kai Sun) has been selected as one of the five IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Outstanding Papers in 2023.
Prof. Sun’s paper “Real-time Damping Estimation on Nonlinear Electromechanical Oscillation” (Xin Xu, Wenyun Ju, Bin Wang, Kai Sun) has been selected as one of the five IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Outstanding Papers in 2023.
Prof. Sun was elevated to IEEE Fellow for contributions to power grid stability analysis and control.
Prof. Sun was elevated to IEEE Fellow for contributions to power grid stability analysis and control.