Dr. Bai attended the 15th Conference of National Academy of Inventors, hosted in Hollywood, California, and was inducted as NAI Fellow, cohort of 2025, due to his constant licensing patents to electric vehicle companies.
Two CURENT students were selected by faculty to receive the 2026 Handong Gui Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Awards. Fazard Notash, advised by Dr. JiangBiao He, received the award in power electronics. Vince Wilson, advised by Dr. Fran Li, received the…
The 2026 CURENT Industry Conference, held on April 28–29 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, brought together leading experts in power systems and power electronics from academia, industry, and national laboratories. The conference provided a platform for cutting-edge discussions on…
Dr. Fran Li received the Moses E. & Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor award at the Tickle College of Engineering Annual Award Banquet On April 16, 2026, Professor Fran Li, the CURENT Director, received the Moses E. & Mayme Brooks Distinguished…
The annual CURENT Industry Conference will be held on The University of Tennessee campus, April 28-29, 2026. Registration is now closed. For those of you who are attending or are interested in learning about our conference activities, the agenda is…
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…
On Friday, February 27, 2026, CURENT Deputy Director Dr. Yilu Liu gave a presentation to the HPE AI Connect Knowledge Discovery Industry Interest Group. Dr. Liu’s talk was the first in a bi-weekly series on the foundations, algorithms, and applications…
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…