Dustin Crouch was selected as IREK12 finalist and CURENT was selected as an R&D 100 Awards finalist.
Accolades: Awards and notable notes
Fran Li Games the Power Grid
Fran Li, professor in electrical engineering and computer science, recently received funding from the National Science Foundation for power grid research.
Accolades: European Travel, Quoted in Science, Nuclear Award, CURENT Patent
Engineering Vols are invited for European Travel, quoted in Science, receive a Nuclear Award, and receive a patent.
Wang Elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Fred Wang, UT’s Condra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics, has been selected for induction as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow for 2017. Being named an NAI Fellow is one of the highest honors a researcher can receive, with the 912 NAI Fellows—including 29 Nobel laureates—accounting for more than 32,000 issued US patents and […]
Research Highlight: Yong Liu
Yong Liu, research assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UT, is researching problems inherent to current photovoltaic power generation, its effect on the US power grid frequency stability, and how to mitigate its effect in order to avoid large blackouts.