New IBM places big bet on lithium-air batteries
New `Smart grid' _ buzz of the electric power industry
New Plug-in hybrid cars are clean, but face hurdles
New Center faculty receives $1.3m DOE grant to develop advanced battery technology
New FREEDM Center Welcomes Summer Research Students
New Construction Begins on the Centennial Science Center, the future home of the ERC
New The 2009 FREEDM Annual Conference was a success!
The Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center, headquartered on NC State University's Centennial Campus, is one of the latest Gen-III Engineering Research Centers (ERC) established by the National Science Foundation in 2008. The FREEDM Systems Center will partner with universities, industry, and national laboratories in 28 states and nine countries to develop technology to revolutionize the nation's power grid and speed renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business. The center is supported by an initial five-year, $18.5 million grant from NSF (award #0812121, Division of Engineering Education and Centers) with an additional $10 million in institutional support and industry membership fees. A large number of utility companies, electrical equipment manufacturers, alternative energy start-ups, and other established and emerging firms are part of this global partnership.
The core universities of the center are NC State University, Arizona State University, Florida A&M University, Florida State University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology. The core international universities of the center are RWTH Aachen University in Germany and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland.
Please come back to visit us soon as we add more materials to our web site, providing details of each aspect of this exciting national project.
