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Research  ::  Currently Funded Projects

Year 2 Direct Support Projects

Direct support projects are funded by NSF and Industry Membership to support the strategic vision of the center. Details of these projects are available to our industry members at our industry intranet.

Fundamental Science Thrust

  • Y2.F.C1   Development of FREEDM System Control and Digital Testbed*
  • Y2.F.C2   Development of FREEDM System Protection
  • Y2.F.C3   Evaluation of FREEDM System Reliability
  • Y2.F.C4   Distributed Control of FREEDM System
  • Y2.F.C5   FREEDM System Efficiency
  • Y2.F.C6   High-Power and Long-Cycle Life Rechargeable Batteries
  • Y2.F.C7   Investigation of Capacity Degradation in Rechargeable Batteries
  • Y2.F.C8   SiC Power Devices
  • Y2.F.C9   GaN Material Characterization*
  • Y2.F.C10 GaN Material Growth
  • Y2.F.C11 GaN Power device

Enabling Technology Thrust

  • Y2.E.C1 Equivalent Circuit Modeling of High-Power Li-ion Battery
  • Y2.E.C2 Fault Isolation Device (FID) Technology Development
  • Y2.E.C3 First Generation Communication System for FREEDM
  • Y2.E.C4 Gen-1 Solid State Transformer
  • Y2.E.C5 DC/DC converter hardware development for 10kVA single phase SST
  • Y2.E.C6 Swift Design and Development of a 7200V Ac-to-Dc Converter
  • Y2.E.C8 DNP3.0 Based FREEDM System Control and Monitoring System*

The 2010 FREEDM Annual Conference and NSF Site Visit will be held May 18-20 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida!