We passed! As an Engineering Research Center funded by the National Science Foundation, there is an annual “exam” before a panel of outside experts who review the Center’s research progress and program performance. FREEDM is happy to announce that the NSF […]

Vishnu Mahadeva Iyer, a research assistant at the FREEDM Systems Center at NC State, won the Outstanding Presenter award at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) held in Tampa, FL in March 2017. The topic of his presentation is […]

Landon Mackey and Md Rifat Kaisar Rachi, PhD EE Candidates at the FREEDM Systems Center won first prize at the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP) Symposium held in early April 2017 for their poster entitled “Ultra-Fast Speed DC Circuit Protection […]

Dr. Radha Sree Krishna Moorthy, Post Doc Research Associate at the FREEDM Systems Center, won the IEEE Industry Applications Society Chapters and Membership Development (IAS CMD) Student Thesis Contest, PhD category, for her work entitled, “Analysis and Design of Impulse […]

Like many electricity systems around the world, the Irish grid faces some challenges. How can Ireland and Northern Ireland optimize the generation of renewable energy at the point of consumption, while maintaining safe, secure, reliable energy at affordable prices? How can […]

Every year, the National Science Foundation awards three year fellowships to graduate students in the United States. This year, the NSF received 17,000 applications and awarded 2,000 fellowships. One of those awards went to Kristen Garcia, a PhD candidate in […]

Dr. Mariesa Crow, F. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Missouri S&T, recipient of the President's Award for Leadership, which includes a $5,000 award.