News Archives
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December 9, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Husain for the 2022 IAS Outstanding Achievement Award
The IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Outstanding Achievement Award is a recognition of outstanding contributions in the application of electricity to industry. And this accolade was presented to Dr. Iqbal Husain at the recent IAS Annual Meeting held in conjunction […]
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August 19, 2022
Industry Program Update for August 2022
This is a brief summary of Center activities over the past few weeks that supported our Industry Partners. Faculty visit to new Schneider Electric facility called the RaleighHUB Hosted visit from ABB to discuss machines research Met with NC DOT […]
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August 9, 2022
Alumnus wins IEEE IAS Best Thesis Award
Congratulations to Anup Anurag, Ph.D., for winning the IEEE Industry Applications Society Best Thesis Award for 2022. This international recognition was for his work titled “HV SiC MOSFET Enabled Solid State Transformers for Mobile Utility Support Equipment-based Applications.” Dr. Anurag’s […]
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July 6, 2022
Extreme Fast Charger development continues at FREEDM
The US Department of Energy recently announced funding to a team led by NC State to develop “Ultra-low Cost, All-SiC Modular Power Converters for DC Fast Charging Equipment Connected Directly to Medium Voltage Distribution.” The goal of this project is […]
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July 6, 2022
FREEDM welcomes new members FlexGen and Resilient Power
FREEDM is proud to announce our two newest Industry Members. FlexGen, headquartered in Durham, NC, designs storage solutions and energy management software for utility scale projects that integrate traditional and renewable generation. Resilient Power streamlines EV infrastructure installation with their […]
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May 6, 2022
FREEDM Director, Iqbal Husain, receives 2022 ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award
The ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award recognizes faculty for outstanding research during the preceding three years.
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April 22, 2022
Iqbal Husain interview on Making the Move to Electric Mining Infrastructure
Dr. Husain is making the news in Australia. He’s at Curtin University in Perth as a Fullbright Scholar for a few months and working on charging solutions for really big EVs.
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April 22, 2022
FREEDM Student Ajit Kanale wins ECE Doctoral Scholar of the Year
Congratulations to Ajit Kanale, an NC State Ph.D. candidate working under Dr. Jay Baliga and Dr. Subhashich Bhattacharya, for winning the Electrical and Computer Engineering Doctoral Scholar of the Year. This award recognizes a student’s overall achievements in research, […]
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February 16, 2022
FREEDM to receive $4.8 Million to Develop Microgrid Co-Design Platform
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $175 million for 68 research and development projects aimed at developing disruptive technologies to strengthen the nation’s advanced energy enterprise. The OPEN 2021 program prioritizes funding high-impact, high risk […]
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January 11, 2022
FREEDM to demonstrate technology from Gismo Power
As a Silver Connector for the American Made Challenge, FREEDM supported several teams for the Solar Prize Round 5 including Gismo Power who was named a semifinalist for the hardware track with their portable solar carport with integrated EV charger. The American-Made […]