At the heart of the clean energy revolution is the FREEDM Systems Center, a globally recognized research hub housed at NC State, dedicated to transforming the electric power grid through advanced research in renewable energy, power electronics, and smart grid technologies. […]

Explaining technical research can be difficult—unless you learn to think like a second grader. That was the key advice from Frank Pollock, Chief Marketing Officer for Home Lending Pal and BlueRecruit, and an Entrepreneur in Residence for NC IDEA. At […]

FREEDM researchers Partha Das, Subhransu Satpathy, and Subhashish Bhattacharya were recognized in the April 2025 issue of the Products Newsletter from the IEEE Power Electronics Society for their recent paper in IEEE Transactions in Power Electronics titled “Postfault Operation of […]

Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader in electronic test and measurement solutions, visited the FREEDM Systems Center in late March for an insightful presentation on their advanced probe technologies. The event brought together experts in the field of electronic engineering […]

This was the question posed by Microgrid Knowledge in a recent article. FREEDM Industry Liaison, Ken Dulaney, was interviewed regarding our portable solar carport demonstration project which really is plug and play. In April 2022 and with funding from the […]

FREEDM PhD students Shokoufeh Valadkhani and Zhansen Akhmetov won $1,000 in scholarship funding for their technical poster presentation at the NCDOT Research and Innovation Symposium held in Raleigh on February 11 and 12. Led by Dr. Zejlko Pantic, the team […]

Fall Commencement is not as large as Spring but it is still a big deal. In fact, 8 of the 26 PhD’s awarded were to FREEDM students! We also graduated 7 Electric Power Systems Engineering students and 3 Master’s students. […]

NC State recently showed its continual commitment to sustainability by hosting their fifth annual Energy Week! From September 30th through October 6th, the campus hosted a plethora of activities and tours to educate the community about new ways we can […]

In recent years, the conversation around women and diversity in STEM has gained momentum. With women only making up 28% of the STEM workforce, more and more companies are finding ways to help overcome the gender disparity. One such group, […]

The FREEDM Systems Center is glad to announce that our Student Leadership Committee has been reinstated! Our students have been hard at work planning events that bring our students and faculty together. This past weekend on Saturday, June 8th, the […]