The 2019 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference is the premier conference focused on transitioning to advanced electrified vehicles of all types: hybrid and plug-in, boats and aircraft, light duty automotive and heavy duty, on-road and off-road. FREEDM presented our work […]

Researchers in the FREEDM Systems Center led by NC State have received a $3.1 million research award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the U.S. […]

Please join us in congratulating Hulgize Kassa, FREEDM’s long-time Lab Manager, on being recognized for excellent customer service by the NC State ECE Department at their 2019 Award for Excellence ceremony. “This is something that is extraordinary for a lab […]

FREEDM Faculty and students will be at APEC 2019 to present research on advances in wide band gap power electronics. APEC, considered to be the leading conference for practicing power electronics professionals, addresses a broad range of topics in the […]

Grid Edge East will  focus on how innovation and decentralization can result in a more resilient energy system. Led by leading utilities, smart grid tech giants, and Wood Mackenzie’s research experts, Grid Edge East will explore how frontier technologies such […]

Shanzila Chowdhury, a dual-engineering degree student at NC State and Meredith College, is one of two students to be awarded the 2018 Sensus Reach™ Scholarship. The scholarship, which was established in 2016, is a merit- and need-based award given annually […]

The FREEDM Systems Center was well represented at the 2018 eGrid Workshop held November 12 – 14 in Charleston, SC. This international workshop focused on the role of power electronics in electric utilities and included presentations from leading experts in industry and […]

FREEDM, ABB and New York Power Authority are engaged in a collaborative R&D project to develop and deploy an extreme fast charger for electric vehicles. How extreme? The initial design calls for a 1 megawatt station with five charging points each […]

Sponsored by IEEE PELS and IAS, the Energy Conversion Congress and Expo 2018 was held in Portland, Oregon on September 23 – 27. And FREEDM was there in force. We had over 20 students attend with five PI’s and our […]

Dr. Samir Hazra a former Ph.D. student of Prof. Subhashish Bhattacharya at FREEDM, received first prize in the 2018 IEEE Industry Application Society Chapters and Membership Development (IAS CMD) Student Thesis Contest for his doctoral work entitled, “Power Generation and […]