Most people associate FREEDM with our research projects and graduate students, but we also work closely with undergraduate students. The two phrases we often hear from these students are “I had no idea this was how it worked” and “That […]

Mark your calendars for November 16-17, 2021. This 2-day online course will enable SiC and GaN power electronics professionals to incorporate this technology into products and systems and fully utilize its benefits. Registration details forthcoming.

Nicole Poindexter needed help. Her company, Energicity, is a not-for-profit that develops mini-grids for communities in Africa. Their expansion into Sierra Leone meant more growth and greater impact but also presented a need to reduce costs. Energicity deploys small scale […]

Several Ph.D. level students from the College of Engineering at NC State University participated in the IEEE ITEC 2021 conference in June. Tomas Sadilek, NC State University and FREEDM Ph.D. candidate, was recently recognized by the organization for his paper […]

FREEDM Alumni Anup Anurag, Ph.D., and Sayan Acharya, Ph.D., along with Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya recently received the Best Paper Award at ECCE Asia 2021 for their paper titled, “Solid State Transformer and Medium Voltage Grid Connection Applications Enabled by Gen3 […]

Ashish Kumar, NC State University and FREEDM Ph.D. candidate, was recently recognized as an APEC 2021 Technical Lecture and Dialogue Best Presentation Award Winner for his lecture titled, “Performance Evaluation of 10 kV SiC Current Switch Based PWM Current Source Inverter […]

December 2020-  Ning Lu, Ph.D. was honored with elevation to IEEE Fellow in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of electrical and computer engineering. Dr. Lu was elevated for contributions to load modeling and control methods for providing […]

FREEDM is proud to announce that Facebook, Inc., has joined the Center as a Full Member. Everyone knows Facebook as a social media giant but not many know that they design and operate their own data centers. “Facebook is constantly […]

Henkel Corporation and FREEDM Systems Engineering Research Center today announced a new partnership agreement designed to study the impact of materials technology on power electronics applications. Henkel, well-known for its global presence in the chemical and consumer goods industries, has […]

The 2021 FREEDM Research Symposium is going virtual! March 17-18, 2021. This year’s event will include keynote speakers, updates on FREEDM research and programs, and networking opportunities.   FREEDM members, faculty, staff & students should contact Terri Kallal (tlkallal@ncsu.edu) for […]