2023 Research Symposium

Our annual conference was held February 20 and 21 in the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus at NC State. The agenda below has been updated with links to the presentations. Hope to see everyone next year.

Agenda

Monday, February 20
8:00 amRegistration
8:30 amUniversity WelcomeLouis Martin-Vega, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Engineering
North Carolina State University
FREEDM UpdateIqbal Husain, Ph.D.
FREEDM Executive Director
Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Center Highlights
9:40 amAlumni Presentation
Faeza Hafiz, Ph.D.
Scientist
Hitachi Energy		Optimization and Machine
Learning Applications
in Power Grids
10:00 amBreak
10:15 amPower SystemsSpeakerPresentation Title
KeynoteKevin Chen, Ph.D.
Renewable Engineering Manager
Duke Energy		Microgrid Projects and
Lessons Learned
Hanpyo Lee
PhD Student		Data Segmentation Based
Approach for Meter
Topology Identification
Mesut Baran, Ph.D.
Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University

Ken Crawford, PhD Student
Gokhan Cakir, PhD Student		Data Analytics of Real Time
Power Flow for Distribution
System Monitoring
12:00 pmLunch
12:30 pmPoster Session
1:30 pmRenewable EnergySpeakerPresentation Title
Anderson Rodrigo de Quiroz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
North Carolina Central University		Assessing Utility Scale
Energy Storage Economics
Considering Generation
Adequacy Services
Ashwin Shirsat, Ph.D.
Scientist
Hitachi Energy		Resilient Load Restoration
Using A Community Microgrid
M A Awal, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Universal Interoperability
for Grid-forming Inverters
2:30 pmBreak
2:45 pmWide BandgapSpeakerPresentation Title
Wensong Yu, Ph.D.
Research Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Next Generation SiC EV
Inverter with Ultra-High
Efficiency and
Voltage Slope Control
Rita Mohanty, Ph.D.
Director, Thermal Engineering
Henkel Electronic Materials		Passive Cooling Technique
to Improve Power
Electronics Reliability
Doug Hopkins, Ph.D.
Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Development of Bi-
Directional FETs, Modules
and Circuits for Solar
Converter Applications
4:00 pmBreak
4:15 pmInnovation UpdateKen Dulaney
Director of Industry
and Innovation
FREEDM		Inventions and
Commercialization
5:00 pmReception with Heavy hors d'oeuvres
Tuesday, February 21
8:00 amRegistration
8:30 amWelcome
Electric TransportationSpeakerPresentation Title
Zeljko Pantic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Wireless Charging
for E Mobility
(pdf available soon)
Radha Sree Krishna Moorthy, Ph.D.
R&D Associate Staff Member
Oak Ridge National Lab		Architecture of Megawatt
Charging Systems
Srdjan Lukic, Ph.D.
Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Extreme Fast
Charging
9:40 amAlumni PresentationHeonyoung Kim, Ph.D.
Sr. Application Engineer
Renesas Electronics
America		PMSM Control Strategies
in Consideration of
Machine Nonidealities
10:00 amBreak
10:15 amMachines and ControlsSpeakerPresentation Title
Iqbal Husain, Ph.D.
FREEDM Executive Director
Professor, ECE
North Carolina State University		Electric Machines and Drives
for Transportation Electrification
Tomas Sadilek, Ph.D.
Senior R&D Staff Member
Milan M. Jovanovic Power
Electronics Lab
Delta Electronics (Americas)		Recent Developments in
On-board Charging Approaches
for Electric Vehicles
11:15 amKeynoteSteven Englebretson, Ph.D.
University and
National Lab Collaboration
ABB US Corporate Research		Advances in Machines and Drives
for Industrial Energy Efficiency
12:00 pmLunch
1:00 pmLab Tour and Posters
3:00 pmAdjourn

Past Symposia

2022 Research Symposium

2021 Research Symposium

2019 Research Symposium