Kevin Tomsovic

CTI Professor and Director of CURENT an NSF/DOE ERC
512 Min H. Kao Building
1520 Milddle Drive
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville , TN 37996-2100
Tel: 865 974-2693
FAX: 865 974-5483
email: tomsovic at utk.edu

Electric power and energy at University of Tennessee

CURENT - This an NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center which has been investigating wide area control methods for the power grid to enable the integration of renewables.

Electric power and energy careers

Looking for a job or an intership consider using the IEEE Power and Energy Society Careers.
There are several videos available on the Internet that may be of interest to Power Engineering types. There are also a number of other reports you can easily find indicating the high demand expected for power and energy engineers.

'Electric Power: A New Generation', a video developed by the IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee, IEEE Power Engineering Society.
'Power Engineering: Careers that Make Technology Work', a video developed by the IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee.
'Keeping The Lights On For The Northwest', a video developed by Bonneville Power Administration.

Current course offerings - Spring 2024

Power / Energy Systems Seminar

Background

Some Quotes

".... madness suddenly ceases to be a refuge and becomes incarnate in the shattering sky and all his surroundings in the presence of which reason, already struck dumb, can only bow the head." Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano.
"As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naive and simple-hearted than we supposed. And we ourselves are, too." Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov.
"The gods to each ascribe a differing lot: Some enter at the portal. Some do not!" Ford Madox Ford, Parade's End.

Recent Reading and Watching

One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash
The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt.
Mr. Robot USA Network