Power Electronics Laboratory Webpage

CURENT - NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center

PoTENNtial - Graduate Student Wide Bandgap Traineeship

1. Application of Wide Bandgap (SiC and GaN) Power Electronics
   Sponsored by various companies and government agencies


2. HVDC Applications of Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC)
   Sponsored by NSF/DOE ERC CURENT


3. High Speed Gate Drives and Device Protection
   Sponsored by II-VI Foundation


4. SiC Based Modular Transformer-less MW-Scale Power Conditioning System and Control for Flexible CHP System
   Sponsored by DOE


5. Flexible Microgrids with Dynamic Boundary
   Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy


6. Reconfigurable Power Grid Emulator to Evaluate High Penetration of Renewables
   Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and U.S. DOE - CURENT

1. An Ultra-light Highly Efficient MW Class Cryogenically Cooled Inverter for Future All Electric Aircraft Applications
   Sponsored by NASA and Boeing
2. High Efficiency Converters for Data Center Power Supplies
   Sponsored by Auburn University
3. Silicon Carbide Applications as the Next Generation of Power Electronics
   Sponsored by various companies
4. Modular Power Electronics for High Temperature Applications
   Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
5. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Ancillary Services Provided by Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)
   Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
6. Integration of Distribution Energy Resources with the Grid
   Sponsored by Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project
7. High Temperature Gate Drives
   Sponsored by II-VI Foundation
8. Accelerated Reliability Testing of Power Electronic Devices
   Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9. An SOI-based High-Voltage,High-Temperature Gate-Driver for SiC FET
   Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10. Multilevel Converter Interface with Solar Panels
    Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
11. Modular Power Electronic Converters as a Utility Interface for Distributed Generation
    
12. Reactive Power Compensation and Planning
    
13. DC Distribution System and Placement of Fuel Cells
    
14. Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter Drives Operating under Faulty
    Condition with AI-Based Fault Diagnosis and Reconfiguration
    
15. Diagnostic Technique for Multilevel Inverters Based on Genetic Algorithm
    to Select a Principal Component Neural Network
    
16. Non-active Power Definitions and Active Filtering
    
17. Harmonic Minimization in Multilevel Converters
18. High Performance Motor Drives
19. Evaluation Platform for Real-Time Control of Motor Drives for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (with J. N. Chiasson)
20. Agent-Based Ancilliary Services in a Deregulated Environment (with H. Qi)
21. Power Electronics and Alternator for Advanced Medium-Sized Portable Military Generator Set
22. Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation Techniques
23. Efficiency Modeling of Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Drive Train
24. Multilevel Converters for Large Variable Speed Drives
25. Harmonic Analysis of Electrical Distribution Systems
26. Methods for Estimating Induction Motor Efficiency
27. Reliability of Lightning-Resistant Overhead Lines
28. Computer-Aided Overcurrent Coordination and Protection of Electrical Distribution Systems
29. Dynamic Ampacity Control for the PCAT Facility
30. Permanent Magnet Machine Vector Control With a Real Time PC Interface
31. Fault Diagnosis and Reconfiguration in a Multilevel Inverter Using a Principal Component Neural Network
32. Basic Switching Cells in Power Electronics Inverters
33. Modeling of Silicon Carbide Power Semiconductor Devices
34. Reactive Power Planning
35. A Nonlinear Least-Squares Approach for Identification of Induction Motor Parameters
36. Speed Estimation of the Induction Motor
37. Modeling and Analysis of an Active Front-End Induction Motor Drive for Reactive Power Compensation
38. A Generalized Nonactive Power Theory for Parallel Compensation
39. Ancillary Services from Distributed Energy Resources
40. Assessment of the Economic Benefits from Reactive Power Compensation
41. Design of a New Permanent Magnet Machine by 3D Finite Element Analysis
42. Fault Diagnosis System for a Mutlilevel Inverter Using a Neural Network