Departmental News

Dr. Kamalasadan wins Siemen’s Energy Award
Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received funding sponsored by Siemens Energy for developing digital twin power system models for hybrid technology configurations. The award amount is $100,000 for one year. Dr. Michael Smith from Engineering Technology and Construction Management is the Co-PI. Today’s transmission grid is experiencing several challenges, as […]

Dr. Chowdhury wins Engineering Research Center Planning grant
A three-university team (UNC Charlotte, North Carolina State University and Clemson University) along with Duke Energy has recently won a National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant to identify the potential for an engineering research center. The team led by PI Prof. Badrul Chowdhury will use the award amount $99,623 for one year to identify the […]

Development of Screen-Printable Cu Paste
Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received funding sponsored by Bert Thin Films LLC as a part of the Department of Energy (DoE) Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO) for a total of $250,000 for two years. Dr. Richard Stephenson at Silicon Valley Materials Technology (co-PI) and Dr. Dana Hankey at ACI […]