This page is dedicated to advancements in power electronics that are enabling more energy secure electrical grids and transportation systems.
It also highlights the work of my students in my research lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
09/20/2025
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This Week in Waukesha - Overview Former Waukesha Alderman Don Browne hosts compelling discussions about topics that resonate with Waukesha and Waukesha County in this new weekly podcast series. Tune in on demand, and listen for highlights during the week on 540 WAUK.
11/22/2023
I recently attended the IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Exposition (ECCE) in Nashville along with four students and a post doc. We had a pretty good showing presenting four papers: 'The Use of Digital Twins in Inverter-based DERs to Improve Nanogrid Fault Recovery', 'Design and Surface Flashover Test of 10 kV SiC Power Module for DC Shipboard Application', 'Modeling and Validation of Common-mode Emissions of Silicon Carbide Enabled Motor Drive in Extended EMC Frequency Range' and 'Novel XGBoost Classifier Based Relaying Approach with 2 Classes of Protection Zone'.
11/22/2023
Our research group was recently interviewed by Spectrum News regarding our work on microgrids and recent integration of the UWM microgrid with Badger Technologies' Hybrid Energy Storage System.
UW-Milwaukee laboratory works to keep the lights on Their research aims to make electricity more reliable.
08/21/2023
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly visit Port Washington facility to learn about renewable energy solutions PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- During her visit across the state of Wisconsin this week, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) spent Friday morning, Aug. 4 at a facility in Port Washington, learning about innovative so
08/21/2023
https://uwm.edu/news/two-u-s-senators-get-first-hand-look-at-uwms-energy-research/
Two U.S. senators get first-hand look at UWM’s energy research Two U.S. senators recently received an up-close look at the federally funded, collaborative research being done between UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science and Badger Technology Group.
08/21/2023
I am catching up on my posts. Here is a new release on our work with Badger Technology Group on a new Hybrid Energy Storage System supported by the U.S. Air Force Research Lab.
Badger Technology Group Receive HESS Contract from US Air Force PORT WASHINGTON, WI— Badger Technology Group Inc., and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Engineering & Applied Science have received a contract from the United States Air Force Research Lab to produce, ...
08/21/2023
This article was published by Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA. It summarizes the work we have been doing with the team there and the EXWC team in Port Hueneme. We are actively engaged in continuing this work and developing a revolutionary new way of building up reliable and resilient microgrids both to improve energy security and to reduce greenhouse gases.
Energy Security for Naval Station Rota, Spain: Three-year NSETTI-funded Project Concludes with Strong Results for the Navy - Energy Academic Group - Naval Postgraduate School By Douglas Van Bossuyt, PhD, NPS Systems Engineering Department and Giovanna Oriti, PhD, NPS Electrical and Computer EngineerIng Department
12/05/2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nc-power-outages-investigated-criminal-occurrence-rcna59993
Autonomously re-configurable nano-grid based microgrids are one way to mitigate these kinds of attacks. Electrical distribution networks can be made more resilient if they can draw power from multiple sources through re-configurable power and communication networks. The need for this technology is becoming critical.
'Targeted' N.C. power outages could leave more than 100,000 in the dark for days A curfew was declared and schools were closed as the FBI and state authorities joined the investigation into the gun attacks on two energy substations in Moore County.
10/20/2022
Indigenous nations have been stewarding the lands and waterways of what we now call the Midwest for millennia. In recent years, native nations, in particular women tribal members, have been at the forefront of social movements protecting water and investing in resilient and clean energy infrastructure.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, join us on Tuesday, November 1st to hear from a panel of experts on how sovereign Indigenous nations in Wisconsin and beyond are responding to the challenges and opportunities of energy infrastructure development on tribal lands.
To register, click link in bio or visit energy.wisc.edu/events
10/02/2022
https://youtu.be/qxNremc9PXY
We are proud to be part of this effort!
U.S. military bases take steps to reduce emissions, combat climate change The U.S. Department of Defense has listed climate change as a national security threat, and is now taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint. The U.S. Army...
Time to make updates. We are excited that my colleague and friend Chanyeop Park has joined UWM and will be working with us on insulation systems and dielectric materials--key technologies to the future of power and energy.
https://uwm.edu/engineering/through-office-of-naval-research-park-awarded-148k-to-study-partial-discharge-in-power-electronics/