CURENT is an NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center on the UT, Knoxville campus.
The center operates to upgrade the nation's electric power grid, collaborate with the electricity industry, and educate those considering engineering as a field of study. The Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT) is established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as an NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center (ER
10/12/2021
Tomsovic Honored as Chancellor's Professor | Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science CURENT director and CTI Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Kevin Tomsovic can now add another prestigious accolade to his name, as he has been
04/29/2021
Check out Fred Wang and Kevin Bai's research project!
Electricity in the Air: Wang, Bai Pursue Goal of Electrified Flight - Tickle College of Engineering Fred Wang and Hua Bai are developing breaker-related technology that could help improve electrified flight and increase the speed at which it is adopted.
04/26/2021
Let's hear it for Bob!
As part of the college's Staff Appreciation Month, we'd like to recognize CURENT Infrastructure Manager Robert Martin.
“Robert has been the CURENT lab manager for approximately 10 years. He is exceptional at his job and he is always willing to help on many other things beyond his usual responsibilities. Whenever students or faculty have any lab needs, they know they can depend on his help.”
02/19/2021
Congrats Dr. Pulgar!
Hector Pulgar, Assistant Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his proposal, “Towards enhanced grid robustness: Augmenting grid regulating capabilities through discrete controls on emerging power technologies.”
Congratulations, Dr. Pulgar!
Read more:
https://www.eecs.utk.edu/eecs-assistant-professor-receives-nsf-career-award/
01/08/2021
CURENT is excited to announce our 2021 virtual research experience for undergraduates. Applications are at https://tiny.utk.edu/reu2021 and are due March 19.
CURENT faculty members Dr. Fran Li, Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, Dr. Hantao Cui, Dr. Joe Chow, and Dr. Ali Abur have won a R&D 100 award for the Large Scale Test Bed: https://curent.utk.edu/news/press-releases/curent-ltb-selected-2020-rd-100-award-recipient/
Technical Society of Knoxville The technical Society speaker on July 13, 2020 will be Dr. Leon Tolbert who will speak on the Reconfigurable Power Grid Emulator . The meeting will be on ZOOM starting at 11:55 AM.
06/23/2020
EECS is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day today! We're featuring Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Han "Helen" Cui, one of our newest members of the EECS faculty.
06/23/2020
As an environmental sociologist working in the field of engineering, Chien-fei Chen thrives on unique, multidisciplinary research questions. In 2018, she became interested in pursuing a multidisciplinary, multi-cultural research project that would explore issues surrounding the equality of renewable energy, specifically the differences between Western and Chinese cultures, and how new energy solutions can impact vulnerable areas.
Read more here: http://tiny.utk.edu/cfchen
06/05/2020
This is Week 1 of our virtual REU and RET programs here at CURENT! 3 teachers, and 12 undergraduates are working with center faculty and staff to research electrical engineering. In this picture, RETs are sharing their understanding of the engineering design process with TPTE faculty member Mehmet Aydeniz.
05/14/2020
US power grid stable, but faces challenges OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The continental United States has an electrical power system that “is reasonably stable and robust” compared with the
04/29/2020
We have moved our Young Scholars Program online, which means a few spots are now open! This is a great opportunity for high school students interested in engineering to get some hands-on experience doing research. For more information, visit https://tiny.utk.edu/ysp
