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CURENT 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 (ERC) to pursue transformational research activities in renewable energy generation and storage, power electronics for electric grid power flow control and reconfiguration to enable a nation-wide transmission grid that is fully monitored and dynamically controlled for high efficiency, high reliability, low cost, and better accommodation of renewable sources. The Center also has the mission of promoting research, education, outreach, and training in the research area. Graduates from CURENT are expected to be a new generation of electric power and energy systems engineering leaders with a global perspective coming from diverse backgrounds. Findings from the research activities will accelerate the wide deployment of renewable energies and increase the reliability and resiliency of the electric power grid. CURENT will develop core research, non-core research, education and technology transfer activities.

10/12/2021

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

Check out Fred Wang and Kevin Bai's research project!
04/29/2021

Check out Fred Wang and Kevin Bai's research project!

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.

Let's hear it for Bob!
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.”

Congrats Dr. Pulgar!
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/

CURENT is excited to announce our 2021 virtual research experience for undergraduates. Applications are at https://tiny...
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.

07/13/2020

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

This is Week 1 of our virtual REU and RET programs here at CURENT! 3 teachers, and 12 undergraduates are working with ce...
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

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The continental United States has an electrical power system that “is reasonably stable and robust” compared with the

We have moved our Young Scholars Program online, which means a few spots are now open! This is a great opportunity for h...
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

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