By ECE News<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nc-state-abb-partnership-1-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">ABB was the first corporate partner to move onto Centennial Campus. Now, 30 years later, the company is still working with the FREEDM Center to improve the reliability and environmental impact of electric power |bedair, Power, Research, silicon, solar
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aimb-structure.jpg" alt=""></div>A new approach from NC State ECE researchers creates multi-junction solar cells with off-the-shelf components and intermetallic bonding. |Power, Research
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Strata-Solar-Monroe-Farm.jpg" alt=""></div>Researchers in the FREEDM Systems Center received a $3.1 million research award from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the U.S. electricity grid. |News, Power
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/power-station.jpg" alt=""></div>Research within Engineering is advancing electric vehicle technology. |Power, Research
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lukic-fast-charger-2018-header.jpg" alt=""></div>A new electric vehicle fast charger is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and wastes 60 percent less power during the charging process, without sacrificing the charging time. |FREEDM, NSF, Power, Research
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/FREEDM_MH19699.jpg" alt=""></div>The National Science Foundation's FREEDM Systems Center led by NC State ECE is celebrating 10 years of work changing how we use energy. |Awards, chancellor, charing, ev, funding, Life, lukic, microneedle, Power, Research, srdic
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/daniele_sized.jpg" alt="Michael Daniele in his lab." srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/daniele_sized.jpg 1500w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/daniele_sized-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/daniele_sized-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/daniele_sized-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/daniele_sized-1080x608.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px"></div>Three NC State ECE faculty members are 2019 recipients of fund awards from Chancellor’s Innovation Fund as they develop microneedle patches and fast chargers for electric vehicles. |News, Power, Smart
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header.jpg 1500w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-1080x608.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px"></div>New system can simultaneously deliver watts of power and transmit data at rates high enough to stream video over the same wireless connection. |News, Power
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header.jpg 1500w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-1080x608.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px"></div>Researchers are rolling out a new manufacturing process and chip design for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, which can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics. |FREEDM, husain, News, Power, Research, smart grid, transformers
By ECE News<div><img width="511" height="768" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Husan-SST-sidebar-FULL-again.jpg" alt="Solid-state transformers, developed at NC State, can make the smart grid concept a reality." srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Husan-SST-sidebar-FULL-again.jpg 511w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Husan-SST-sidebar-FULL-again-452x679.jpg 452w" sizes="(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px"></div>A new study using complex computational models finds that smart solid-state transformers (SSTs) could be used to make a stable, reliable "smart grid" - allowing the power distribution system to route renewable energy from homes and businesses into the power grid.