“How many have seen magic?” It seemed an unusual question, especially from someone whose daily life revolves around the very real world of engineering, but to Arijit Banerjee, “Engineering is magic.” “Every day when I come to work, it’s like Disneyland.” The electrical and computer engineering (ECE) assistant professor spoke to 25 of the 300 […]
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An Offshore Wind Energy Harvesting System Amplifies Opportunities in Green Electricity
A new invention developed by an ECE ILLINOIS team is creating new possibilities for using offshore wind as a competitive source of energy. The team’s award-winning system is set to make this critical renewable energy resource more attainable and cost efficient, producing significant environmental benefits. ECE ILLINOIS Assistant Professor Arijit Banerjee and PhD student Phuc […]
UIUC Microgrid Control Demo
Watch this explainer video from the team at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign about the arpa-e project “Distributed Grid Control of Flexible Loads and DERs for Optimized Provision of Synthetic Regulating Reserves” and see how HIL is involved in these kinds of Microgrid projects. Check out this Blog article highlighting DERs: ARPA-E virtual both blog article
National Academy of Inventors announces Krein as 2017 NAI Fellow
Research Professor Philip T Krein has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This year’s class includes 155 renowned academic inventors, bringing the total number of NAI Fellows to 912.Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of […]
Nathan Brooks and Zichao Ye Win Best Paper Awards at IEEE COMPEL 2017
Nathan Charles Brooks and Zichao Ye, advisees of associate professor Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, each received a best paper award at the 2017 IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL) hosted by Stanford University. COMPEL consists of keynote speeches, workshops, lectures and individual submissions and is known for renowned researchers in the field of power […]
NASA 2017 Annual Review on More Electric Aircraft
Illinois professors and graduate students are collaborating with NASA to help more-electric aircraft take flight. This means that electric machines and power electronics must have both ultra-high efficiency and be lightweight in the 1 MW power class. Prof. Haran and his team of graduate students presented results from recent spin tests, manufacturing insights, loss validation […]
CEME Collaborator Ron Harley died on October 30, 2017
It is with great sadness that Professor Tom Habetler writes to let you know of the passing of our friend and colleague, Ron Harley. Ron passed away at his home last night, surrounded by family and friends, after a battle with cancer. In 1999, Ron joined the Georgia Tech School of ECE, where he held […]
Ali Bazzi, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transportation Electrification eNewsletter
Ali Bazzi, PhD 2010 U of I (P. Krein, adviser), Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, was named IEEE Transportation Electrification eNewsletter Editor-in-Chief. This publication addresses four domains: Terrestrial (land based), Nautical (Ocean, lakes and bodies of water), Aeronautical (Air and Space) and Commercial-Manufacturing. Its main topics are batteries, advanced charging, telematics, systems architectures that include […]
Olaoluwapo Ajala, Runner-up for the Illinois Innovation Prize
The Illinois Innovation Prize, administered by the Technology Entrepreneur Center in the College of Engineering, is awarded on an annual basis to the most innovative students on campus. Three runners-up for the Illinois Innovation Prize each received $2,500 to further their work. Ajala’s research is focused on energy resource optimization technology (see research summary below). […]
Zunum Aero – Start-Up to Reinvent Regional Air Travel
A start-up co-founded by the Grainger CEME Associate Director, Kiruba Haran, is trying to reinvent regional air travel. Zunum Aero, the Hummingbird of the Skies*, is based in Kirkland, WA and focused on small regional jets powered with electric propellers. The company has received financial backing from Boeing and JetBlue Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of […]