Grainger CEME

Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics

Past Seminars

  • February 13, 2017 Hardware-in-the-Loop Co-Design Testbed for Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters (Nathan Pallo)
  • February 6, 2017 Mitigating Power Systems Variability in More Electric Aircraft Utilizing Power Electronics Implemented Dynamic Thermal Storage (Yue Cao)
  • January 30, 2017 On-Chip Hybrid Dickson Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter (Joseph Liu)
  • January 23, 2017 Power Electronics @ CEI-UPM: The Industrial Council and the Little Box Challenge (J. Cobos)
  • December 5, 2016 20x-Real Time Modeling and Simulation of More Electric Aircraft Thermally Integrated Electrical Power Systems (Y. Cao)
  • December 5, 2016 Frequency Control in Microgrids: Distributed Implementation and Intrusion Detection (M. Liu)
  • November 14, 2016 Power Network Topology Control for Mitigating the Effects of Geomagnetically Induced Currents (C. Klauber)
  • November 14, 2016 A High Power Density Power Factor Correction Front End Based on a Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter (S. Qin)
  • November 7, 2016 Optimization of the Coordinated Control of Distributed Energy Resources Based on Decision Trees (P. Moutis)
  • October 31, 2016 A Physically Flexible Flying-Capacitor Multilevel Converter for Space and Weight Constrained Power Conversion Applications (D. Chou)
  • October 31, 2016 Semiconductors Like It Hot, But GaN Also Likes it Cold: Probing Gallium-Nitride Power Field-Effect Transistors at Cryogenic Temperatures (T. Foulkes)
  • October 24, 2016 Controllability Analysis Based Techniques for Regaining Control in a Cyber-Adversarial Environment (S. Hossain-McKenzie)
  • October 24, 2016 Mitigation of Geomagnetically Induced Currents through Corrective Line Switching (M. Kazerooni)
  • October 17, 2016 Microgrid Reduced-Order Models – Grid Feeding Inverters (O. Ajala)
  • October 17, 2016 A Reliability Assessment of Series-Stacked Servers with Server-to-Bus Differential Power Processing (E. Candan)
  • October 10, 2016 Measuring the Risk of the Power Grid (Z. Feinstein)
  • October 3, 2016 High Speed, High-Frequency Air-core Machine and Drive (R. Sanchez)
  • September 26, 2016 A 5-Level Flying Capacitor Multi-Level Converter with Integrated Auxiliary Power Supply and Start-Up (A. Stillwell)
  • September 16, 2016 Induction Motors- Overview of History, Basic Theory, Physical Design, and Performance with Emphasis on Aircraft Applications (T. Keck)
  • September 12, 2016 A GaN-based Flying-Capacitor Multilevel Boost Converter for High Step-up Conversion (Z. Liao)
  • September 12, 2016 An Emulation Environment for Prototyping PMU Data Errors (I. Idehen)
  • August 29, 2016 Smooth Formulation for Hard Constraints in Voltage Stability Analysis (A. Lima Abrantes)
  • August 29, 2016 High-Specific-Power Electric Machines for Electrified Transportation Applications-Technology Options (X. Zhang)
  • May 17, 2016 Graphical Models for Power Systems Analysis (K. Dvijotham)
  • April 25, 2016 State of Charge Indicator (SOCI) Design for the Lithium Carbon Monofluoride (Li-CFx) Battery (E. William Jr)
  • April 18, 2016 A Brief Overview of Commercial Gallium Nitride Power FETs from an Application Perspective (J. Glaser)
  • April 18, 2016 Power & Energy Seminar (M. Backes & S. Hossain-Mckenzie)
  • April 11, 2016 Hierarchical Clustering and Data Abstraction for Visual Exploration of Power Systems (K. Gegner)
  • April 11, 2016 Automation Tools for the Verification of Power System Transient Stability Models (B. Raposa)
  • April 4, 2016 Enhanced Visualization of Wide-Area Voltage Clusters in a Power System (I. Idehen)
  • April 4, 2016 Overview of Demand Response in US Electricity Markets (R. Padmanabhan)
  • March 28, 2016 Modeling, Simulation and Prototyping of an Electromechanical 72 Kv Switch (M. Lopez-Guerra Belzunce and M. Javier Yusta)
  • March 28, 2016 High-density, Multilevel Inverters for Aerospace Applications (C. Barth)
  • March 14, 2016 Compensation for High Impedance Line Drop in Power Network Equivalents (W. Jang)
  • March 14, 2016 Modelling the Impact of Water Constraints on Electric Power Generation (D. Phillips)
  • March 7, 2016 IC Compatible Power Supply Circuitry for Gate Driver of Flying Capacitor Multi-level Converters (Z. Ye)
  • March 7, 2016 Market-based Solutions for Acquisition of Operational Ramping Requirements in Power Systems (J. Vilá)
  • February 29, 2016 Active Battery Management Systems and High Power Density Switched Capacitor Converters (D. Heeger)
  • February 29, 2016 Power Electronics Implementation of Dynamic Thermal Inertia to Offset Stochastic Solar Resources in Low-Energy Buildings (Y. Cao)
  • February 22, 2016 Redundancy Analysis and Improved Parameter Estimation for Complex Dynamic Load Modeling: A Case Study on the WECC CMPLDW (K. Zhang)
  • February 22, 2016 High Power Cascaded Converter Research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (T. Modeer)
  • February 15, 2016 Grid Integration of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Resources: Impact Analysis and Mitigation Strategies (D. Sutanto)
  • February 1, 2016 Creating Realistic Synthetic Power Grids Using Statistical Analysis (A. Birchfield)
  • February 1, 2016 A Conduction Cooled Nb3Sn Racetrack Coil: Design, Construction, and Testing (R. Sanchez)
  • December 7, 2015 Optimization Framework for Topology Design Challenges in Tactical Smart Microgrid Planning (O. Kahveci)
  • December 7, 2015 Real-Time Event Detection and Feature Extraction Using PMU Measurement Data (T. Xu)
  • November 30, 2015 The California Push for Energy Storage Deployment (A. Manjunath)
  • November 16, 2015 The Complex Structure of the AC Optimal Power Flow Problem (C. Josz)
  • November 9, 2015 Public Utility Power System Reliability Analysis (C. Zhang)
  • November 9, 2015 Quantifying Photovoltaic Fluctuation with 5 kHz Data: Implications for Energy Loss via Maximum Power Point Trackers (A. Magerko)
  • November 2, 2015 Capacitively-Coupled Power Transfer Systems, Concepts & Opportunities (D. Ludois)
  • October 26, 2015 Line Protection from Phasors to Traveling Waves (K. Zimmerman)
  • October 19, 2015 Investigating Synchrophasor Data to Record Generator Equilibrium State Changes (K. Reinhard)
  • October 19, 2015 Real-Time Event Detection and Feature Extraction Using PMU Measurement Data (T. Xu)
  • October 12, 2015 Random-Topology Power Grid Models for the Development and Validation of New Power System Tools (Z. Wang)
  • October 5, 2015 Why Cooperatives are COOL! (B. Hunzinger)
  • September 28, 2015 Distribution System State Estimation Using Semidefinite Programming (C. Klauber)
  • September 28, 2015 Progress of NASA Learn Superconducting Machine Project (D. Loder)
  • September 21, 2015 Use of Sparse Magnetometer Measurements for Geomagnetically Induced Current Model Validation (M. Kazerooni)
  • September 21, 2015 A Maximum A-Posteriori Based Algorithm for Dynamic Load Model Parameter Estimation (S. Guo)
  • September 14, 2015 A Series-Stacked Power Delivery Architecture With Isolated Differential Power Conversion for Data Centers (E. Candan)
  • September 14, 2015 A High-Efficiency High Energy Density Buffer Architecture for Power Pulsation Decoupling in Grid-Interfaced Applications (S. Qin)
  • August 31, 2015 IEEE Central Illinois Section (CILS) (T. O’Connell)
  • May 14, 2015 Synchrophasor Initiative in India after 2012 Grid Disturbances, and Development of its Various Applications (S. Srivastava)
  • May 4, 2015 A Distributed Grid Analytics Platform for Residential Phasor Measurements (A. Stillwell)
  • April 27, 2015 Long-term Benefits of Differential Power Processing in Large-scale Solar Arrays (J. Galtieri)
  • April 27, 2015 An Economic Evaluation Tool of Inertia Services for Systems with Integrated Wind Power and Fast-acting Storage Resources (T. Xu)
  • April 20, 2015 Design of a High Power Density, Single-phase Inverter (C. Barth, Y. Lei and S. Qin)
  • April 13, 2015 Status of Cryogenic/Superconducting Drivetrains and Components, and Impacts for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion (T. Haugan)
  • April 6, 2015 Ultra-Efficient, Compact and Long-Life Power Electronics (K. Afridi)
  • March 16, 2015 Transmission Topology Control Algorithms for Congestion and Overload Relief (P. Ruiz)
  • March 9, 2015 Transformation of the Electricity Grid (H. Othman)
  • March 2, 2015 Synthesis of Distributed Inverter Controllers That Seek Optimal Power Flow Solutions (E. Dall’Anese)
  • February 23, 2015 Assessing Operational Flexibility in Systems with Increased Penetration of Variable Generation (A. Tuohy)
  • February 16, 2015 Split-Phase Control: Achieving Complete Soft-Charging Operation of a Dickson Switched-Capacitor Converter (Y. Lei)
  • February 16, 2015 Non-Intrusive Parameter Estimation for Single-Phase Induction Motor Using Transient Data (P. Huynh)
  • February 9, 2015 An Economic Valuation of Solar Energy Potential in Africa: Nigeria Case Study (L. Ogunnubi)
  • February 9, 2015 Multi-Objective Optimization of an Actively Shielded Superconducting Field Winding (D. Loder)
  • February 2, 2015 Moment-Based Relaxations of Optimal Power Flow Problems (D. Molzahn and I. Hiskens)
  • January 26, 2015 Digital Interleaved PWM for Envelope Tracking Converters (P. Midya)
  • December 8, 2014 On the Systematic Comparative Evaluation of Electric Motor and Drive Technologies (D. Ionel)
  • December 1, 2014 An Economic Valuation of Solar Energy Potential in Africa: Nigeria/Ghana Case Study (L. Ogunnubi)
  • December 1, 2014 Measurement-Based Real-Time Economic Dispatch (K. Van Horn)
  • November 17, 2014 Design and Stability of Load-Side Frequency Control (S. Low)
  • November 10, 2014 A 1.2 MHz, 25 V to 100 V Resonant Dickson Switched-Capacitor Converter Using GaN Transistors (B. Macy)
  • November 10, 2014 Energy Storage = A Building? (Y. Cao)
  • November 3, 2014 Energy Storage for Grid Integration of Renewable Energy (A. Botterud)
  • October 27, 2014 A Methodology to Analyze Conservation Voltage Reduction Performance Using Field Test Data (M. Liu)
  • October 20, 2014 Classification of Distribution System Events Detected by Frequency Disturbance Recorder (D. Phillips)
  • October 20, 2014 Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) Sensitivity to General Substation Grounding Resistance (U. Bui)
  • October 13, 2014 A Power Sharing Based Approach for Optimizing Photovoltaic Generation in Autonomous Microgrids (O. Ajala)
  • October 6, 2014 Using 1-D Layered Earth Models and Real-Time Magnetometer Data to Calculate the Induced Geoelectric Field During Geomagnetic Disturbances (T. Hutchins)
  • September 29, 2014 Differential Power Processing for Series-Stacked (A. Stillwell)
  • September 22, 2014 Induction Motor Drive Design From Loss Minimization and Damping Perspectives (S. Sridharan)
  • September 15, 2014 Advantages and Opportunities of Highly Parallelized Electric Machines (M. Magill)
  • September 8, 2014 A Series-Stacked Power Delivery Architecture with Isolated Differential Power Conversion for Data Centers (E. Candan)
  • May 5, 2014 Voltage Regulation for Distribution Networks
  • April 28, 2014 Asynchronous and Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking of Photovoltaic Sub-modules Using Differential Power Processing
  • April 21, 2014 Power Electronic Drivers’ Influence on LED Light Flicker
  • April 14, 2014 Sub-Module Control of a Multilevel DC-DC Converter for Solar Photovoltaic Applications and Voltage Regulation of a Series Stacked System of Processor Cores
  • April 7, 2014 – slides The Past, Present, and future of IGBT Device Technology (voice)
  • March 31, 2014 The Impact of Tight Coupling of Cyber and Physical Layers in the Power Grid and A Series-Stacked Power Delivery Architecture for Data Centers
  • March 17, 2014 Distributed Stop Detection for Resilient Distributed Control via Dissimilar Graphs and A Power Staring Strategy for Autonomoun Microgrids via Automatic Generation Control
  • March 10, 2014 Dithering Digital Ripple Correlation Control with Assisted Windowed Sensing and Enhancing Micro-inverter Energy Capture with Sub-module Differential Power Processing
  • March 3, 2014 – slides A Dynamic Magnetic Equivalent Circuit Model for Design and Control of Wound Rotor Synchronous Machines (voice)
  • February 24, 2014 Automation of Commercial Power System Software for Data-Driven Research and Distribution System Event Detection and Classification using Local-Area Voltage Measurements
  • February 17, 2014 Optimal Panel Tilt and Spacing to Maximize Yearly Energy Harvest
  • February 10, 2014 A Series-Stacked Architecture for Highly-Efficient Data Center Power Delivery and Inverter Characterization for Intermittent and Peak Duty Motor Drives (slides – Inverter…Drives)
  • February 3, 2014 Using Differential Power Processing Converters in Photovoltaic Systems to Improve Lifetime Energy Production
  • December 9, 2013 Stator Configuration Constraints on Electric Machine Performance and Smart-Grid-Enabled Distributed Reactive Power Support with Conservation of Voltage Reduction
  • December 2, 2013 Differential Power Processing of Series-Connected Photovoltaic Sub-Modules Using the PV-To-Virtual Bus Architecture and Fault Detection and Isolation in Switched Linear Systems
  • November 18, 2013 Thermostatically Controlled Load Equivalent Battery Parameter Identification and Energy Storage for Battery Electric Vehicles: An Engineering Perspective
  • November 11, 2013 Model Validation for Geomagnetically Induced Currents with Real Data and Soft-charging Operation of Switched-capacitor DC-DC Converters
  • November 4, 2013 Integration and Interconnection of Distributed Energy Resources
  • October 30, 2013 Cascading failure Dynamics in Power Grids, with Analogies in Computational Chemistry
  • October 28, 2013 Power System Big Data and “Model Free” Evaluation of Grid Voltage Stability
  • October 21, 2013 Potential HVDC Networks
  • October 14, 2013 Optimal Tap Settings for Voltage Regulation Transformers in Distribution Networks and System-Level Loss Optimization in Induction Motor Drives
  • October 7, 2013 Co-Design of Electric Machine and Integrated Modular Motor Drive Based on GaN Devices
  • September 30 ’13 Construction of a Phasor Measurement Unit at UIUC and PMU Deployment at ATC
  • September 23 ’13 A Probabilistic Simulation Tool for Systems with Integrated Concentrated Solar Plants
  • September 16 ’13 Distribution Fault Location Using Wide-Area Voltage Magnitude Measurements and Geomagnetically Induced Current Sensitivity to Assumed Substation Grounding Resistance
  • September 9 ’13 Hot Spot and Second Breakdown Effects on Reverse I-V Characteristics for Mono-Crystalline Si Photovoltaics and A distributed Approach to Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Sub-Module Differential Power Processing
  • April 29 ’13 A Practical Approach for Faster Power System Transient Simulation Using Fault Dependent Model Reduction
  • April 15 ’13 Machine Characterization for Short-Term or Instantaneous Torque Capabilities Based on Transient Thermal Response_Soft-Charging Switched Capacitor Converter using Dickson Technology
  • April 8 ’13 Dynamic Photovoltaic Model with Reverse-Bias Characteristics to Investigate Hot Spots Formation_An Average Modeling Approach of Hybrid Power Systems for Use in Mobile Refrigeration Applications
  • April 1 ’13a Sub-Module Differential Power Processing for Photovoltaic ApplicationsApril 1 ’13b Current Ripple Cancellation For Asymmetric Multiphase Interleaved Dc-Dc Switching Converters With Applications In Solar Photovoltaics
  • March 4 ’13 Dithering Digital Ripple Correlation Control for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point_Real-Time PMU-Based Tools for Monitoring Operational Reliability
  • Feb. 11 ’13 Power Quality Compensation in Distribution Systems Using Active Power Filters
  • Feb. 4 ’13 KTH and John Deere: An 8 Month Hiatus from UIUC
  • Jan. 28 ’13 Introduction to the UIUC Power and Energy Group_Demand Response Resources (DDRs) Are Not All They’re Made Out To Be: The Payback Effects Severely Reduce the Reported DDR Economic and Emission Benefits
  • Nov. 26 ’12 Stochastic  Simulation  of  Power Systems  with  Integrated  Renewable  and  Storage  Resources
  • Nov. 12 ’12 MISO Overview and Generation and Demand Management Improvement with Increased Variable Generation
  • Nov. 5 ’12 HVDC: Pathway to America’s Sustainable Future
  • Oct. 29 ’12 Computing Power System Steady-state Stability Using Synchrophasor Data
  • Oct. 22 ’12 Microgrids: Engaging the Customer
  • Oct. 15 ’12 Multi-area Nonlinear State Estimation using Distributed Semidefinite Programming
  • Oct. 8 ’12 Soft-Saturation Power Inductors for Optimizing DC-Dc converter Performance
  • Oct. 1 ’12 Some Reflections on the Field of Power Electronics and Control of DC-DC Converters
  • Sept. 24 ’12 Line Limit Preserving Power System Equivalent
  • Sept. 17 ’12 Modernizing Power Grids with Distributed Intelligence and Smart Grid-Ready Instrumentation
  • April 2012_2 Review of Charging Power Levels and Infrastructure for Plug-In Electric and Hybrid Vehicles and Commentary on Unidirectional Charging
  • April 2012 Health Monitoring and Fault Detection of Claw-pole Generators
  • November 2011 Accelerating Optimal Machine Design Through Parametric Thermo-Mechanical Models
  • October 2011 Design Strategies for Inverter-Driven Induction Machine
  • May 2011 An In-Lab Grid for the Development of Energy Storage for Use With Wind Energy
  • April 2011 Control and Modulation Schemes for High‐Performance Electrical Drive Systems
  • March 2011 Power Supply Aware Computing
  • February 2011 Aspects of Permanent Magnet Machine Design
  • December 2010 Capacitive Power Transfer for Contactless Charging
  • November 2010 The Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics at the University of Illinois
  • October 2010 A Multirate Field Construction Technique for Efficient Modeling of the Fields and Forces  within Inverter-Fed Induction Machines
  • September 2010 Inductive Power Transfer: Powering our Future
  • May 2010 Recent Progress in Computational Electromagnetics with a Focus on the Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods
  • April 2010 2MW PM Machine Design for Direct–Driven Wind Turbine Generator Application
  • March 2010 Solar Energy Project and Assessment for a Major University Building
  • February 2010 Integrated Power Managementwith Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters
  • December 2009 Considering Thermo-mechanical Modeling and Design of Electrical Machines
  • November 2009 Traditional Design of Cage Rotor Induction Motors
  • October 2009 Direct-Drive Rotary Generator Design by Genetic Algorithm for Ocean Wave Energy Application
  • September 2009 Cost-Effective Hundred-Year Life for Single-Phase Inverters and Rectifiers in Solar and LED Lighting Applications through Port-Based Ripple Management Port
  • May 2009 Evolutionary Design of PMSM Machines
  • April 2009 Windings For Permanent Magnet Machines
  • March 2009 Switched-Capacitor Converters: Big and Small
  • February 2009 Power Electronics Needs and Performance Analysis for Achieving Grid Parity Solar Energy Costs
  • December 2008 Doubly Excited Brushless Reluctance Machine for Advanced Wind Power Generation
  • November 2008 Overview of Power Electronics for Hybrid Vehicles
  • October 2008 Utilizing a Digital PWM Controller to Monitor the Health of a Power Supply
  • September 2008 Electric Machine Design: Current Status and Alternatives for Improved Performance
  • July 2008 Design of Inverter-Driven Induction Machines
  • July 2008 Experimental Evaluation of a High-Speed Multi-Megawatt SMPM Machine
  • May 2008 Nonlinear Phenomena in Power Electronics
  • April 2008 A Comparison of Nodal- and Mesh-Based Magnetic Equivalent Circuit Models
  • March 2008 Medium Voltage Induction Motor Protection and Diagnostics
  • February 2008 Residential Solar Power in the Midwest
  • December 2007 New Mexico Army National Guard PEM Demonstration Project (Fuel Cells)
  • November 2007 Battery Management for Maximum Performance in Plug-In Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
  • October 2007 High Average-Efficiency Power Amplifier Techniques
  • April 2007 A Novel Control Scheme for a Doubly-Fed Induction Wind Generator Under Unbalanced Grid Voltage Conditions
  • March 2007 PM Generator Characteristics for Oscillatory-Engine Based Portable Power System
  • February 2007 Discussion of the Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics Collaborative Network: an Overview of Machines and Energy on a National Scale
  • December 2006 A Stator Turn-Fault-Tolerant Strategy for Interior PM Synchronous Motor Drives in Safety-Critical Applications
  • November 2006 Using Torque-Ripple-Induced Vibration to Determine the Initial Rotor Position of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine
  • October 2006 Ocean Wave Energy Conversion: A Survey
  • April 2006 Investigating the Utility of Schwarz-Christoffel Mapping Theory in Electric Machine Design and Analysis.
  • April 2006 Frequency-Dependent, Time-Invariant DC-DC Converter Models Without Averaging
  • March 2006 Ultimate Switching: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Switch Timing Control in Power Electronics and Drives (P. Krein)
  • November 2005 Hurricane Katrina’s Damage: Assessment of Power Infrastructure for Distribution, Telecommunications and Backup, With On-Site Data (W. Weaver, A. Kwasinski) (17 M PDF file)
  • November 2005 Digital Audio Amplifiers: Methods for High-Fidelity Fully Digital Class D Systems (P. Krein, presented at Purdue and at Berkeley)
  • February 2005 A Microscopic Investigation of Force Generation in a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (S. Pekarek)
  • April 2004 Low-Cost Distributed Solar-Thermal-Electric Power Generation (S. Sanders)
  • March 2004 Energy Systems Research at Oregon State University (A. vonJouanne)
  • February 2004 Energy Source Diversification (P. Chapman)
  • March 2003 Biomechanical Energy Conversion (P. Chapman)
  • December 2002 The Nature and Promise of 42 V Automotive Power: An Update (P. Krein)
  • November 2002. Fuel Cells: Electrical Energy Conversion Issuess (P. Krein)
  • May 2002 The Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics – Update (P. Krein)
  • March 2002 High-Frequency Link Inverter Based on Multiple-Carrier PWM (P. Krein, Xin Geng, R. Balog)
  • December 2001 A fast current response control strategy fo
    flywheel peak power capability under DC bus voltage constraint (L. Xu)
  • October 2001 Power electronics global perspective (G. Joos)
  • September 2001 MEMS update on small magnetics (C. Liu)
  • April 2001 Summary of challenges in small motors (P. Krein)