University of Yonsei South Korea joins GRAPES
June 28, 2017: Yonsei Power IT Group is pleased to announce the success of its kick-off meeting for the GRAPES-Korea collaboration. IAB members in GRAPES-Korea this year include: Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)...
More Secure & Reliable Energy
UWM joined a federally-funded group that works with government, industries and universities to make the U.S. electrical grid more reliable, greener and less expensive. UWM's contribution to the center is its expertise in microgrids. The group is the National Science...
GRAPES IAB Meeting Presentations, Posters and Photos – November 9-10, 2017
Below are the meeting minutes, presentations, posters and photos from the GRAPES meeting. Meeting Minutes PRESENTATIONS Welcome and GRAPES Center Update; Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas Industry Presentation: Advance Power Electronics Systems Enable Utility...
GRAPES Professors share challenges, evolution and the future of power electronics with Typhoon HIL at ECCE 2017
At this year's ECCE conference in Cincinnati, Prof. Juan Carlos Balda and Dr. Yue Zhao from the University of Arkansas shared with Typhoon HIL their point of view on the challenges, the evolution and the future of power electronics as well as their current projects...
Rambabu Adapu awarded 2016 IEEE PES Hingorani Custom Power Award
In recognition of his research and involvement in key projects, conferences and meetings in Custom Power Ramabu Adapa is a Technical Executive in the Power Delivery and Utilization Sector at EPRI. His research activities focus on High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)...
Undergraduate Summer Research Highlighted at Poster Session
On July 28, students in electrical engineering and computer science and computer engineering presented posters to faculty, staff and students. The presenters consisted of 11 electrical engineering students and two computer science and computer engineering students....
Undergraduate Summer Research Highlighted at Poster Session
On July 28, students in electrical engineering and computer science and computer engineering presented posters to faculty, staff and students. The presenters consisted of 11 electrical engineering students and two computer science and computer engineering students....
National Center Expanding Due to Success of Centers
As a result of the continued success of the Center for GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) along with the newly formed Cybersecurity Center for Secure Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems (SEEDS) and the Center for Power Optimization of...
Electric Power Research Institute Funds GRAPES Project
The National Science Foundation's Center for GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) in the College of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering will work on a tailored collaboration project funded by the Electric Power Research Institute,...
Power grid security work prompts $3 million expansion of UA electronics facility
The University of Arkansas is investing about $3 million to expand its high-power electronics testing facility in Fayetteville’s Arkansas Research & Technology Park. The National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission, or NCREPT, is used for industrial...
U of A Receives $3.2 Million from the Department of Energy
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded Distinguished Professor Alan Mantooth a total of $3.2 million for two projects that will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient,...
National Center Expanding Due to Success of Centers
As a result of the continued success of the Center for GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) along with the newly formed Cybersecurity Center for Secure Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems (SEEDS) and the Center for Power Optimization of...