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Congratulations Alan Mantooth!
Your NEW IEEE Division II Director“I want to thank everyone who supported me and rest assured,
I will represent all of the Division II Societies with equal fervor.
I look forward to serving them all on the IEEE Board of Directors.”
–Alan Mantooth
Congratulations Alan Mantooth!
Your NEW IEEE Division II Director“I want to thank everyone who supported me and rest assured, I will represent all of the Division II Societies with equal fervor. I look forward to serving them all on the IEEE Board of Directors.”
–Alan Mantooth
Latest News
NSF Grant Will Help Researchers Change Power for Data Centers from AC to DC
Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas' Center for Grid-Connected Advanced Power Electronics Systems, or GRAPES, have received $300,000 – part of a $1.1 million grant to Binghamton University – from the National Science Foundation to help...
Mantooth Named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow
On Dec. 3, the Arkansas Research Alliance announced that Alan Mantooth, Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering and holder of the Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair in Mixed-Signal IC Design and CAD, was one of its five inaugural fellows. The ARA Fellows...
GRAPES Center Receives Innovative Managing Director Grant
The NSF Center of Excellence in GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) received a $200,000 Innovative Managing Director Grant from the National Science Foundation. This is the second consecutive year that GRAPES has received this grant, which is...
APEI Powers Into R&D 100 for Second Time
For the second time in the company’s history, Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. has been included in R&D Magazine’s list of the world’s top 100 technological product innovations. The R&D 100 awards — known as the “Oscars of Innovation” — have...
Researchers Develop Device to Mitigate Blackouts, Prevent Equipment Damage
A local power failure in Ohio ten years ago caused a series of cascading power failures that resulted in a massive blackout that affected 50 million people and caused billions of dollars in damage and lost revenue. Such blackouts could be prevented in the future,...
GRAPES Executive Director Discusses the Role of NCREPT in UA Research at SEC Symposium in February
Dr. Alan Mantooth, Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering, talks about the University's National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission. Read more...
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