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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
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Oak Ridge National Lab and Industrial Technology Research Institute Join GRAPES Center
For three years, the University of Arkansas has partnered with the University of South Carolina in a National Science Foundation industry/university cooperative research center known as Grid-Connected Advanced Power Electronics Systems, or GRAPES. As 2011 closes,...
Academia and Industry Collaborate at the GRAPES Semi-Annual Meeting
In November 2011, the Grid-connected Advanced Power Electronics Systems Center celebrated its two-year anniversary and held a semi-annual meeting on the University of Arkansas campus. In attendance were professors and students from the University of Arkansas and the...
The smart grid “Grand Challenge”
Interview with Dr. Alan Mantooth, IEEE Fellow, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Arkansas (UA), and Executive Director of three UA research centers, by Barbara Vergetis Lundin of SmartGridNews.com. Dr. Mantooth defines "what is a 'smart grid'":...
Senior Journalism Campaigns Class Creates Promotional Materials for NSF GRAPES Center
Building collaborative partnerships within the university, the National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission employed the marketing services of 15 University of Arkansas seniors through their Journalism Campaigns course. The class spent the entire spring...
University and Industry Seek to Develop ‘Smart Grid’
The cost of electrical energy is a concern for the people who use it and the people who produce it. Researchers are exploring new sources of clean, renewable energy; electrical companies are searching for ways to make their grids safer and smarter; and large...
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