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icSmartGrid2022 Best Paper Award for Robert Balog, Wesam Rohouma, Miroslav Begovic, and Aaqib Peerzada

The paper titled “Use of D-STATCOM for Solid State LED Lamp Harmonic Power Mitigation” was recognized with Best Paper Award at the 10th International Conference on Smart Grid (icSmartGrid2022) held in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 27-29, 2022. The authors are the following: Robert S. Balog, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, TAMU, Director, Renewable Energy

2022 IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award to Chanan Singh

Chanan Singh, Ph.D., Irma Runyon Chair Professor at Electrical and Computer Engineering, Regents Professor and University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University was selected to receive the 2022 IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award for sustained contribution to the education, research, and industrial adoption of reliability theory and practice in large power systems. He is also

2022 IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award to Miroslav Begovic

Miroslav M. Begovic, Ph.D., Moore Professor and Department Head at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, was chosen to receive the 2022 IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award for leadership in education and development of tools and protection techniques for integration of renewable generation in electric power systems. This

Professors Arum Han and Le Xie are Promoted to Chair Professors

              Arum Han, Ph.D.                               Le Xie, Ph.D. Collaborating Faculty of TEES Smart Grid Center: Dr. Arum Han (Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Chancellor EDGES Fellow, Presidential Impact Fellow, Affiliated Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, and Engineering Dean’s Research Fellow, TAMU), has been recently appointed as holder of the Texas Instruments Professorship II. More details on his

American Public Power Association’s DEED Fund Recipient: Pooria Dehghanian

Pooria Dehghanian, Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Texas A&M University (TAMU), was awarded the 2021 Fall Student Research Grant for his project titled “Transformer Thermal Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Technique during Geomagnetic Disturbance.” This award for his project was voted unanimously to approve $5,000 R&D funding of the American

2021 IEEE Fellow: Dr. Le Xie

Le Xie, Ph.D., Professor at Electrical & Computer Engineering, Chancellor EDGES Fellow, Presidential Impact Fellow, Assistant Director for Energy Digitization, Texas A&M University, has been selected to be 2021 IEEE Fellow for his contributions to economic and secure operations of power systems and big data analytics.

2022 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Recipient: Dr. P.R. Kumar

P.R. Kumar, Ph.D., Regents Professor, Distinguished Professor, and College of Engineering Chair in Computer Engineering  at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, was awarded the 2022 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal. This medal was given for his exceptional contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks. More on the current

2021 CIGRE Dale Douglass Award for Technical Achievement Recipient: Dr. Mladen Kezunovic

Mladen Kezunovic, Ph.D., Regents Professor, Eugene E. Webb Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was awarded the 2021 CIGRE Dale Douglass award for leadership and participation in technical international activities of CIGRE United States. This award is given in recognition of activities at the Study Committee or Working Groups

IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems Mid-Career Award – Le Xie

Dr. Le Xie, Professor at Electrical & Computer Engineering (TAMU) has received the prestigious IEEE Technical Committee (TC) on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Mid-Career Award in 2021. Dr. Xie is also Assistant Director – Energy Digitization at TAMU Energy Institute. Moreover he is the research coordinator of the membership projects at TEES Smart Grid Center. Since 2018

Prasad Enjeti – Engineering Genesis Award

A 2020 TEES Engineering Genesis Award was received by Prasad Enjeti, Ph.D., TI Professor III in Analog Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for his involvement in the project “Secure Monitoring and Control of Solar Power Distribution System Through Dynamic Watermarking.” The Engineering Genesis Award is presented to researchers that receive significant