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Awards, Scholarships

Researchers Receive $1.2 million Grant from NSF to Research Monitoring and Control Techniques of the Growth of Nanomaterials Crucial to New Batteries and Photovoltaic Devices

CPS: Medium: Real-time Learning and Control of Stochastic Nanostructure Growth Process Through In Situ Dynamic Imaging The intellectual core of this research is to address the foundational problem of real-time learning and control of a multivariate, nonparametric model of probability density functions that reflect the collective stochastic behavior of evolving nano objects. Several scientific and

Prasad Enjeti – Faculty COVID Hero Recognition Award

The 2020 ECE Faculty COVID Hero Award was received by Prasad Enjeti, Ph.D., TI Professor III of Analog Electronics at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  for Contributions to Innovative Online Teaching and Laboratory Design for ECEN 438 Power Electronics Course. Dr. Enjeti received this award due to the great efforts he made to plan and

Dr. Yu Ding awarded with Distinguished Achievement Award 2020

Dr. Yu Ding, Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor at Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Associate Director for Research Engagement at Texas A&M Data Science, Affiliated Faculty at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and SGC faculty collaborator, was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award 2020 for research.  His nominators highlighted ‘his outstanding educational abilities and

Prasad Enjeti – William Keeler Memorial Award

The 2020 Texas A&M Engineering William Keeler Memorial Award for Service was received by Prasad Enjeti, Ph.D., TI Professor III in Analog Electronics at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The award was endowed by Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) in memoriam of the late company president William Keeler, Mechanical Engineering Class of ’49. Mr. Keeler

Thomas Powell Fellowship Recipients – 2019

This year 22 graduate students were awarded Thomas Powell’62 Fellowships sponsored generously by Thomas Powell’62 and Powell Industries Inc. This is the greatest honor that a full-time, currently enrolled student can receive in Electrical Power Engineering at Texas A&M. The list of recent awardees is the following: Student Degree Advisor Cecilia Klauber Ph.D. Thomas Overbye,

Pooria Dehghanian’s Awards

Pooria Dehghanian, a student of Dr. Overbye,  won the “Higher Education and/or High Impact Learning Research Award” along with the second best overall presentation award at the TAMU Student Research Week. More than 800 students from all the majors participated and presented their research work. Congratulations on your continuing success.

Recent Graduate Student Awards – Cheng (Peter) Qian

We are pleased to announce that Cheng (Peter) Qian received multiple awards this summer. Demonstration of Energy&Efficiency Development (DEED) student research fellowship and travel grant by completion of a research project with Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU). This award is offered by the American Public Power Association (APPA). Academic Excellence Award, Former Student Pooled Scholarship, offered by

Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research

SGC Collaborators received the Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research that was presented to 14 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) researchers and their research teams during the TEES External Advisory Board meeting Nov. 10, 2017. Among these recipients are: PI: Perla Balbuena, chemical engineering. Co-PIs: Jorge Seminario, chemical engineering; and Partha Mukherjee, mechanical engineering. These

SGC Collaborators Respond to Hurricane Harvey- Rapid Response Research Grant

Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University are on a mission to help develop a bank of knowledge about electricity needs in the areas affected by Hurricane Harvey and technology to quickly reconfigure power electronics intelligence at the network edge (PINE). Dr. Le Xie, Prasad Enjeti, P.R. Kumar, SGC

Texas A&M Engineering Research Story

A new research story has been published on the Texas A&M University Engineering page highlighting recent research and awards relating to the Smart Grid Center. Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, Regents Professor and holder of the Eugene E. Webb professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with graduate students Tatjana Dokic and Po-Chen Chen, have