TAMU researchers Walter Gillis Peacock (Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center), Nathanael Rosenheim (Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center and Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning), and Dan Goldberg (Geography; Computer Science & Engineering), have been awarded a grant for a NSF sponsored project on Critical Infrastructure Systems and Communities (CRISP). The …
Awards, Scholarships
Po-Chen Chen, P.h.D. candidate (Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) has just been nominated as one of the IEEE Exceptional Reviewers of 2016. Exceptional reviewers are those recommended by editors for special recognition due to their exceptional review work. Po-Chen is supervised by Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, E.E. Webb Professor and director of the Smart Grid Center. A …
Four undergraduate students at Texas A&M have been awarded scholarships from the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative recognizes highly qualified electrical engineering undergraduate students with multi-year scholarships and assists in connecting them with relevant and meaningful career experiences. The recipients of the scholarship include Benjamin Jack, Donald Okoye, Kevin Dwyer, and …
Po-Chen Chen, a P.h.D. candidate (Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), has just been named one of the Star Reviewers of 2016. Po-Chen was nominated by the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion as an individual who has consistently provided rigorous quality reviews in a timely fashion and on multiple occasions within a given …
Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, Eugene E. Webb Professor and Smart Grid Center Director, has just been named a Texas A&M Regents Professor. Each year, The Regents Professor Award honors individuals at the rank of professor or equivalent whose distinguished performance in teaching, research and service have been exemplary. The award is the highest honor bestowed by …
Tamara Becejac, Ph.D. candidate (ECE), has been invited to present her research at the 2017 IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW). Her submission, “Synchrophaser Technology: Powerful Tool That Increases Grid Reliability and Advances Electrical Safety” will be presented at the workshop in Reno, Nevada on January 31st- February 3rd 2017. The ESW is sponsored by the …
Payman Dehghanian, a Ph.D. candidate in the ECE, has been awarded a scholarship from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Lone Star Local Chapter. The scholarship. A few months ago, Payman was also awarded the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) National scholarship. Payman is supervised by Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, E.E. Webb Professor and director of the …
Dr. Peng Li, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and SGC collaborator, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) to help find revolutionary solutions that will enable more energy-efficient computing. Li received nearly $500,000 for this 3 year project. The goal of the program is to …
Ahad Esmaeilian, a Ph.D. candidate in the ECE, has been recognized as one of North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI) Outstanding Graduate Students for 2016. Ahad Esmaeilian’s supervisor is Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, E.E. Webb Professor and director of the Smart Grid Center. Congratulations Ahad!
Dr. B. Don Russell, SGC Collaborator and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the Philip Sporn Award from the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) for cumulative career contributions to the advancement of large high voltage electric systems in the United States. Russell is the first Texas A&M …