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Paper Publication

Dr. Arum Han, Smart Grid Center collaborator, and co-authors published a paper in the Journal of Power Sources. The paper is titled “Control of Geometrical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Towards High-Performance Microbial  Fuel Cells”. The results of this study offer great potential for advancing the development of microbial electrochemical systems by providing a highly efficient

Dr. Begovic Appointed New Department Head

Dr. Miroslav M. Begovic, Smart Grid Advisory Board Member, was appointed as the new Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head, effective January 2015. Dr. Begovic served as Professor and Chair of the Electric Energy Research Group in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. He was also an associated affiliated faculty member of the Brook Byers Institute

Texas Solar Energy Society

The Texas Solar Energy Society will host their annual meeting on January 31, 2015. The meeting will look at the Society’s plans for 2015 and will feature a presentation by Dr. Balog (ECE) and his students. The meeting will be held in Rudder Tower at Texas A&M University, room 308, from 1-4pm.

Serpedin Won Best Paper Award at Prestigious Conference

Dr. Erchin Serpedin and his collaborators, Miao Wang (lead author, University of Waterloo), Ran Zhang and Dr. Xuemin Shen (University of Waterloo), Dr. Khalid Qaraqe, and Dr. Muhammad Ismail (Texas A&M University in Qatar) were awarded a prestigious Best Paper Award at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 conference held in Austin, TX, U.S.A., during December 8-12,

Texas Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting

The Texas Solar Energy Society will hold its annual meeting at the main campus of Texas A&M University at 1 pm – 4 pm on  January 31st, 2015. This event is sponsored by the Texas A&M Renewable Energy Lab and the Texas A&M Energy Institute.

Dr. Russell Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Smart Grid Collaborator, Dr. Don Russell was named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and will be inducted this March.  Dr. Russell is the Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as a Regents Professor and a Distinguished Professor. He holds 13 U.S. patents and is

Best Paper Award at IEEE GLOBECOM 2014

Professor Xi Zhang and Jingqing Wang, his Ph.D. student, won the prestigious Best Paper Award at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 conference held in Austin, TX, U.S.A., during December 8-12, 2014. Their paper was titled “3D Percolation Theory-Based Exposure-Path Prevention for Optimal Power-Coverage Tradeoff in Clustered Wireless Camera Sensor Networks”. Read more >

O’Donnell Award Recipient

Dr. Haiyan Wang, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M and Smart Grid Center Collaborator, has been named one of the four recipients for the 2015 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award. This award recognizes exemplary Texas researchers who are addressing the role that science and technology play in society. Dr.

Third Smart Grid Workshop

The Third Smart Grid Workshop will be held at Texas A&M on April 21, 2015. The theme for the workshop will be testbeds. More information can be found at this link>

Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Workshop

The new Smart Grid Center extension in Qatar will host the first Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Workshop on March 22 and 23, 2015. The deadline for paper submission is January 5, 2015. More information can be found at this link