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Award for Collaboration between TAMU and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Mladen Kezunovic, Eugene E. Webb Professor at TAMU, and Glauco Taranto, Professor at COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeirois, are leading the international collaborative research titled “Development of Advanced Open-Source PMU/PDC Lab and Applications with Synchronized Data Obtained from Simulation and Actual Power Network.”  The development of a more precise synchrophasor technology will help to

Dr. P.R. Kumar is Appointed Distinguished Professor

Seven Texas A&M University faculty members have been appointed as university distinguished professors. The title, which is bestowed in perpetuity, is among the highest honors awarded to Texas A&M faculty members. The latest recipients are: Dr. Gianfranco D. Alpini, professor of medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Dr. Robert S. Chapkin, regents

Second Smart Grid Workshop in April, 2014

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Smart Grid Center organized the second Smart Grid Workshop on April 8, 2014. The overall goals of this workshop were to strengthen partnerships between faculty, industry, end-users and government agencies; to expand on-going projects; and to develop white papers leading to collaborative research proposals. Specific Objectives and Expected

TEES and Texas A&M Qatar Held Research Meeting on February 6, 2014.

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) held an international research meeting on the campus of Texas A&M University to discuss and plan research collaborations between the faculty at the Qatar campus and those within the Dwight Look College of Engineering. Attendees also discussed developing plans for the

Toliyat Named Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE’s IAS

Dr. Hamid Toliyat, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industry Applications Society (IAS) Distinguished Lecturer. The Distinguished Lecturer Program provides a means for IEEE Chapters and other organizations to identify and arrange lectures by the world’s renowned

Smart Grid Center has Inaugural Advisory Board Meeting

The Smart Grid Center held the inaugural meeting of its advisory board at the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University on December 19th. In 2012, the Texas Engineering Experiment Station established the Smart Grid Center to promote creation of interdisciplinary research teams for modernization of the electrical grid. The Center Director is Dr. Mladen

Kumar Named Fellow of ACM

Professor P. R. Kumar of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. Fellowship is ACM’s most prestigious member grade, recognizing the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding

Balog Gives Invited Talk at Alternative Energy Symposium

Recently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University gave an invited talk at the 4th Annual Alternative Energy Symposium at Rutgers University. Dr. Robert Balog, assistant professor in the department, gave a technical talk to an audience of academic researchers and engineering practitioners on “Making Solar Power (Photovoltaic)

Smart Grid Workshop Focused on Research at Texas A&M University

Research and development initiatives of more than 50 Texas A&M University faculty members were highlighted at the inaugural smart grid workshop sponsored by the university and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to help facilitate team-building and cooperation leading to more effective operations of the nation’s power grids in transmitting electricity. The workshop included

“Smarter Energy” – Improving reliability and efficiency of the electric power grid

As energy demand and the power grid’s dependence on renewable generation increase, so does the demand for more reliable power delivery—and the need to improve how we produce and use energy. A professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University is working on one solution that will change how electricity is