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Hawaii Votes to Go 100% Renewable

Hawaii’s legislature has voted to set the first 100-percent renewable power goal for a U.S. state, but it’s got growing global company Source: Hawaii Votes to Go 100% Renewable

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Three CEPE Papers Presented at ISCAS 2015

Three CEPE Papers were presented at the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in Lisbon, Portugal, May 24-27, 2015. Click the links below to access PDFs. N. S. Coleman, K....

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Summer 2015 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions  Summer Term Offerings ECEP 352 – Motor Control Principles  

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IEEE Milestone: Virginia Smith HVDC Converter Station

IEEE Milestone Honors the First Interconnection Between Two U.S. Power Grids IEEE has recently honored the Virginia Smith High-Voltage Direct-Current Converter Station, completed in 1988, as an IEEE...

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TEDx: Community Microgrids for a Sustainable Future

Avnaesh Jayantilal explains the concept of community microgrids in his TEDx talk. What’s the largest thing ever built by humans? It isn’t the internet, it is the electric grid. Still 20% of the world...

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Fall 2015 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions  Fall Term Offerings Courses taught by CEPE Faculty ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles ECEP 411 – Power Systems I ECEP 441 / 641 –...

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NAPS 2015: 1st Place Winner among 3 CEPE Papers

Three CEPE Papers were presented at the 2015 IEEE North American Power Symposium at UNC Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Oct 4-6, 2015. “Evaluating Load Flow Capability with Thermostically Controllable...

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CEPE Student Receives Koerner Family Award for ECE Department

CEPE PhD Student Nick Coleman received a 2015 Koerner Family Award. From the Drexel COE Website: The Koerner Family Awards for Graduate Students in the College of Engineering supports the research of...

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Winter 2016 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions  Winter Term Offerings Courses taught by CEPE Faculty ECEP 352 – Electric Motor Control Principles ECEP 412 – Power Systems II ECEP...

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Research Developments Could Lead to More Efficient Lightbulbs

The BBC recently published this report that gives an overview of new research conducted at MIT which may make traditional incandescent bulbs even more efficient than modern LEDs. The method required...

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Spring 2016 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions  Spring Term Offerings Courses taught by CEPE Faculty ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles ECEP 413 – Power Systems III ECEP 453/ 673 –...

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Inside an IPSL Station

Inside an IPSL Station Recent repair work in IPSL (Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory) made it possible to take a look inside an IPSL Station.  The image below shows the front panel of an IPSL...

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Summer 2016 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions  Summer Term Offerings ECEP 352 – Motor Control Principles  

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Fall 2016 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions  Fall Term Offerings Courses taught by CEPE Faculty ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles ECEP 411 – Power Systems I ECEP 421 / 601 –...

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Offshore Renewable Energy Systems in Singapore

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is constructing four offshore hybrid microgrid systems in Singapore under the Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator-Singapore (REIDS) initiative. The...

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Winter 2017 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions Winter Term Offerings Courses taught by CEPE Faculty ECEP 352 – Electric Motor Control Principles ECEP 412 – Power Systems II ECEP 422/602...

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Spring 2017 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions Spring Term Offerings Courses taught by CEPE Faculty ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles ECEP 413 – Power Systems III ECEP 503 –...

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Re-purposing old coal mines as pumped hydro storage facilities

Energy storage is a necessary component of practical solar or wind energy systems. Without storage, a passing cloud or a day of calm winds could result in the lights turning off. This article from...

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Summer 2017 Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Course Descriptions Summer Term Offerings ECEP 352 – Motor Control Principles  

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Formula E: All-Electric Auto Racing

High-performance electric-powered race cars are an outstanding application of motor controls, power electronics, and energy management system. These battery-powered cars have a maximum power of 200 kW...

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