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Welcome to Power Electronics and Power Systems Website
The University of Tennessee Power Engineering Laboratory is known for its high
quality research contributions in power system analysis, power system reliability, power quality,
power electronic converters, control of motor drives,
and silicon carbide based power electronic systems.
The University of Tennessee's Power Engineering program is one of the top 10 power engineering programs in the U.S. based on research funding, number of students, and students graduated.
The department offers several courses in power electronics, power systems, and energy conversion. The faculty are well-known throughout the world making significant contributions in the area
of power and include 4 IEEE Fellows, and 4 of the professors have Chair or named professor positions.
Faculty members involved with research in the laboratory include
Dr. Fangxing "Fran" Li,
Governor's Chair Professor Dr. Yilu Liu,
Dr. Leon Tolbert,
Dr. Kevin Tomsovic,
and Condra Chair of Excellence Professor Dr. Fred Wang.
Dr. B. K. Bose is emeritus,but still active at the university.
Faculty and graduate students also participate in The University of Tennessee's
Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center, which has an
emphasis on drive trains and control systems for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs).
Since 2000, 16 Ph.D. students and 25 M.S. students have graduated from this laboratory
and more than $5 million in research funding has been obtained from sources such as
the National Science Foundation, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EPRI, and several companies.
The laboratory also has close collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
National Transportation Research Center (NTRC),
EPRI), which has an office in Knoxville,
and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Graduate students, research scholars, and visiting professors from different countries
(Bangladesh, Brazil, China, France, India, Nigeria, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United States) have done
various advanced projects in the laboratory.
Members of the Power Engineering Laboratory conduct research in the following areas:
- Power Electronics Interface with Distributed Energy Sources such as Photovoltaics or Wind
- Modeling Silicon Carbide Power Electronics Devices and Systems
- High Power Density Converters
- Power Electronics Packaging for High Temperature
- Power Electronics for Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Reactive Power Compensators for Power Systems
- Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications
- Neural Network Techniques for Fault Detection in Inverters
- Smart Grid Applications
- Impact on System Imbalance with Distributed Generators
- Unbalanced Three-phase Load Flow in Distribution Systems
- Power System Reliability and Risk Analysis
- Advanced Computing Technique in Power System Analysis
- Power System Economics and Market Simulation
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