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Faculty expertise from both power systems and power electronics is frequently combined in research activities. Power systems research is performed in the areas of analysis, reliability, monitoring, control and protection of power systems. Some of the faculty also have a strong interest in control systems, digital signal processing, data communications, and intelligent system applications. Power electronics research is performed in the areas of motor drives, power electronic converters, utility interface issues, active filters and electric and hybrid vehicles. Some of the faculty also have a strong interest in power quality and diagnostics of electrical machines.

Two major efforts constitute the program:

  • Power Systems
  • Power Electronics

Energy and Power Group NSF Workshop on Cyber-enabled Infrastructure to Support Carbon-neutral Electricity and Mobility

Labs

Electric Machines and Power Electronics (EMPE) Laboratory

Power Electronics & Motor Drives Laboratory

Power Engineering Laboratory

Power System Automation Laboratory

Power System Control and Protection Laboratory

Renewable Energy and Advanced Power Electronics Research Laboratory

Faculty Members

Thomas Overbye

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • O'Donnell Foundation Chair III
  • Director, Smart Grid Center
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
Thomas Overbye

Robert S. Balog

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
Robert S. Balog

Miroslav M. Begovic

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Moore Professor
Miroslav M. Begovic

Adam Birchfield

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adam Birchfield

Karen L. Butler-Purry

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Karen L. Butler-Purry

Xin Chen

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Xin Chen

Katherine Davis

  • Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Katherine Davis

Mehrdad "Mark" Ehsani

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Robert M. Kennedy '26 Professor I
Mehrdad "Mark" Ehsani

Prasad Enjeti

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Texas Instruments Jack Kilby Chair
Prasad Enjeti

Mladen Kezunovic

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Regents Professor
  • Eugene E. Webb Professor
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • University Distinguished Professor
Mladen Kezunovic

Sandip Roy

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Director, Global Cyber Research Institute
Sandip Roy

B. Don Russell

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • TEES Eminent Chair Professor
  • Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Chair
  • Engineering Research Chair Professor
  • Regents Professor
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
B. Don Russell

Chanan Singh

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Regents Professor
  • Irma Runyon Chair
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
Chanan Singh

Hamid A. Toliyat

  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Robert Kennedy '26 Chair
Hamid A. Toliyat