The Electric Power Research Center held their 61st Annual Meeting that focused on Grid Resource Adequacy and Resilience.
Author: Zach Clemens
Iowa State hosts first INSURE cybersecurity workshop in the nation
Iowa State University recently hosted the first pilot program in the country that provided an intense research experience to cybersecurity students during a three-week workshop led by Assistant Professor Berk Gulmezoglu of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Shaurya Purohit came to Iowa State to step out of his comfort zone
Throughout his professional and academic journey, Shaurya Purohit’s philosophy has always been that life begins when you step out of your comfort zone.
When Purohit received his bachelor’s degree from Manipal University Jaipur in India, he followed that philosophy when he came to Iowa State to pursue his PhD in cyber security in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). He was fascinated by autonomous vehicles and learning how self-driving cars work.
Advisor Andrea Klocke helps students build confidence, establish connections
“Andrea has impacted my time at ISU more than anyone else, helping me to be confident in myself and my choices. I think every student needs an Andrea in their corner to help them thrive,” said MSE graduate student Abby Stanlick.
Trevor Friedl’s computer engineering career takes flight
When he isn’t drumming or in class, Friedl works as an engineering research assistant, helping build a machine learning model to accurately detect imperfections in motor cylinder heads by just an image. It has been a priceless experience for him, learning how to work on an engineering team and understanding the business and administration side as well.
New cybersecurity center to protect grids integrated with renewables, microgrids
Iowa State University engineers lead a project to help the power industry defend itself that has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for a or a two-year, $2.5 million grant. Project partners will also contribute $1 million in cost-share funding, including equipment and labor costs.
Alumni spotlight: Muhamed Stilic at home at John Deere
I am an Embedded Software Engineer for an obstacle intelligence team at John Deere. My responsibilities are primarily working on embedded systems to implement obstacle intelligence on construction equipment.
Engineers making a better, more profitable grid for distributing solar power
Zhaoyu Wang’s research specialty is working to modernize electric grids for better, more reliable energy flow. The latest project he’s leading, in fact, is called “MODERNISE,” for “Modernizing Operation and Decision-Making Tools Enabling Resource Management in Stochastic Environment.”
Lin Zhou explores the atomic realm at the Sensitive Instrument Facility
The Sensitive Instrument Facility (SIF), a part of Ames National Laboratory, boasts two-feet thick concrete floors with built-in vibration-dampening layers, aluminum-plate lined bays, and fiberglass reinforced concrete for electro-magnetic isolation and vibration-free heating and ventilation. These features help ensure that state-of-the-art instrumentation housed in the SIF achieves the most accurate results.
Hongwei Zhang awarded Willard and Leitha Richardson Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhang is a leader in the research of wireless networks. He is the director of the Center for Wireless, Communities and Innovation (WiCI) as well as the principal investigator for ARA, a first-of-its-kind wireless living lab to connect rural communities and industries.
From uncertain to passionate, Erik DeMeyere found his path in materials engineering
“I was really struggling with what path I wanted to take. I enjoyed physics and chemistry in high school but knew I didn’t want to be a chemist or physicist,” DeMeyere said. “And then I saw materials engineering listed, which, at the time, I didn’t even know existed. After doing some research, I realized I had been interested in materials science all along.”
Sid Pathak receives NSF CAREER award for studying pseudomorphic phases in multilayered nano-laminates
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Sid Pathak has been selected for a 2024 National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for his project, “Towards a Fundamental Understanding of Interface Strain-Driven Pseudomorphic Phase Transformations in Multilayered Nanocomposites.”
Meng Lu member of team that won 2024 Bailey Award to support exploration into antimicrobial resistance
Iowa State University’s 2024 Bailey Research Career Development award has been granted to a team of Cyclone scholars with plans to address increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance by transforming predatory viruses into an antibiotic substitute.
Cyclone Engineers selected to lead $12-million Dept. of Energy project to build rural Iowa’s first ‘microgrid’
The $11.9 million investment would provide Montezuma with a microgrid, a small-scale electricity network that can operate as an independent system or can be connected to the larger grid.
CyMath offers volunteers opportunities to give back
Namrata Vaswani, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has created a free mathematics tutoring program run by volunteers called CyMath.