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Faculty and Staff:

Prof Douglas C Hopkins Director, PREES Laboratory, NCSU
Prof Alex Huang Director, FREEDM Systems Center, NCSU
Prof Richard Gould Chair, Mech & Aerospace Engineering, NCSU
Prof Mohammed Safiuddin Affiliate Faculty, SUNY-Buffalo

Students

Dates Student Degree Awarded Title/Topic As
2010- Yuang Xu PhD Advanced HV Solid State Protection Devices MP
2010- Haotao Ke PhD Advanced Energy Packaging Processes MP
2010-2011 Kaushik Illa MS Investigation of Solid State Protection for Renewable Energy Systems MP
2009-2011 Krishna Prasad Bhat MS Feasibility of High Power Equipment Protection with MEMS-Based Sensor Syst. MP
2009-2011 Yuanbo Guo MS Development of a High Current High Temperature SiC MOSFET based Solid-State Power Controller MP
2005-2011 Charles Shene MEng The Tri Lakes Static Var Compensator installations and operation MP
2005-2011 Timothy Dzimian MEng Increasing Transmission Capacity with Composite Core Conductors MP
2009-2011 Arunkumar Aravamudhan MS High temperature (>300C)device testing topics MP
2009- Othman Elkhomri PhD Advanced Topologies and Control for Electronic Energy Processing Systems MP
2008- Brian Chu MS TBD MP
2007-2009 Minh Poirier (ENSEA) MS Autonomous Energy Management Device to Optimaly Allocate Power Applicable to The Land Warrior MP
2005-2009 Ahmed Hosny PhD Using TSC for Alternative Energy Systems CM
2007-2010 Yuan Ma PhD An Internet-based Sensor Network and its Application to Electric Field Sensing CM
2006-2008 Michael A. Ayisi MEng Interconnection Of Wind Energy On Transmission System CM
2006-2008 Michael Backus MEng Voltage Regulation And Paralleling Mismatched Transformers CM
2008 Emily Ceccarelli MEng Three Phase Active Power Factor Correction Design For Military Application CM
2006-2008 Srikanth Pothedar MS Investigation of the impact of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on the Electrical Power Grid MP
2006- Kevin Enser PhD High Frequency Effects on Electromigration in Solder Interconnects MP
2004-2008 Mohamad Abdoulhamid PhD Investigation of Themomigration in Flip-Chip Solder Joints Co-
2006-2007 Troy McKay MEng Investigation Of Thermal Impedance And Stress In Direct Attached Ceramic-Alsic Structures For Use In Power Packaging MP
2002-2007 Chia K Leong PhD Improving Materials For Thermal Interface And Electrical Conduction By Using Carbon CM
2005-2007 Emily Ames MEng Re-establishing Cathodic Protection on High Voltage Underground Pressure Fluid Filled Pipes Cables MP
2005-2007 John Baudanza MEng Perform Underfrequency and Undervoltage Load Shed Analysis for Western Division MP
2005-2007 Daniel Cammaratta MEng Perform Manual Load Shed Analysis for Western Division MP
2005-2007 Mark Domino MEng Rebuilding the Buffalo 23 kV and 4.16 kV Systems to Meet Upcominng Load and Asset Replacement Strategies MP
2005-2007 Leonard Fiume MEng Voltage Support and Power Flow Improvement on 115 kV System with Shutdown of Generation in the Tonawanda Area Load Pocket - Analysis of the Huntley Options 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B – Pat I MP
2005-2007 William Flemming MEng Procedure Change and Evaluation for Line Personnel to Perform Work on Transmission Lines MP
2005-2007 Jacky Fung MEng Understanding the Relationship between Power Generation and System Stability MP
2005-2007 Brian Gordon MEng Reactive Reserves on the Transmission System MP
2005-2007 Kenneth Hampton MEng Reactive Compensation on the Distribution System MP
2005-2007 Jeffery Maher MEng Voltage Support and Power Flow Improvement on 115 kV System with Shutdown of Generation in the Tonawanda Area Load Pocket - Analysis of the Huntley Options 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B – Part III CM
2005-present Glynn Matthews MEng Increasing Transmission Capacity with Composite Core Conductors CM
2005-2007 Jon Moscovic MEng Comparative Analysis and Implementation of the S&C Tripsaver for Electrical Distribution System Protection CM
2005-2007 Jeffrey Wagner MEng Perform Manual Load Shed Analysis for Western Division CM
2005-2007 Davinah Walker MEng Comparative Analysis and Implementation of IntelliRupter PluseCloser for Electrical Distribution System Protection CM
2005-2006 Henry Wysocki MEng unknown CM
2005-2007 Robert Zahm MEng Voltage Support and Power Flow Improvement on 115 kV System with Shutdown of Generation in the Tonawanda Area Load Pocket - Analysis of the Huntley Options 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B – Part II CM
2005-2007 James Zeames MEng Robert Moses Unit 8 Condition Monitoring CM
2005-2007 Nakul Pandit MS Simulation and Control of Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitors CM
2004-2008 Grzegorz Prusaczyk MEng Enhanced Substation Voltage Regulation; Hardware Installation and Testing MP