Electric Power Group

Electric Power Technical Interest Group

ECE offers one of the countrys leading undergraduate and graduate academic programs in electric power engineering
Broad range of activities relative to peers in power: power systems power electronics and controls power apparatus (machines, semiconductors, high voltage equipment) photovoltaics

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Faculty
Miroslav Begovic, Assoc. Professor Power system analysis, protection and emergency control Distributed energy resources: planning, interaction with distribution and transmission Sustainable energy systems Distribution network analysis Thomas G. Habetler, Professor Current-based condition monitoring of electric machines Control of electric machine drives Power electronics Design and protection of electric machines

Ronald G. Harley, Duke Power Dist. Professor Power system stability and control, including Flexible AC Systems (FACTS) devices Power electronics, motor drives and electric vehicles Neural networks applied to power electronics and electrical machines

Jerome M. Meisel, Part-time Professor Future Truck Team Advisor Electric Vehicles Power Electronics

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Faculty
A.P. Sakis Meliopoulos, Professor Power System Reliability and Risk Assessment Power Systems Operations Planning Electromagnetic Influence of Power Systems Power Quality Protective Relaying and Disturbance Analysis Simulation, Animation and Visualization of Power System

Hans B. Puttgen, Georgia Power Dist. Professor Director of NEETRAC Director of GT-Lorraine ECE Associate Director of External Affairs Power systems analysis and planning Utility deregulation Electric transportation vehicles and systems Ajeet Rohatgi, Georgia Power Dist. Professor Director, University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Research and Education Modeling and fabrication of low-cost high-efficiency silicon solar cells Growth and characterization of low-temperature and high-performance dielectrics Defects and carrier lifetime in semiconductors Growth and optoelectronic properties of compound semiconductors

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Affiliated Faculty
Christina B. Honsberg, Associate Professor Design, development and characterization of novel commercially oriented solar cell structures using the buried contact technology Identification, modeling and analysis of novel techniques to overcome traditional homojunction or two-stack tandem efficiency limits Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells David G. Taylor, Professor Nonlinear control systems Electromechanical systems and devices Modeling, simulation and control of assembly robots Design and control of linear motion actuators and generators John F. Dorsey, Professor Modeling and control of large-scale systems Real time identification of parameters of power system models On-line power system security assessment Elimination of sustained oscillations in power systems Effect on stability of nonutility generation

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Areas of Educational and Research Activities in Electric Power

Power system monitoring, analysis, protection, operation and control Distributed generation Power system simulation and visualization High voltage engineering and power system components Electric machine control, condition monitoring, and protection Power Electronics

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Research Centers

$3M Consortium Utilities Manufacturers End Users Academia EV Research 200 HP Dynamometer 125 kW DC Test System EV Virtual Testbed EV Charger Power Quality

Materials 1,000 sq. ft. Solar Cell Fabrication Facility Systems 340 kW PV Array on GT Olympic Natatorium Roof

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Future Truck
Student teams from 15 universities are challenged to reengineer a conventional Ford Explorer into a lower-emissions vehicle Sponsored by the US DOE and Ford Motor Co.

Electric Power Group Courses in Power Electronics and Machines

ELECTRIC MACHINES ECE 3070 (3,0,3) Introduction to Electromechanical Energy Conversion Tier 2 course offered every semester Prereq: ECE 2040, ECE 3025 ECE 4803/6336 (3,0,3) Electric Machinery Analysis Taught concurrently as both undergrad and grad course. Prereq: ECE3070, Offered summer of even years ECE 3881 (0,3,1) - Energy Conv & Mechatronics Lab Laboratory portion of ECE3301 Offered every semester Coreq: ECE3070 ECE 6336 (3,0,3) Dynamics and Control of Electric Machine Drives Offered every spring Prereq: ECE3070

Electric Power Group Courses in Power Electronics and Machines

POWER ELECTRONICS ECE 4330 (2,2,3) Power Electronics Senior elective with lecture and lab Offered every spring Prereq: ECE 3040, ECE 3042 ECE 6331 (3,0,3) Power Electronic Circuits Offered every fall Prereq: ECE 4330

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Research in Electric Machines and Power Electronics

Rotating fault detection in induction machines. Neural network-based diagnostics using self organizing maps. Stator insulation fault detection using ANNs. Rotating fault detection in synchronous and brushless dc machines. Sensorless vibration detection in induction and synchronous machines. 25 kV power electronic sag supporter using a PWM-switched autotransformer .

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Backpropagation neural networks for motor diagnostics (fault identification).

Sensorless speed measurement using slot harmonic detection and spectral estimation.
Rotor temperature estimation based on rotor resistance thermal time constant. Continuous on-line training of neural networks for motor control and power electronic applications. FPGA implementation of neural networks on motors.

Turbogenerator identification and control using neural networks.