Researchers are working on developing next generation approaches to power stations, new materials, and heat exchangers
How UConn Researchers Are Working to Solve the Nation’s Energy Problems
Author: Cao, Yang
New UConn Research Project Aims to Eradicate Use of Gas 25,200x More Harmful Than CO2
Working to create an electrical grid free of a potent greenhouse gas
Sulfur hexafluoride is used to prevent fires in the electrical grid, but the gas is a major contributor to global warming, leading to a new research project to replace it (Adobe Stock).
New UConn Research Project Aims to Eradicate Use of Gas 25,200x More Harmful Than CO2
UConn receives $2 million grant to remove harmful greenhouse gas
ARPA-E ANNOUNCES 4 PROJECTS IN NEW EXPLORATORY TOPIC
Projects within this Exploratory Topic will develop technologies aimed at reducing sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions from the electric transmission and distribution sector. These technologies could have a significant and widespread global impact as countries look to reduce, regulate, or eliminate SF6 emissions from their electrical grids.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SF6-FREE EXPLORATORY TOPIC
UConn ECE IEEE Grad Chapter Poster Competition
First Place: Hiep Nguyen – Investigation of 2D Nano-structured Winding Insulation for High Torque Density Medium-Voltage Motor
Second Place: Yishu Bai – Performance Metrics-based Smart Modeling of Production Systems: Theory and Testbed
Third Place: Ziajiao Tian – Launch Point Estimation with a Single Fixed Passive Sensor Without Trajectory State Estimation
IMS Researchers Make Cover of Advanced Materials
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Open in new tab A molecular engineering principle in which repeat units of fairly rigid fused bicyclic structure and alkenes, separated by freely rotating single bonds, is proposed by Gregory A. Sotzing, Yang Cao, and published as a cover highlight of the May 26th Issue of Advanced Materials in article number 2000499, led by Dr. Chao Wu, a PDF at EIRC, and Ajinkya Deshmukh, a Polymer Program PhD student for energy storage at elevated temperatures.
The piston‐like crankshaft structure endows the system with a large bandgap of ≈5eV and flexibility, while being temperature‐invariantly stable. The piston/pendant allows engineering for temperature‐invariant dipolar polarization for energy storage. As part of a UConn lead MURI program, the design strategy uncovered in this work reveals a hitherto unexplored space for the design of scalable and efficient polymer dielectrics for electrical power and electronic systems under concurrent harsh electrical and thermal conditions.
EIRC Alumna Mona Ghassemi Receives NSF Career, AFSOR YIP Awards
Dr. Mona Ghassemi, an IMS alumna, is a recipient of the prestigious 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and the 2020 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award.
Dr. Ghassemi was a postdoctoral fellow at the IMS Electrical Insulation Research Center (EIRC) 2015 – 2017 working in the fields of streamer modeling for a DOE funded subsea O&G electrification project as well as arc gas dynamic computation for GE, with fruitful research outcomes of multiple publications at IEEE Transactions.
Since August 2017, Dr. Ghassemi has been an assistant professor at The Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her research interests include electrical insulation materials and systems, high voltage/field technology, Multiphysics modeling, plasma science, electromagnetic transients in power systems, and power system analysis and modeling.
EIRC Research Featured Cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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EIRC recently published a paper which was chosen as the cover highlight for the Journal of Materials Science C.
Two Ph.D. alumni, Dr. Zongze Li and Dr. Sneh Sinha are the first co-authors, and Drs. Greg Sotzing and Yang Cao are the corresponding authors. The research reports the first-ever all-organic fabric antenna enabled by our conductive polymer coating. Dr. Li’s research interests include high electric field characterization of dielectric and flexible wearable electronic.
https://www.ims.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/190/2020/06/JMCC_2020_d0tc00691b.pdf
UConn Researchers Advance Submarine Power
EIRC Alumna Appointed Assistant Professor at VT
| Dr. Mona Ghassemi was recently appointed assistant professor at The Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, one of the internationally renowned academic research programs in power engineering. Over the past two years, Dr. Ghassemi was a postdoctoral fellow at the IMS Electrical Insulation Research Center (EIRC) working in the fields of streamer modeling for a DOE funded subsea O&G electrification project as well as gas dynamic computation for GE. Based on her work at IMS, Dr. Ghassemi has published jointly with her advisor Dr. Yang Cao multiple journal papers at IEEE Transactions. IMS Congratulates Dr. Ghassemi. |  Dr. Mona Ghassemi |