ECE Professor Brian Johnson leads Department of Energy-funded research
The multi-institutional team includes UW ECE professor Daniel Kirschen
Overview
Power and energy systems research at UW ECE includes interdisciplinary work at all energy scales, ranging from nanowatts to gigawatts. Our faculty are active in smart grid, integration of renewable energy sources, grid security, energy economics, and solar and electromagnetic energy harvesting. ECE faculty are leaders in the Clean Energy Institute and work with local utilities and grid systems operators.
Topics
Power Systems
Faculty: Richard D. Christie, Daniel Kirschen, Baosen Zhang
Power Electronics
Faculty: Brian Johnson, Alex Mamishev
Renewable Energy
Faculty: Richard D. Christie, Daniel Kirschen, Baosen Zhang, Alex Mamishev
Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting
Faculty: Scott T. Dunham, Joshua Smith
Latest News
UW, Tsinghua researchers explore challenges and opportunities for smart, renewable energy grids
What does the future of smart energy systems look like? UW EE power and energy experts hosted colleagues from Tsinghua University for a symposium to explore the challenges and possibilities.
The 2017 Research Review Day
UW EE hosted its first annual Research Review Day. Industry partners joined University of Washington faculty and students to discuss top research in the field of electrical engineering.
Undergraduate student Vijay Singh selected as IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholar
This prestigious award is awarded to the highest-achieving electrical engineering students, with a focus in the power and energy sector, across the U.S.
Dr. Joshua Smith becomes Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor for Entrepreneurial Excellence
The new professorship was established through a generous gift from UW EE alum Milton Zeutschel (BSEE '60) and his wife Delia Zeutschel (BA '58) to recruit and retain entrepreneurially-driven faculty.
UW launches Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems
The Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoEs) will pursue impactful advancements in a variety of disciplines — including energy, materials science, computation and medicine. It is housed in a new, multimillion-dollar facility on the UW’s Seattle campus and led by UW EE Professor Karl Böhringer.
Researchers
- Brian Johnson
- Baosen Zhang
- Scott T. Dunham
- Alex Mamishev
- Joshua R. Smith
- Richard D. Christie
- Daniel Kirschen
Research Labs
- Intelligent Systems Lab
- Brian Johnson lab
- Renewable Energy Analysis (REAL) Lab
- Nanotechnology Modeling Laboratory
- Sensor Systems Lab
- Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory (SEAL)
Latest Projects
Representative Publications
- Decentralized interleaving of parallel-connected buck converters
- A multilevel DC to three-phase AC architecture for photovoltaic power plants
- Using Battery Storage for Peak Shaving and Frequency Regulation: Joint Optimization for Superlinear Gains
- Model-Free Renewable Scenario Generation Using Generative Adversarial Networks
- Real-Time Prediction of the Duration of Distribution System Outages
- Sharing Energy Storage Between Transmission and Distribution