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-CURENT stands for Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks. It is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center that is jointly supported by NSF (National Science Foundation) and the DoE (Department of Energy). A collaboration between academia, industry, and national laboratories, CURENT is led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Partner institutions include:
+CURENT stands for **Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks**. It is a **National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center** that is jointly supported by NSF (National Science Foundation) and the DoE (Department of Energy). A collaboration between academia, industry, and national laboratories, **CURENT is led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville**. Partner institutions include Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Tuskegee University.
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+//**<color #007800>Timeline</color>**//
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+INSERT TIMELINE GRAPHIC HERE
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+//**<color #007800>Education</color>**//
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+INSERT Pre-College, Undergraduate, and Graduate Info HERE
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+//**<color #007800>Summary of CURENT Research Areas</color>**//
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+<color #007800>Integration of Renewable Energy Sources</color>
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+- Adaptive control for intemittent wind energy and STATCOM\\
+- Ocean thermal energy conversion dynamic study (OTEC, Lockheed Martin)\\
+- Power electronics control with high penetration of renewables in the utility grid\\
+- Converter control for wind turbines\\
+- Multilevel converters interface with solar panels and grid\\
+- Integration of energy storage with wind generation for improved dynamics (Sandia National Lab)
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+<color #007800>Distributed Generation and Microgrids</color>
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+- Voltage control using multiple distributed energy resouces (DOE/ORNL)\\
+- Frequency and voltage control for microgrid (DOE/ORNL)\\
+- Decentralized control of DE for voltage regulation in distribution systems\\
+- Microgrids and DC distribution\\
+- Impedance-based modeling and control of power electronics for grid integration of renewable energy (GE GRC)\\
+- DC micro grid for the integration of renewable energy and energy storage technologies (NYSERDA, Ultralife)\\
+- Smart grid voltage stability and control (NSF)\\
+- Offshore wind farm system architecture and control; small-signal stability of offshore wind with HVDC transmission (GCEP/Stanford University)\\
+- Stability and power quality of distribution network with deep penetration of renewable energy and distributed generation (NYSTAR)\\
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+<color #007800>Wide-Area Measurements and Control</color>
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+- FNET - Frequency Monitoring Network (NSF, EPRI, DOE, ABB, TVA, FNET Industry Consortium)\\
+- NERC Frequency response initiative (ORNL/DOE)\\
+- Magnetic field and electric field based non-contact PMUs (EPRI)\\
+- Oscillation and islanding detection (MISO)\\
+- Wide-Area measurement applications (ISO-NE, First Energy, PJM, AEP, NYISO)\\
+- Authentication of digital evidence using power system frequency measurements (NIJ)\\
+- Advanced reactive power dispatch of multiple FACTS controllers to enhance the voltage stability of a large metropolitan load area (EPRI, KEPRI)\\
+- Control of  power grid with large penetration of renewable energy (GCEP/Stanford University)\\
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+<color #007800>Electricity Markets</color>
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+- Ensuring security and reducing price volatility with high penetration controllable loads and renewable energy (NSF)\\
+- Modeling of long-term transmission expansion and investment\\
+- Network-based simulation of the effects of power-sector environmental policies, including Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative\\
+- Econometric estimation of air pollution transfer coefficients for Canada and econometric test for carbon dioxide emissions leakage resulting from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative\\
+- Experimental testing of automatic wholesale electricity price mitigation and of market designs for reactive power and reliability\\
+- Design of restructured electricity markets in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Maine, Nevada, Delaware, and nationally, and prediction of effect of electric-sector restructuring on prices in Colorado\\
+- Design of State of Maryland renewable energy portfolio standard, rules for environmental labeling of electricity, and energy efficiency standards for equipment and appliances, subsequently adopted in other states and nationally.\\
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+<color #007800>Modeling and Analysis</color>
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+- Data driven dynamic modeling of Eastern Interconnection Power Grid (EPRI)\\
+- Modeling of induction motor loads and prevention of stalling using distributed energy resources (DERs)\\
+- Power transformer modeling, diagnosis, and monitoring (multiple sponsors: NSF, EPRI)\\
+- Phasor measurement unit (PMU) measurements: Their incorporation into state estimation, observability analysis and bad data processing\\
+- Modeling of external systems using sparsely distributed PMU measurements\\
+- Multi-area very large scale state estimation\\
+- Robustness in state estimation\\
+- Computational issues in very large scale network analysis\\
+- Development of a non-iterative state estimator, an integrated phasor data concentrator, and cyber security aspects of phasor data communications (NYSERDA, NYPA)\\
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+<color #007800>Power Systems Operation</color>
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+- Responsive load demonstration for smart grid application (EPRI)\\
+- Optimal power system restoration\\
+- An electric grid situational awareness toolkit\\
+- Congestion prediction in power system operation and planning\\
+- Self-healing power grid realization based on PSS/E 30 cascading failure simulation and analysis\\
+- Multiple FACTS device coordination and control (NSF)\\
+- Analysis of societal events' Impact on the power system frequency using FNET measurements\\
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+<color #007800>Power Conversion</color>
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+- Vehicle to Grid (V2G) reactive power compensation from plug in hybrid electric vehicles\\
+- Power quality – active filtering, STATCOMs\\
+- High efficiency converters for data centers\\
+- Modeling and application of SiC and GaN power electronics\\
+- High-density converters for vehicle and aerospace applications\\
+- High-temperature, high-density packaging for power electronics\\
+- Ultra-reliable deepwater electrical power distribution system and power components\\
+- Fault tolerant electromechanical energy converters for naval applications\\
+- Integrated design methodologies for high performance electric drives\\
+- Vibration-based energy harvesting systems\\
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