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This work, in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, presents a novel methodology to assess the risk of exposure of overhead transmission lines (OHTLs) to wildfires and the associated risk of outage due to wildfire-induced flashover.

Part of our marine energy research team (Ulises Guillen, Justin Logan, and Devin Hill) recently participated in the 2025 State Energy Conference of NC (https://www.ncenergyconference.com/), where they were able to showcase our swivel-based mooring system concept prototype that was funded … Continue reading →

Congratulations to our student team (Justin Logan, Devin Hill, and Ulises Guillen) for winning 1st place in the undergraduate poster competition at the 2025 NCROEP Symposium (https://www.coastalstudiesinstitute.org/ncroep_symposium/)!

Research progress shared at the IEEE SoutheastCon 2025.

Invited Talk / Guest Speaker at Virginia Tech (VT) Nuclear Engineering Program Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar (November 15, 2024)

S. Akankji, D. Lalsen, M. Marandi, T. Cavalline, M. Smith, and R.d L. Hewlin, Jr., “Evaluation of a 3d Printed Single Layer Polyvinylidene Fluoride-Trifluoroethylene (Pvdf- Trfe) Sensor as a Wall Shear Stress Measuring Device in High Frequency Oscillatory Flows,” ASME … Continue reading →

Research progress shared at the IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2024.

Research progress shared at the IEEE SoutheastCon 2024.

Served as Session Chair and as a Presenter at the 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 29 – November 2, 2023 (https://ias-am.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/547/2023/10/Program-Oct-25.pdf). Paper Presented in PSEC 2 (Tuesday Oct 31, 2023):

Our team’s research progress shared at the 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (GM).  Congratulations to Alessandro Berredo who lead the effort! Session title: Transmission and Distribution Conference Poster Session Session date: Monday, July 17, 2023 Paper: Alessandro … Continue reading →