Shmuel Oren recipient of the Harold Hotelling Medal
Shmuel Oren, Professor at the University of California-Berkeley and PSERC site director there, is the recipient of the 2021 the Harold Hotelling Medal from the INFORMS society.
Chee-Wooi Ten is the new MTU PSERC site director
Chee-Wooi Ten, an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Michigan Tech, will be the PSERC site director at MTU
Mladen Kezunovic appointed to the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC)
Mladen Kezunovic, Regents Professor at Texas A&M University and PSERC site Director there, has been appointed to a second, two year term on the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC), which advises DOE on electricity resilience, reliability, security, interdependency, and policy issues.
Line Roald recipient of a 2021 NSF Career award
Line Roald, an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison, was awarded a 2021 NSF Career Award. The prestigious award recognizes faculty who have the potential to serve as role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their organization.
Pallavi Jain: destined to be an engineer
Former PSERC student Pallavi Jain is now an engineer at NYISO. She helps find new ways to increase the use of renewable energy and storage resources on the New York energy grid and in the wholesale electricity markets.
Kory Hedman chosen as the new PSERC director
Kory Hedman, associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, has been named the new director of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC). Hedman will replace ASU Regents Professor Vijay Vittal, who has held the position for the last 15 years.