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Winston Chung Global Energy Center announces new directors
BCOE faculty members Juchen Guo and Hamed Mohsenian-Rad are the new co-directors of the Winston Chung Global Energy Center.
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Strengthening Ties: President Choi's Visits after signing MOU between Ajou University and WCGEC
On January 18th, BCOE Dean and Professor Chris Lynch welcomed President Keechoo Choi of Ajou University to the Winston Chung Global Energy Center, marking a significant collaboration through an MOU. This partnership aims to foster mutual friendship and promote academic research and educational cooperation, including faculty and student exchanges, joint research projects, and the sharing of information and publications.
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New book shares real-world applications and trends in smart grid sensors and data analytics
Engineers in academia or in industry with an interest in power grid modernization can learn the latest about sensor technologies and innovative use cases of various sensor data in a new book. Smart Grid Sensors: Principles and Applications (Cambridge University Press), published in April 2022 by professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, covers smart grid sensors, a component of electrical power grids that use real-time monitoring to lower costs, save energy, integrate renewable energy resources, and improve reliability, security and resiliency. The book’s contents
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Dr. Nazaripouya awarded $939k award with CEC
Dr. Hamidreza Nazaripouya, affiliated faculty of Winston Chung Global Energy Center (WCGEC) and Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University, was selected for a three-year, $939,232 agreement with the California Energy Commission (CEC) for his proposal entitled “Residential Solar+Storage Control Unit for Providing Grid Services and Demand Side Management” in collaboration with Alfredo Martinez-Morales (affiliated WCGEC researcher), Grid Alternatives, and Oklahoma State University. The purpose of this Agreement is to fund demonstrations to evaluate the operations that residential energy
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Retirement of Dr. Chan Seung Park
After an incredible 22 years of service at UC Riverside, Dr. Chan Seung Park retired from the university on 6/30/2020. Dr. Chan Seung Park has been bestowed the title of Associate Adjunct Professor Emeritus by Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox under the authority of The Regents and the President of the University of California. Dr. Park's research has made significant advancement in environmental science and engineering, including vehicle emission measurement, production of liquid and gaseous fuels from renewable resources, alternative energy storage technologies and energy efficiency improvement
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Experts on Heat Waves
Heat Waves For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu Hamidreza Nazaripouya, Assistant Professional Researcher Winston Chung Global Energy Center, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Power Systems and smart grid, power electronics, control and optimization. hamidreza.nazaripouya@ucr.edu Read the full article here: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/08/31/experts-heat-waves
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Mission

To advance solutions for today’s energy storage demands, while developing far-sighted energy storage, generation, and distribution research and energy-use strategies for tomorrow’s applications.

Vision

Bridging the gap between industry and academia, the center will address energy generation, storage, and distribution needs and issues contributing to the economic, social, and environmental health of communities around the world.

Goals

• Foster a premier academic environment of research and discovery in sustainable energy, with a focus on storage issues;
• Educate a diverse and distinguished engineering workforce that is dedicated to addressing global energy needs;
• Offer tools and training that will increase the capacity of public and private planners, architects, engineers, utilities and developers to design and build energy-efficient community projects;
• Build partnerships with global organizations and businesses to foster clean energy storage solutions; and
• Inspire leadership and community to take action to address energy storage issues in California and the world.

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