The University of California, Riverside's (UCR) Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) invites applications for a Professor with Tenure position, who will serve as the Director of the BCOE Winston Chung Global Energy Center (WCGEC). The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and leading the Center, in addition to regular faculty duties...
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...
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...
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
Dr. Nazaripouya delivered an invited talk on "Real-World Application of Energy Storage Systems in Improving Grid Resilience" at the DISTRIBUTECH International 2020. His presentation was focused on a novel technology which has been developed for real-time control and operation of a battery storage system to address the complex problems in distribution systems including grid resilience...
Hamidreza Nazaripouya, an assistant professional researcher at the Winston Chung Global Energy Center, helps explain the role of distributed energy storage systems in reducing the adverse impact of wildfires. Read the full article on the IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter
Professor Hamed Mohsenian-Rad is named as Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The honor is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, less than 0.1% of IEEE...
Hamidreza Nazaripouya, an assistant professional researcher at the Winston Chung Global Energy Center, helps explain the blackouts that have left large swaths of California dark. Read full article at Los Angeles Times
Winston Chung Global Energy Center hosted their Visiting Advisory Board Members at the Inaugural Board Meeting on June 10, 2019. The discussions of the meeting focused around the center's current research activities and future strategic initiatives. Presentations were given by affiliated BCOE faculty members and the center's researchers.
Dr. Chan Seung Park’s proposal for the Carbon Emission Reduction from the Intelligent Operation of Campus Steam Plant with Natural Gas Fuel Quality Sensor (Gas Quality Sensor) Project was ranked top by the UC Global Climate Leadership Council (GCLC) leadership for funding of research proposals submitted through the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative’s Applied Research Working...
Over 150 people attended the 2nd Annual Winston Chung Global Energy Center's Energy Storage Technologies and Applications Conference held at Bourns Technology Center on April 11-12, 2019. The organizers planned technical discussions inclusive of faculty, researchers, regulators, technology developers, community leaders, and utility/ISO experts on the newest of technologies and applications of energy storage during...
One of the highlights at the 2nd Annual Winston Chung Global Energy Center's Energy Storage Technologies and Applications Conference held at Bourns Technology Center on April 11-12, 2019 was the poster exhibition and competition. The poster sessions included the exhibition of posters from sixteen projects that was carried out by the teams from UC Riverside...
Dr. Chan Seung Park, Research Engineer of WCGEC, was awarded $1,499,910 from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for his proposal entitled "Demonstration of Smart Combustion Technology using Natural Gas Fuel Quality Sensor." Over the next three years of the project, Park will be collaborating with Dr, Christopher Ryu at CSU Fullerton to develop this system...
Professor Hamed Mohsenian-Rad (PI) was awarded $3,748,698 for project entitled “UC-Lab Center for Electricity Distribution Cybersecurity” from the UC Lab Research Program. Over the next three years Dr. Mohsenian-Rad will be collaborating with Dr. Chengyu Song (UCR), Dr. Fabio Pasqaletti (UCR), Dr. Keyue Smedley (UCI), Dr. Rajit Gadh (UCLA), Dr. Mahnoosh Alizadeh (UCSB), Dr. Emma...
In this inaugural conference, the organizers planned technical discussions inclusive of faculty, researchers, regulators, technology developers, community leaders, and utility/ISO experts on the newest of technologies and applications of energy storage. The conference included invited and contributed presentations, panel discussions, industry exhibition, poster contest, and networking reception. The theme of the conference focused on two...
Associate Professor Hamed Mohsenian-Rad (PI) and Dr. Alfredo Martinez-Morales, won a $650K award from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to design, optimize, and demonstrate new technologies to improve building energy efficiency using an Internet-of-Things (IoT), formed by a network of advanced sensors, actuators, and wireless communications devices. The project is for three years and is...
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), with approval from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineering (AIME) Board, has selected Distinguished Professor Reza Abbaschian to receive the 2017 AIME Honorary Membership Award. The recognition is the highest honor the Institute can bestow upon an individual and is awarded in appreciation of outstanding...
