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Renewable Energy Systems Lab is a research lab that focuses on developing and implementing renewable energy solutions. Our research lab is funded by large organizations such as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), etc. to conduct state-of-the-art research in the fields of Renewable Energy, Power Systems, Computer Networking, AI/ML, Embedded Devices, etc.

Funding

  1. Principal Investigator (PI), “CISE-MSI: DP: CPS: Cyber Resilient 5G Enabled Virtual Power System for Growing Power Demand” by NSF 22-518 Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program, October 2022-2025, $600,000.

  2. Co-PI, “CISE- MSI: RCBP- RF: CNS: Orchestration of Network Slicing for 5G-Enabled IoT Devices Using Reinforcement Learning”, by NSF 22-518 Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program, September 2023-2025, $400,000.

  3. PI, “Integrating Distributed Energy Resources with Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings for Net Zero Energy and Community Resilience”, by NSF Planning Grant: Office of the Director (O/D): EPSCoR Section (OIA): HBCU-EiR-HBCU-Excellence in Research, September 2023-August 2024, $100,000.

  4. Senior Personnel, “Tennessee Technology-Enabled Advanced Mobility Engine (T2EAM Engine)”, by NSF Engines Type I Proposal, April 2023-April 2025, $400,000.

  5. Co-PI, “Accelerating Resilience of the Community through Holistic Engagement and Use of Renewables (ARCHER) Planning Framework”, by DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER) Program, November 2022-October 2025, $313,000.

  6. PI, “5G Enabled Dynamic Wireless Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles”, Seed Grant at Tennessee State University, 2023, $5,000.

  7. PI, “Design and Simulation of the 5G Communication Infrastructure Between Solar Micro-Inverters and SCADA System”, Mini grant reference number CyBR-MSI 2022-009, May 2022-October 2022, $10,000.

  8. $5,000 for Undergraduate Capstone Design Project titled “Design of A Load Forecasting Software for Electrical Substations” under GridEd program by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 2022-2023

  9. $5,000 for Undergraduate Capstone Design Project titled “Design of a micro-inverter for solar panel”, under GridEd program by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 2022-2023.

  10. $5,000 for Undergraduate Capstone Design Project titled “Design of a Distributed Solar Powered System for Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging”, under GridEd program by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 2022-2023.

  11. $5,000 for Undergraduate Capstone Design Project titled “Design of a Solar Energy System with Smart Controller Capable of Weather Prediction and Acting as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP)” under GridEd program by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 2021-2022.

  12. $5,000 for Undergraduate Capstone Design Project titled “Dynamic Vehicle Charging System” under GridEd program by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 2021-2022.

  13. PI, “Statistical Approach to Smart Grid Security”, Seed Grant at Tennessee State University, 2022, $10,000.

Total Amount: $1,863,000

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