VT FEEC :: News

C-Tech² - Computers and Engineering at Virginia Tech is an exciting program that helps develop and sustain the interests of women in engineering and the sciences. FEEC participated by hosting a day of lectures and hands-on demonstrations for this group of forty young women.

Visitors included Tsuneo (Joe) Kume, Eiji (Barney) Watanabe and Masakk Hisatsune from Yaskawa Electric Corp., and Nory Takada from Yaskawa Electric USA. Dr. Tsuneo Kume led a seminar on "Transistor Inverter and AC Motor Drive Technologies."

An exciting joint workshop was conducted by the Korean Microgrid Center and FEEC. The visiting professors included Prof. Heung-Geun Kim from Kyungpook National University, Prof. Dong-Hun Kim from Kyungpook National University, Prof. Eui-Cheol Nho from Pukyung National University, Prof. Tae-Won Chun from Ulsan University, Dr. Jong-Bo Ahn from the Korean Electrotechnology Research Institute and Prof. Sung-Yeul Park from the University of Connecticut.

The FEEC would like to congratulate Dr. Sung-Yeul Park and Dr. Rae-Young Kim for receiving their PhDs in Summer 2009
The FEEC would like to welcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Woo-Young Choi
The FEEC would like to welcome visiting scholar, Kenichiro Sano
The FEEC would like to welcome visiting professors Dr. Yubin Wang and Dr. Woo-Chul Lee
Congratulations to Junhong Zhang for receiving her PhD in February 2008
Congratulations to Seungryul Moon for receiving his MSEE in May 2007
Congratulations to Greg Malone for receiving his MSEE in May 2007
Congratulations to Konstantin Louganski for receiving his PhD in May 2007
New members! For Fall 2006 the FEEC welcomes Brennen Ball, Hao Qian, Nanying Yang, and Weihan Lai to our team
2007 Internation Future Energy Challenge announced
New members! For summer 2006 the FEEC welcomes Dr. Wensong, Greg Malone, Hidekazu Miwa, and Joseph Amato to our team
VT FEEC receives SiC diodes (PIN & Schottky types) from Northrop Grumman for high-voltage testing