Memberships
“ Industry members have found a lot of value in CURENT membership and our growth speaks to CURENT ’ s commitment to research and industry application ,” says Tom King , Director of Innovation and Industry , “ Additionally , access to knowledgeable interns is an added value of membership and these internships are a plus for our students as well .”
CURENT has added eight new Industry Members since September 2016 , bringing the total number of members to 36 . That ’ s approximately a 22 % increase in a little over six months . The newest members are Arizona Public Service Company ( APS ), EDD , EnerNex . Geiri North America , Genscape , Keysight Technologies , Raytheon and OSIsoft .
Above : Brad Trento accepts a service award from Dr . Tomsovic
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Above : Dr . Tomsovic addresses the attendees at the Strategic Planning meeting in San Juan , PR in April .
Upcoming Events
May 16-18 , NERC SMS , Audubon , PA July 16-20 , IEEE PES General Meeting , Chicago , IL July 20-21 , CURENT Strategic Planning Meeting ,
Chicago , IL Nov . 14-16 , Industry Day and NSF / DOE Site ,
Knoxville , TN
Recent internships for CURENT students :
We have a couple of announcements . First , we want to let everyone know that Brad Trento accepted a position with EPRI . He will be sorely missed . Second , we want to announce that Lisa Beard is replacing him as CURENT ’ s Industry Liaison Officer . Please contact Lisa for any questions regarding contracts , invoicing , technology transfer , licensing agreements or any other information regarding CURENT ’ s Industry Membership Program .
Member ’ s Web Portal
CURENT ’ s member ’ s web portal was launched in January , 2016 , and each month has seen an increase in industry traffic to view presentations and seminars . “ It ’ s a goal of mine to have our member ’ s portal be a central hub for our members , says Lisa Beard , Industry Outreach Director . “ Our monthly industry seminars continue to provide our students with invaluable information about the power industry and these same webcasts have also proven to be very attractive and informative to industry .” CURENT industry seminars are usually scheduled on the last Friday of the month . See curent . utk . edu for details .
Xiaohu Zhang - GEIRNA Ben Dean - Southern Company Yongli Zhu - GE-Alstom Drew HasBrouck - Black & Veatch Management Wei Feng - GEIRNA Mark Nakmali - Zhejiang University Josh Ray - Zhejiang University
Wiehong Huang - ISO New England Hesen Liu - Dominion Abigail Till - Southern Company Chongwen Zhao - Texas Instruments Yajun Wang - VA Electric and Power Company Ben Dean - Zhejiang University
“ Student internship experiences are both a benefit to students ’ professional development and a valuable recruiting tool to increase company name recognition among students . CURENT Industry Members have access to top notch power systems and power electronics students .”
- Lisa Beard , CURENT Industry Outreach Director
If you are interested in sponsoring an undergraduate or graduate student intern , contact Lisa at lbeard10 @ utk . edu or 865-974-8655 to begin the internship process .
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