06/09/2022 — Utah State University electrical engineering student Tucker Skinner is the first Aggie to receive a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. In addition to the scholarship award, Skinner will be attending the foundation’s Innovators Gala in Orlando, Florida, this August and will be paired with an astronaut mentor. Read entire article at usu.edu
Abstract: This paper presents the implementation of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and battery energy storage systems (BESS) within residential networked microgrids that incorporate distributed energy resources (DERs) to produce electrical power, as well as an updated daily load curve for residential households, using Renewable Alternative Power Systems Simulation (RAPSim) Software. It is projected that the…
05/23/2022 — USU’s faculty and students successfully hosted the public event for all ages on May 19, 2022 at the EVR––recruiting tomorrow’s young engineers and enlisting future EV drivers with wireless power transfer demonstrations, EV test drives, and hands-on fun. Checkout some of the inspired faces.
For generations, People of Color within the United States have been disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards that deny fundamental human rights, such as access to clean air, land, water, and food. Environmental inequities range from siting waste facilities in predominantly Black communities, to placing highways through low-income communities, to ordering migrant workers to use hazardous…
05/17/2022 — Join us for an open house at USU’s Electric Vehicle & Roadway Facility in North Logan, Utah on May 19, 2022. Open to the public and all ages. Test drive the newest EV’s to hit the market from local dealers. Meet Spot the robot dog and his robot friends. Try out the toy RC…
ABSTRACT In the last couple of decades, various industries have taken advantage of emerging advancedtechnologies, such as the digital twin, to find more effective solutions in their respective areas.In the transportation infrastructure sector, the implementation of digital twin technology isslowly gaining traction but lagging behind other major industries. To better understand thelimitations, opportunities, and challenges…
Abstract The transportation sector is trending towards electrification which means a dramatic change to the availability of used Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries which can be reused for grid energy storage systems (ESS). However, second life battery modules can have an imbalanced state of health (SOH) between cells which can reduce battery safety, life, and depth of…
Electricity is expected to become a dominant power source in the transportation sector, but under astationary recharging model, electric powered vehicles still suffer some disadvantages relative to conventional vehicles. Recent developments in wireless power transfer (WPT) technology can enable analternative vehicle recharging model wherein power is supplied to vehicles while they are moving,mitigating the need…
03/28/2022 — London’s Brixton District “Electric Avenue” was among England’s first major streets to be lit by incandescent lights in the 19th Century. On this side of the pond, in 1881 Salt Lake City was the fifth city in the world, behind the much bigger metropolises London, New York, San Francisco and Cleveland, to initiate central…
03/10/2022 — NORTH LOGAN, UTAH & LOS ANGELES – MARCH 10, 2022 — Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE), a National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Research Center taking on the nation’s electrified transportation challenges to the widespread electrification of all vehicles and Electreon (TASE: ELWS.TA), the leading provider of in-road wireless electric vehicle charging…