RENSSELAER ELECTRIC POWER PROGRAM OUTLINE OF CURRENT RESEARCH THRUSTS

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RENSSELAER ELECTRIC POWER PROGRAMOUTLINE OF
CURRENT RESEARCH THRUSTS

• MACHINES
• Noise and vibration in motors (S.J. Salon)
• Magnetic signatures of large motors (S.J. Salon)
• Condition monitoring of large utility generators
  (J.K. Nelson)
• Modeling of generators with a superconducting
  rotor (R.C. Degeneff)
• Analytical tools for large machines (S.J.Salon/M.
  Chari)
• POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND CONTROL 
• Load shedding in islanded power distribution
  networks (J.K. Nelson)
• Optimal control of a Microgrid with overlaid
  communications (J.K. Nelson)
• Controls for governor action on a Pelton turbine
  (S.J. Salon/J. Chow)
• Protective relaying for islanding in distributed
  power systems (J.K. Nelson)

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RENSSELAER ELECTRIC POWER PROGRAMOUTLINE OF
CURRENT RESEARCH THRUSTS

• POWER ELECTRONICS 
• Power Quality (J. Sun)
• Power Electronic Circuitry (J. Sun)
• TRANSFORMER TECHNOLOGIES 
• Evolution of gas-in-oil in power transformers
  (R.C. Degeneff/J.K. Nelson)
• Transient modeling of transformer structures
  (R.C. Degeneff)
• PERIPHERAL ACTIVITIES
• The development of nanodielectric insulating
  materials (J.K. Nelson)
• Application of magnetic fields to cells (S.J.
  Salon)
• Medical applications of piezo-electric motors
  (S.J. Salon) 
• Transient quenching of superconductors (J.K.
  Nelson)