GRID-C Labs

Provides hardware design and development including wide bandgap semiconductor packaging, gate driver and control electronics, magnetics, and full converter integration.

Provides high-fidelity simulation of power grids with power electronics and develops machine learning algorithms for monitoring grids.

Serves as a test bed for integrated development and evaluation of leading-edge timing, synchronization, and communications capabilities for the energy sector.

Offers a unique portfolio of testing and characterization tools for electrochemical energy storage systems in emerging applications.

Analyzes every aspect of battery production, from raw materials and electrode dispersion preparation to finished product and performance testing.

Focuses on the development, synthesis and scale-up of cutting-edge materials.

Addresses challenges of recycling and reusing automotive lithium-ion batteries, electric grid power electronics, hard drives, and other consumer electronics.

Serves as a test bed for monitoring/use of data from control and operations of utilities to improve resilience and security in the electric grid.

Provides a test bed for integration of low voltage power electronics with the electric grid/emulated distributed energy resources.

Provides a controlled environment to develop, build, and test all the subcomponents required for a high-power converter system.

Evaluates the performance of novel overhead conductors in a real-world environment. 

Incorporates real energy generation and loads into utility-scale testing for new sensing, hardware, software and protection technologies and approaches.

Evaluates wide-area power systems, distributed energy systems, and power electronics using different architectures and communication/protection approaches.

Dedicated to cutting-edge research and development of advanced and emerging battery systems, including Li-sulfur batteries, sea-water batteries and solid state batteries for transportation and grid storage applications. 

Focuses on novel and efficient, high-power charging hardware and how it interacts with the electric grid.

Tests and evaluates of state-of-the art grid sensors.