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  • GRANTS & CONTRACTS RECEIVED
  1. Principal Investigator of a Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) grant, England, for £55710 entitled, "Design and evaluation of speed and current controllers for a high performance, vector controlled, permanent magnet synchronous motor drive", January 1988-July 1990.
  2. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Pakcentre Ltd, England for £4130 entitled, "Design of base-drive circuitry for bipolar power transistors", May 1990-August 1990.
  3. Principal investigator (with Dr Gill Richards) of a grant funded by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA, and Entergy Corporation, LA (tailored collaboration) for $365 000 entitled, "Large process industry motor drive performance and power quality analysis”.
  4. Principal investigator of a grant funded by the Central Louisiana Electric Co (CLECO) for $20 000 entitled, "Efficiency of switched reluctance and permanent magnet motor drives for utility applications", January 1992-Dec 1992.
  5. Principal investigator (with Dr G. Richards) of a grant funded by Mobil Refinery for $60 000 entitled, "Operation of motors in industrial plants exposed to voltage dips and discontinuities", August 1991-August 1993.
  6. Principal investigator of a grant funded by the Louisiana State for $58,000 entitled, "Effects of supply discontinuities on motors and drives", June 1992-June 1994.
  7. Principal investigator of a grant funded by EPRI and Entergy Corporation for $450 000 entitled, "Potential for increased efficiency of motors and drives in the chemical and process industries", August 1992-August 1995.
  8. Principal investigator (with Dr Gill Richards) of a second phase of grant no. 3 for $326,000 entitled, “Large process industry motor drive performance and power quality analysis”, January 1993-December 1996.
  9. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by EPRI and Entergy Corporation for $197 500 entitled, "Customized DSM Programs", July 1993-Dec 1996.
  10. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by the Navy for $77,000 entitled, "High power density motor drives for maritime applications", January 1995-December 1995.
  11. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by EPRI and Entergy Corporation for $51,380 entitled, “Survey, categorization and assessment of electric motors and drives and their loads currently in use in the process industry”, August 1995-December 1995. This grant was part of grant no. 7 which was transferred to Clarkson University.
  12. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by EPRI and Entergy Corporation for $71,885 entitled, “Large process industry motor drive performance and power quality”, August 1995-December 1996. This grant was part of grant no. 8, which was transferred to Clarkson University.
  13. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Teknokom Inc for $18,000 entitled, “Precise position control of a sensor”, January 1996-August 1996.
  14. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Teknokom Inc for $5,280 entitled, “Research and development of  electronic test equipment”, January 1996-December 1996.
  15. Co-principal Investigator of a grant funded by Lockheed Martin for $11,550 entitled, “Clarkson University Video Course”, April 1996-December 1997.
  16. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by EPRI and Entergy Corporation for $18,000 entitled, “Large process industry motor drive performance and power quality”, July 1996-December 1996. This grant was part of grant no. 8, which was transferred to Clarkson University.
  17. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by General Motors Steering Systems for $15,000 entitled, “Industrial Studentship for the ECE Dept”, Sept 1996-December 1997.
  18. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by New England Electric for $2,500 entitled, “Power Engineering Program”, Jan 1997-Dec 1997.
  19. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by the African-American Institute, through the Atlas program for a fellowship at Clarkson University for $21,245 for the 1st year and $14,000 for the second and $14,000 for the 3rd year for Mr Gertze, a lecturer at Transkei Teknikon, to do his M.S. at Clarkson.
  20. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by NASA for $22,000 entitled, “Evaluation and design of switched reluctance motor drives for electrical actuation”, Sept 1997- August 1998.
  21. Co-principal investigator with Dr T.Ortmeyer and Dr J.Carroll of a grant funded by the Office of Naval Research for $311,560 entitled, “Power quality study of an ungrounded electronically supplied distribution system”, Sept 1997-August 2000.
  22. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Consolidated Edison of New York for $25,000, entitled, “Operation of induction machines in the presence of unbalanced supplies”, July-Dec 1997.  
  23. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by General Motors Research and development for $90,000, entitled, “Noise calculation and reduction in switched reluctance motors”, Sept 1997-Aug 2000.
  24. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by New England Electric for $2,500 entitled, “Power Engineering Program”, Jan 1998-Dec 1998.
  25. Principal Investigator of an equipment grant funded by the ONR (with T.H.Ortmeyer and J.Carroll as co-investigators) for $111,000 entitled, “Equipment to allow practical investigations into shipboard power systems”, March 1998.
  26. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by EPRI for $1,000 entitled, “Research in power quality”, 1998.
  27. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Concepts ETI for $1,300 entitled, “Research in hybrid electric vehicles”,1998.
  28. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Opto-Generic Devices for $9,000 entitled, “Research in motor drives”,1998.
  29. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by the ONR (with T.H.Ortmeyer and J.Carroll) for $136,935 entitled, “Augmentation of ungrounded power system power quality study”, 4/01/98-3/31/2001.
  30. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Mohawk Innovative Technologies for $10,000 entitled, “High-speed Switched reluctance motor”, September 1, 1998-August 30, 1999.
  31. Co-Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Rome Labs for $90,000 entitled, “Research, development and design of AGPU 2000”, Jan 1999-June 2000.
  32. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by New England Electric for $2,500 entitled, “Power Engineering Program”, Jan 1999.
  33. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Opto-Generic Devices for $45,000 entitled, “Motor drive design using optical graphical programming technology”, Nov 1999-Dec 2001.
  34. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by New England Electric for $5,000 entitled, “Power Engineering Program”, Jan 2000.
  35. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by ESKOM, through the University of Cape Town for $40,000 entitled, “Motor Drive Applications for South Africa”, June 2000-Dec 2000.
  36. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by General Motors Research and development for $8,750, entitled, “Noise calculation and reduction in switched reluctance motors”, Sept 2000-Dec 2000.
  37. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by New England Electric for $5,000 entitled, “Power Engineering Program”, Feb 2001.
  38. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by multiple companies to form a consortium to examine losses in magnetic steels. These include, Black & Decker, Inland Ispat, PDF Electronics, Eaton Corporation, Globe Motors, Laminations Speciality Corporation @ $4000/year each for a total of $24,000, starting June 2001.
  39. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by ESKOM, through the University of Cape Town for $40,000 entitled, “Motor Drive Applications for South Africa”, June 2001-Dec 2001.
  40. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Delphi R&D for $35,000 entitled, ”Noise calculation and reduction in switched reluctance motors”, May 2001-Dec 2001.
  41. Co-Principal Investigator with Dr T.Ortmeyer and Dr P.McGrath of a grant funded by the Office of Naval Research for $340,000 entitled, “Power quality study of an ungrounded electronically supplied distribution system”, Sept 2001-August 2004.
  42. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by US National Grid for $5,000 entitled, Power Engineering Program", Feb 2002.
  43. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by Delphi R&D for $35,000 entitled, "Switched Reluctance Motors for Electric Caliper Braking Applications", April 2002-Dec 2002.
  44. Principal Investigator of a grant funded by ESKOM, through the University of Cape Town for $13,000 entitled, “Motor Drive Applications for South Africa”, May 2002-Dec 2003.
  45. PI of a grant funded by the motor consortium for $24,000, July 03-June 04 for motor loss calculations.
  46. PI of a grant funded by ESKOM, through the University of Cape Town, for $30,000 entitled, “Motor Drive Applications for South Africa”, May 03-Dec 04.
  47. PI of a grant from NSF for $76,000, Sept 03- Aug 04 for International experience for American Students in South Africa.
  48. PI of a grant from the US DOE for $25,000, May-June 2004 entitled, “Hybrid electric vehicle assessment”.
  49. PI of a grant from Advanced DC Motors for $10,000, Sept-Dec 2004, entitled, “Software-based machine design”.
  50. Co-PI of a grant from NYSERDA for $45,000, June-Nov 2004, entitled, "Methane Digester with Value-Added Processing”.
  51. PI of a grant from DOE for $773,530, Jan 2005-Dec 2007, entitled, " Improved design of motors for increased efficiency in residential and commercial buildings ."
  52. PI of a grant (with R. Rangeswami and A. Behal as co-PIs) from nanodynamics for $280,000. May 2005 - May 2007 entitled, "Fuel Specific Solid Oxide Fuel Cells."
  53. PI of a grant from Advanced DC Motors (with S. Kumar, M. Cheng and J. Koplowitz as co - PIs) for $246,000 , June 2005-May 2007 entitled, "PM Hybrid Motor for Light Traction Applications."
  54. Co- PI of a grant from the TRB entitled, "Self-Powered Sensors and Actuators for Bridges", for $75,000, July 2005-Dec 2006.
  55. Co-PI of a grant from New York State (with S.Grimberg, S.Powers, E.Thacher and R.Welsh) entitled, "Dairy Farm Power and Energy from Agricultural Waste" for $1M, Jan 2006-Dec 2008.
  56. Co-PI of a grant from the USDA (with S.Powers, E.Thacher, S.Grimberg and R.Welsh) entitled, "Environmental & Economic Performance of an Intergrated, Digester-Cogeneration-Value Added Process" for $800k, May 2006-April 2009