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WISER sponsors lecture on wireless power transfer

Swasti Khnmia
tavour EDITOR

As a part of “Seminar Serres on
Challenges and Opportunrtres rn Energy“,
the Wanger lnstrtute for Sustarnable Energy
Research (WlSER) at the Department of
Electr-rcal and Computer Engrneer-rng at NT
and Calyrn Center for Electrrcrty lnnoyatron
organrzed a lecture on ‘Advaucemems rn
Wrreless Rower Tlansfer (WPT) Technology“
The lecture was delryered by Dr Srdran lukrc
ofNorth Carolrna State Unryersrty and hosted
by Dr Mahesh l<rrshnamurthy of the ECE
Department Thetalkrncluded recentadyances
rn WRT rn the areas of crrcurt topologres,
mathematrcal modelrng, and system desrgn,
control, and rmplementatron

Dr SrdranM lukrcreceryedhrsE S,
M S and Rh D degrees (zooz, 200A, and um)
rn Electr-rcal Engrneer-rng from llT Currently,

he rs seryrng as an Assrstant Rrofessor rn
the Department of Electr-rcal and Computer
Engrneer-rngatNorth Carolrna State Unryersrty,
Ralergh Apart from that, he also seryes as the
drstr-rbuted energy storage deyrces subrthmst
leader atthe Euture Renewable Electr-rc Energy
Delryery andManagement (EREEDM) Systems
Engrneernrg Research Center

Talkrng about the extensrye research
car-r-red out at NCSU, Dr lukrc wean oyeryrew
ofthe ERREDM centerat NCSU,whrch rs also
a Natronal Scrence Eoundatron (NSF) funded
ResearchCenter The EREEDM centerhas other
promrnent research centers nr the campusrtself,
lrke Adyanced Transportatron Energy Center,
NC State Nanohbrrcatron Eacrlrty, Analytrcal
lnstrumentatron Eaclrty and Nonh Carolrna
SolarCenter

Dr Lukic‘s maror contrrbutron rs
rn the Adyanced Transportatron Energy
Center where he focuses on Rower electronrcs
and motor drryes Startrng hrs lecture on

Wrreless RowerTransfer (WRT) whrch has
been an attractrye research toprc snrce rts frrst
expenmeiltatloil berkola Tesla, Dr lukrcsard
rt rsbecomrng oneofthewrdely acceptedmeans
oftransfer-rrng power oyer small to medrum
drstances Wor-knrgonthe concept ofmagnetrc
couplrng,thrstheory contrnuesto attract rnterest
from thescrentrfrccommunrty Dr lukrcalong
wrth hrs research team have deyeloped a new
way to finertuile WRT receryers, makrng the
systems more effrcrent and functronal l-le
emphasrzed on the hctthatWRTsystemshold
promrseforchargrngelectr-rcyehrcles,electronrc
deyrces and othertechnologres

Takrng the example ofyehrcular
arena, the WRT concept has attracted much
rnterest for statronary electr-rc yehrcle chargers
due to the conyenrence and safety of the
“chromium approach to yehrcle chargnrg A
more yrsronary applrcatron would allow for
yehrcle ourboard storage to be charged as the
yehrcle rs moynrg, obyratrng the need forlarge

capacrty batter-res Takrng on exceptrons, he
gaye an examplewherecur-rent embodrments of
practrtalWRT systems rely on trghtly controlled
couplnrg between the source and the receryer,
whrch rs usually achreyed by mechanrcal
restr-rctrons on the moyement ofthe receryer
Rut,rnnoyatryeapplrcatronsofWRTrequrrethat
one ormany receryersbe freely moyrng and at
a substantral drstance from the source

He concluded hrs talk by narratrng
about the recent adyances rn powerelectronrcs
swrtd-rrng deyroes,wherethere rs an opportunrty
to deyrse efrrcrent wrreless power transfer
systems operatrng at hrgher frequencres and
therefore, at larger drstances At the end of
the talk there was a healthy drscussron where
audrencehad numerous querres aboutthrs new
adyanced technology Dr lukrc answered all
therr querres and asked them to contact hrm
for any oftherr future quer-res Thetalkwas well
attended by ECE facultres and students

 

David Stollman offers advice to ”1" 5 Greek community

Ryan Kamphnis
EDITOR rn cure;

Whle Creek ere at llT rs consrdered
by manytobeaunrqueesper—rencethatrsmrles
away from the exper-rences proyrded by state
schools, the hct strll standsthatthestereotypes
ofCreekere perpetuated bymoyres,TVshows,
and more otten are applred to ”T‘s Creek
communrty

To address thrs fact and grye
perspectrye to “T‘s Creeks, Creek Councrl,
the Student Actryrtres Eund, and the offrce
of Resrdence and Greek ere brought speaker
Dayrd Stollman to campus Stollman rs an actrye
frgure rn Creekere, both seryrng as a frequent
yolunteer forhrs fraternrty, Srgma th Epsrlon,
and as chapteradyrsortothe Alpha Srgma Tau
soror-rty at New York Unryersrty

Stollman pveapl’eseiltatloil entrtled
“Buy rn, or get outl“ that filled the MTCC
Eallroom on the eyenrng ofMarch a Stollman
spoke ofthe common yalues that all Creeks
belreye nr, and how the stereotypes that exrst
about Creeks dont agree wrth these yalues
Stollman presented rn a brutally honest way
that both entertarned and enlrghtened those
watchrng

Stollman spent alot oftrmetalkrng

about the many stereotypes that exrst amongst
Creeks to help dr-rye home the pornt that they
were not a good thrng, but that we have them
fora reason l-letold storres ofmany drtrerent
examples ofCreekslryrng up tothe stereotypes
thathaye been placedupon them Usrngthrs as
a foundatron,Stollman spoke ofhowrmportant
rt was that all Creeks erther buy rntotheyalues
thatthey sworean oathtouphold, or chooseto
leaye He argued that almost all ofthebehayror
that gryes Creeks a bad name areperpetuated
by the “loser‘ members ofCreekorganrzatrons
that choose not to uphold the orpmzatloil‘s
yalues and rnstead choose to belazy Stollman
also warned all nr attendance not to hll nrto
thetrap ofyustlfyulgbadbehavloraild alack of
standardsby argurngthatwe arepartofa socral
frater-nrty or soror-rty, he explarned that whrle
we maybe a socral organrzatron,we strll swore
an oath tobebetterrndryrduals, and that rs the
most rmportant thnrg ofall

Stollman closed hrs presentatron
by challengnrg all Creeksto work together to
be better nrdnrduals, to create a better Creek
communrty, and to work to elrmrnate the
stereotypes ofCreek ere that exrst “Being
Creek rs the premrere form ofleadershrp
trarnrng you can possrbly have,“ sard Stollman,
so let ensurethat others kilowthat“

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SGA Updates:

sga@ll edu

New email policy, Executive Board nominations open

Harshita Iyer
SGA SENATOR

Thrs column hasbeen created wrththe
arm ofkeepnrg the lllrnors Tech studentbody
more rnfor-med about the ongonrg prorects of
therr Student Government lt drscusses what
happens at Senate meetrngs eyery otherTuesday
and rncludes newprorects that SGA has taken
on as well as what new student orpmzatloils
were approyed at the last Senate meetrng

No new student organrzatrons were

Senator Spotligh

approyed atthrs past senate,but two new student
organrzatrons were approyed at the one before
thatl The frrst one rs the LTD (loye to Dance)
Dance Club, whrch rs a competrtrye dance dub
wrth audrtrons, and regular performances at
llTeyents, aswell as outsrde competrtrons The
second, Nature Club, plans to rndulge rn the
great outdoors by makrngyrsrts to parks, cloud
watchrng etc

We also completed the prorect
where we wrll be sendrng out emarls specrfrcto
marorstothe student body so thatyoull know

your representatryes Look out for some cool
llrers that one ofour senators came up wrth nr
drrrerentlanguages

SGA Dtecutrye anrd nomrnatrons
opened Eebnrary 19, and wrll stay open untrl
March lzth The posrtrons open are Rresrdent,
Dcecutrye W, W of Academrc Afhrrs, W
of Student ere, W ofCommunrcatrons and
Ernance anrd Charr Debates wrll happen
March 25th, and the electrons wrll happen all
day on March uth So rfyou know someone
who mrght be good rn any ofthese roles, rust

nomrnate them (or yourself) by emarlrng
rrtnomnratrons@rrt edu

lfany ofthetoprcs mentroned aboye
rnterest you,you are alwayswelcometo be apart
ofSGA‘ Eyeryone rs rnyrted to the Commrttee
Meetrngs that happen eyery off week from
the Senate Meetrngl There wrll be meetrngs
happenrng rn the Colored Rooms rn MTCC
tonrght at March 17., 2013,915 pm You are
also welcome to the Senate meetrng that wll
happen be next Tuesday at 9 ls p m rn the
MTCC Audrtorrum

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