News | REAPER Lab

Tenure Promotion: Dr. Robert Balog

by ReaperLab | Sep 1, 2015 | Researchers

REAPER Lab is pleased to announce Director Dr. Robert Balog has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Texas A&M University.

Power Across Texas Teleconference

by ReaperLab | Mar 25, 2015 | Meetings

Dr. Balog participated in a Power Across Texas Research Advisory Council update teleconference.

IEEE SGRE: “Model Predictive Control of Grid-tied Photovoltaic Systems” Paper

by ReaperLab | Mar 22, 2015 | Conference, Papers

PhD candidate Mohammad Shadmand presented his paper, co-authored with PhD candidate Xiao Li, entitled “Model Predictive Control of Grid-tied Photovoltaic Systems: Maximum Power Point Tracking and Decoupled Power Control” at the IEEE First Workshop on Smart Grid & Renewable Energy (SGRE) in Doha, Qatar.

IEEE SGRE: “Sensitivity Analysis to Model Parameter Errors of MPPT” Paper

by ReaperLab | Mar 22, 2015 | Conference, Papers

PhD student Morcos Metry presented his paper, co-authored with PhD student Mohammad Shadmand entitled “Sensitivity Analysis to Model Parameter Errors of MPPT by Model Predictive Control for Photovoltaic Applications” at the IEEE First Workshop on Smart Grid & Renewable Energy (SGRE) in Doha, Qatar.

IEEE SGRE: Smart Grid Panel Session

by ReaperLab | Mar 22, 2015 | Conference, Panel

Dr. Balog was a panel moderator and chair of the session entitled “Smart Grid: Current Status” at the IEEE First Workshop on Smart Grid & Renewable Energy (SGRE) in Doha, Qatar.

IEEE PES: ADCOM Meeting

by ReaperLab | Mar 20, 2015 | Meetings

Dr. Balog participated in the Administrative Committee (ADCOM) meeting of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.

IEEE APEC: “PLL-Less Robust Active and Reactive Power Controller” Paper

by ReaperLab | Mar 19, 2015 | Conference, Papers

PhD candidate Xiao Li presented his paper entitled “PLL-Less Robust Active and Reactive Power Controller for Single Phase Grid-Connected Inverter with LCL Filter” at the 2015 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

IEEE APEC: “Maximum Power Point Tracking of Grid Connected Photovoltaic System” Paper

by ReaperLab | Mar 19, 2015 | Conference, Papers

PhD candidate Mostafa Mosa presented his paper, co-authored with PhD candidate Mohammad Shadmand entitled “Maximum Power Point Tracking of Grid Connected Photovoltaic System Employing Model Predictive Control” at the 2015 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

IEEE APEC: “Minimized Quasi-Z Source Network for Single-Phase Inverter” Paper

by ReaperLab | Mar 18, 2015 | Conference, Papers

Dr. Baoming Ge, research engineer in the REAPER lab, presented his paper entitled “Minimized Quasi-Z Source Network for Single-Phase Inverter” at the 2015 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

IEEE APEC: “An Active Filter Method to Eliminate DC-Side Low-Frequency Power” Paper