Prof.Fred C. Lee
University Distinguished Professor
Director, Center for Power Electronics Systems
33 years on Virginia Tech Faculty
Ph.D., Duke University, 1974

Dr. Lee is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and Director of the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES),

a National Science Foundation engineering research center comprised of five universities:  Virginia Tech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina A&T University and University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez as well as 80 industry consortium members.  The Center’s research vision is to develop an integrated power electronic system approach via an integrated power electronics modular building block concept.  Dr. Lee holds 61 U.S. patents and has published over 229 journal articles in refereed journals and more than 570 technical papers in conference proceedings. Among his awards are the William E. Newell Power Electronics Award (1989), the Arthur E. Fury Award for Leadership and Innovation in Advancing Power Electronic Systems Technology (1998) and the Ernst-Blickle Award (2005).

 

     Sustainable Building Initiatives - a Living Laboratory at Virginia Tech

 

Abstract: This project is being conducted at the CPES Lab at the VirginaTech campus. A portion of the laboratory space is dedicated as an experimental station to imitate a future home type of environment with a small 3.5 KW Wind Mill, a 5KW PV, a plug-in hybrid and a 5KW battery storage system. The future home will be powered with a 380V DC utility bus together with a 48 V bus lighting and IT equipment. All alternative energy sources will be interfaced directly with the high voltage DC bus, with a goal of achieving a zero carbon emission and most efficient energy/power processing system.