June 2009

EPPEC and EHREL host the first REU program in Hybrid Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles in the Nation.

May 2009

Omer C. Onar receives 2009 Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC® Fellowship in Power Electronics, (Single Award-from IEEE Power Electronic Society).

April 2009

Prof. Khaligh received the 2009 Armour College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Yao Da receives the Master's Level Exceptional Design & Presentation Prize in ECE Day Poster Competition.

Prof. Khaligh becomes the Conference Chair, IEEE Chicago Section.

February 2009
Prof. Khaligh gives a professional education seminar on Hybrid Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles at the IEEE 34th Applied Power Electronics Conference, Washington, DC.

Omer C. Onar receives APEC-PSMA Scholarship to attend 34th Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC).

Our research is featured in IIT Magazine.

January 2009
Prof. Khaligh is named the top Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Ranked 1st among top 15 Associate Editors), based on average 1st review cycle duration during 2007-2008.

Prof. Khaligh is a guest editor for the Special Section of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS on ENERGY HARVESTING http://tie.ieee-ies.org/tie/.

November 2008
Prof. Khaligh is a guest editor for the Special Issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY on VEHICULAR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
http://transactions.vtsociety.org/.

Prof. Khaligh has organized a Special Session on Power Electronics for Alternative Energy Systems in the 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in collaboration with Prof. Miraoui from University of Technology Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), FRANCE - IECON 2008

Peng Zeng receives IEEE-IES Scholarship to attend 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON).

Our research is featured in ECE magazine.

August 2008
Omer C. Onar receives 2008-2009 IEEE-VTS Transportation Electronics Fellowship,
(Single Award - awarded to one person every two years).

July 2008
EHREL receives a three year National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to implement an Integrated Bi-Directional AC/DC and DC/DC Converter for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

Our research is featured in IIT’s Energy Magazine

March 2008
Prof. Khaligh receives NSF Fellowship for NSF Summer Institute on Energy Challenge and Nanotechnology.

January 2008
EHREL receives the 2008 Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF) from IIT.