Center for Power Optimization of Electro-thermal Systems
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What We Do
POETS’s ambitious, innovative approach to improving the power density of next generation electro-thermal systems involves integrating traditionally separate research efforts in mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering across different technical domains.
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Eric Pop (Professor, Electrical Engineering (EE) and Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University)
What are 2D materials good for?
Kai A. James (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC)
Topology Optimization of Self-Actuating Shape-Memory Polymer Mechanisms
Director Andrew Alleyne (Professor, UIUC)
Plenary Control of Complex Energy and Power Systems for Electrified Mobility
Did You Know?
POETS faculty Dr. Yarui Peng has received the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award in 2021, known as the NSF CAREER award.
Illinois ECE Professor Xiuling Li, Donald Bigger Willett Professor in Engineering, and Jianjun Cheng, affiliate faculty member, are two of the 175 academic innovators elected to the 2020 class of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows. NAI fellow status is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors.
Center Director Prof. Andrew Alleyne was honored with the ASME Thurston Lecture Award and Air Force Public Service Award.
Engage with Us
Whether your interests lie in the scientific and technological feasibility of innovative methodologies and systems governing high-power density systems, or assisting in the transfer of research discoveries and observations from university to industry and vice versa, or developing an interdisciplinary education program—there are many pathways for you to partner with POETS.
