Center for Advanced Power Systems

The Big Story: October 10, 2022

Published: October 10, 2022 | 11:16 am | Posted in: The Big Story

From left, Center for Advanced Power Systems Associate Director Sastry Pamidi and Director Roger McGinnis in a lab at the CAPS facility. (Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services)

Researchers at Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems, or CAPS, are developing improvements for electric power systems modeling and simulation, power electronics and machines, control systems, cybersecurity for power systems, superconducting power devices and more. Read more …

Center for Advanced Power Systems building tools for the future of energy

Published: October 4, 2022 | 1:40 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

When Roger McGinnis was an officer serving on U.S. Navy ships, a problem with the onboard electrical system typically meant enduring a power outage that could last up to several hours. Now, as a director of Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems, or CAPS, McGinnis oversees an entity dedicated to finding solutions that […]

FSU researchers collaborate with business to develop next-generation superconducting cables

Published: May 24, 2022 | 10:27 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

An image of the Conductor on Round Core cable that was incorporated into the power cable system developed by researchers with the Center for Advanced Power Systems and Advanced Conductor Technologies. (Courtesy of Advanced Conductor Technologies)

Researchers at Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS), in collaboration with Colorado-based Advanced Conductor Technologies, have demonstrated a new, ready-to-use superconducting cable system — an improvement to superconductor technology that drives the development of technologies such as all-electric ships or airplanes. In a paper published in Superconductor Science and Technology, the researchers […]

FSU’s Center for Advanced Power Systems receives $31m contract from U.S. Navy

Published: August 3, 2021 | 3:04 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University has received a new $31 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for the research and development associated with shipboard electrical power and energy systems. “My team and I are extremely excited about the new contract from NAVSEA,” said Michael “Mischa” Steurer, the FSU principal investigator of the contract. […]

FAMU-FSU engineering professor honored as fellow of the Cryogenic Society of America

Published: July 26, 2021 | 3:09 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor recognized for his work in cryogenics has been selected as a fellow by the Cryogenic Society of America. Professor Sastry Pamidi is the chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the associate director for the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS). Pamidi received the award during the virtual joint 23rd Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, held in […]

FSU Center for Advanced Power Systems to partner with City of Tallahassee on power grid research

Published: December 14, 2020 | 1:20 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Hui Li, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, stands in the city's solar farm west of the Tallahassee International Airport. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

Florida State University will join the City of Tallahassee and other research partners on a U.S. Department of Energy project to improve integration of solar panels into electrical grids. The project, which is funded by a $3.8 million grant from DOE as well as $1.8 million from FSU and other research partners, will develop cutting-edge […]

Profiles in leadership: CAPS director uses military background to propel research growth at center

Published: October 18, 2019 | 8:37 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

For most of his career, Roger McGinnis was a military man. As a captain in the U.S. Navy, he gave orders. No debate. Now, as director of Florida State’s Center for Advanced Power Systems, he’s captaining a different kind of ship. In his role, McGinnis oversees 35 faculty and staff, plus 55 graduate and undergraduate […]

Electrical systems researcher joining Center for Advanced Power Systems

Published: October 3, 2019 | 2:55 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An international expert in the field of power systems and electronics will join Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems. Gian Carlo Montanari was a professor at University of Bologna for 35 years and has established himself in the field of solid insulating materials, power quality and power systems design and power electronics. “We […]

FSU, Georgia Tech researchers partner to make direct current practical in high power applications

Published: October 2, 2019 | 8:34 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Direct current (DC) powers flashlights, smartphones and electric cars, but major power users depend on alternating current (AC), which cycles on and off 60 times per second. Among the reasons: AC is simple to turn off when there’s a problem – known as a fault – such as a tree falling on a power line. […]

FSU CAPS researcher to receive prestigious engineering award

Published: January 30, 2019 | 9:35 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Michael “Mischa” Steurer, a researcher at FSU's Center for Advanced Power Systems.

A Florida State University researcher is being recognized for his significant contributions to naval engineering through his groundbreaking work at FSU’s Center for Advanced Power Systems. Michael “Mischa” Steurer will receive the Solberg Award from the American Society of Naval Engineers for significant contributions to naval engineering. The award is named for Rear Adm. Thorwald […]

Engineering student gets unparalleled research opportunity at FSU Center for Advanced Power Systems

Published: December 19, 2018 | 11:43 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Undergraduates Taylor Stamm and Davon Valverde have worked at FSU’s Center for Advanced Power Systems as research assistants to faculty there.

Undergraduate students across the country often get the chance to help a favorite professor with research. But few get the experience that Taylor Stamm had in working with Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems. Over five semesters as a research assistant at CAPS, he’s helped develop superconducting cables, performed high voltage testing, set […]

Center for Advanced Power Systems and Advanced Conductor Technologies demonstrate new superconducting power cable

Published: June 18, 2018 | 10:24 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor and Associate Director of CAPS Sastry Pamidi and Danko van der Laan, president and CEO Advanced Conductor Technologies, show off Conductor on Round Core cable technology.

Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems and the Colorado-based Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC are taking a big step in the world of superconductor technology that could have major implications for naval, aviation and power grid applications. Through a grant program that encourages private industry to partner with university scientists, a research team from […]

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