Projects & Sponsors
K-State Undergraduate Research Projects
- Hybrid Biofuel-Diesel/Electric Propulsion for High-Speed Traction Applications — Fall 2026–Spring 2027. Supported by a $2,000 Undergraduate Research Amplification Project grant.
- Bridging Household Power and the Grid: Advanced Converter and Microgrid Control Strategies — Fall 2025–Spring 2026. Supported by a $2,000 Undergraduate Research Amplification Project grant.
- Biofueled Diesel Project (T-DEBA) — Fall 2025–Spring 2026. Supported by a $2,000 Undergraduate Research Amplification Project grant.
Prior Sponsored Research Experience
The following projects reflect Dr. Roig Greidanus’s graduate research participation at the University of Illinois Chicago.
- Resilient Solid State Power Substation — U.S. Department of Energy; participation: 2023–2025. Research on solid-state power transformers, sensing, detection, and control. Principal investigator: Prof. Sudip K. Mazumder.
- A Resilient Cyber-Physical Security Framework for Next-Generation Distributed Energy Resources at the Grid Edge — National Science Foundation; participation: 2023–2025. Collaboration among Texas A&M University–Kingsville, UIC, and Sandia National Laboratories. Principal investigator: Prof. Taesic Kim.
- Multilevel Cybersecurity for Photovoltaic Systems — U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office; participation: 2021–2024. Collaborative research on photovoltaic cybersecurity with university, national laboratory, and industry partners. Principal investigator: Prof. H. Alan Mantooth.