The Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Center (PEEMRC) is the U.S. Department of Energy's premiere broad-based research center for power electronic and electric machinery development. During this decade, the Center has dramatically advanced the technology of soft-switched inverters, multilevel inverters, DC-DC converters, motor control techniques, and efficient, compact electric machines.

Areas of Expertise:

• Advanced Power Electronics
• Electric Machines
• Thermal Control
• Power Quality and Utility Interconnection

PEEMRC is designated as a National User Facility. The designation encourages collaborative efforts between the PEEMRC, industry, and academia. The most advanced analysis, simulation, and design software is available to the PEEMRC staff to implement state-of-the art circuit and motor designs. The PEEMRC provides a broad-based capability to generate data and analyze advanced power electronic and electric machinery devices. These capabilities are provided at the user's expense.

There are many ways to work with PEEMRC including a cooperative research and development agreement, a work for others agreement, or a user agreement. Each agreement is developed based on a user's desire to protect research results or inventions.

Please contact us for more information on how you can work with PEEMRC.

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