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Year of EnergyThe Lone WolfPHOTONICSATEC
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Meet the Lne Wlf - NC State andInsight Racing’s entry int the DARPA2007 Urban Challenge.Learn abut the histry behind InsightRacing, their previus entry int theDARPA Grand Challenge, and their reasns fr entering the DARPA Ur-ban Challenge.Hw did the Lne Wlf fare against the stiff cmpetitinpresented by ther universities and crprate entrants?In 2008, NC State University declared2008 “The Year f Energy”, in rder tbring tgether many resurces t f-cus n energy and the envirnment.The Department f Electrical andCmputer Engineering has been par-ticularly instrumental in leading thecharge during “The Year f Energy”.
Key departmental contributors to the eld of energy are Dr.
Jay Baliga and Dr. Alex Huang.The Advanced Transprtatin EnergyCenter develps fundamental andenabling technlgies that willfacilitate the electric pwer industryt actively manage and cntrllarge amunts f plug-in hybrid andelectric vehicles.The center, headed by Dr. AlexHuang, is a public-private partnershipthat draws initial funding frm the state, Prgress Energy,and Duke Energy.In 2008, NC State was grantedmembership int the Carlinas Ph-tnics Cnsrtium, an rganizatinthat seeks t advance the study fphtnics.Sme majr players in the area fphtnics at NC State include Dr.Mark Jhnsn and Dr. Leda Lunardi.Learn mre abut NC State’s research effrts and universitycllabratin n phtnics and phtnic devices.
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