Alex Yu Zheng wins first place for his poster "Integrated Urban Hydrogen Power Park" at the EEIC undergraduate research poster contest, University of Washington, 26 January 2006

Monica King and Shaun Soo present the results of the EE 452 course capstone design of a low cost AC/DC cell phone adapter and received the second price at the EEIC course poster contest, University of Washington, 26 January 2006

Monica King and Shaun Soo win first place for their work at the EEIC course poster contest, University of Washington, 26 January 2006

Jens Nedrud won third prize in the EEIC graduate research poster contest for his contribution "Modeling of hydrogen-electric power systems over diverse time frames" and receives the award from Prof. Mamishev, University of Washington, 26 January 2006

Wedding of Henry Louie, Elgin, Illinois, 28 January 2006

RMS Queen Mary during the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference, Long Beach, March 2006

Sunset at the harbor close to the Convention Center, Long Beach, March 2006

Alex Yu Zheng presents poster at the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference, Long Beach, March 2006

Prof. Strunz tests a fuel cell car at the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference, Long Beach, March 2006

Alex Yu Zheng and Kai Strunz discuss poster at the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference, Long Beach, March 2006

Kai Strunz and the shark at the Aquarium of the Pacific during the NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference, Long Beach, March 2006

Kia Lashgari graduates with the M.S.E.E degree, University of Washington, June 2006

Eric Carlson graduates with the B.S.E.E degree, University of Washington, June 2006

Carldez Thomas graduates with the M.S.E.E degree, University of Washington, June 2006

Monica King graduates with the B.S.E.E degree, University of Washington, June 2006

The Kellogg Conference Center as the location of the NSF Grantees Workshop on Diversity, Tuskegee University, June 2006

Kai Strunz visits the Booker T. Washington Monument during the historic tour of the NSF Grantees Workshop on Diversity, Tuskegee University, June 2006

White Hall, Tuskegee University, June 2006

Participants of the 2006 Microgrid Symposium, Le Grand Lodge, Mont-Tremblant, Canada, June 2006

At the Riviére du Diable on the eve of the 2006 Microgrid Symposium, Mont-Tremblant, Canada, June 2006

Visiting the center of the town with Prof. George Gross from University of Illinois and Prof. Sakis Meliopoulos from Georgia Tech, Mont-Tremblant, Canada, June 2006

Profs. Kai Strunz and Jian Sun of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Propect Mountain, New York State, during the COMPEL 2006 Workshop, July 2006

View of Lake George from Propect Mountain, New York State, during the COMPEL 2006 Workshop, July 2006

Miguel Velez-Reyes, T. Paul Chow, Kai Strunz, Kamiar Karimi, Sebastian Rosado, and Jian Sun on Lake George, New York State, during the COMPEL 2006 Workshop, July 2006

New York State Capitol in Albany, close to the site of the COMPEL 2006 Workshop at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, July 2006

Empire State Plaza Mall of Albany, close to the site of the COMPEL 2006 Workshop at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, July 2006

DC Line at the Dickinson HVDC Converter Station, Minnesota, July 2006

Spare three-phase transformers at the Dickinson HVDC Converter Station, Minnesota, July 2006

Profs. Kai Strunz and Ani Gole, University of Manitoba, at the Dickinson HVDC Converter Station, Minnesota, July 2006

With Jack Christofersen and Prof. Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota, at the Dickinson HVDC Converter Station, Minnesota, July 2006

Prof. Ani Gole, an exchange student from Ireland, Prof. Kai Strunz are guided by Randy Wachal on a visit at the Dorsey HVDC Converter Station, Manitoba, Canada, 10 August 2006

Profs. Kai Strunz and Athula Rajapaske at the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 12 August 2006

Skyline of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 12 August 2006

SESAME field trip to the Wanapum dam, Washington, 17 August 2006

Generating units, Wanapum dam, Washington, 17 August 2006

Prof. Strunz and Gao Feng, Wanapum dam, Washington, 17 August 2006

Johnathon Gross checks measurements, Wanapum dam, Washington, 17 August 2006

Henry Louie lectures while Johnathon Gross and Matthew Ibaraki listen, Wanapum dam, Washington, 17 August 2006

SESAME field trip to the Kittitas wind farm construction site, Washington, 17 August 2006

Entering the tower of an 1.8 MW wind energy conversion system, Kittitas wind farm, Washington, 17 August 2006

Learning about the inside of the tower, Kittitas wind farm, Washington, 17 August 2006

Learning about the inside of the nacelle, Kittitas wind farm, Washington, 17 August 2006

Rotor blade, Kittitas wind farm, Washington, 17 August 2006

Gao Feng, Prof. Strunz and Su Qianli, Kittitas wind farm, Washington, 17 August 2006

SESAME members Gao Feng, Matthew Leung, Matthew Ibaraki, Michael Meserve, Brian Pepin, Kai Strunz, Monica King, Su Qianli, Johnathon Gross, Henry Louie, Cesar Silva, Kittitas wind farm, Washington, 17 August 2006

At Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, after giving a talk, 25 August 2006

City Hall of Leuven, Belgium, 26 August 2006

Palais des Congrés is home to the CIGRE 2006 Session, Paris, August 2006

Task Force C6.04.02 Meeting at the CIGRE 2006 Session, Paris, 28 August 2006

Siemens Future Workshop on smart grids though power electronics, CIGRE 2006 Session, Paris, 30 August 2006

View from Siemens Hospitality Suite to the CIGRE 2006 Session, Paris, August 2006

Henry Louie as presenter at the Applied Superconductivity Conference, Seattle, 31 August 2006

Free Internet access in this friendly airport, Albuquerque, after giving a talk at Sandia National Laboratories, 12 September 2006

Gateway Arch, St. Louis, just before the North American Power Symposium, 17 September 2006

Heavy rain seen from the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, just before the North American Power Symposium, 17 September 2006

On top of the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, just before the North American Power Symposium, 17 September 2006

With Professor Gerald Heydt from Arizona State University and Dr. Sid Suryanarayanan from Florida State University, Carbondale, Southern Illinois University, during the North American Power Symposium, 18 September 2006

Henry Louie preparing for a presentation, Carbondale, Southern Illinois University, during the North American Power Symposium, 19 September 2006

Capitol of Illinois at 5:45 am in the morning, Springfield, after giving a talk at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 21 September 2006

UW beats University of California, Los Angeles, Husky Stadium, University of Washington, 23 September 2006

Welcoming new graduate students: Eric Carlson, Sean Avery, Prof. Kai Strunz, Ryan Campbell, Nirupama Kumar, University of Washington, October 2006

Mount Rainier with alpine meadows, Washington, 21 October 2006

Mount Adams is calm, view from Mount Rainier, Washington, 21 October 2006

Earthquake and eruption of Mount St. Helens, view from Mount Rainier, Washington, 21 October 2006

Adam Lindsey, Walt Wyman, and Brendon Tower discuss progress on a super capacitor-powered flashlight at the oral presentation of the preliminary design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 22 November 2006

An Bao Pham and Michael Volkman show the design of a flyback converter for an underwater sensor suite at the oral presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 4 December 2006

Nima Miri Moghaddam and Severn Allen light up an efficient incandescent light bulb alternative at the oral presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 4 December 2006

Johnathon Gross just successfully defended his Master thesis work on the development of a market simulator for the analysis of wind and energy storage network integration, 4 December 2006

Cary Janz and Reid Shibata wrap up hardware work at the laboratory presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 6 December 2006

Shiwen Huang and Nathan Freeberg proudly present their results at the laboratory presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 6 December 2006

Ryan Callahan and Million Asfaw proudly demonstrate a DC/AC inverter at the laboratory presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 6 December 2006

Christopher Eylander and Justus Smitchger are happy with their low power parallel boost converter at the laboratory presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 6 December 2006

Irwan Liem and Vivi Jayanti dim the lights of a Christmas home at the laboratory presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 7 December 2006

Ngocman Nguyen and Dan Munro showed a working current controlled flyback converter at the laboratory presentation of the final design review of the capstone design project of class EE 452, 7 December 2006