The Reliability of Power Electronic Converter Systems, 2nd Edition, edited by Prof. Michael Pecht and other researchers, offers updated insights on improving the reliability of power electronics in renewable energy systems. It is available through IET for purchase.

The book covers crucial topics like anomaly detection, lifetime modeling, and reliability analysis for wind and solar power systems. It provides practical solutions and in-depth research, making it an essential resource for professionals and students in power electronics.

Damena Agonafer, Clark Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.

Remaining useful life (RUL) prediction is a crucial aspect of the prognostics health management of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Owing to the influence of resampling technology, particle degradation is often observed in the particle filter-based RUL prediction of LIBs, resulting in a low prediction accuracy and large uncertainty. In this paper, a novel particle flow filter with the grey model method (GM-PFF) is proposed to forecast the RUL and state of health of batteries. ...

This paper presents a topological analytics approach within the 5-level Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) architecture for the Stream-of-Quality assessment in smart manufacturing. The proposed methodology not only enables real-time quality monitoring and predictive analytics but also discovers the hidden relationships between quality features and process parameters across different manufacturing processes. A case study in additive manufacturing was used to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology to maintain high product quality and adapt to product quality variations. ...

Elevators, escalators and travelators have been developed to enable people to save time and physical strength when traveling. As places such as shopping malls, hotels and airports have become dependent on these transportation technologies, major problems can occur when they stop working. This paper reviews the historical steps used to address the reliability and safety of these human transportations – technologies and how fault diagnosis, fault detection and health monitoring, and maintenance forecasting are now being implemented, as well as the potential for further advancements. ...

Mitigating CO₂ emissions is essential to reduce climate change and its adverse effects on ecosystems. Photovoltaic electricity is 30 times less carbon-intensive than coal-based electricity, making solar PV an attractive option in reducing electricity demand from fossil-fuel-based sources. This study looks into utilizing solar PV electricity production on a large university campus in an effort to reduce CO₂ emissions. ...