Along with a large cohort of UIUC Power Students, SPG graduate students Ryan Billings and Aidan Rodgers received the Grainger Power Award. The Other Dr. Stillwell also showed up in support.
SPG Undergraduate Researchers Sandra Georgy, Alec Loessy, Dora Stavenger, and Jonathan Sengstock were also honored with the award!
Members of the SPG and friends gathered at the Dr. Stillwells’ house to enjoy camaraderie and dinner. Special thanks to the other Dr. Stillwell for help hosting and photography.
Andrew Freeman and William Vavrik were awarded the Grainger Power Engineering Award for 2025. They joined an excellent class of undergraduate and graduate UIUC power engineering students for a night of celebration with Power and Energy faculty and Grainger College of Engineering leadership. Congratulations!
Stillwell Power Group researchers William Vavrik, Aria Delmar, and Andrew Freeman volunteered at the Girl Power Event, hosted by the Stillwell Research Group and Abbott Power Plant. More than 40 Girl Scouts from Illinois and Indiana learned about energy, power generation, and hands-on trade skills, including welding from Abbott staff and UIUC graduate students. Huge thanks to Abbott Power Plant for hosting the amazing event.
The Stillwell Power Group joined the Stillwell Research Group in supporting our Illini Men’s Gymnastics team in their victory over Nebraska.
The SPG met over Finals Week in Fall of 2024 to blow off some steam at Urbana Boulders . Fun was had, and no one was injured.
The Stillwell Power Group joined the Stillwell Research Group in supporting the Illini Volleyball Team in their match against Indiana. The Illini emerged victorious with a 3-0 victory!
Aria Delmar presented “Control and Modeling of Current-Sourced Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Converters with Dynamic Loads” at the 2024 IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL) conference in Lahore, Pakistan. First author Will Vavrick was unable to attend, but the paper and presentation received excellent feedback.
SPG researchers Nicole Stokowski and AJ Bali volunteered for the Abbott Power Plant Girl Power event to teach K-12 Girl Scouts about power and electricity.
AJ Bali won a best presentation award for his talk titled “A 7-Level Interleaved Hybrid Active Neutral Point Clamped Converter for High-Frequency Low-Inductance Motors” at the 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC).
