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Ted K.A. Brekken is an associate professor in energy systems
at Oregon State University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the
University of Minnesota in 1999, 2002, and 2005, respectively. He studied
electric vehicle motor design at Postech in Pohang, South Korea, in 1999. He
also studied wind turbine control at the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway in 2004–2005 on a Fulbright scholarship.
His research interests include control, power
electronics, and electric drives; specifically, advanced control techniques
applied to renewable energy systems. Now the co-director of the Wallace Energy
Systems and Renewables Facility at OSU, Brekken is working to advance wind and
wave technologies, energy storage and the large-scale integration of renewable
energy onto the grid. He also values his role as an educator in the community,
lecturing at several venues that are open to the public such as the
Corvallis-Benton County Library and Linn-Benton Community College.
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