NEW AWARD TO UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS CONTROL NO. 3387-2349 VISION OPEN 2024 PROJECT TITLE: HIGH EFFICIENCY, RESILIENT TRANSFORMERS FOR NEXT GENERATION POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WILL DEVELOP DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS USED TO STEP-DOWN MEDIUM-LEVEL VOLTAGE TO SERVICE-LEVEL VOLTAGE FOR END-USE ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE WITH OVER 50 MILLION TRANSFORMERS CURRENTLY IN USE IN THE ELECTRIC GRID. ALTHOUGH THESE TRANSFORMERS HAVE EFFICIENCIES GREATER THAN 98%, THE LOSSES IN THESE TRANSFORMERS CONSTITUTE A MAJOR FRACTION OF THE TOTAL LOSSES IN THE NETWORK DUE TO THEIR ABUNDANCE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP NEW MAGNETIC MATERIALS THAT WILL LOWER THESE LOSSES THEREBY IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION THEREBY REDUCING EMISSIONS AND ENSURING THAT THE UNITED STATES MAINTAINS A TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.