Effective January 1, 2026, CISPA-Faculty Professor Dr. Andreas Zeller has been elevated to IEEE Fellow. Fellow is the highest grade of membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is the world's largest professional organization for electrical engineering, computing, and related technical disciplines. Less than 0.1 per cent of the IEEE voting membership receive this prestigious honor each year. Andreas Zeller is recognized for his contributions to analyzing software and its development process. 

Researchers have developed a computational model that identifies the best combination of location and energy technologies to maximize offshore energy production, reducing the financial risk associated with investing in offshore projects. The model accounts for different types of wind and marine hydrokinetic technologies, the best location for co-siting these technologies, and the best size of the relevant technologies.