National Science Foundation Workshop
on
Advanced Power Conditioning for Alternate Energy Systems
AGENDA
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
7:00AM – Shuttle services from Hilton Hotel to NIST
7:30AM – 8:00AM – Arrival, Registration, and Breakfast
Opening Session, Moderator: Jason Lai
8:00AM – 8:30AM – Opening Remarks, Introduction and Welcome
8:30AM – 8:45AM – Usha Varshney, NSF ECCS Division Director
8:45AM – 9:00AM – Dagmar Niebur, NSF PCAN Program Director
9:00AM – 9:25AM – Deepak Divan of Georgia Tech, IEEE PELS VP
9:25AM – 9:50AM – Saifur Rahman of Virginia Tech, IEEE PES VP
9:50AM – 10:10AM – Break
Invited Presentation Session, Moderator: Allen Hefner
10:10AM – 10:30 AM – Leo Casey of Satcon
10:30AM – 10:50AM – Hamid Elahi of GE
10:50AM – 11:10AM – Tom Dossey and Charles Vartanian of Southern California Edison
11:10AM – 11:30AM – Alex Levran of Powerone, PSMA Alternative Energy Committee Chair
Panel Discussion, Moderator: Ron Wolk
11:30AM – 12:00AM – All speakers
12:00PM – 1:00PM – Lunch
Poster Session, Chair: Kathleen Meehan
1:00 – 2:00PM - Poster Session
Breakout Sessions
2:00 – 3:30 PM – Breakout Session for Topic 1 and Topic 2
Topic 1. High megawatt design issues
co-chaired by Prasad Enjeti, Texas A&M and Jerry Hudgins, U of Nebraska-Lincoln
Topic 2. Modeling, simulation, and control issues
co-chaired by Anirudda Gole, U of Manitoba and Jian Sun, RPI
3:30PM – 4:00PM – Coffee Break with table setup at the poster area
4:00PM – 5:30PM – Breakout Sessions for Topic 3 and Topic 4
Topic 3. Utility interconnect and power flow control issues
co-chaired by Keyue Smedley, UC-Irvine and Badrul Chowdhury, U. of Missouri Sci. & Tech.
Topic 4. Power electronics circuit techniques to tackle different energy source characteristics
co-chaired by Issa Batarseh, U of Central Florida and Hashem Nehrir, Montana State U
6:30PM - Dinner Party at Golden Bull Grand Cafe, 7 Dalamar Street, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Thursday, May 29, 2008
7:30AM – 8:00AM – Breakfast
Group Reporting, Moderator: Saifur Rahman
8:00AM – 8:30AM – Group 1 Reporting
8:30AM – 9:00AM – Group 2 Reporting
9:00AM – 9:30AM – Group 3 Reporting
9:30AM – 10:00AM – Group 4 Reporting
10:00AM – 10:20AM – Break
Final Discussions, Moderator: Ron Wolk
10:20AM – 12:00PM – Discussions on prioritization of research areas and recommendation for NSF program initiatives
12:00PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00PM – 3:00PM – Final discussion and closing remark
3:00PM – 4:00PM – Committee Meeting
4:00PM – Adjourn
