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CURENT’s 2020 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

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CURENT’s 9th Annual Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit was held Nov. 6-10. The Industry Conference was Friday, Nov. 6 and the Site Visit was Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9-10. The visit was held virtually. 

Industry Conference

The Industry Conference was from 10:30 to 17:30 on Friday, Nov. 6 and featured several speakers from the power and energy field: 

  • Dr. Danielle Merfeld, VP and CTO, GE Renewable Energy
  • Mr. Patrick Panciatici, Scientific Advisor, Réseau de Transport d' Electricité (RTE)
  • Dr. Wendy Zhang, Supervisor of Transmission Planning, PG&E
  • Dr. Val Miftakhov, Founder & CEO, ZeroAvia
  • Dr. Isik Kizilyalli, Program Director, ARPA-E

Faculty Presentation

The Site Visit took place on Monday, Nov. 9 and Tuesday, Nov. 10 and featured overviews from the faculty thrust leaders and posters/presentations from the students.  

Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, CURENT Center Director, UTK - CURENT Overview

Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, CURENT Center Director, UTK - Infrastructure and Sustainability

Dr. Yilu Liu, Deputy Director and Thrust Leader - Monitoring Thrust Overview

Dr. Ali Abur, NEU Campus Director and Thrust Leader - Modeling & Estimation Thrust Overview

Dr. Joe Chow, RPI Campus Director and Thrust Leader - Control Thrust Overview

Dr. Fred Wang, Technical Director and Thrust Leader - Actuation Thrust Overview

Dr. Leon Tolbert, Thrust Leader - CURENT Engineered Systems Overview

Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, CURENT Center Director, UTK - Industry Collaboration and Innovation Program Overview

Dr. Daniel Costinett - Co-Director of Education - Culture of Inclusion and Diversity

Dr. Anne Skutnik - Education Coordinator - University and Pre-College Education

Student Posters

The posters below are grouped by their content. Posters will be online closer to the date. The content areas have been given the following abbreviations:

CT - Power System Control
CV - Power Converter Design and Control
DV - Power Electronic Devices and Components
ED - Education Posters
ET - Power Systems Estimation
HV - HVDC and FACTS
LT - Large Scale Testbed
MT - Power System Monitoring
ME - Power System Modeling
TB - Hardware Testbed 

An agenda for the Industry Conference can be found here. 

An agenda for the NSF/DOE Site Visit can be found here.