This year’s annual symposium was a huge success thanks to the 160 academic researchers, federal agencies, industry representatives and students who gathered to discuss trends and technologies in medium voltage power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, and electric transportation technologies. The event included keynote speakers, tutorials, technical sessions, poster presentations, and panel discussions in an open dialogue setting. Plans for next year’s symposium are underway, so stay-tuned for details on dates and location.
For more information on the speakers, click the following link: Speaker Bios
To download the presentation, please click on the respective speakers’ name in the agenda below.
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA:
| Time | Description | Speakers |
| 12:30 pm | Registration | |
| 1:00 pm | Tutorial 1: Design and Integration of Solid State Circuit Protection. | Doug Hopkins, NC State |
| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm | Tutorial 2: Microgrid Hierarchical Controls. | Srdjan Lukic, NC State Iqbal Husain, NC State M A Awal, NC State Hui Yu, NC State |
| 5:30 pm | Reception | |
| 8:00 am | Registration and Networking | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Welcome | Mladen Vouk, NC State Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation |
| 8:30 am | Keynote: Batteries and Electrification R&D | Steven Boyd, US Department of Energy |
| 9:15 am | Keynote: Building a Sustainable and Resilient Grid by Controlling the Edge | Sonja Glavaski, EVP of Innovation at The Faraday Grid |
| 9:45 am | FREEDM Updates and Research. | Iqbal Husain, NC State Ning Lu, NC State |
| 10:35 am | Break | |
| 10:50 am | Session 1A: Devices and Packaging | Victor Veliadis, PowerAmerica Jay Baliga, NC State Spyridon Pavlidis, NC State Doug Hopkins, NC State |
| 10:50 am | Session 1B: Power Systems | Arnie de Castro, SAS Don Morrow, Navigant Hong Wang, Oak Ridge National Lab Reynaldo Nuqui, ABB Wenyuan Tang, NC State |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:45 pm | Session 2A: Microgrids and Renewables | Andy Haun, Schneider Electric Trent Miller, Duke Energy Brian Dale, Duke Energy Jim Musilek, NCEMC Ning Lu, NC State |
| 1:45 pm | Session 2B: Power Electronics | Johan Enslin, Clemson University Mike Mazzola, UNC Charlotte Sandeep Bala, ABB Subhashish Bhattacharya, NC State |
| 3:25 pm | Break | |
| 3:40 pm | Poster Session | FREEDM Graduate Students |
| 5:30 pm | Reception | |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 8:00 am | Registration | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Keynote: The Future of the Grid | Marija Ilic, MIT |
| 9:00 am | Keynote: Towards a Resilient Information Architecture Platform for Smart Grid | Gabor Karsai, Vanderbilt University |
| 9:30 am | Keynote: Where Ohm's Law Meets Moore's Law | Shuli Goodman, LF Energy |
| 10:00 am | Session 3A: Circuit Protection and Controls | Patrick McGinnis, Naval Surface Warfare Center Debrup Das, ABB Mike Harris, Atom Power Anup Bhalla, United Silicon Carbide |
| 10:00 am | Session 3B: Controls for Next Generation Power Systems | Brian Johnson, University of Washington Kevin Chen, Duke Energy Abhishek Dubey, Vanderbilt University Aranya Chakrabortty, NC State |
| 11:45 am | Lunch | Dean Louis Martin-Vega, NC State College of Engineering |
| 12:30 pm | Transition to Lab Tours | PREES Lab HIL Lab GridWrks Lab GEH Testbed |
| 2:00 pm | Adjourn | |
Click on the link below for detailed descriptions of all the sessions:
Detailed Session Description