2020 Seminars

February 17: Mariola Ndrio, Analysis and Design of Competitive Electricity Markets

February 24: Abhiroop Chattopadhyay, A State Estimation-Based Approach to Detect Data Integrity Threats in Combined AC-DC Power Grids ||Presentation

March 2: Elie Libbos, Modular Multi-phase Drives for Variable-Pole Induction Machines in Electric Vehicles ||Presentation

March 9: Patrick Wang, Condition Monitoring of Sic MOSFET Utilizing Gate Leakage Current

April 6: Avinash Madavan, Subgradient Methods for Risk-Sensitive Optimization,” and Megan Culler, Cybersecurity Implications for DER Interoperability of IEEE 1547 Requirements

April 13: Phuc Huynh, An Integrated Generator–Rectifier System for High–Power AC–to–DC Conversion

April 20: Michael Wu, The Development of an IGBT Health Monitoring Framework and Bonhyun Ku, A Distributed, Spring-Aided, Vertical, Electromechanical Spine for Bio-Inspired Robots

August 31: Dr. Yalin Wang, Post-Doctoral Researcher with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Visiting Scholar with the University of Arkansas, Insulation Design of a High Frequency Electrical Machine for More Electric Aircraft Propulsion

September 14: Asst. Prof. Andrew Stillwell, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, High Conversion Ratio DC-DC Converters: Transformers vs. Capacitors

September 28: Asst. Prof. Julia Zhang, Center for High Performance Power Electronics (CHPPE), The Ohio State University, Electrical Voltage Stresses in PWM-Driven Electric Machines

October 6: Phuc Huynh, Integrated Generator-Rectifier Co-Design for Offshore Wind Turbines and Megan Culler, Risk Evaluation of Ransomware in Energy Systems||Presentation

October 12: Joshua Feldman, A Cryogenic Cooling System for a Fully Superconducting Aircraft Propulsion Motor and Thanatheepan Balachandran, Feasibility Study on Superconducting Motor Topologies for a Hydrogen-Powered All-Electric Commercial Aircraft

October 19: Dr. Ben Gerber, Executive Director, M-RETS, Environmental Markets and the Path to Decarbonization—How Environmental Commodities Will Empower the Transition to a Low Carbon Future

October 26: Tamer Rousan, Distribution System DG Valuation – A Framework and Prerak Chapagain, Stability Analysis on the Impact of Increased DER Penetration

November 2: Xiaolong Zhang, Modeling of Harmonics and Electromagnetic Losses in High-Frequency and High-Specific-Power Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Using Drive Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Processes

November 9: Dr. Jay Prigmore and Dr. Erik Urban, Exponent, An Overview of Exponent Engagements

November 16: Elie Libbos, Variable-Pole Induction Machines and Drives for Electric Vehicles || Presentation

November 30: Adriano Lima-Abrantes, Review of the Representation of Degradation Impacts in the Formulation of Battery Energy Storage Systems’ Bidding Strategies

December 7: Dr. Brandon Sorbom, Co-founder of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), A Robust and Manufacturable High Temperature Superconducting Cable

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