This two-day VIRTUAL event was packed full of information from researchers and others about power systems, power electronics, electric transportation, renewable energy, and device packaging. For those of you who were able to attend, we hope you enjoyed the event.
We are working to make the keynotes and panel session recordings to those who registered for the event. An email will be sent with links to all of the information we presented during the symposium.
And if you are one of the few who have not read our 2020 Annual Report cover to cover, you can download it here.
2021 Symposium Schedule
| 1:00 pm | University Welcome | Louis Martin-Vega, PhD Dean, College of Engineering NC State University | |
| Director's Welcome | Iqbal Husain, PhD Professor, Director of FREEDM NC State University | ||
| 1:15 pm | Federal Program Review | Speaker | Presentation Title |
| Aranya Chakrabortty, PhD Program Director National Science Foundation | Emerging Programs in Electric Power, Control and Data Science in the NSF |
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| Guohui Yuan, PhD Program Manager DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office | DOE Systems Integration Research for Solar Energy |
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| 1:55 pm | FREEDM Update | Iqbal Husain, PhD Professor, Director of FREEDM NC State University | |
| 2:15 pm | Technical Sessions | Speaker | Presentation Title |
| Energy Storage | Lee Ragsdale SVP, Energy Delivery North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives | Implementation of Energy Storage |
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| CK Kim CEO HIMCEN Battery Inc. | Li-ion Battery and Energy Storage System Market Trends |
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| Bharat Balagopal, PhD Post Doctoral Research Scholar NC State University | A Researcher’s Guide to Energy Storage Systems |
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| Bo Chen, PhD Computational Engineer Argonne National Lab | Energy Storage Enabled Grid Ancillary Services and Resilience |
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| Yichen Zhang, PhD Postdoctoral Appointee Argonne National Lab | |||
| Power System Operation and Economics | Hao Zhu, PhD Assistant Professor University of Texas at Austin | 2021 Texas Blackout: Thoughts and Research Questions |
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| Junjie Qin, PhD Assistant Professor Purdue University | Mobile Storage for Demand Charge Reduction |
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| 3:00 pm | Technical Sessions | Speaker | Presentation Title |
| Applications of Solid State Transformers | Srdjan Lukic, PhD Professor NC State University | Power Distribution and Transportation |
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| Troy Beechner, PhD Vice President, Engineering Power Systems Division RCT Systems | Shipboard Systems | ||
| Raja Ayyanar, PhD Professor Arizona State University | SST Controls and Advanced PWM Methods |
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| Jonathan Kimball, PhD Professor Missouri S&T | EV Charging Stations |
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| High Density Power Electronics | Patrick McCluskey, PhD Professor University of Maryland | Heterogeneously Integrated Power Electronics |
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| Christian Uhrenfeldt, PhD Associate Professor Aalborg University | Digital Prototyping and Demonstration of WBG Power Electronics for Industrial Applications |
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| Doug Hopkins, PhD Professor NC State University | A 40kV/mm Organic Substrate for Low Voltage Power SiP and >10kV Power Modules |
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| 3:45 pm | Adjourn | ||
| 1:00 pm | Welcome | ||
| Keynote Address | Mike Rowand Director of Technical Services eTransEnergy | Opportunities and Issues for the Electrification of Commercial Fleets |
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| Keynote Address | Deepak Divan, PhD Professor, Director of the Center for Distributed Energy Georgia Institute of Technology | Grid Integration of Distributed Energy Resources – Challenges and Opportunities |
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| 2:00 pm | Technical Sessions | Speaker | Presentation Title |
| Electric Transportation | Zeljko Pantic, PhD Associate Professor NC State University | Moderator | |
| Heather Hildebrandt Statewide Initiatives Supervisor NC Department of Transportation | NC DOT Electric Vehicle Engagement |
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| Ali Karimoddini, PhD Associate Professor North Carolina A&T State University | Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
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| Andy Duvall, PhD Transportation Behavior Analyst National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Emerging Opportunities for Electric Mobility |
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| Power Electronic Devices | John Palmour, PhD Chief Technology Officer Wolfspeed | Status of SiC for Automotive and Medium Voltage Applications |
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| Ranbir Singh, PhD President GeneSiC Semiconductor | Use of 3300V and 1700V SiC MOSFETs and Diodes in Modern Applications |
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| Peter Losee, PhD Director of Technology Development United SiC | G4 Cascode FETs Offer New Breakthroughs in SiC Performance |
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| Subhashish Bhattacharya, PhD Professor NC State University | Applications of WBG Devices for SST |
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| Tim McDonald Senior Consulting Advisor Infineon | Is GaN Reliable enough for the most demanding markets today? |
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| 2:45 pm | Student Research Presentations/Networking | ||
| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | ||