BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210925T201006Z UID:389A3681-315B-490F-8954-452C9085EF34 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20210327T120000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20210327T140000 DESCRIPTION:Challenges and Opportunities in the Balance of Systems for Phot ovoltaic Energy\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Robert S. Balog\n\nProfessor and Director of the Renewable Energy and Advanced Power Electronics Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University\n\nDate: March 27\, 2021\n\nTime: 12:00 PM – 1: 00 PM EST\n\nPlace: On-line meeting. Please RSVP and the meeting link will be on the events page.\n\nOrganizer: Power & Energy (PE)\n\nAbstract:\n\n For years photovoltaic systems were all about the cells – specifically t heir cost and efficiency. It can be said that today’s cells are good eno ugh and cheap enough. This talk examines the other costs and performance i ssues in photovoltaic systems – the so called balance of systems - to ex plore other technologies and considerations that warrant attention if phot ovoltaic systems are truly to become ubiquitous.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nRobert S. Balog received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers\ , The State University of New Jersey\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, USA in 1996\, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Universi ty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, Urbana\, IL\, USA\, in 2002 and 2006\ , respectively. He joined Texas A&M University\, College Station\, TX\, US A\, in 2009 where he is currently a tenured full Professor in the Departme nt of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Director of the Renewable Ener gy and Advanced Power Electronics Research Laboratory ([www.REAPERlab.com] (http://www.reaperlab.com/))\, and co-director of the National Science Fou ndation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Next Generation Photovoltaics. He also holds a joint faculty appointment with Texas A&M U niversity at Qatar where he is currently in-residence. Prior to joining A& M\, from 1996 to 1999 he was an Engineer with Lutron Electronics\, Coopers burg\, PA\, USA where he developed lighting controls and systems. From 200 5 to 2006\, he was a Research Consultant with the U.S. Army Corp of Engine ers\, Engineering Research and Development Center\, Construction Engineeri ng Research Laboratory\, Champaign\, IL\, USA where he was involved in res earching concepts for military microgrids. From 2006 to 2009\, he was a Se nior Engineer at SolarBridge Technologies\, Champaign\, IL\, USA where he was a co-inventor and lead the technical development team for a module-int egrated microinverter he developed while a graduate student at the Univers ity of Illinois. As a non-equity technology founder\, he invented the orig inal technologies\, directed the initial engineering team\, and was part o f the executive team that secured the $6 million Round A funding from a Ti er I venture capital firm. His current research interests include power el ectronic converters and balance-of-systems technologies for solar photovol taic energy\, microinverters for ac photovoltaic modules\, arc fault detec tion for dc and photovoltaic systems\, highly reliable electrical power an d energy systems including dc microgrids\, and power electronics at the gr id edge including reactive power and harmonic power compensation in distri bution systems.\n\nDr. Balog is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Illinois and Texas. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of El ectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) where he is currently serving as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Power Electronics Society (PELS)* and co -Chair of the Mentorship Committee. He has previously served as an elected Member-at-Large of the Administrative Committee\, chair of the Membership committee\, and inagural chair of the Graduates of the Last Decade commit tee (now called Young Professionals). He was the Technical Program Chair f or the 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition which is intern ationally recognized as one of the two flagship conference on power electr onics. He received the inaugural IEEE Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC Fellowship in 2001 for his work on power electronics in telecommunications systems. H as been a member of Eta Kappa Nu\, Sigma Xi\, National Society of Professi onal Engineers\, American Solar Energy Society\, and Solar Electric Power Association. He was recognized as an external member of the Hungarian Acad emy of Science in 2011 and was the recipient of the 2011 Rutgers College o f Engineering Distinguished Engineer Award. Dr. Balog is an inventor on 20 issued U.S. patents and received a 2017 Texas A&M System Technology Comme rcialization Patent Award. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed confe rence and journal papers\, is co-author of the book “Microgrids and othe r Local Area Power and Energy Systems” published by Cambridge University Press in 2016 and has written multiple book chapters. His h-index is 41 a nd has been cited over 6\,500 times in the scientific literature.\n\n* IEE E is offering a discount of up to 50% on student and graduate student memb er dues. This discount is being offered immediately to all renewing and fi rst-time student members. PELS will also be offering the same discount. Us e the following codes for IEEE: FUTURE50 and for PELS: PELS50FUTURE durin g the online check-out process. Students who recently renewed or joined ca n reach ot to the IEEE Contact Center at: contactcenter@ieee.org and reque st a credit on future membership dues\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/m/264876 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/264876 ORGANIZER:jmmoskal@ieee.org SEQUENCE:12 SUMMARY:IEEE Buffalo Section and Power & Energy Society presentation Saturd ay March 27\, 2021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/264876 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><span style="font- size: 12pt\;">Challenges and Opportunities in the Balance of Systems for P hotovoltaic Energy</span></strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker :</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Dr. Rob ert S. Balog</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Professor and Director of the Renewable Energy an d Advanced Power Electronics Research Laboratory at Texas A&amp\;M Univers ity</p>\n<p><strong>Date:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; March 27\, 2021 </p>\n<p><strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; 12:00 PM &ndash\; 1:00 PM EST</p>\n<p><strong>Place:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <strong>On-line meet ing</strong>. Please RSVP and the meeting link will be on the events page. </p>\n<p><strong>Organizer:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Po wer &amp\; Energy (PE)</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><em>Abstract</em></ strong>:</p>\n<p>For years photovoltaic systems were all about the cells & ndash\; specifically their cost and efficiency. It can be said that today& rsquo\;s cells are good enough and cheap enough. This talk examines the ot her costs and performance issues in photovoltaic systems &ndash\; the so c alled balance of systems - to explore other technologies and consideration s that warrant attention if photovoltaic systems are truly to become ubiqu itous.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><em>Speaker Bio</em></strong>:</p>\ n<p><strong>Robert S. Balog</strong> received the B.S. degree in electrica l engineering from Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey\, New Brun swick\, NJ\, USA in 1996\, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical en gineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, Urbana\, I L\, USA\, in 2002 and 2006\, respectively. He joined Texas A&amp\;M Univer sity\, College Station\, TX\, USA\, in 2009 where he is currently a tenure d full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\ , Director of the Renewable Energy and Advanced Power Electronics Research Laboratory (<a href="http://www.reaperlab.com/">www.REAPERlab.com</a>)\, and co-director of the National Science Foundation Industry/University Coo perative Research Center on Next Generation Photovoltaics. He also holds a joint faculty appointment with Texas A&amp\;M University at Qatar where h e is currently in-residence. Prior to joining A&amp\;M\, from 1996 to 1999 he was an Engineer with Lutron Electronics\, Coopersburg\, PA\, USA where he developed lighting controls and systems. From 2005 to 2006\, he was a Research Consultant with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers\, Engineering Res earch and Development Center\, Construction Engineering Research Laborator y\, Champaign\, IL\, USA where he was involved in researching concepts for military microgrids. From 2006 to 2009\, he was a Senior Engineer at Sola rBridge Technologies\, Champaign\, IL\, USA where he was a co-inventor and lead the technical development team for a module-integrated microinverter he developed while a graduate student at the University of Illinois. As a non-equity technology founder\, he invented the original technologies\, d irected the initial engineering team\, and was part of the executive team that secured the $6 million Round A funding from a Tier I venture capital firm. His current research interests include power electronic converters a nd balance-of-systems technologies for solar photovoltaic energy\, microin verters for ac photovoltaic modules\, arc fault detection for dc and photo voltaic systems\, highly reliable electrical power and energy systems incl uding dc microgrids\, and power electronics at the grid edge including rea ctive power and harmonic power compensation in distribution systems.</p>\n <p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Dr. Balog is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Illinois and Texas. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of El ectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) where he is currently serving as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Power Electronics Society (PELS)* and co -Chair of the Mentorship Committee. He has previously served as an elected Member-at-Large of the Administrative Committee\, chair of the Membership committee\, and inagural chair of the Graduates of the Last Decade commit tee (now called Young Professionals). He was the Technical Program Chair f or the 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition which is intern ationally recognized as one of the two flagship conference on power electr onics. He received the inaugural IEEE Joseph J. Suozzi INTELEC Fellowship in 2001 for his work on power electronics in telecommunications systems. H as been a member of Eta Kappa Nu\, Sigma Xi\, National Society of Professi onal Engineers\, American Solar Energy Society\, and Solar Electric Power Association. He was recognized as an external member of the Hungarian Acad emy of Science in 2011 and was the recipient of the 2011 Rutgers College o f Engineering Distinguished Engineer Award. Dr. Balog is an inventor on 20 issued U.S. patents and received a 2017 Texas A&amp\;M System Technology Commercialization Patent Award. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers\, is co-author of the book &ldquo\;Microgrid s and other Local Area Power and Energy Systems&rdquo\; published by Cambr idge University Press in 2016 and has written multiple book chapters. His h-index is 41 and has been cited over 6\,500 times in the scientific liter ature.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;* IEEE is offering a discount of up to 50% on student and graduate student member dues.&nbsp\; This discount is being offered immediately to all renewing and first-time student members.&nbsp\; PELS will also be offering the same discount.&nbs p\;&nbsp\;Use the following codes for IEEE: <strong>FUTURE50</strong>&nbsp \; and for PELS: <strong>PELS50FUTURE </strong>&nbsp\;during the online ch eck-out process.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Students who recently renewed or joined can reach ot to the IEEE Contact Center at:&nbsp\; contactcenter@ieee.org and request a credit on future membership dues</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR