BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250929T140041Z UID:476EC8E3-9702-4B12-B50F-C5EE13E30E32 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T190000 DESCRIPTION:[](Graphic courtesy of UNITE.AI)\n\nNuclear Energy: Revisited – Unexpected Demand from AI and Data Centers\n\nAbstract:\nThe current u nsatiable demand for AI enablement in all of our modern-day digital life\, retail\, manufacturing\, transportation\, production\, life stye\, etc. h as caused a massive need for more energy to keep data centers well supplie d. In fact\, many more brand-new data centers are being built\,\ncontinuin g to stress the supply pool. Renewables – while desirable\, growing and getting cheaper\, however cannot meet current baseload and remain in the l ow digits as far as market share goes. Nuclear energy has made some improv ements\, e.g. SMR (small modular reactors) are viable and cheaper\, quicke r to setup as compared to previous generations and have better safety as w ell. In this talk we will look at all of the data and make the case for re visiting nuclear energy to be a major part of our future energy needs.\n\n Speaker: Sharan Kalwani\n\n[]\n\nSHARAN KALWANI is seasoned scientific\, t echnical and computing professional\, Sharan has spent over 25+ years’ e xperience in high\nperformance computing\, engineering applications simula tion\, benchmarking\, networking\, operations and project management. He i s a senior member of IEEE\, ACM\, SEMCO\, ASEI. He also serves as one of t he writers/editors of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Sections monthly news letter -\nWavelengths. He has also served as Vice-Chair of IEEE Sustech 20 22\, IEEE SusTech 2021 Global Conferences.\n\nHe is the recipient of:\n* 2 018 IEEE MGA Achievement award\n\n* 2021 IEEE Region 4 Jack Sherman award\ n* 2022 Robert Neff Section award\n* 2023 IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Servic e Award\n* 2024 Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Anne O. Fletcher\nAwa rd for his various contributions towards IEEE activities.\n\nOn X (formerl y Twitter) he can be found @skalwani\, or via email (preferred) he can be reached at sharan.kalwani@ieee.org as well as his LinkedIn profile: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/sharankalwani\n\nWhere: Webinar (Join link will be p rovided after registration)\nPDHs: One Hour (with request)\nWhen: Tuesday\ , September 23\, 6:00 – 7:00 P.M.\n\nAgenda: \n6 pm - introductions\, st art of presentation\n7 pm - conclusion\, Q&A\n\nVirtual: https://events.vt ools.ieee.org/m/497717 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497717 ORGANIZER:l.tuladhar@alumni.csuohio.edu SEQUENCE:29 SUMMARY:Nuclear Energy: Revisited – Unexpected Demand from AI and Data Ce nters URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497717 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: center\;"><em><img styl e="border-width: 10px\; border-style: hidden\; margin: 10px auto\; display : block\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/c50 cf9ed-e893-414f-8024-965173c37532" alt="" width="437" height="233">(Graphi c courtesy of UNITE.AI)</em></p>\n<p><strong>Nuclear Energy: Revisited &nd ash\; Unexpected Demand from AI and Data Centers</strong></p>\n<p><strong> Abstract:</strong><br>The current unsatiable demand for AI enablement in a ll of our modern-day digital life\, retail\, manufacturing\, transportatio n\, production\, life stye\, etc. has caused a massive need for more energ y to keep data centers well supplied. In fact\, many more brand-new data c enters are being built\,<br>continuing to stress the supply pool. Renewabl es &ndash\; while desirable\, growing and getting cheaper\, however cannot meet current baseload and remain in the low digits as far as market share goes. Nuclear energy has made some improvements\, e.g. SMR (small modular reactors) are viable and cheaper\, quicker to setup as compared to previo us generations and have better safety as well. In this talk we will look a t all of the data and make the case for revisiting nuclear energy to be a major part of our future energy needs.</p>\n<p><br><strong>Speaker: Sharan Kalwani</strong></p>\n<p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ ui/media/display/f5aa70bc-e34b-4e50-8cf0-9e678a2d7ba2" alt="" width="334" height="355"></p>\n<p>SHARAN KALWANI is seasoned scientific\, technical an d computing professional\, Sharan has spent over 25+ years&rsquo\; experie nce in high<br>performance computing\, engineering applications simulation \, benchmarking\, networking\, operations and project management. He is a senior member of IEEE\, ACM\, SEMCO\, ASEI. He also serves as one of the w riters/editors of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Sections monthly newslett er -<br>Wavelengths. He has also served as Vice-Chair of IEEE Sustech 2022 \, IEEE SusTech 2021 Global Conferences.</p>\n<p>He is the recipient of:<b r>* 2018 IEEE MGA Achievement award&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>* 2021 IEEE Region 4 Ja ck Sherman award<br>* 2022 Robert Neff Section award<br>* 2023 IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Service Award<br>* 2024 Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD ) Anne O. Fletcher<br>Award for his various contributions towards IEEE act ivities.</p>\n<p>On X (formerly Twitter) he can be found @skalwani\, or vi a email (preferred) he can be reached at sharan.kalwani@ieee.org as well a s his LinkedIn profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharankalwani ">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharankalwani</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br>Where: Webinar (Join link will be provided after registration)<br>PDHs: One Hour (with request)<br>When: Tuesday\, September 23\, 6:00 &ndash\; 7:00 P.M.</ p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6 pm - introductions\, start of presentatio n<br>7 pm - conclusion\, Q&amp\;A</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR