ENERGY TRANSITION - THE NEW NORMAL

#RenewablePower #HyperscaleDataCenters #HighPowerEVCharging #ResidentialSolar #application #energy
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The officers of the Oregon/SW Washington Chapter of the Industry Applications Society invite you to join us Wednesday evening, February 18, 2026, for our dinner, meeting, and technical presentation.  We appreciate the support of all who attend our dinners and presentations.  We will be meeting at our “home base” MEGI Engineering in Lake Oswego. This location is easy to access by car from the Interstate 5 Kruse Way/Lake Oswego exits. Ample free parking and entrance at the East side of the building.

The cost for dinner is $20 with food from Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que. There is no charge to attend the presentation only.  Our IAS Chapter always offers free dinners for local PSU, OSU, George Fox, U of P, OIT and WSUV Electrical Engineering Students who attend our meetings. This is an excellent networking opportunity for students as our meetings are attended by many professionals in consulting, industrial engineering, and electrical equipment manufacturing.


  Date and Time

  Location

  Hosts

  Registration


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  • MEGI Engineering
  • 5005 Meadows Rd, Suite 100
  • Lake Oswego, Oregon
  • United States 97035
  • Contact Event Host

  • sean.murphy@ieee.org

  • Starts 09 February 2026 02:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 18 February 2026 01:00 AM UTC
  • Admission fee ?
  • Menu: Dinner and Presentation, Dinner and Presentation - No charge student registration, Presentation only - No charge

  Speakers

Topic:

ENERGY TRANSITION - THE NEW NORMAL

Abstract: The presentation will explore the current and future state of grid electrification, including impacts of renewable power, hyperscale Data Centers, high power EV charging, residential solar and EVs. The impact on grid reliability for some of currently available technologies will be discussed, followed by a look into the future for solutions coming soon.  

Presenter: Ted Witham - Eaton Corporation, West Region Application Engineer - Energy Transition 




Agenda

5:30PM - Meet & greet social hour

6:15PM - Dinner begins

7:00PM - Presentation begins

7:45PM – Questions/Answers

8:00PM – Meeting adjourns