Clean Energy Revolution
Clean Energy Revolution is a two-panel discussion that explores the emerging challenges and opportunities in the area of fast efficient transportation, Smart Grids and Manufacture 4.0. The event will feature speakers representing the academia, the U.S Department of Energy National Laboratories, and the private sector exchanging insights on topics that are set to revolutionize the path to a cleaner, greener and efficient future in coming decade.
Dr. Burak Ozpineci received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Orta Dogu Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1994, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2001, he joined the Post-Master's Program with Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Knoxville, TN, USA. He became a Full Time Research and Development Staff Member in 2002, the Group Leader of the Power and Energy Systems Group in 2008, and Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Group in 2011. Presently, he is serving as the Section Head for the Vehicle and Mobility System Research Section. He also serves as a Joint Faculty with the Bredesen Center, The University of Tennessee. Dr. Ozpineci is a Fellow of IEEE.
Dr. Kumar Venayagamoorthy is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Power Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. Dr. Venayagamoorthy received his Ph.D. and MScEng degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, in February 2002 and April 1999, respectively. He received his BEng (Honors) degree with a First Class from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria in March 1994. He holds a MBA degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Clemson University, SC (2016). Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Founder (2004) and Director of the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory. The RTPIS Lab is a pioneer in developing and implementing artificial intelligence-based algorithms for power systems.
Dr. Venayagamoorthy is involved in the leadership and organization of many conferences including the General Chair of the Power System Conference (Clemson, SC, USA) since 2013, and Pioneer and Chair/co-Chair of the IEEE Symposium of Computational Intelligence Applications in Smart Grid (CIASG) since 2011. He is currently the Chair of the IEEE PES Working Group on Intelligent Control Systems, and the Founder and Chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Task Force on Smart Grid. Dr. Venayagamoorthy was the past Chair of the IEEE PES Intelligent Systems Subcommittee (2011–2012) and IEEE PES Students Activities Subcommittee. He s an Editor/Guest Editor for several reputable IEEE Transactions and journals, Elsevier journals and other journals. He is currently the Editor for the IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems.
Professor Venayagamoorthy is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK and the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE). He is a Senior Member of the International Neural Network Society (INNS). He was a member of the Board of Governors of INNS (2009-2011, 2011 to 2014).
Dr. Thomas R. Kurfess currently serves as the Chief Manufacturing Officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He received his S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. in 1986, 1987 and 1989, respectively. He also received an S.M. degree from M.I.T. in electrical engineering and computer science in 1988. During 2012-2013 he served as the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America, where he was responsible for coordinating Federal advanced manufacturing R&D. He was President of SME in 2018, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the ASME. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced manufacturing systems targeting digital manufacturing, additive and subtractive processes, and large-scale production enterprises. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of ASME, AAAS, and SME.
Heng (Kevin) Chen is the Manager, Grid Strategy & Analytics in Smart Grid and Emerging Technology Department at ComEd. He is the technical lead in several emerging technology projects such as DOE SHINES project, microgrid monitoring and control, Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) pilot, Distribution Linear State Estimator, and data analytics & applications projects. Prior to ComEd, he led many projects including synchrophasor analytic platform development and deployment at multiple ISOs and utilities. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a senior member of IEEE.
Certificate of participation are available for all registered attendees upon request.
WebEX links will be provided after registration ends.
Panel discussion is moderated by Dr. Rafal Wojda (ORNL).
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- Knoxville, Tennessee
- United States
- Starts 13 April 2021 03:10 PM UTC
- Ends 21 April 2021 01:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge