[IEEE-KC PES/IAS] 2025 TECHNICAL SEMINAR 4 OF 4 - Preparing T&D for IBRs and Renewables

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The IEEE-KC PES/IAS Joint Chapter is excited to announce its Technical Seminar Series for Spring 2025!

This year we will again have an in-person hybrid format, although we will also offer a virtual option. Please see below for location details.

Topics for this year are:

Agenda:

Doors to the in-person event open at 5:00pm. Dinner will be served at approximately 5:30pm.

The evening's seminar will include two presentations and will begin promptly at 6:00pm CDT. Each presentation will include 1 break, as well as a short quiz and survey. Completion of the quiz will be required to receive a PDH certificate.

Fee Schedule:

  • Student Members
    • $25 (in-person w/meal)
    • $0 (virtual or in-person w/o meal)
  • IEEE Members: 
    • $35 (in-person)
    • $15 (virtual)
  • Non-Members:
    • $40 (in-person)
    • $20 (virtual)
  • Corporate members: $140 per seat for all four events (in-person)*

*Please contact the PES officer team for corporate registration.

PES Officer & Volunteer team contact information:

Parking Directions:

Events will be held in Training Room 1A in Burns & McDonnell's 9450 Building. Please see the illustrations below for parking directions:


  Date and Time

  Location

  Hosts

  Registration


  • Date: 29 Apr 2025
  • Time: 11:00 PM UTC to 02:00 AM UTC
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  • Burns & McDonnell
  • 9450 Ward Parkway
  • Kansas City, Missouri
  • United States 64114
  • Building: 9450
  • Room Number: Training Room 1A
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  • Starts 11 March 2025 05:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 25 April 2025 05:00 AM UTC
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  Speakers

Joshua Tucker of Burns & McDonnell

Topic:

BESS Technology

Biography:

Josh Tucker is the Director of Engineering overseeing all engineering efforts for the Energy Storage business at Burns & McDonnell. He brings over 18 years of experience in electrical engineering, construction execution, and project management, with a specialized focus on energy storage for the past six years. Tasked with leading engineering initiatives within the energy storage sector, Josh’s expertise spans a broad range of technologies and methodologies essential for successful project execution. His experience includes EPC projects, power distribution systems, and control interfaces across coal-fired power plants, simple and combined cycle power plants, and cutting-edge energy storage systems.

David Pierson of Invenergy

Topic:

HVDC Technology & Renewable Generation

  • The Need for Interregional Transmission
  • Introduction to HVDC transmission
    • Benefits of HVDC over HVAC
    • Challenges of HVDC Transmission
  • Invenergy’s HVDC Project Portfolio
  • Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express HVDC Project
    • Project Introduction
      • Unique aspects of Grain Belt Express
    • Project Benefits
    • Project Challenges (Present and Future)
    • High-Level Project Schedule

Biography:

A Kansas native, David studied at Kansas State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Power Systems. While at Kansas State, David was on the leadership team of Wildcat Wind Power, a team which competes in the Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition. In this time, David found a passion for renewable energy and gained an interest in solving the challenges associated with the present state of our country’s transmission system. David joined Invenergy full time, at their Chicago headquarters, after gaining internship experience on the more traditional wind, solar, and BESS projects within Invenergy’s energy portfolio. Now on Invenergy’s HVDC Engineering Team, David focuses on the design of the main energy conversion equipment associated with Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express (GBX) HVDC Transmission Project. As the single largest transmission investment in U.S history, GBX will connect four grid regions through an 800 mile, overhead, +/- 600kV, multiterminal HVDC link which traverses Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois.





Agenda

Doors to the in-person event open at 5:00pm. Dinner will be served at approximately 5:30pm.

The evening's seminar will include two presentations and will begin promptly at 6:00pm CDT. Each presentation will include 1 break, as well as a short quiz and survey. Completion of the quiz will be required to receive a PDH certificate.