| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 21-Aug |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Chris DeMarco, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison (3/20/2012) |
Primary and Secondary Control for High Penetration Renewables |
| 28-Aug |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Tom Overbye, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (3/13/2012) |
Integration of Geomagnetic Disturbances (GMDs) Modeling into the Power Flow |
| 4-Sep |
Dr. Mani Venkata, Alstom Grid |
R & D Needs and Challenges for Transforming Distribution Grid [abstract] |
| 11-Sep |
PSERC seminar by Dr. Trieu Mai, National Renewables Energy Lab (9/4/2012) |
Renewable Electricity Futures |
| 18-Sep |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Ravi Gorur, Arizona State Univ. |
Evaluation of Epoxy Nanocomposites for High Voltage Insulation |
| 25-Sep |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Marija Ilic, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. (5/22/2012) |
Standards Associated with Power System Dynamics |
| 2-Oct |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State Univ. |
Modeling, Analysis and Deployment of High PV Penetration in a Distribution System |
| 9-Oct |
Summer internship reports by Pedram Jahangiri (Cooper Power Systems), Kunjal Yagnik (California ISO), and James Slegers (Midwest ISO) |
Volt/Var Control; Wind Generation Forecasting Improvement at the California ISO; The Use of TSAT at Midwest ISO |
| 16-Oct |
PSERC seminar by Prof. George Gross, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Integration of Storage Devices into Power Systems with Renewable Energy Sources |
| 23-Oct |
Summer internship reports by Lei Tang (ABB), Guangyuan Zhang (ISO New England), and Yifan Li (SCE) |
Distribution System Feeder Reconfiguration; Interface Stability Limit and Ramping Capability Assessment; SCE Base Lining Studies and Synchropasor Application Platform Testing |
| 30-Oct |
Summer internship reports by Chengrui Cai (California ISO) and Subhadarshi Sarkar (ERCOT) |
Production Cost Study in CAISO; Development of ERCOT Cognos Interface to State Estimator |
| 6-Nov |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Pete Sauer, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Future Grid Initiative White Papers on the Information Hierarchy for the Future Grid: Conclusions and Research Directions |
| 13-Nov |
Prof. Gabriela Hug, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. |
Distributed Control in Electric Power Systems: Methods and Applications |
| 20-Nov |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| 27-Nov |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Jim McCalley, ISU |
Future Grid Initiative White Papers on Grid Enablers of Sustainable Energy Systems: Conclusions and Research Directions |
| 4-Dec |
PSERC seminar by Prof. Lang Tong, Cornell Univ. (6/5/2012) |
Information Hierarchy for Heterogeneous Smart Grid |
| 11-Dec |
FINALS WEEK |
