Panel 1

Market, Policy, and Operation Considerations
to Enable a Sustainable and Resilient Grid

 

Panel Moderator: Dr. Timothy M. Hansen
Assistant Professor, EECS Dept.
South Dakota State University

 

Speakers

 

Talk 1: Grid resilience for hurricane-prone regions

Dr. Siddharth Suryanarayanan
Dept. of ECE, Colorado State University

 

Talk 2: Frequency Control in 100% Renewable Grid

Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski
EECS Dept., South Dakota State University

 

Talk 3: TBD
Dr. Bishnu Bhattarai
Electricity Infrastructure Group
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

Talk 4: Using Load Modulation for Damping Inter-Area Oscillations

Dr. Felipe Wilches-Bernal
Electric Power Systems Research
Sandia National Laboratories

 

Panel 2

Intelligent Learning Control Systems and Robotics

 

Panel Moderator: Dr. Zhen Ni
Assistant Professor, EECS Dept.
South Dakota State University

 

Speakers

 

Talk 1: Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Systems

Hadi Fekrmandi, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

 

Talk 2: Intelligent Control in Networked Cyber-Physical Systems

Xiangnan Zhong, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of North Texas

 

Talk 3: TBD

 

Panel 3

Internet of Things and Cyber Security

 

Panel Moderator: Dr. Zhen Ni
Assistant Professor, EECS Dept.
South Dakota State University

 

Speakers

 

Talk 1: TBA

Yong Wang
The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences
Dakota State University

 

Talk 2: TBA

Prakash Ranganathan
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
University of North Dakota

 

Talk 3: TBD