2010 Power and Energy Conference At Illinois (PECI)



Power and Energy Conference at Illinois

Welcome all to the first annual PEC at Illinois!

Join us at the 2010 Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), a perfect place to investigate future power and energy technologies presented by leading industry and academic experts in the power and energy field. The conference will host several presentations and poster session(s).

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is centrally located for most IEEE Region 4 universities and major power and energy companies. The Conference will promote academic and research collaboration among IEEE R4 universities, and will provide an opportunity for participating companies and students to interact.

This conference is hosted by the Power & Energy Society/Power Electronics Society Joint Student Chapter, Co-Sponsored by IEEE Central Illinois Section, IEEE Student Branch at the University of Illinois and the University of Illinois.

 

 

Speaker and Presenter Information

Keynote Speaker Wanda Reder Wanda is the Immediate Past-President for IEEE Power & Energy Society and has served on the Governing Board since 2002. Wanda is the Chair for IEEE's Smart Grid efforts and is on the IEEE Women In Engineering Governing Committee. She has been researching, publishing and presenting on the topic of the maturing power industry workforce and the challenge to attract and educate the necessary talent for the industry. Her efforts have resulted in the creation of the IEEE Power & Energy Engineering Collaborative which serves to bolster industry image, increase outreach efforts, rebuild power related curriculums, and transfer necessary knowledge in order to develop the talent to address future industry challenges. Wanda Reder, is also the Vice President of the Power Systems Services Division at S&C Electric Company offering engineering, field service, and project management capabilities to utilities, developers and industrial customers through the US and Canada. Prior to S&C, Wanda has held numerous leadership positions at Exelon and Northern States Power (now Xcel) where she has had responsibility for asset investment strategy, standards, engineering, system planning, reliability and work management, unregulated business start-ups, distribution automation, automated meter reading and development of conservation and load management initiatives. Plenary Speakers Kraig Olejniczak Born on February 6, 1965, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, assumed leadership of Valparaiso University's College of Engineering in August 2002 after serving on the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) faculty for the previous 11 years. He earned his bachelor of science in electrical engineering degree from Valparaiso University in 1987. His master of science in electrical engineering and doctor of philosophy degrees were granted by Purdue University in 1988 and 1991, respectively. In 1991, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Arkansas as an assistant professor. In 1995 Dr. Olejniczak was named associate professor, and in 2000, professor of electrical engineering. He led the university's High Density Electronics Center's effort in the power electronic miniaturization and packaging thrust area. Dr. Olejniczak has been awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industry Applications Society's Power Electronics Devices and Components Committee Prize Paper Award in 1998 for his work on the use of diamond in multichip power module-based induction motor drives, and the IEEE Power Engineering Society's Power Engineering Education Committee's Prize Paper Award in 2001 for his work in collaborative distance learning in power engineering. In addition, Dr. Olejniczak has been the recipient of: the National Science Foundation's Research Initiation Award (1994), the Department of Electrical Engineering's Halliburton Outstanding Researcher Award (1994), the Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award (1995 and 1999), the College of Engineering's Phillips Petroleum Outstanding Faculty Award (1996), and the Department of Electrical Engineering's Texas Instruments Outstanding Researcher Award (1997). In 1998, he received the IEEE Power Engineering Society's Walter Fee Award for the outstanding young power engineer in the society under the age of 35. Dr. Olejniczak has received the 2009 Indiana Society of Professional Engineers Engineer of the Year Award. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and Theta Chi. He is a senior member of IEEE and a licensed professional engineer in the state of Arkansas. Dr. Olejniczak is founder and chairman of the board for Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. (www.apei.net), a small high-tech business which specializes in high-temperature power electronics systems using silicon carbide semiconductor technology. Their work in minimal form factor, high-temperature (i.e., > 250 �C) variable-speed motor drive technology has been nominated by Sandia National Laboratory and selected to receive a 2009 R&D 100 Award. Patrick Chapman Patrick Chapman (S '94, M '00, SM '05) is Willett Faculty Scholar, Grainger Associate, and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of SolarBridge Technologies, Inc. He received a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2000, and the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1996 and 1997. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, and Historian for the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS). He is a Member-at-Large for the IEEE PELS Administrative Committee and is currently the Assistant Program Chair for the 2009 IEEE APEC. He has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. He was named the Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer in 2006. His research interests within power electronics include applications to integrated design, renewable energy, electromechanics, automated modeling, hybrid energy systems, and energy harvesting.

Relevant Government Agencies

Dept of Energy


    When
    Fri-Sat, Feb 12-13, 2010, 7:45am - 6:00pm


    Cost

    Undergrad Student:  $25.00
    GovEvents Member Price: $0.00
    Grad Student:  $75.00
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    IEEE Member:  $200.00
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    Non-IEEE Member:  $300.00
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    On-Site Registration:  $400.00
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    Website
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    Event Sponsors

    ComEd, SolarBridge Technologies


    Organizer
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers



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