CURENT’s 2020 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

CURENT’s 9th Annual Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit was held Nov. 6-10. The Industry Conference was Friday, Nov. 6 and the Site Visit was Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9-10. The visit was held virtually.

Industry Conference

The Industry Conference was from 10:30 to 17:30 on Friday, Nov. 6 and featured several speakers from the power and energy field:

Dr. Danielle Merfeld, VP and CTO, GE Renewable Energy
Mr. Patrick Panciatici, Scientific Advisor, Réseau de Transport d’ Electricité (RTE)
Dr. Wendy Zhang, Supervisor of Transmission Planning, PG&E
Dr. Val Miftakhov, Founder & CEO, ZeroAvia
Dr. Isik Kizilyalli, Program Director, ARPA-E

Faculty Presentation

The Site Visit took place on Monday, Nov. 9 and Tuesday, Nov. 10 and featured overviews from the faculty thrust leaders and posters/presentations from the students.

Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, CURENT Center Director, UTK – CURENT Overview

Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, CURENT Center Director, UTK – Infrastructure and Sustainability

Dr. Yilu Liu, Deputy Director and Thrust Leader – Monitoring Thrust Overview

Dr. Ali Abur, NEU Campus Director and Thrust Leader – Modeling & Estimation Thrust Overview

Dr. Joe Chow, RPI Campus Director and Thrust Leader – Control Thrust Overview

Dr. Fred Wang, Technical Director and Thrust Leader – Actuation Thrust Overview

Dr. Leon Tolbert, Thrust Leader – CURENT Engineered Systems Overview

Dr. Kevin Tomsovic, CURENT Center Director, UTK – Industry Collaboration and Innovation Program Overview

Dr. Daniel Costinett – Co-Director of Education – Culture of Inclusion and Diversity

Dr. Anne Skutnik – Education Coordinator – University and Pre-College Education

Student Posters

The posters below are grouped by their content. Posters will be online closer to the date. The content areas have been given the following abbreviations: