power the world: connect the planet

April 1–2, 2021 (CDT)Virtual: Whova Platform

https://whova.com/portal/webapp/paec_202103/

Technical co-SponSorS

IEEE PELS/PES/IAS Joint Chapter of the Student Branch at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

IEEE Central Illinois Section

IEEE Power & Energy Society

IEEE Power Electronics SocietyIEEE Industrial Applications Society

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

Power the World: Connect the Planet

Welcome to the IEEE 2021 Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, “Power the World: Connect the Planet.” PECI 2021 is the perfect place to investigate future power and energy technologies presented by leading industry and academic ex-perts in the power and energy field.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is centrally lo-cated for IEEE Region 4 universities and major power and en-ergy companies. Graduate student-organized and led, PECI 2021 promotes discourse and collaboration broadly across the power and energy disciplines.

Organized by the IEEE PELS/PES/IAS Joint Student Chapter at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Faculty Advisors:Professors Kiruba Haran &

Arijit Banerjee

Thursday, april 1, 2021 (cDT)8:30 AM Welcome - Professor Pete Sauer and PECI Co-Chairs

9:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Jill Buck - FounDer & ceo - Go Green iniTiaTive

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Jeff enGler - ceo aT WriGhT elecTric

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM

1.1 Microgrids

1.2 Cybersecurity 1.3 Wide Band-Gap

Devices & Converter Control

12:30 PM Break

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker: dr. Jessica Bian - Vice preSiDenT oF Grid services

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM2.1 Power System

Modeling & Dynamics I

2.2 Power System

Monitoring & Control

2.3 Energy Market &

Demand Response

3:30 PM Networking /Texas Instruments Presentation

4:00 PM Panel Discussion Enabling the Future Through Power Electronics - A Conversation with Experts

4:45 PM Break

6:00 PM Social

friday, april 2, 2021 (cDT)8:15 AM Welcome - ECE Department Head Bruce Hajek

8:30 AMKeynote Speaker: dr. anuradha annasWamy - DirecTor oF miT

acTive-adapTive conTrol laBoraTory

9:15 AM Break

9:30 AM Panel Discussion Why Graduate Students Are Potential Entrepreneurs

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM Panel Discussion Contemporary Challenges and Recent Research in Electric Drives

11:15 PM Break


Planning & Operation

3.2 Power System

Modeling & Dynamics II

12:45 PM Break

1:30 PMKeynote Speaker: dr. shay Bahramirad - Vice preSiDenT oF

climaTe anD reSilience aT QuanTa TechnoloGy

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM4.1 Machines & Drives 4.2 Data Analysis in

Power Systems 4.3 Dynamics & Stability

3:30 PM Networking

4:30 PM Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony

Thursday, april 1, 2021 (cDT)

8:30 AM Welcome by Professor Pete Sauer and PECI Co-Chairs Megan Culler & Shivang

9:00 AM Keynote Speaker - Jill Buck: Make Friends with a Finance Major! (& Other Pro-Tips for Understanding Energy Policy)

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM Keynote Speaker - Jeff enGler: The Rise of Commercial Electric Aviation

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM1.1 Microgrids

Session Chair - Siddhartha Nigam 1.2 Cybersecurity

Session Chair - Dr. Richard Zhang 1.3 Wide Band-Gap Devices & Converter Control

Session Chair - Dr. Debranjan Mukherjee

12:30 AM Break

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker - dr. Jessica Bian : Grid Reliability and Its Vital Signs

2:15 PM Break


Modeling & Dynamics I Session Chair - Dr. Jonathan Schuh

2.2 Power System Monitoring & Control

Session Chair - Tamer Rousan

2.3 Energy Market & Demand Response

Session Chair - Dr. Olga Mironenko

3:30 PM Networking /Texas Instruments Presentation by Dr. Pradeep Shenoy

4:00 PMPanel Discussion: Enabling the Future Through Power Electronics - A Conversation with Experts

Moderated by Professor Andrew Stillwell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Pradeep Shenoy -Texas Instruments, Dr. Grant Pitel - Magna-Power Electronics, and Dr. Chris Barth - NASA Glenn

4:45 PM Break

6:00 PM Social

friday, april 2, 2021 (cDT)

8:15 AM Welcome - ECE Department Head Professor Bruce Hajek

8:30 AMKeynote Speaker - dr. anuradha annasWamy: Distributed Control and Optimization

for Integration of Renewables in Smart Grids

9:15 AM Break

9:30 PMPanel Discussion: Why Graduate Students Are Potential Entrepreneurs Moderated by Isaac Lawanson - UIUC

Jill Buck - Go Green Initiative, Charles Murray - Switched Source, and Dr. Andy Yoon - NuCurrent, Inc & Hinetics, LLC

10:15 AM Break

10:30 PMPanel Discussion: Contemporary Challenges and Recent Research in Electric Drives Moderated by Max Lewis - UIUC

Dr. Brij Singh - John Deere, Inc., Dr. David Torrey - G E Research, and Dr. Jagadeesh Tangudu - Raytheon Technologies

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM3.1 Power System


Session Chair - Megan Culler

3.2 Power System Planning & Operation

Session Chair - Abhiroop Chattopadhyay

12:45 AM Break

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker - dr. shay Bahramirad : Climate Crisis: Electric System Resiliency and Electrification

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM4.1 Machines &

Drives Session Chair - Xiaolong Zhang

4.2 Data Analysis in Power Systems

Session Chair - Avinash Madavan

4.3 Dynamics & Stability

Session Chair - Adriano Abrantes

3:30 PM Networking


friday, april 2, 2021 (cDT)

8:15 AM Welcome - ECE Department Head Professor Bruce Hajek

8:30 AMKeynote Speaker - dr. anuradha annasWamy: Distributed Control and Optimization

for Integration of Renewables in Smart Grids

9:15 AM Break

9:30 PMPanel Discussion: Why Graduate Students Are Potential Entrepreneurs Moderated by Isaac Lawanson - UIUC

Jill Buck - Go Green Initiative, Charles Murray - Switched Source, and Dr. Andy Yoon - NuCurrent, Inc & Hinetics, LLC

10:15 AM Break

10:30 PMPanel Discussion: Contemporary Challenges and Recent Research in Electric Drives Moderated by Max Lewis - UIUC

Dr. Brij Singh - John Deere, Inc., Dr. David Torrey - G E Research, and Dr. Jagadeesh Tangudu - Raytheon Technologies

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM3.1 Power System


Session Chair - Megan Culler

3.2 Power System Planning & Operation

Session Chair - Abhiroop Chattopadhyay

12:45 AM Break

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker - dr. shay Bahramirad : Climate Crisis: Electric System Resiliency and Electrification

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM4.1 Machines &

Drives Session Chair - Xiaolong Zhang

4.2 Data Analysis in Power Systems

Session Chair - Avinash Madavan

4.3 Dynamics & Stability

Session Chair - Adriano Abrantes

3:30 PM Networking


keynoTe speakers

Jeff enGler Jeff Engler is cofounder of Wright Electric, an aviation com-pany developing electric airplanes for short regional flights. He was cofounder of Podimetrics, a medical device startup that aims to keep diabetic feet healthy. Previously, Jeff cofounded MatchLend, a financial services startup. He worked for Unitus, a microfinance nonprofit, and Lehman Brothers. Jeff has a BA in history from Columbia College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jill Buck

Jill is an international speaker at business, public policy and en-vironmental conferences, and has been featured in publications including, “U.S. Mayor,” “National School Boards Association Quarterly,” “Working Mother Magazine,” “Women’s Health Magazine,” “Ebony Magazine,” and Diablo Magazine’s “Wom-en to Watch.” In 2002, she founded the Go Green Initiative, a 501©3 that is the global leader in environmental education, operating in all 50 U.S. states and in 73 countries. Jill is the host of Go Green Radio, a weekly program on the U.S.’s largest internet talk radio station, www.VoiceAmerica.com, and is co-author of the book, 47 Things You Can Do For The Environment. Jill is a commissioned Naval Officer, serving as the Legal, Physical Security, Admin, and Command Inspection Officer, as well as a Damage Control Instructor at the Fleet Training Center, San Diego. She is an honor graduate of the Military Justice School, and a graduate of the Navy’s small arms weapons course, taught by former Navy Seals. Jill holds a BA from the University of Illinois, and an MS in Education, from California State East Bay.

dr. Jessica Bian Dr. Jessica Bian is the President-Elect of the IEEE Power & En-ergy Society (PES). A visionary leader and architect, she has spearheaded electric industry's reliability metrics and grid risk assessment. Currently she is Vice President of Grid Services at Grid-X Partners and previously served with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC. She was Director of Performance Analysis at North American Electric Reliability Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia, where she established a total of 18 industry-wide reliability indicators to determine grid reliability, adequacy, and associated risks. Dr. Bian is widely recognized as a pioneer and trusted world leader in the field. She earned her BSEE from the Taiyuan University of Technology, China, MSEE from the Elec-tric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China, and PhD from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the PES Secretary from 2016 to 2019.

dr. anuradha annasWamy

Dr. Shay Bahramirad is Vice President of Climate and Resilience at Quanta Technology. She is responsible for assisting cities and utilities with climate-change risk assessments for their as-sets, operations, and services and for developing collaborative mitigation strategies and investment plans for adapting to cli-mate change. Her work powers the planet by reducing carbon emissions, creating cleaner air for everyone, and making communities resilient. Dr. Bahramirad has held several positions in the Energy Sector, including Vice President of Engineering and Smart Grid at ComEd, the electric utility in Illinois. In these roles, she has overseen and/or executed “grid of the future” visions, technical road maps, analytical frameworks, and investment strategies. She has also been responsible for system reliability, DER integration, grid strategy and analytics, standards, emerging technologies, STEM programming, and reimagin-ing the power grid to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Dr. Bahramirad has developed talent strategies, industry engagement plans, and advocacy programs to support business objectives. She is an editorial board member of the Electric-ity Journal, an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the IEEE/PES Vice President of New Initiatives and Outreach, overseeing the orga-nization’s engagement with policy makers globally and developing strategies for the next generation of frameworks including smart cities.

dr. shay Bahramirad

Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy is Founder and Director of the Active-Adaptive Control Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her research interests span adaptive control theory and its applications to aerospace, au-tomotive, and propulsion systems as well as cyber physical systems such as Smart Grids, Smart Cities, and Smart Infra-structures. Her current research team of 15 students and post-docs is sup-ported at present by the US Air-Force Research Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Boeing, Ford-MIT Alliance, and NSF. She has received best paper awards (Axelby; CSM), Distinguished Member and Distinguished Lecturer awards from the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and a Presidential Young Investigator award from NSF. She is the author of a graduate textbook on adaptive control, co-editor of two vision documents on smart grids as well as two editions of the “Impact of Control Technology” report, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Future of Electric Power in the United States. She is a Fellow of IEEE and IFAC. She was the President of CSS in 2020.

panel discussions

Enabling thE FuturE through powEr ElEctronics – a convErsation with ExpErts

(all paneliSTS are uiuc alumni)

Dr. Pradeep Shennoy Texas Instruments

Dr. Grant Pitel Magna-Power Electronics

Dr. Chris Barth NASA Glenn

Research Center

Dr. Andrew Stillwell UIUC Professor

Moderator

why graduatE studEnts arE potEntial EntrEprEnEurs (all paneliSTS are uiuc alumni)

Jill Buck Go Green Initiative

Isaac Lawanson UIUC Student

Moderator

Charley Murray Switched Source

Dr. Andy Yoon NuCurrent &

Hinetics

contEmporary challEngEs and rEcEnt rEsEarch in ElEctric drivEs

Dr. Brij Singh John Deere, Inc.

USA

Dr. Jagadeesh Tangudu

Raytheon Technologies

Max Lewis UIUC Student

Moderator

Dr. David Torrey GE Research

Technical sessions - Thursday, April 1Presentation format: 15 minutes, 5 minutes for questions11:00 1.1: Microgrids Session Chair - Siddhartha Nigam

11:00 Ahmed Mohamed Hanafy, Karim H. Youssef and Nabil H. AbbasyAlexandria University, Egypt

A Unified Fault Location Technique for Multi-Voltage Level Microgrids

11:20 Abdallah Nasser Eldeen1 and Ali Bazzi1,2 1American University of Beirut, Lebanon 2University of Connecticut, Mansfield

A Power Re-routing Strategy in Electrical Microgrids Under Power Electronics Faults

11:40 Mahmoud Ghofrani, Mehrdad Majidi, and Claire Hsu University of Washington, Bothell

An Integrated Market-Operation Optimization Framework For EV-Renewable Energy Coordi-nation in Distribution Systems

12:00 Kaige Zhang and Quanming LuoChongqing University, China

A Filter-Modulated Droop Control for Hybrid Energy Storage System in DC Microgrid

11:00 1.2: Cybersecurity Session Chair - Dr. Richard Zhang

11:00 Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adrian Chavez, Nicholas Jacobs, C. Birk Jones, Adam Summers, and Brian WrightSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Proactive Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System: Case Study on Packet Replay Attacks in Distributed Energy Resource Systems

11:20 Ehsan Naderi, Samaneh Pazouki, and Arash Asrari Southern Illinois University Carbondale

A Region-Based Framework for Cyber Attacks Leading to Under Voltage in Smart Distribution Systems

11:40 C. Birk Jones, Adrian Chavez, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, and Brian WrightSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Unsupervised Online Anomaly Detection to Identify Cyber-Attacks on Internet-Connected Photovoltaic System Inverters

12:00 Ali Parizad and Constantine HatziadoniuSouthern Illinois University Carbondale

False Data Detection In Power System Under State Variables’ Cyber Attacks Using Information Theory

11:00 1.3: Wide Band-Gap Devices & Converter Control Chair - Dr. Debranjan Mukherjee

11:00 Matthew Baker1, Sarthak Jain2, and Mohammad Shadmand1 1University of Illinois at Chicago 2Amazon Lab126, Sunnyvale, CA

GaN-Based High Frequency Power Electronic Interfaces: Challenges, Opportunities, and Research Roadmap

11:20 Amanda Jackson, Nathan Pallo, Roderick S. Bayliss III, and Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski University of California Berkeley

A Modular Multi-Phase Actively Controlled Resistive Load Bank with Zero-Current Switching Capability and Integrated Snubbers

11:40 Olatunji Fulani1, Thomas Craddock2, and Oleg Wasynczuk1 1Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2PC Krause and Associates, West Lafayette, IN

Multirate Simulation of Wide-Bandgap-Based Electric Drive Systems

12:00 Matthew Baker1, Amin Fard1, Sarthak Jain2, and Mohammad Shadmand1 1University of Illinois at Chicago 2Amazon Lab126, Sunnyvale, CA

Gate Drive Optimization Framework with Electro-Thermal Model of GaN HEMTs for High-Frequency DC-DC Converters

2:30 2.1: Power System Modeling & Dynamics I Session Chair - Dr. Jonathan Schuh

2:30 Samuel Talkington and Santiago Grijalva Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Rail Transit Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery Optimization to Provide Grid Services

2:50 Thomas J. Overbye1, Komal S. Shetye1, Jess Wert1, Wei Trinh1, Adam Birchfield1, Tracy Rolstad2, and James D. Weber3

1Texas A&M, College Station 2PSC Consulting, Kirkland, WA 3PowerWorld Corporation, Champaign, IL

Techniques for Maintaining Situational Awareness During Large-Scale Electric Grid Simulations

3:10 Anshu Prakash Murdan and Adarsh Kumar Jeetun University of Mauritius, Réduit

Simulation of a Single Phase Grid-Tied PV System Under Net-Metering Scheme

2:30 2.2: Power System Modeling & Control Session Chair - Tamer Rousan

2:30 Nicholas Jacobs1, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie1, Adam Summers1, Daniel Calzada1, Hanyue Li2, Zeyu Mao2, Chris Goes1, Katherine Davis2, and Komal Shetye2

1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 2Texas A&M, College Station

Next-Generation Relay Voting Scheme Design Leveraging Consensus Algorithms

2:50 Md. Rakib-Ur Rahman1, Payam Niknejad2, and M.R. Barzegaran3 1Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 2Distribution Planning, PPL Electric Utilities, Allentown, PA 3Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

Resilient Hybrid Energy System for Powering Cellular Base Transceiver Station During Natural Disasters

3:10 Shubham Tandon, Santiago Grijalva, and Daniel K. Molzahn Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Motivating the Use of Dynamic Line Ratings to Mitigate the Risk of Wildfire Ignition

2:30 2.3: Energy Market & Demand Response Session Chair - Dr. Olga Mironenko

2:30 Leila Chebbo1, Ali Bazzi1,2, Ali Yassine’,2, Sami Karaki2, and Nesreen Ghaddar2 1University of Connecticut, Mansfield2American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Tou Tariff System Using Date from Smart Meters

2:50 Abhinav Rakesh Chopra and Nirmal Kumar Nair University of Auckland, New Zealand

Wavelet-Extreme Learning i-Machine for New Zealand Smart Meter Data

3:10 Shahrzad Iranmanesh and Steven M. Rovnyak Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Applying Different Wide-Area Response- Based Controls to Different Contingencies in Power Systems

Technical sessions - Friday, April 2Presentation format: 15 minutes, 5 minutes for questions11:30 3.1: Power System Modeling & Dynamics II Session Chair - Megan Culler

11:30 Logan Blakely1, Matthew J. Reno1, C. Birk Jones1, Alvaro Furlani Bastos1, and David Nordy2

1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 2EPB Telecommunications, Chattanooga, TN

Leveraging Additional Sensors for Phase Identi-fication in Systems with Voltage Regulators

11:50 Abigail Ivemeyer1, Matthew Bossart2,3, Rick Wallace Kenyon2,3, Amirhossein Sajadi3, Bri-Mathias Hodge2,3, and Daniel K. Molzahn1 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 2University of Colorado, Boulder 3National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Assessing the Accuracy of Balanced Power System Models in the Presence of Voltage Unbalance

12:10 Elijah Conlin1, Niraj Dahal1, Steven M. Rovnyak1, and James L. Rovnyak2 1Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 2University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Introducing a Concise Formulation of the Jacobian Matrix for Newton-Raphson Power Flow Solution in the Engineering Curriculum

12:30 Adam Birchfield1, Jayant Patil2, Roger Paredes2, Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio2

1Texas A&M, College Station 2Rice University, Houston

Preliminary Analysis of Network Fragility and Resilience in Large Electric Grids

11:30 3.2: Power System Planning &Operation Session Chair - Abhiroop Chattopadhyay

11:30 Cody Francis1, Rodrigo D. Trevizan2, Matthew J. Reno2, and Vittal S. Rao1

1Texas Tech, Lubbock 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Topology Identification of Power Distribution Systems Using Time Series of Voltage Measurements

11:50 Mohannad Alkhraijah1, Maad Alowaifeer1, Daniel K. Molzahn1, Xiawen Li2, and Micah Till2 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 2Dominion Energy, Richmond, VA

Reactive Power Planning Using Security- Constrained Ac Optimal Power Flow and Sensitivity Analyses

12:10 Sogol Babaeinejadsarookolaee, Jona-than Snodgrass, Sowmya Acharya, Scott Greene, Bernard Lesieutre, and Christopher L. DeMarcoUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

Comparison of Real and Synthetic Network Models of the Western United States with Respect to New Realism Measures

12:30 A. N. Archana, Rajeev. T. College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India

EV Charging Station Allocation in a Distribution Network Based on Power Quality

2:30 4.1: Machines & Drives Session Chair - Xiaolong Zhang

2:30 Dongsu Lee1, Thanatheepan Balachandran1,2, Noah Salk1, Jona-thon Schuh1,2, Andy Yoon1, Peter Xiao1,2,Yangxue Yu1, Shannon Lin1,2, Paige Powell1, and Kiruba Haran1,2 1Hinetics, LLC, Champaign 2University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Design and Prototype of a High Power Density Slotless PMSM for Direct Drive Aircraft Propulsion

2:50 Da Ren1, Dianxue Wang2, Hongkui Zhang1, Wansong Zhang,3, Aimin Liu1

1Shenyang University of Technology, China 2East Asia Power Construction Co., Ltd, Singapore 3Qingdao Haodong Packaging Material Co.,Ltd

A Double Current Excitation Control Method for Suppressing Torque Ripple of the Novel SRM

2:30 4.2: Data Analysis in Power Systems Session Chair - Avinash Madavan

2:30 Logan Blakely and Matthew J. RenoSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Identification and Correction of Errors in Pairing AMI Meters and Transformers

2:50 Ashoke Kumar Biswas, Sina Ible Ahmed, Temitope Bankefa, Prakash Ranganathan, and Hossein Salehfar University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Performance Analysis of Short and Mid-Term Wind Power Prediction Using ARIMA and Hybrid Models

3:10 Morayo Soetan, Zeyu Mao, and Katherine Davis Texas A&M, College Station

Statistics for Building Synthetic Power System Cyber Models

2:30 4.3: Dynamics & Stability Session Chair - Adriano Abrantes

2:30 Pallav Kumar Bera1, Vajendra Kumar2, and Can Isika1 1Syracuse University, NY2IIT Roorkee, India

Distance Protection of Transmission Lines Connected to Type-3 Wind Farms

2:50 Niraj Dahal and Steven M. Rovnyak Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Algorithms for Detecting Nearby Loss of Gen-eration Events for Decentralized Controls

3:10 Komal Shetye, Thomas Ovebye, Hanyue Li, Julian Thekkemathiote, and Harvey Scribner Texas A&M, College Station

Considerations for Interconnection of Large Power Grid Networks

peci supporTers

Power Affiliates Program

The Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics

Research Supporters

PECI organizers gratefully acknowledge the Power Affiliates Program for covering the cost of the Whova web platform, allowing PECI 2021 to be virtu-al. Other sponsors are recognized at the following levels: alma maTer: $2,500 anD up, illini: $1500-$2499, Blue: $1000-$1499, and orange: $500-$999.

IEEE IAS Illini

Texas Instruments Illini

IEEE Orange

Central Illinois Section

imperix Orange

Illinois International Orange

Vote for the Best Student Paper AwardAwards will be given on Friday to two students (winner and runner-up) for the best overall paper and presentation. We will also give gift cards at the end of Day 1 and Day 2 to the one person who has the most points on Whova's Leaderboard. Thanks for your comments. They are very helpful.

PECI Thanks Our SupportersThanks to our supporters. These groups are leaders in the Power and Energy area, and many University of Illinois power group grads have joined their ranks.

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orGanizinG commiTTee

Conference Co-Directors Megan Culler & Shivang

Registration T.G. Roberts & Wentao Jiang

Publications/ Thanatheepan Balachandran Technical Program

Treasurer Joshua Feldman

Corporate Relations John Reband & Isaac Lawanson

Speaker Relations Max Lewis & Macks Johanesen

Publicity/Student Relations Prerak Chapagain & Samira Tungare

Web Design Adriano Lima Abrantes

Faculty Advisors Kiruba Haran & Arijit Banerjee

Support Adriano, Avinash Madavan, Abhiroop Chattopadhyay & Joyce Mast

Thank you from the PECI organizers We sincerely thank you for your participation in PECI 2021. This year’s committee has worked hard to bring together an excellent program of technical and professional presentations covering topics across the power and energy disciplines, including five keynote speakers, three panel presentations, 37 papers, and an industry presentation. We greatly appreciate your support and feedback in making PECI a continued success.

Special thanks to:

Student VolunteersECE Department External RelationsECE Department Computer and Technologies Services ECE Business Office, especially Catherine Somers, Beverly Curtis, Erin Kristovich and Scott CorumThank you, The PECI 2021 Committee

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