EE 500 V Advanced Power Technologies Seminars

Spring Quarter 2004 Schedule

Sponsored by:

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Grainger Foundation Program
Electric Energy Industrial Consortium (EEIC)
Advanced Power Technologies (APT) Center
IEEE Power Engineering Society Seattle Chapter

Speakers and Presentation Titles:

April 1
Ms. E. Kristina Brock and Professor Kai Strunz, University of Washington
"Hybrid Plant of Renewable Source and Storage for Emission-Free Deterministic Power Generation"

April 8
Carolyn Whitney and Brian Silverstein, Bonneville Power Administration
"Non-Wires Solutions to High Voltage Congestion?" (Abstract)

April 15
Dr. Sung Kwan Joo, University of Washington
"Economic Analysis of Congestion Management Rules in Interconnected Electricity Markets"

April 22
Dr. Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Cornell University
"An On-Line Voltage Stability Assessment and Control Tool for Large-Scale Power systems" (Abstract)

April 29
Chris Crowley, Columbia Energy Partners, and Ken Dragoon, PacifiCorp
"Wind Power Development and Integration Issues"
"From Snack Bars to Rebar: How Project Development Boosted Local Businesses Up and Down the Wind Energy 'Supply Chain' in Lamar, Colorado" by Craig Cox, Coalition for New Energy Technologies

May 6
Robert Young, Managing Director, Economists.com
"The 2003 Northeast Blackout: An Economist's View of the Its Causes and Implications"

May 13
Dr. Robert Olsen, Associate Dean Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering & Architecture, Washington State University
"A New Method for Real-Time Monitoring of High Voltage Transmission Line Conductor Sag" (Abstract)

May 20
Cancelled

May 27
Walt van Schalkwijk, EnergyPlex Corporation
"State of the Art in Battery Technology"

June 3
Kurt Granat, PacifiCorp
"Transmission Issues & Opportunities in the West" (Abstract)

Co-Organizers:

Professor Chen-Ching Liu, UW
Professor Lawrence Jones (Also with AREVA T&D), UW