NSF Sust. Energy Tech. Wkshp – Conference Program

NSF Sust. Energy Tech. Wkshp – Conference Program

 

Conference
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Day 1: Wednesday,
November 29, 2000

Time
Topic
Presenter
Affiliation
8
AM – 9 AM
Breakfast
Opening
Plenary Session
9
AM – 9:05 AM
 Opening
Remarks		 Miroslav
Begovic
Georgia
Tech
9:05
AM – 9:10 AM
 Welcome Prof.
Jean-Lou Chameau
Dean,
College of Engineering, Georgia Tech
9:10
AM – 9:15 AM
 Welcome Prof.
Roger Webb
Chair,
School of ECE, Georgia Tech
9:15
AM – 10 AM
 Sustainable
Technologies: Activities at NREL		 Adm.
Richard Truly
NREL
10
AM – 10:45 AM
 Sustainable
Technologies: Activities at Sandia		 Marjorie
Tatro
Sandia
National Labs
10:45
AM – 11 AM
Break
  
Industry
in Transition
  
11
AM – 11:30 AM
 Restructuring
of the Power Utility Industry		 George
Gross
Univ.
of Illinois – Urbana
11:30
AM – 12 PM
 Power
Industry Restructuring and Sustainability		 Fernando
Alavarado
Univ.
of Wisconsin – Madison
12
PM – 1 PM
Lunch
  
Economics
of Sustainability
  
1
PM – 1:30 PM
 The
Economics of Sustainable Energy Systems		 Ujayant
Chakravoorty
Emory
University
1:30
PM – 2 PM
 Changing
Energy Industry and Customer		 Merwin
Brown
NREL
2
PM – 2:30 PM
 Energy
and City: Integrated System for Sustainable Development 		F.
Gagliardi and M. Roscia
Universita
di Napoli Federico II
2:30
PM – 2:45 PM
Break
Distributed
Generation and
Energy Storage		  
2:45
PM – 3:15 PM
 Distr.
Systems – Interf. Issues – Multiple Energy Carriers		 Bjorn
Bakken
Sintef
Energy Research
3:15
PM – 3:45 PM
 Dispersed
Generation		 Badrul
Chowdhury
University
of Missouri – Rolla
3:45
PM – 4:15 PM
 Energy
Storage for Sustainable Systems		 Robert
Hebner
Univesity
of Texas – Austin
4:15
PM – 4:30 PM
Break
  
4:30
PM – 5:30 PM
Discussion
  
6:30
PM – 9 PM
Banquet
at Wardlaw Center
  

Day 2: Thursday,
November 30, 2000

Time
Topic
Presenter
Affiliation
8
AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Technologies:
Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells
8:30
AM – 9 AM
 Solar
Electric Power: Road to a Clean, Secure Energy Future		 James
Gee and
Roland Hulstrom
Sandia/NREL
9
AM – 9:30 AM
 Progress
in PV: From Lab to Marketplace		 Tom
Surek
NREL
9:30
AM – 10 AM
 Fuel
Cell Technology: Status		 Meilin
Liu
Georgia
Tech
10
AM – 10:15 AM
Break
  
Sustainability
in Education
  
10:15
AM – 10:45 AM
 Teaching
"Sustainable Energy"		 William
Peters
MIT
10:45
AM – 11:15 AM
 Educational
Programs at DOE and NREL		 Cecile
Warner
NREL
11:15
AM – 11:45 AM
 Sustainability
in Curriculum		 Group
of Graduate Students
Georgia
Tech
11:45
AM – 12:30PM
Lunch
  
Education
and International Activities
  
12:30
PM – 1 PM
 Sustainability
in Education		 Michael
Ropp
Universtiy
of South Dakota
1
PM – 1:30PM
 International
Programs 		Saifur
Rahman
Virginia
Tech
1:30
PM – 2 PM
 Electromechanical
Battery for Rural Power Supplies		 Pragasen
Pillay
Clarkson
University
2
PM – 2:15 PM
Break
Technology:
Geothermal and Solar Thermal
  
2:15
PM – 2:45 PM
 Geothermal
Power 		Ken
Williamson
Unocal
2:45
PM – 3:15 PM
 Development
and Support of Geothermal Energy		 John
Finger
Sandia
3:15
PM – 3:45 PM
 Development
of Solar HVAC for Carribean Region		 Jorge
Gonzales
University
of Puerto Rico
3:45
PM – 4 PM
Break
  
Sustainability
and Living Environment
  
4
PM – 4:30 PM
Sustainable
Technologies: Comparative Study
 Dennis
Creech
Southface
Institute
4:30
PM – 5:30 PM
Solar
Electric Architecture
 Steven
Strong
Solar
Design Associates
6:30
PM – 9 PM
Banquet
at the Alumni Houser
  

Day 3: Friday,
December 1, 2000

Time
Topic
Presenter
Affiliation
8
AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Grid
Interface, Standards, and Control Issues
8:30
AM – 9:15 AM
 Standard
P 1547		 Richard
DeBlasio
NREL
9:15
AM – 9:45 AM
 System
Control With Renewable Sources		 M.
S. Chen and R. Kenarangui
Universtiy
of Texas – Arlington
9:45
AM – 10:15 AM
 The
Role of DC in Future Electricity Systems		 Petter
Heyerdal
Agr.
University, Norway
10:15
AM – 10:30 AM
Break
  
Power
Electronics Issues
  
10:30
AM – 11 AM
 Sustainable
Systems: Power Electronics Issues		 Alex
Stankovic
Northeastern
University
11
AM – 11:30 AM
 Converters
in Renewable Energy Systems		 Herb
Hess
University
of Idaho
11:30
AM – 12 PM
 Multi-Stage
Converters for Renewable System Applications		 Leon
Tolbert
University
of Tennessee – Knoxville
12PM
Wrap-Up