May 2023 IAB Agenda

Meeting Location: Memorial Union
2229 Union Way
Ames, IA 50011

Unless specified, meeting sessions will be held in the Memorial Union – Durham Great Hall.

Wednesday, May 17

2:00 p.m. Registration Begins
3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Stem Committee Meeting

  • Markets:
    Kory Hedman, Arizona State University, Chair
    Tongxin Zheng, ISO-NE, Vice-Chair
  • Systems:
    Venkataramana Ajjarapu, Iowa State, Chair
    Bo Gong, SRP, Vice-Chair
  • T&D:
    Sakis Meliopoulos, Georgia Tech, Chair
    Kurt LaFrance, CMS, Vice-Chair
6:00 – 7:45 p.m. Welcome Reception 
7:00 – 8:45 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting (site directors only) – TBD

 

Thursday, May 18

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast – South Ballroom
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Director’s Welcome and Update

Kory Hedman, PSERC Director, Arizona State University

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Iowa State University

TBD

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Presentation TBD

Title: TBD

Speaker: TBD

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Project T-65 (T&D Stem)

Title: Identification and Mitigation of T&D Operational Security Vulnerabilities in Inverter Dominated Power Systems 

Project Leader: Saeed Lotfifard (Washington State)

Team Members: Venkataramana Ajjarapu (Iowa State) and Sakis Meliopoulos (Georgia Tech)

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Project S-90 (Systems Stem)

Title: Grid Supporting Controllers for Enabling 100% Penetration of Inverter Based Resources

Project Leader: Maryam Saeedifard (Georgia Tech)

Team Members: Sakis Meliopoulos (Georgia Tech) and Saeed Lotfifard (Washington State)

11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Project S-95 (Systems Stem)

Title: Reliable fault-ride through and protection of converter-dominated power systems under unbalanced conditions

Project Leader: Dominic Gross (UW Madison)

Team Members: Maryam Saeedifard (Georgia Tech)

11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Project S-96 (Systems Stem)

Title: Data driven control of DERs & hybrid PV plants for enhancing voltage stability with TSO-DSO interactions over multiple timescales

Project Leader: Venkataramana Ajjarapu (Iowa State)

Team Members: Hugo Villegas-Pico (Iowa State), Anurag Srivastava (Washington State), and Anjan Bose (Washington State)

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch – South Ballroom
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Project S-97G (Systems Stem)

Title: System identification tools for power systems using synchronized measurements

Project Leader: Vaithianathan (Mani) Venkatasubramanian (Washington State)

1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Poster Session – Durham Great Hall
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. IAB + EC Strategic Meeting – Campanile Room

Industry Members and Executive Committee only

5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Closed Industry Meeting – Campanile Room

Industry Members only

7:00 – 8:45 p.m. IAB Dinner South Ballroom

 

Friday, May 19

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast – South Ballroom
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. IAB Business Meeting Feedback

Tongxin Zheng, IAB Chair, ISO-NE

8:45 – 10:00 a.m. Tutorial

TBD

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Panel

TBD

12:00 p.m. Adjourn