May 2025 IAB Agenda

Meeting Location: Compton Union Building – CUB 220 M.G. Carey Senior Ballroom
1500 Glenn Terrell Mall, Pullman, WA 99163

Wednesday, May 21

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

  • Markets (3:00 – 4:00 p.m.):
    Kory Hedman, Arizona State University, Chair
    Tongxin Zheng, ISO-NE, Vice-Chair
  • Systems (4:00 – 5:00 p.m.): 
    Venkataramana Ajjarapu, Iowa State, Chair
    Bo Gong, SRP, Vice-Chair
  • T&D (5:00 – 6:00 p.m.):
    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)

 

Thursday, May 22

7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast 
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Director’s Welcome and Update

Kory W. Hedman, PSERC Director, Arizona State University

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Washington State University
TBD
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Project S-104G (Systems)
Title: Data Development & Composite Probabilistic Adequacy Evaluation
Project Leader: Jim McCalley (Iowa State)
9:300 – 10:00 a.m. Project S-105 (Systems)
Title: Integration of Protection and Control Systems in Dynamic Security Assessment Methods
Project Leader: Sakis Meliopoulos (Georgia Tech)
Project Team: Mojdeh Khorsand (Arizona State)
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Project S-106 (Systems)
Title: Data-Driven Stability Analysis of IBR-rich Grids with hybrid EMT + Phasor models
Project Leader: Amar Matavalam (Arizona State)
Project Team: Vijay Vittal (Arizona State), Subhonmesh Bose (UIUC)
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Project S-107 (Systems)
Title: Adaptive Transmission and Distribution Modeling and Simulation Tools for Supporting Integration and Operation of High Penetration of DERs
Project Leader: Qiuhua Huang (Colorado School of Mines)
Project Team: V. Ajjarapu (Iowa State), Meng Wu (Arizona State)
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Project S-108G (Systems)
Title: Guidelines for Voltage Stability Assessment on Systems with Large Integrations of IBRs
Project Leader: Amar Matavalam (Arizona State)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Project S-109G (Systems)
Title: Impact Analysis of Synchronous Generators and Inverter-Based Resources on System Modes
Project Leader: Vaithianathan (Mani) Venkatasubramanian (Washington State)
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Project T-67 (T&D)
Title: Smart Meter-Driven Distribution Grid Visibility and Control
Project Leader: Daniel Molzahn (Georgia Tech)
Project Team: Line Roald (Wisconsin), Dan Fuhrmann (Michigan Tech)
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Project M-44 (Markets)
Title: The Future of Markets and DERs: Providing Essential Grid Services and Managing Performance Risk
Project Leader: Kory Hedman (Arizona State)
Project Team: Mojdeh Khorsand (Arizona State), Shmuel Oren (UC Berkeley)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Project M-46 (Markets)
Title: Toward Large-Scale DER Aggregation: Competitive Aggregation, Operation Support, and ISO-Aggregator-Utility Coordination
Project Leader: Lang Tong (Cornell)
Project Team: Tim Mount (Cornell), Meng Wu (Arizona State), Subhonmesh Bose (UIUC)
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Poster Session
5:30 – 7:45 p.m. IAB Dinner 


Friday, May 23

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

IAB Chair: Bo Gong, SRP

8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Friday Session #1
TBD

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 12:00  p.m. Friday Session #2
TBD
12:00 p.m. Adjourn