Previous Events
On May 23rd, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting: Anatomy of an Accident
On May 23rd, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting: Anatomy of an Accident
James Mercier, PE retired from TXDOT, described the investigation of an electrocution of a woman caused by faulty engineering and inspection of underground street crosswalk redesign and electric facilities, that cased a woman’s death.
On Thursday morning, January 7, …
On May 10th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin sponsored a One-Day Workshop “2023 NESC Changes, Plus Arc Flash Calculation for Small Services”
On May 10th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin sponsored a One-Day Workshop “2023 NESC Changes, Plus Arc Flash Calculation for Small Services”
The Workshop instructor was Dave Hernandez, PE, CEM, GBE, CESCP, who is Founder & CEO of DCH Global, Blue Ash, Ohio
The session consisted of a review of the changes …
On May 9th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin sponsored Technical Tour of TECO-Westinghouse
On May 9th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin sponsored Technical Tour of TECO-Westinghouse
It was a great opportunity to see their state-of-the-art machine production line and witness our innovative manufacturing processes, especially since our last tour was several years ago. The high-quality machines are used to drive pumps, fans, compressors, rolling mills, …
On April 25th, 2023, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting on “High Voltage Line Component Investigations
On April 25th, 2023, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting on
“High Voltage Line Component Investigations:
1 – High Voltage Switch Vacuum Interrupter Component Failure
2 – High Voltage 3WAY GOAB Switch Alternative.”
Nick Choi, Senior Engineer for the Lower Colorado River Authority
Transmission Reliability Engineering department gave an excellent prestation on two recent …
March 28th, 2023: IEEE (PI)2 Austin Technical Meeting: “ERCOT Odessa Grid Disturbance Events”
On Tuesday, March 28th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting: “ERCOT Odessa Grid Disturbance Events“ with speaker Julia Hariharan of ERCOT Independent System Operator (ISO).
Ms Hariharan discussed the progress in monitoring, analyzing and improving the operation of solar inverter based with respect to grid reliability. She focused …
February 28, 2023: “Distribution Automation Circuit Reconfiguration (DACR), and other Grid Improvements”
On February 28th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting on “Distribution Automation Circuit Reconfiguration (DACR), and other Grid Improvements“ with speakers David Sanches, Manager, Power System Studies, and Haley Hirschfield, Power System Study Engineer, both of TRC, Austin
David provided an overview of the systems analyses TRC performs for …
January 24th, 2023 :Design and Optimization of High-Power Medium Frequency Transformers (MFTs) for Medium Voltage Applications
On Tuesday, January 24th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted Zhicheng Guo, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin for a technical discussion: “Design and Optimization of High-Power Medium Frequency Transformers (MFTs) for Medium Voltage Applications“
MFTs are a key component of the Next Generation technology …
October 31, 2022 “Power System Analysis and Inverter-Based Technologies” IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Distinguished Lecturer Tutorial: “Power System Analysis and Inverter-Based Technologies”
Not to be outdone, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Babak Badrzadeh of Aurecon & Monash University, presented a 4-hour tutorial that is increasingly critical for power utilities facing the growth of inverter-based technologies (grid forming and grid-following), including topologies, operating principles, HVDC, on their systems. Held at …
October 26/27, 2022 NEC 2023 Changes Workshop
NEC 2023 CHANGES WORKSHOP
A Great Success
Once again, Tom Domitrovich of Eaton Corp. kept the attention of engineers for two days, reviewing the changes to the National Electric Code for 2023, with many anecdotes and real examples to liven up the workshop. A major areas of focus …