Tuesday, October 25th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin Technical hosted its monthly technical meeting “The Shocking Truth of Cybersecurity” with speaker Matthew Ragsdale of DEFCON Network Security, LLC
Folks arrived early at the Pecan Street Projects HQ for a networking session with food by Salata. Matthew opened the eyes to many threats of which even many of …
Wednesday, September 28th National Grid’s Clean Energy Vision
National Grid’s vision is to fully eliminate fossil fuels from both our gas and electric systems, enabling all homes and businesses we serve to meet their heating needs without the use of fossil fuels by 2050, if not …
Tuesday, September 27th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin Technical Meeting: “Project Demonstrations from The National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT)”
Speaker: Chris Farnell, NCREPT Managing Director and Test Engineer
Abstract:
The National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT) is a 6 MVA power electronics test facility located at the …
On Tuesday, August 23rd IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Professional Meeting on “Engineering Ethics”
Will Griffin is Chief Ethics Officer of Hypergiant, an enterprise A.I. company based in Austin, Texas, was unexpectedly unable to attend because of a personal emergency. Top of Mind Ethics is a heuristic …
On July 26th 2022, IEEE (PI)2 Austin Hosted a Technical Meeting on the continual “MODERNIZATION OF DISTRIBUTION GRIDS” presented by Dr. Julio Romero Agüero of Quanta Technology
This presentation provided an overview of grid modernization activities and smart distribution systems, and discussed objectives, trends, modern equipment, technologies, leading industry practices, solutions and methodologies used by …
On Tuesday, June 28th 2022, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting via WebEx and In-Person, on “Using Digital Innovations and Technologies to Improve Renewable Energy Operations Efficiency”
Samantha Mullin and Ray Manzanilla of RWE Renewables spoke about the culture change associated with digital innovation. Just as important as the new technology is …
Substation and T&D Grounding, Safety, and Lightning ProtectionOn Thursday, May 26th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin held a well-attended and successful in person day-long workshop entitled “Substation and T&D Grounding, Safety, and Lightning Protection” in Austin, Texas.This one-day workshop took a deep dive into Power System Safety & Lightning …
On Tuesday, May 24th 2022, IEEE (PI)2 hosted a technical presentation by Dr. Seyed Masoud Mohseni-Bonab on Technology Research for the Electrical System in Canada (in-person and virtual)
Dr. Mohseni-Bonab stated that Canada is fortunate to have significant land, and a comparatively small population as well as one of the most prolific …
On April 26th 2022, IEEE (PI)2 hosted a technical presentation by Charles Goertz on “The Short Circuit Current Rating”
The presentation covered the definition and purpose of the SCCR in protecting personnel and equipment. Charles discussed methods of determining the SCCR and how the National Electric Code (NEC) uses …
Antoine Dubois is the Functional Safety Manager / Architect for high-end Automotive MPU at NXP Semiconductors, working on the next generation safety microprocessor for future electric vehicle as well as the autonomous driving application. Antoine explained that with automated systems it is critical to map …
