Stray Voltage in Human and Animal Environments:
The term stray voltage was originally coined in the 1970’s when dairy producers and utility engineers realized small voltages between cow contact points stressed the animals and if high enough, reduced milk production. Since then, the term has grown …
Pradeep Shenoy of Texas Instruments gave a terrific presentation getting into the nitty-gritty of point-of-load DC/DC converter design and testing. A large crowd of attendees made the presentation very engaging with its interactive format. The session covered issues found in converter capabilities, component selection, control …
On March 23rd, Kevin Chandra of Austin Energy, discussed the status of the Electric Vehicle Programs at Austin Electric, a multi-faceted Electric Vehicles programs at Austin Energy, followed by an extended Q&A session. Austin is nationally recognized as an electric vehicle friendly city with over 1000 charging ports serving …
Speakers: Barry Bolling and Naomichi Miyairi, Hioki: Nao started the presentation with an overview of power quality and how to evaluate power quality in real-world scenarios. Next discussed was the most common causes of power quality issues and the impact of the power waveform on …
On January 27th, IEEE (PI)2 Austin hosted a Technical Meeting on “Quality Assurance of Transformers.” The speaker was Ronnie Minhaus of Transformer Consulting Services in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ronnie described how the advancements in technology have allowed design and manufacturing of transformers to be more aggressive, including reducing clearances and using of …
Speaker: Iqbal Husain, PhD, Director, FREEDM Systems Center & ABB Distinguished Professor of Electric & Computer Engineering at NCSU
Our final 2020 virtual Technical Meeting was held with Dr Husain from the FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State University where engineers are developing solid-state transformers …
October 27, 6:30 PM Central: IEEE (PI)2 Austin Technical Meeting: Grid Transformation with Solid State Transformers
Speaker: Iqbal Husain, PhD, Director – FREEDM Systems Center & ABB Distinguished Professor of ECE at NCSU
Our final 2020 virtual Technical Meeting was held with Dr Husain from the …
September 22nd, 6:30 PM Central: IEEE (PI)2 Austin Technical Meeting: “New Developments in The Visualization of Wide-Area Electric Grid Information with Application to Grid Interconnection Studies”
Speaker: Tom Overbye, PHD, Texas A&M
Tom Overbye reviewed the ongoing power system challenge of how best to utilize and ultimately present …
On August 31st, James Mercier, PE, a founder of the IEEE (PI)2 Austin Joint Chapter and the Chapter Treasurer, received the IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor “For dedicated leadership promoting vibrant professional activities facilitating cross-organizational relationships within IEEE and with industry partners.”
The congratulatory letter from David Iams, on behalf …
IEEE (PI)2 Austin August 25, 2020 Virtual Technical Meeting “The Florida International University Pedestrian Bridge Collapse: How did Engineers Allow this to Happen?“
Dean Van Landuyt and Mark J. Bloschock provided a terrific tag-team presentation on the the events leading up to this event on March 15, 2018, when a 175-foot-long span …
