power certificate summary - university of pittsburgh

7/31/2019 Power Certificate Summary - University of Pittsburgh

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Electric Power & EnergyPartnering to Meet Industry Needs

through Innovative Educationand Collaborative Research

Dr. Gregory ReedProfessor of Electric Power Engineering, ECE Dept.Director, Electric Power & Energy InitiativeAssociate Director, Center for Energy

PITT SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING


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Electric Power Engineering Program 2012 Up-Date

Pitt Center for Energy Educational Programs

Research Activities

Corporate Partnerships

Community Outreach

The Pitt Power & Energy Initiative

www.power.pitt.edu

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University-wide Research Center

General Areas of Research Focus: Energy Delivery and Reliability (Electric Power) Advanced Materials for Harsh Energy Environments Renewable Energy Resources and Diversification Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Energy Storage Carbon Management Nuclear Power Mining and Unconventional Gas

The Pitt Center for Energy

www.energy.pitt.edu3


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RK Mellon Grant $22 Million

(payable over 3 years) Focus areas of grant are:

1) Electric Power2) Advanced Materials

Faculty positions Graduate student

research fellowships

Facilities / laboratoriesand research capabilities Outreach and growth Operating expenses,

personnel, etc.

The Pitt Center for Energy

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The Universitys strategic vision for energy involvesinteraction and interconnection of the following:

The Center for Energy, and its Electric Power InitiativeThe Petersen Institute for Nanoscience and EngineeringThe Center for Simulation and ModelingThe Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

The Universitys commitment to energy development isevidenced by:

Investments in Infrastructure: $50 million invested in facilities andrelated energy programs to-dateStrength in Intellectual Capital: More than 70 faculty members and200 students and postdocs involved to-date in a broad spectrum ofenergy research and technology

Attraction of Research Dollars: more than $35 million currently(not including the RK Mellon grant)

The Energy Enterprise at Pitt

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The Pitt Power & Energy Imitative

Developing the Next Generation of engineers, scientists,and leaders in the electric power & energy sector, througheducation, research, and community outreach; in closecollaboration with industry partners, government sponsors,and other key constituents.

Inspiring students to be innovative, entrepreneurial, andprepared to go out and change the world!

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Undergraduate Electric Power Program

Electric Power Engineering Concentration conferred upon 1/3 of all graduating EEs since 2007

Excellent course enrollments

Industry-sponsored senior design projects Undergraduate research opportunities

- awarding winning papers and activities

Co-op education program- strong power industry participation and placements

Inaugural IEEE PES Scholarship Plus recipients- 2 Pitt undergraduates among 93 nationwide scholars

Educational Program Highlights

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Electric Power Engineering

Undergraduate Concentration Est. Fall 2007

Required Courses:ECE 1769 Power System Engineering & Analysis I (Fall)ECE 1673 Linear Control Systems (Spring)

One additional elective to be selected from:ECE 1773 Power Generation, Operation, & Control (Spring)ECE 1710 Electric Distribution Engineering and Smart Grids (Summer)ECE 1771 Electric Machines (Fall)

ECE 1700 Construction and Cost of Electrical Supply (varies)ECE 2250 Power Electronics {with permission} (Spring)ENGR 0051 Thermodynamics (Mech.E. course)ENGR 1700 Intro. to Nuclear Engineering (Mech.E. course)

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Graduate Electric Power Program

Approx. 15/20 full time graduate students enrolled ingraduate courses in the power area, and many newpart-time industry students

Excellent course enrollmentse.g., 30 this term in Special Topics: FACTS and HVDC

New courses being added / offered in Power Electronics,Renewable Energy Systems, Smart Grids

First annual Siemens Energy scholarship awarded

Educational Program Highlights

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Electric Power Engineering

Graduate Concentration

Core Courses:ECE 2774 Power System Engineering & Analysis IIECE 2777 Power System Transients IECE 2250 Power Electronics Circuits & ApplicationsECE 2795 Special Topics: Renewable & Alternative Energy SystemsECE 2795 Special Topics: Power Electronics (FACTS & HVDC Systems)ECE 2795 Special Topics: Smart Grids - Protection, Automation, Comm., & ControlECE 3776 Power System StabilityECE 3777 Power System Transients II

In development stage:ECE xxxx Electrical Distribution System Engineering & Analysis II

ECE xxxx Power & Energy Industry Practices

Recommended ElectivesECE 2160 Embedded SystemsECE 2521 Stochastic ProcessesECE 2636 Linear System TheoryECE 2671 Optimization Methods

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Electric Power & Energy Research for Grid Infrastructure(EPERGI)

Approx. 40 contributing personnel to research programs: 19 full-time Graduate Student Researchers (MS and PhD), 7 part-time industry PhD students, 5 undergraduate researchers, 8 faculty contributors: 5 full-time / 3 part-time

Facilities and Tools Power System Simulation Lab

(PSS/E, PSCAD, ANSYS, MATLAB/SIMULINK, Saber, Cyme, etc.) Electric Machines Lab New Power Systems/Smart Grid Lab

Eaton sponsored; planned completion early 2013

New Faculty Positions in Electric Power announced !!

Research Program Highlights

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EPERGI Focus Areas

Research Areas and Projects

Funding: Industry Collaboration and Government Sponsorship Advanced power transmission and distribution systems

(Power electronics technologies FACTS and DC)

Renewable and green energy systems and integration(green energy-to-grid applications)

Smart Grid technologies and systems(automation, control, protection, and communications)

Energy storage and power conversion technologies

Energy efficiency and power quality

These programs involve both graduate level research andundergraduate research opportunities


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Current Research Programs

1- Energy Conversion Technology for Power Applications

Funded by U.S., Dept. of Energy, ARPA-E Solar ADEPT Program Partnership with CMU (lead), Pitt, LANL, Sprang & Co. Magnetics

2- U.S. Off-Shore Wind: Removing Market Barriers

Funded by U.S. Dept. of Energy, EERE

Partnership with ABB (lead), Pitt NREL, Duke Energy

3- DOE-NETL RUA Grid Technologies Collaborative Funded by DOE-NETL and RUA Institutions - (Pitt, CMU, VT, VWU, PSU)

4- Electric Power & Energy Research: Power Electronics, Smart Grids

Funded by Commonwealth of PA DCED, BFTDA - Ben Franklin Tech. Dev. Auth.

5- Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Technology Development

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Current Research Programs

6- Smart Grid Interface Control Methodologies

Funded by Westinghouse Electric Corp., Revolutionary R&D Program

7- Renewable Integration and Energy Storage Development

Funded by Eaton Partnership in Electric Power Engineering with Eatons PSCEC

8- T-RIC Technology Acceleration Program Funded by U.S. Department of Commerce

Partnership with Catalyst Connection (lead), Pitt, NETL, Innovation Works, AMTV

9- Electric Power Workforce Training Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, OEDER Partnership with Lehigh University - The Keystone Smart Grid Fellowship Program Establishing Middle/High School Curriculum on Electric Power, Energy, Smart Grids

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The NETL-RUA Grid Technologies Collaborative (GTC)

Pitt (lead role), CMU, WVU, PSU, and VATech Established

January, 2012

New Power Grid Research Collaborative

VisionAn advanced electricity transmission and distribution network that is operationally efficientand highly reliable; facilitates the integration of renewable and distributed generatingsupplies, and energy storage systems; is resilient to disruptions; and provides the mostappropriate form of electricity to advance economic development.

MissionThe GTC achieves its vision by performing R&D on power electronics technologies fortransmission and distribution system applications, including device development,integration, modeling and simulation, control, and fundamental research on key enablingand disruptive technologies. Through its industrial partners and government sponsors,the GTC facilitates the deployment of power electronics systems and helps to train thenext generation of electric power system and power electronics professionals.

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Industry Partnerships and Collaborations Eaton Corporation est. March, 2009

Extensive, Multi-Initiative Partnership Smart Grids, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics, Energy Efficiency Expanded Activities and Research with the PSEC Lab

Westinghouse Nuclear est. January, 2010 Smart Grids and Green Energy Integration Research

ABB US Corporate R&D est. July 2010 Power Electronics Technologies (HVDC, MVDC, FACTS) Research Corporate Research Group (U.S. and Sweden)

Siemens Power T&D Service Solutions est. September, 2010

PSS/E Program; Modeling/Simulation/Analysis; Fellowships Collaboration w/ T&D Service Solutions / PTI, Other Groups

BPL Global est. December, 2010 Smart Grid Technologies and Power SG Foundation Platform

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products est. January, 2012 Power Electronics (FACTS, DC) and Power Systems Analysis Initiatives

Industry Collaborations in Power

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The Value of Industry Collaboration

Benefits of Industry Support and Interaction

Sponsorship and Advisory of Senior Design Projects andProduct Realization Course Assignments Guest Lectures and Seminars from Practicing Engineers Adjunct Instructors bringing Expertise and Application

Experience into the Classroom Cooperative Education Assignments and Programs Internship Programs

Scholarships Sponsored Research Activities Industry-Based Tools, Programs, and Equipment

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Electric Power Program Constituents

EPE Supporting Partners:

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Power & Energy Industry Conference

Established in 2006

Originally a component of ECE-1769 course 6 th Annual Conference held November 2011

Expanded each year to include additional industry

participants, students, and activities Industry participants:

2006 (5); 2007 (10); 2008 (17); 2009 (21); 2010 (32), 2011 (30)

Faculty/Industry research collaboration discussions,keynote speakers, panel sessions, workshops, andinvited papers/presentations

Student/Industry information sessions and networking

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The Pitt Electric Power & Energy Initiative

Established as a model program nationwide for theresurgence and sustainability of university educationand research activities in electric power engineering;with strong industry support and government

interaction Pitt is engaged deeply throughout the regional area

with industry partners, and at the national leadershiplevel through various government & professionalsociety participation in the power & energy area

Well-positioned to support electric power and energyinfrastructure and technology development revolution

Progress, Growth, and Success

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Electric Power & Energy

There has never been a more exciting and dynamictime to be a part of the electric power and energysector, with abundant opportunities to redefine ournations future and to be at the forefront of the new

energy economy and revolution that is taking place. The challenges ahead are unprecedented, and the

opportunities are robust and abundant.

The next generation of power & energy professionalsis needed to bring innovation, creativity, and solutionsto the emerging clean-energy, smart-grid environment

Pitt is developing the future leaders of the electricpower and energy sector

Summary

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Q & A

Thank You

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Contact

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Dr. Gregory ReedProfessor of Electric Power Engineering, ECE Dept.Director, Electric Power & Energy InitiativeAssociate Director, Center for Energy

Swanson School of Engineering

University of PittsburghTele: 412-383-9862Cell: 412-389-7503E-mail: [email protected]

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