2024 AMPED Annual Industry Meeting Agenda

August 22, 2024

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM (EST)

Time	Event
8:00 AM	Registration and Networking - Main Lobby
9:00 AM	Welcome and Overview of AMPED Consortium Status
9:30 AM	Keynote Address #1: Dr. Bogdan Borowy, Eaton Corporation
10:15 AM	Break (15 min)
10:30 AM	AMPED Industry Membership Theme #1 Discussions: Tunable Magnetics Moderator: Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya, North Carolina State University Presentations from graduate student researchers in materials science and electrical engineering providing overviews of research activities based on AMPED membership funding in tunable magnetics. Tyler Paplham, University of Pittsburgh Mark Nations, North Carolina State University Maurice Sturdivant, University of Pittsburgh Lauren Wewer, University of Pittsburgh
11:30 AM	LUNCH, INDUSTRY PANEL SESSION, AND NETWORKING
11:30 AM	Lunch Served
12:00 PM	Industry Panel on Distribution Transformers: Supply Chain, Efficiency Standards, and Technology Moderator: Dr. Paul Richard Ohodnicki, University of Pittsburgh Invited panelists: Jordan Moree, US Department of Energy Frank Santucci, Innomotics Tom Farkas, GridBridge, Inc Dr. Samuel Kernion, CorePower Magnetics Russell Profaizer, PE, Director, Advanced Grid Systems & Grid Modernization Program
1:00 PM	Networking
1:30 PM	Keynote Address #2: Alex Ebbert, HICO America
2:15 PM	AMPED Industry Membership Theme #2 Discussions: Ultrahigh Frequency Magnetics for UWBG Moderator: Dr. Brandon Grainger, University of Pittsburgh Presentations from graduate student researchers in materials science and electrical engineering providing overviews of research activities based on AMPED membership funding in ultrahigh frequency magnetics. Todd Marzec, University of Pittsburgh Suraj Mullurkara, University of Pittsburgh Issac Wong, North Carolina State Univerisity Bishal Bhandari, University of Pittsburgh
3:15 PM	Break (15mins)
3:30 PM	AMPED Industry Membership Theme #3 Discussions: Electric Motors and Extreme Environments Moderator: Dr. Dr. Brandon Grainger, University of Pittsburgh Presentations from graduate student researchers in materials science and electrical engineering providing overviews of research activities based on AMPED membership funding in electric machines. Ryan Brody, University of Pittsburgh Josh Lubin, University of Pittsburgh Sneha Narasimhan, North Carolina State University Yuankang Wang, University of pittsburgh
4:30 PM	Report Out from Industry Participant Advisory Board Meeting, AMPED Program Feedback, Next Steps An overview of discussions from Day 1 of the workshop with the industry participants and invited guests will be presented, with additional discussion and inputs from the meeting attendees. Initial discussion and presentation by faculty about next steps will be followed by a close door session with university representatives (faculty and students) out of the Duquesne Light room. Feedback will be sought by all participants through a simple survey and a close door session and discussion.
5:30 PM	Afternoon-to-Evening Social Hour Including Poster Session with Graduate Students Opportunity to network, consume hor d’oeuvres and explore the laboratory spaces at the Energy Innovation Center including the AMPED and Electric Power Technologies Laboratory. Posters will also be on display for graduate students involved with the AMPED consortium.

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