AMPED Annual Industry Meeting

August 19th, 2026 - Energy Innovation Center, Pittsburgh PA (all times listed Eastern Standard Time)

Time	Event
8:00 AM	Registration and Networking - Main Lobby
9:00 AM	WELCOME, MORNING KEYNOTE SESSION, and STUDENT PANEL SESSION
9:00 AM	Welcome and Overview of AMPED Consortium Status
9:30 AM	Keynote #1: Dr. Adam Barkley, Wolfspeed
10:15 AM	Break (15 min)
10:30 AM	AMPED Industry Membership Theme #1 Discussions: SSTs and Enabling Technologies 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 solid state transformer technology enabled by next generation WBG applications. Todd Marzec, University of Pittsburgh Hauwa Adedo, University of Pittsburgh Shubham Dhiman, NCSU
11:15 AM	LUNCH, INDUSTRY PANEL SESSION, AND NETWORKING
11:30 AM	Lunch Served
12:00 PM	Alumni Industry Panel: Perspectives of AMPED Graduates in the Workforce Moderator: Dr. Richard Beddingfield, North Carolina State University Sneha Narasimhan, ABB Joshua Lubin, Innomotics Mark Nations, CorePower Magnetics Kyle Schneider, CorePower Magnetics Maurice Sturdivant, Eaton
1:00 PM	AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SESSION, STUDENT PANEL SESSIONS, AND WRAP-UP
1:00 PM	Special Session: Solid State Transformers - Industrial Perspective on Research and Workforce Gaps Reynaldo Presbiterio, Senior Fellow and Ethics Advisor, L3Harris Maritime Power and Energy Systems (L3Harris MPES) Barry Mather, National Laboratory of the Rockies Natan Aronhime, CorePower Magnetics Capt. LJ Petersen, Office of Naval Research Hadi Haghighat, Sr. Specialist, Eaton Corporation
2:00 PM	AMPED Industry Membership Theme #2 Discussions: Ultrahigh Frequency Magnetics for UWBG Moderator: Dr. Paul Ohodnicki, 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 targeted towards next generation UWBG applications. Zisong Wang, University of Pittsburgh Bishal Bhandari, University of Pittsburgh Azhagu Dhanapal, University of Pittsburgh Joaquin Tristan, University of Pittsburgh
3:00 PM	Break (15mins)
3:15 PM	Keynote #2: Dr. Troy Beechner, Mission Leader - Electrification, GE Vernova
4:00 PM	AMPED Industry Membership Theme #3 Discussions: Alloy and Component Design for Next Generation Transformers and Electric Motors 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 advanced alloys and component designs for next generation distribution transformer and motor applications. Lauren Wewer, University of Pittsburgh Souvik Das, University of Pittsburgh Trinh Truong, University of Pittsburgh Yuankang Wang, University of Pittsburgh
5:00 PM	AMPED Program Feedback, Discussion of Path Forward, and Next Steps 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.

1435 Bedford Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15219