Conference Program

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Day 1: Wednesday, November 29, 2000

Time
Topic
Presenter
Affiliation
8 AM - 9 AM
Breakfast
Opening Plenary Session
9 AM - 9:05 AM
Opening Remarks Miroslav Begovic
Georgia Tech
9:05 AM - 9:10 AM
Welcome Prof. Jean-Lou Chameau
Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech
9:10 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome Prof. Roger Webb
Chair, School of ECE, Georgia Tech
9:15 AM - 10 AM
Sustainable Technologies: Activities at NREL Adm. Richard Truly
NREL
10 AM - 10:45 AM
Sustainable Technologies: Activities at Sandia Marjorie Tatro
Sandia National Labs
10:45 AM - 11 AM
Break
 
Industry in Transition
 
11 AM - 11:30 AM
Restructuring of the Power Utility Industry George Gross
Univ. of Illinois - Urbana
11:30 AM - 12 PM
Power Industry Restructuring and Sustainability Fernando Alavarado
Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
12 PM - 1 PM
Lunch
 
Economics of Sustainability
 
1 PM - 1:30 PM
The Economics of Sustainable Energy Systems Ujayant Chakravoorty
Emory University
1:30 PM - 2 PM
Changing Energy Industry and Customer Merwin Brown
NREL
2 PM - 2:30 PM
Energy and City: Integrated System for Sustainable Development F. Gagliardi and M. Roscia
Universita di Napoli Federico II
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Break
Distributed Generation and
Energy Storage
 
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Distr. Systems - Interf. Issues - Multiple Energy Carriers Bjorn Bakken
Sintef Energy Research
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Dispersed Generation Badrul Chowdhury
University of Missouri - Rolla
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Energy Storage for Sustainable Systems Robert Hebner
Univesity of Texas - Austin
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Break
 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Discussion
 
6:30 PM - 9 PM
Banquet at Wardlaw Center
 

Day 2: Thursday, November 30, 2000

Time
Topic
Presenter
Affiliation
8 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Technologies: Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells
8:30 AM - 9 AM
Solar Electric Power: Road to a Clean, Secure Energy Future James Gee and
Roland Hulstrom
Sandia/NREL
9 AM - 9:30 AM
Progress in PV: From Lab to Marketplace Tom Surek
NREL
9:30 AM - 10 AM
Fuel Cell Technology: Status Meilin Liu
Georgia Tech
10 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
 
Sustainability in Education
 
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Teaching "Sustainable Energy" William Peters
MIT
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Educational Programs at DOE and NREL Cecile Warner
NREL
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Sustainability in Curriculum Group of Graduate Students
Georgia Tech
11:45 AM - 12:30PM
Lunch
 
Education and International Activities
 
12:30 PM - 1 PM
Sustainability in Education Michael Ropp
Universtiy of South Dakota
1 PM - 1:30PM
International Programs Saifur Rahman
Virginia Tech
1:30 PM - 2 PM
Electromechanical Battery for Rural Power Supplies Pragasen Pillay
Clarkson University
2 PM - 2:15 PM
Break
Technology: Geothermal and Solar Thermal
 
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Geothermal Power Ken Williamson
Unocal
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Development and Support of Geothermal Energy John Finger
Sandia
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Development of Solar HVAC for Carribean Region Jorge Gonzales
University of Puerto Rico
3:45 PM - 4 PM
Break
 
Sustainability and Living Environment
 
4 PM - 4:30 PM
Sustainable Technologies: Comparative Study
Dennis Creech
Southface Institute
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Solar Electric Architecture
Steven Strong
Solar Design Associates
6:30 PM - 9 PM
Banquet at the Alumni Houser
 

Day 3: Friday, December 1, 2000

Time
Topic
Presenter
Affiliation
8 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Grid Interface, Standards, and Control Issues
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Standard P 1547 Richard DeBlasio
NREL
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
System Control With Renewable Sources M. S. Chen and R. Kenarangui
Universtiy of Texas - Arlington
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
The Role of DC in Future Electricity Systems Petter Heyerdal
Agr. University, Norway
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
 
Power Electronics Issues
 
10:30 AM - 11 AM
Sustainable Systems: Power Electronics Issues Alex Stankovic
Northeastern University
11 AM - 11:30 AM
Converters in Renewable Energy Systems Herb Hess
University of Idaho
11:30 AM - 12 PM
Multi-Stage Converters for Renewable System Applications Leon Tolbert
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
12PM
Wrap-Up