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Activities 2003-2009
2009 Seminars and initiatives
1. On May 6th 2009, in
Turin, Prof. Bikash Pal (Imperial College, Department of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering, London), gave the technical seminar “LINEAR
MATRIX INEQUALITY (LMI) APPROACH TO DAMPING CONTROL DESIGN EMPLOYING
FACTS DEVICES”, in the framework of IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program.
The seminar was attended by about 40 people (Ph.D. students from Italian
Universities and engineers from Industries), and was followed by
interesting discussions.
2. On September 25th
2009, in Bologna, Prof. Mohammad Shahidehpour (Illinois Institute of
Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chicago),
gave the technical seminar “IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON RESTRUCTURED
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS”, in the framework of IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Program. The seminar was attended by about 35 people (Ph.D. students from
Italian Universities and engineers from Industries), and was followed by
interesting discussions.
3. On September 28th
2009, a round table on “Electric Networks of the Future” was organized by
IEEE-PES Italian Chapter during the National Conference AEIT 2009 held in
Catania, Italy. The chairman of the round table was C.A. Nucci from
Università di Bologna and the panelists where Chen-Ching Liu (National
University of Ireland, Dublin), Prof. Mohammad Shahidehpour (Illinois
Institute of Technology), Hans B. (Teddy) Püttgen (Professeur de l’Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and Eugenio Di Marino (Enel
Infrastrutture e Reti). The round table was attended by about 100 people
(Professors and Ph.D. students from Italian Universities and engineers
from Industries), and was followed by interesting discussions.
4. On December 11th 2009, in Milan, Dr.
M. Samotyj (Technical Executive - Power Delivery and Utilization Sector,
EPRI” gave the technical seminar ”OUTAGE AND PQ COST TO US INDUSTRIAL AND
DIGITAL ECONOMY SECTORS (2002-2003)” during the event organized by the
Milan Polytechinic on “Power Quality Costs”. During the event, prof. A.
Testa delivered the prize “Best Thesis Award in Power Engineering for year
2008” to M. S. Pasquadibisceglie (XVIII Ciclo, Politecnico di Milano) for
his PhD thesis on "Monte Carlo methods in a deregulated market:
transit limits and bilateral contracts”. The seminar was attended by
about 25 people (Ph.D. students from Italian Universities and engineers
from Industries), and was followed by interesting discussions.
2008 Seminars
1. On September 1st,
2008, Dr. Graeme M. Burt (Institute for Energy & Environment,
University of Strathcly, England), gave the technical seminar “Distribution
power systems in perspective: getting smart”.
2. On September 1st,
2008, Dr. Sandro M. Tenconi
(Manager of the Electronics Dept., Ansaldo Ricerche SpA, Italy),
gave the technical seminar “Recent developments of power electronic
interfaces for distributed generation”.
3. On September 1st,
2008, Prof. Alfredo Testa, Fellow IEEE and Professor of Electrical Power
Systems at the Second University of Naples, Italy, gave the
technical seminar “Power Quality
Issues of Active Distribution Networks”.
All of the three speeches were given
during a tutorial on "Philosophies and technologies for future
distribution networks" run within the framework of the Italian
School of Doctorate on Power Systems “Bruno Delfino” in association with
the UPEC2008 Conference hosted by the University of Padova, Italy, from 1
to 4 September, 2008. The seminars were attended by about 40 people (Ph.
D. students from Italian Universities and engineers from Industries), and
were followed by interesting discussions.
2007 Seminar
Technical Meeting
- Title: Power System Analysis Techniques and Tools: Past, Present and
Future
- Presenter: Dr. Claudio Canizares, Fellow IEEE and Professor at
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of The University of
Waterloo, CANADA (September 29, 2007)
- Title: An Overview of Computer Simulation Methods
for Electromagnetic Transients in Power Systems
- Presenter: Prof. Hermann W. Dommel, Fellow IEEE and Professor at The
University of British Columbia, Dept. of Electrical & Computer
Engineering,Vancouver, CANADA (October 26, 2007)
2005
Technical Meeting
- Title: Electric power engineering research: Where
do we go from here?
- Presenter: Prof. Dr. Hans
B. Puttgen,
President, IEEE Power Engineering Society
Tuesday, October
25, 2005
(time: 11:00-12:30 - 'Aula di
Consiglio' - Faculty of
Engineering, University of Bologna, viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
- About the Speaker: Hans B. (Teddy) Pűttgen is Georgia Power
Professor and Vice Chair for External Affairs in the School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr.
Pűttgen is the Director and Management Board Chair of the National
Electric Energy Test, Research and Application Center, NEETRAC. Launched
in 1996, NEETRAC is a membership driven organization focusing on research
and test projects in the field of electric power delivery systems and
apparatus. It presently has 29 members among major US electric utilities
and equipment manufacturers. The NEETRAC annual budget is five million
dollars, entirely funded by industry – the staff comprises some 30
full-time engineering and technical staff. Faculty and students from the
Georgia Institute of Technology are also actively engaged in several
NEETRAC projects. Teddy Pűttgen serves as Président of Georgia Tech
Lorraine, the European campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology
located in Metz, France. Georgia Tech Lorraine is incorporated as a
not-for-profit organization under French law. At Georgia Tech Lorraine,
the Georgia Institute of Technology offers graduate degree granting
education programs in engineering and computer science. Double degree
programs are also offered at Georgia Tech Lorraine in close collaboration
with premier French and European institutions. Undergraduate programs in
engineering, management as well as social sciences and humanities are
also offered. A joint research laboratory has been created with the
French CNRS: GTL CNRS Telecom. Teddy Pűttgen serves as President of
the Power Engineering Society of IEEE. He has also served as Vice
President for Meetings and Vice President for University and Industry
Relations of the Power Engineering Society as well as Chair for the
Atlanta Chapter. He is a recipient of the IEEE third millennium medal. He
graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne with
the Ingénieur Diplômé degree in Electrical Engineering. He holds graduate
degrees in Business Administration and Management from the University of
Lausanne. His PhD, in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in electric
power, is from the University of Florida. He is a past recipient of the
IEEE Award for Outstanding Faculty Advisor and of the ASEE DOW
Outstanding Young Faculty award. He is a member of the Sigma Xi, Phi
Kappa Phi, Tau Pi Beta and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies.
(presentation available  and some pictures)
IEEE PES St. Petersburg PowerTech 2005
St Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2005 (http://www.sei.irk.ru/PowerTech2005). Chaiman of the St. Petersburg IEEE PowerTech
is Prof. Nikolai Voropai.
2004 Seminar
Technical Meeting
- Title: Locating Faults in Power Systems: An Approach based on the
Wavelet Transform of Travelling Waves
- Presenter: Prof. Dr. Ali ABUR, IEEE Fellow, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Texas A&M University – USA
- Tuesday, November 2, 2004 (time: 16-18, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Bologna, viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
- About the Topic: This seminar is concerned about fast and
accurate location of power system faults. Fault location can be carried
out fairly accurately provided that synchronized signals are available
from the terminal buses of the faulted line. However, such measurements
are not always available, especially at the lower voltage distribution
systems, where the system configuration is essentially radial and measurements
are typically taken at a single location at the beginning of the feeder.
In such cases, most of the conventional methods fail to provide a
solution due to the existence of multiple possible locations
corresponding to the measured signals at the root of the feeder. In this
presentation, an alternative approach will be described. The essential
idea is to monitor the travelling waves initiated by the fault and use
the information about network topology to infer the location of the
fault. This is accomplished by identifying the arrival times of the
travelling waves via the application of the discrete time wavelet
transform to the modal components of the fault signals. Examples
involving meshed, radial and T-connected power system topologies are given
to demonstrate the proposed method. The method is shown to be insensitive
to the existence of series capacitors, mutually coupled lines and the
unknown value of the fault impedance.
(presentation available )
VI Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control
Symposium
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, August 22-27, 2004
Full details, including author information, registration and location are
available on the symposium website: http://www.polito.it/irep2004
Workshop
AEIT-IEEE-PES sul Blackout
La Federazione AEIT e la Power Engineering Society dell'IEEE organizzano
congiuntamente il workshop "Blackout americano e
italiano: cause e rimedi" che si terrà Lunedi, 10 maggio 2004
presso la Residenza di Ripetta di Roma. Obiettivo dell'evento confrontare
i provvedimenti che si stanno predisponendo per ridurre la probabilità di
tali evenienze. Per Informazioni: AEIT - Ufficio Centrale, tel. 02
77790218,215, fax 02 798817, email: iandolo@aei.it, notaro@aei.it
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP)
Technical Meeting
- Title: Sustainable
Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century: Requirements, Challenges and
the Role of New Technologies
- Presenter: Prabha Kundur, Ph.D., FIEEE; FCAE - President & CEO -
Powertech Labs Inc., Surrey, B.C., CANADA
- Two dates and locations for the same
lecture:
- Tuesday, March 9, 2004 (time: 11:00-13:00, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Genova, Room Sala Conferenze, ground
floor at DIE - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, via Opera Pia 11a -
Genova)
- Friday, March 12, 2004 (time: 11:00-13:00 - Faculty of
Engineering, University of Bologna, Aula Magna, viale Risorgimento
2, Bologna)
- About the Topic: Sustainability of electric power systems
requires balancing the business across three areas: economic, social and
environmental. This will have a profound impact on how power systems will
be planned, built and operated in the future. In the evolving electricity
supply industry environment, the challenges are to produce, transmit, and
use energy in an environmentally friendly manner, to reduce costs by
improving operating efficiency and business practices, and enhance the
reliability and quality of power supply. In particular, there will be a
greater need to address power system security issues and develop measures
to prevent the occurrence of widespread blackouts. Research and development
of new technologies will play a major role in shaping the future
directions of power systems in this regard. This presentation will
describe these changes affecting the electric power industry and identify
new technologies that will influence the changes.
- About the Speaker: Dr. Prabha Kundur holds a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Toronto and has over 30 years of
experience in the electric power industry. He is currently the President
and CEO of Powertech Labs Inc., the research and technology subsidiary of
BC Hydro. Prior to joining Powertech in 1993, he worked at Ontario Hydro
for over 20 years and was involved in the planning, design and operation
of power systems. He has served as Adjunct Professor at the University of
Toronto since 1979 and at the University of British Columbia since 1994.
He is the author of the book Power System Stability and Control
(McGraw-Hill, 1994). He has performed extensive international consulting
and has delivered technical courses for utilities and universities around
the world. He has a long record of service and leadership in the IEEE
PES. He has chaired numerous committees and working groups of the PES,
and was elected as a Fellow of the IEEE in 1985. He is currently the
Chair of the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee. He is also
active in CIGRE, and is currently the Chair of the CIGRE Study Committee
C4 on System Technical Performance. He is the recipient of the 1997 IEEE
Nikola Tesla Award and the 1999 CIGRE Technical Committee Award. Dr.
Kundur has received a numerous other honors recently. In 2003 he was
inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and was also
awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Politechnica of
Bucharest, Romania. The University of Waterloo is awarding him Doctor of
Engineering, Honoris Causa at its Spring Convocation in June 2004.
(presentation available and some pictures)
Power Electronics for
transportation systems (in Italian)
Co-sponsored by AEI and CIFI
University of Bologna, Italy
March 20, 2003
Organization: Massimo Iandolo - Segreteria Organizzativa AEI
phone: 02 77790218/215
e-mail: iandolo@aei.it
Presentation
The second IEEE Power Tech Conference of the XXI
century was held in Bologna –Italy from 23 to 26 of June 2003. The event is
sponsored by the IEEE Power Engineering Society and will be organized by
the Power Systems Unit of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of
Bologna, the Italian AEI, technical co- sponsors, and the local PES
Chapter of IEEE.
Preferential subjects: • Restructuring of the
electricity industry and transnational networks; • Planning and operation
of power systems under market conditions; • System services in
deregulated markets; • Integration of dispersed generation in the
networks; • Power system dynamics; • EMC/ Power quality; • Lightning and
electromagnetic transients; • Security assessment and risk analysis; •
Diagnostics and reliability; • Power system protection; • Power system
insulation; • Power electronics; • Renewable energy sources and storage
devices; • Power system instrumentation, measurements and automation; •
Power systems communication.
Web site: http://www.powertech03.unibo.it/
Report on 2003 IEEE Bologna
PowerTech
The Presentations at the Opening Session, the report on the Best
Student Paper Award results, as well as picture and clip galleries are
now available at the web site http://www.powertech03.unibo.it.
Comments on the event:
- http://services3.ieee.org/organizations/pes/public/2003/sep/pestop.html).
- search for: "Bologna Power Tech" at
http://listserv.nodak.edu/scripts/wa.exe?S1=power-globe.
A conference permanent Steering Committee has been set up, chaired
by C.A. Nucci. The IEEE 2005 Power Tech Conference will be held in S.
Petersburg June 27-30, 2005 (http://www.sei.irk.ru/PowerTech2005).
The R8 General Chapter Chairs meeting for 2003,
organized by Patrick Bornard (RTE, France) who is the Region 8 Representative
for the Power Engineering Society, has been held in occasion of the IEEE
Bologna Power Tech, on Sunday June 22nd
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