Yearly Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial Lecture of
List of Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lectures held so far is as given below:
1st Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial Lecture : September 21, 1997 Committee Room, EE Dept.,
IIT Delhi : 'Challenges and Opportunities in Electric Vehicles' by
2nd Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial Lecture : September 18, 1998 : Committee Room, EE Dept.,
IIT
3rd Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 20, 1999 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'AI Techniques in Power Electronics and Drives' by Past-IAS DL Prof. Bimal K. Bose, Condra Chair of Power Electronics, University of Tennessee, USA
4th Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial Lecture : August 11, 2000 : EE Dept., IIT
5th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : November 02, 2001 : India Habitat Center, New Delhi : 'Online Dynamic Security Assessment, Monitoring and Control of Power Systems' by PES DL Dr. Prabha Shankar Kundur, Powertech Labs Inc., Surrey, B.C., Canada
6th Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial Lecture : September 20, 2002 :
7th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 27, 2003 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Advanced Control Techniques in Electric Motor Drives' by IAS DL Prof. Alfio Consoli, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
8th Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial Lecture : October 11, 2004 : Central Electricity
Authority,
9th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 14, 2005 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Deregulation of Electricity Industry in Nordic Countries' by PES DL Dr. Nils Flataboe, SINTEF Energy Research, Trondheim, Norway
10th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : November 20, 2006 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Impulse Fault Diagnosis in Transformers' by PES DL Dr Sivaji Chakravorti, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
11th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : October 5, 2007 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Energy Management System (EMS) for large wind farms' by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Juergen Stenzel, Power System Control, Institute of Electrical Energy Systems TU Darmstadt, Germany
12th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 29, 2008 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Technologies for Green Power Supplies - The Efficiency Challenge' by Dr. Milan Jovanovic, IEEE Fellow, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Power Systems Business Group, Delta Electronics, Inc., Taiwan
13th Thomas Alva
Edison Memorial Lecture : December 24, 2009 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi
: 'Research and Education in
Sustainable Electric Energy Systems by Prof. Ned Mohan, IEEE Fellow, Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
14th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 15, 2010 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Optimized adaptive control & industrial applications' by IAS DL Prof. Juan M. Martin Sanchez, Open University of Spain, Madrid, Spain
15th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : October 18, 2011 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'Current Trends and Converging Technologies for Electric/Hybrid Vehicles and More Electric Aircraft Systems' by Dr. Kaushik Rajashekara, Delphi, USA
16th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : November 22, 2012 : Bharti School, IIT Delhi : 'Research in Power Electronics for interfacing Renewable to Power System' by Prof. Ned Mohan, Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronics, EE Dept., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
17th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : August 19, 2013 : Committee Room, EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'New directions for research in Power and Energy' by Prof. Saifur Rahman, Director, Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Joseph R. Loring professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ARI, Virginia Tech, National Capital Region, Arlington, VA, USA
18th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 17, 2014 : NLDC, POSOCO, New Delhi : 'Evolution of EMS Control Centers - Managing the Future Smart Grid PMU Synchrophasor Measurements at Control Centers' by Dr. Jay Giri, Fellow, IEEE, PES DL, Alstom Grid, 10865 Willows Rd NE, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
19th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : September 28, 2015 : EE Dept., IIT Delhi : 'HVDC Growth in US and India' by Dr. Tapan K. Manna, SMIEEE, PES DL, Burn McDonnell, USA
20th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : December 09, 2016 : EE Dept., Delhi Technological University Delhi : 'Hybrid Renewable Energy Standalone Systems' by Prof. Ambrish Chandra, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
21st Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : October 11, 2017 : EE, Committee Room, Block II, IIT Delhi : 'Resource Diversification to accommodate intermittency and improve reliability' by Prof. Chanan Singh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
22nd Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : November 16, 2018 : EE, Committee Room, Block II, IIT Delhi : "PE Transformer" and "DAB for EV Battery Charging" by Prof. Ned Mohan, Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronics at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
23rd Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : October 17, 2019 : EE, Committee Room, DTU Delhi : "Practical Power Flow Controller Brings Benefits of Power Electronics to the Grid" by Dr. Kalyan Sen, IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
24th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : October 10, 2020 : in virtual mode : "Wide Bandgap (WBG) Power Electronics for Heavy-Duty Vehicles" by Dr. Brij N. Singh, Technical Fellow of Power Electronics Engineering, John Deere Inc., USA
25th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : December 11, 2021 : in virtual mode : "Offshore AC Wind Topology and Design Considerations" by Dr. Tapan Manna, Associate Technical Consultant at Burns & McDonnell Transmission & Distribution, USA
27th Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Lecture : November 22, 2023 at NIT Delhi: in physical mode : "SMART Power Flow Controllers–A Necessity for Future Power Grid" by Dr. Kalyan K Sen, President & CTO, Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc. USA
