Remotely Accessible Hardware Labs for Education and Research in Power Electronics, Power Systems, and Electric Drives
Date: May 20, 2022
Location: Online
This virtual workshop presented compact, safe-voltage, remotely accessible laboratories developed for education and research in electric drives, power electronics, and power systems. Sessions connected the laboratory platforms to CUSP courses and demonstrated undergraduate, graduate, and pipeline-level experiments using Sciamble Workbench.
Speakers
Objectives
Demonstrate extremely low-cost, digitally controlled laboratories that can be used locally or accessed remotely for electric-power education and research.
- Discuss the value and accessibility of the CUSP laboratory platforms.
- Show laboratory experiences for pipeline, undergraduate, and graduate courses.
- Demonstrate work in climate solutions, sustainable electricity, power electronics, electric drives, and power systems using PSS®E and Python.
Agenda
Friday, May 20, 2022
All times are Central Time.
- 9:00 am — Welcome: The Importance of Laboratories in Education and Research
- Prof. Randall Victora — Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
- Aranya Chakrabortty — Program Director, National Science Foundation
- CAPT Lynn J. Petersen, USN (Ret) — Program Officer, Office of Naval Research
- Al Romig — Executive Officer, National Academy of Engineering
- 10:30 am — ONR-Funded Courses and Laboratories at CUSP
- Overview of 19 courses and laboratories — Prof. Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota
- Power Generation, Operation & Control course example — Prof. Bruce Wollenberg, University of Minnesota
- 11:00 am — Open Discussion: Value and Accessibility of the CUSP Laboratories
- Chair: Prof. Saifur Rahman — 2022 IEEE President-Elect
- Panelist: Prof. Prasad Enjeti — Texas A&M University
- Panelist: Prof. Bill Robbins — University of Minnesota
- Panelist: Dr. Manikanta Pallantla — Texas Instruments, Dallas; transitioned the laboratory from in-person to online as a teaching assistant during COVID-19
- Lunch break
- 1:00 pm — Demonstration of Online Laboratories — Prof. Siddharth Raju and David Maiden Mueller
- Freshman and sophomore level — Solutions to Climate Crisis; Sustainable Electricity
- Senior level — Power Electronics; Electric Drives
- Graduate level — Power Electronics; Electric Drives
- Power Systems Lab using PSS®E and Python — Dr. Swaroop Guggilam, Electric Power Research Institute; line constants and models for inverter-based resources, HVDC, STATCOM, and optimal power flow