EXCOM Meeting Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/374839

The State of DERs and how it benefits the smart grid in the context of energy transition. Join us for a session on the Smart Grid. What is it and why do we need it? Find out the latest trends in design and construction of the NEW Grid. What changed? How are we handling cyber attacks on the grid? How are we physically strengthening the grid? What government incentives are we taking? And how are the Electric Utilities working with the client facilities behind the meter to build resiliency and sustainable facilities for the future. How are DERs (distributed Energy Resources) like solar, fuel cells, and wind working to reduce our nations carbon footprint? From our ancestor’s awareness of electrical energy to more recent history of experiments on how to generate and control such energy, the Electricity has been around with us for several hundred years. But it only became widely accessible as the dominant form of energy, thanks to the modern power systems. At the heart of such power systems is the electric grid, which has served as the backbone for the world’s electricity system for more than a century, fueling economic growth and enabling more advanced technology development. Fast forward to today the society is transitioning from reliance on fossil fuel to cleaner and sustainable operation. We’ve seen signs that the grids are becoming a bottleneck of such energy transition. The observations range from wide-spread outages to multiple grid cogeneration, to prolonged interconnection queue and renewable curtailment. When integrated and managed well, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) bring in huge value and provide system level flexibility services that can help address the grids’ challenge. In today’s session I would like to take the audience together to explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating DERs to the Smart Grid. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Ding Han, Agenda: 12:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements 12:02 pm PST Introduction of the Speaker(s) 12:04 pm PST Presentation 12:45 pm PST Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/386518

Jointly presented by two extraordinary women engineers, Adriana and Maria Clara, this presentation shares some inspirational stories from their own journey of becoming engineers in Colombia. Through their eyes, we will see how two girls growing up discovered their passion in science and engineering, and how they pursued their dreams despite many challenges. They’ll share their stories of the encouragement they received along the way which guided their careers toward becoming leaders in electronics engineering and bioengineering. Co-sponsored by: IEEE EMC Women in Engineering Speaker(s): , , Agenda: 11:00-11:05am EDT Speaker Introduction by Nicolas Mora, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on EMC; Member, EMC Society Board of Directors 11:05-11:50am EDT WIE presentation by Adriana Maldonado Franco and Maria Clara De La Hoz Romo 11:50-12:00pm EDT Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/382466

Jointly presented by two extraordinary women engineers, Adriana and Maria Clara, this presentation shares some inspirational stories from their own journey of becoming engineers in Colombia. Through their eyes, we will see how two girls growing up discovered their passion in science and engineering, and how they pursued their dreams despite many challenges. They’ll share their stories of the encouragement they received along the way which guided their careers toward becoming leaders in electronics engineering and bioengineering. Co-sponsored by: IEEE EMC Women in Engineering Speaker(s): , , Agenda: 11:00-11:05am ET Speaker Introduction by Nicolas Mora, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on EMC; Member, EMC Society Board of Directors 11:05-11:50am ET WIE presentation by Adriana Maldonado Franco and Maria Clara De La Hoz Romo 11:50-12:00pm ET Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/382466

AP Cooperation schemes which tackle the cell-edge user problem, are expected to be in the focus of Wi-Fi 8. Among them, Coordinated Beamforming (CoBF) is expected to play a key role, mainly due to the minimal inter-AP synchronization and joint processing it requires. In this talk we will analyze CoBF from the perspective of multi-user interference (MUI) and show that the scheme currently envisioned in Wi-Fi 8 is broken! Specifically, we will show that (in contrast to DL MU-MIMO) when the number of STA Rx antennas is larger than the number of streams, the STA does not have enough DoF to mitigate the MU interference and the scheme collapses. After we identify this problem, we will propose a new feedback concept which completely solves the problem, leads to zero MUI; while keeping the Wi-Fi feedback format and implying lower computational complexity! We will demonstrate the ideas in this talk with a short MATLAB demo. Speaker(s): Doron Ezri Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/382550

Engineers traditionally use deterministic modeling in their tasks, but challenges for developing and optimizing products and processes inspire us to venture beyond deterministic to probabilistic or stochastic modeling. The melding of engineering modeling with probabilistic thinking empowers engineers to develop confidence for ourselves, our customers and regulatory agencies that our products are likely to be successful and that we will flawlessly meet or exceed expectations over a comprehensive range of use conditions. Predictive engineering starts from measurable system level requirements, exploration and documentation of use conditions, and expanding on deterministic models with probabilistic modeling using Monte Carlo Simulation or Bayesian Networks to optimize the design and process. Probabilistic and stochastic modeling has provided competitive advantages for enterprises, for products, and for both experienced engineers and engineers early in their careers. Event is organized by IEEE Hawaii YP, IAS, and WIE and co-hosted with several other organizations. Depending on the level of interest in this event, a follow on series with Six Sigma certification is possible. Speaker(s): Eric Maass, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/382000