Frontiers of Power Conference set for Oct. 26-27

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

By Katie Butler

(Stillwater, OK   October 19, 2009) --  The 42nd Annual Frontiers of Power Conference will explore current trends in electrical transmission and distribution reliability assessment, as well as related energy generation, smart grid, educational and public policy issues on Oct. 26-27 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

Keynote speakers for the conference are Peter W. Sauer and John L. Neufeld. Sauer, a Grainger Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., will speak on the “Status and Prospects for Power Engineering Education.”

Neufeld, a professor in the department of economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will address the topic “Toward a More Perfect Grid: Institutions, Public Policy and the Historical Development of Large-Scale Electrical Supply Networks in the U.S.”

Individuals associated with electric utilities, electric power production facilities, power equipment manufacturers, consultants for municipal electric utilities, universities and government agencies should find this program of special interest, according to Dr. Rama Ramakumar, director of the OSU Engineering Energy Laboratory. 

“It’s also a perfect chance for students and practicing professionals to interact with each other. Students will learn how to practically apply things they have learned in their classes,” said Ramakumar.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Engineering Energy Laboratory and The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU.

For registrations, contact Nancy Crenshaw at (405) 744-9912.  For more information, contact Dr. Ramakumar at (405) 744-5157 or rama.ramakumar@okstate.edu.