Event Date: April 21, 2026
| Time | Event | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm - 1:05pm | Introduction | Suman Debnath, ORNL, Aung Thant, NERC |
| 1:05pm - 1:15pm | EMT Initiative: DOE Perspective | Alireza Ghassemian, DOE |
| 1:15pm - 1:30pm | Activities of the EMT Initiative Working Group 2, Input Data Structures & Models | Nilanjan Chaudhuri, PSU, Shamim Hasan, ORNL |
| 1:30pm - 1:55pm | Electromagnetic Transient Model Interoperability | Thomas McDermott, Meltran |
| 1:55pm - 2:00pm | Question and Answers | Nilanjan Chaudhuri, PSU |
Speakers
Dr. Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri: Dr. Chaudhuri received the Ph.D. degree in power systems from Imperial College London, London, U.K. in 2011. From 2005 to 2007, he was with General Electric (GE) John F. Welch Technology Center. From 2011 to 2014, he was a Lead Engineer with GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY, USA. From 2014 to 2016, he was an Assistant Professor with North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA. He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Penn State, University Park, PA, USA. He was the Lead author of the book “Multi-Terminal Direct Current Grids: Modeling, Analysis, and Control” Wiley/IEEE Press, in 2014. He was the recipient of the National Science Foundation Early Faculty CAREER Award in 2016 and Joel and Ruth Spira Excellence in Teaching Award in 2019. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of IEEE PES. Dr. Ray Chaudhuri was elevated to the rank of Fellow of Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) in 2024.
Dr. Tom McDermott: Dr. McDermott received his PhD in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech after undergraduate and master’s degrees from Rensselaer. His technical career spanned several positions and industry segments, working on EMT studies, finite element software, DER impact studies, power quality consulting, and a short stint in academia. Tom was one of the original OpenDSS developers. He contributed to CIM’s modeling and interoperability tests for unbalanced distribution systems. He retired from PNNL in September 2023 as the Solar sub-sector lead. He continues to participate part time in the NERC EMT working group and IEEE standards P1547, P2800.2, and P3743. Tom is a Life Fellow of IEEE and holds PE licenses in PA and VA.