Electromagnetic Transient Simulation Workshop
Organizers: Aung Thant (NERC), Suman Debnath (ORNL)
Event contact: Suman Debnath, 865-341-1467 (office); [email protected]
Day 1: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Attendees | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30am | WELCOME AND BREAKFAST SERVED Badging and Introductions | Suman Debnath | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 8:30 - 8:50 am | Opening Remarks Initial Introduction: Suman Debnath | ORNL Management | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 8:50 - 9:50 am | Keynotes Chair: Suman Debnath | TBD | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 9:50-10:20 am | Break | |||
| 10:20 - 11:30 am | Industry Keynotes: Need for EMT, Coordinated Activities, Challenges Chair: Aung Thant | Casey Cathey (Southwest Power Pool, Vice President) Latrice Harkness (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) Andrew Arana (Florida Power & Light, Director) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | WORKING LUNCH: Q&A from keynotes and discussions | Suman Debnath (ORNL, Sub-Program/Portfolio Manager) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 12:30 - 1:00 pm | EMT Research Overview at ORNL and Working Groups on EMT | Suman Debnath (ORNL, Sub-Program/Portfolio Manager) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 1:00 - 1:45 pm | Working Group 1: Applications & Pilots | Harvey Scribner, Marcelo Elizondo (PNNL) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| Time | Event | Lead | Attendees | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:45 - 2:30 pm | Working Group 2: Input Data Structures & Models | Nilanjan Chaudhuri (PSU), Rahul Mishra (ORNL) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 2:30 - 3:15 pm | Working Group 3: Solvers | Carol Woodward (LLNL), Qianxue Xia (ORNL) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Working Group 4: Features/Automation/Post-Processing | Shrirang Abhyankar (PNNL), Phani Marthi (ORNL) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 4:00 - 4:45 pm | Working Group 5: Training & Workforce Development | Maryam Saeedifard (Georgia Tech), Sumit Paudyal (FIU) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 4:45 - 5:00 pm | Wrap-Up | Suman Debnath | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
Day 2: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Attendees | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 am | WELCOME AND BREAKFAST SERVED Badging and Introductions | Suman Debnath | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 8:30-9:30 am | Technical Session-1: Input Data Structures in EMT Chair: Nilanjan Chaudhuri (PSU), Rahul Mishra (ORNL) | Glen Halley (City Utilities of Springfield), Thomas McDermott (Meltran) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 9:30 -10:30 am | Technical Session-2: Features/Tools Support for EMT Chair: Shrirang Abhyankar (PNNL), Phani Marthi (ORNL) | Fred Waugh (MIT LL), Amar Reddy (ASU) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 11:00 am-12:30 pm | WORKING LUNCH: Demo Session-1 (EMT software) | ORNL | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 12:30-1:00 pm | Keynote: EMT Training Needs | Guohui Yuan (SETO) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 1:00-5:00 pm | Tutorial-1: EMT Simulation Basics: Theory, Different Software, Hands-On, Component Modeling | Suman Debnath (ORNL), Alex Shattuck (ESIG), Aung Thant (NERC) | Registered Tutorial Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
Day 3: Thursday, October 9, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Attendees | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 am | WELCOME AND BREAKFAST SERVED Badging and Introductions | Suman Debnath | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 8:30 am-12:00 pm | Technical Session-3: EMT for Large Loads | TBD (Mathworks), Hasala Dharmawardena (NERC), Nick Giffin (Elevate), TBD (SPP), Ali Yazdanpanah (ERCOT), Alex Shattuck (ESIG) | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | WORKING LUNCH: Demo Session-2 Continued | ORNL | Registered Attendees | Bridgewater Place |
| 1:00-5:00 pm | Tutorial-2: Inverters in EMT Simulation Basics: Inverter hardware, software, IBR hardware, PPC, Hands-On | Suman Debnath (ORNL), Alex Shattuck (ESIG), Aung Thant (NERC) | Registered Tutorial Attendees | Bridgewater Place |