ICDCM 2015

Organizing Committee
Krishna Shenai
LoPel Corporation
General Chair
Rajendra Singh
Clemson University.
Technical Chair
Wunder Bernd
Fraunhofer Institute
Technical Vice Chair
Keith Corzine
Clemson University
Finance Chair
David E. Geary
Universal Electric
Corporation
Industrial Relations
Chair
Herbert L. Ginn
Roger Dougal
University of South
Carolina
Publications Chairs
Maryam Saeedifard
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Sol Haroon
IP UtiliNET
Local Arrangements
Chairs
Technical Committee
Pierre-Jean Alet
Rolando Burgos
Bruno Domingues
Michael Gurin
Terrence Hill
Gerard Hurley
Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Michael Koran
Nihal Kularatna
T J Lang
Paolo Mattavelli,
Sudip K.Mazumder
Priya Ranjan Mishra
Brian T. Patterson
Paul Savage
Donald J. Talka
Lakshman Tamil
Regan Zane
Josep Maria Guerrero
Zapata
Fengyan Zhang
Qing-Chang Zhong
Organizing Committee
CALL FOR PAPERS
Krishna Shenai
Argonne National Labs
General Chair
2015 IEEE First International Conference
McNutt Microgrids (ICDCM)
on TyAPEI,
DC
Inc.
June 7-10, 2015
Technical Chair
Wayne Johnson
Sheraton
Atlanta
Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tennessee
Tech.
Technical Vice Chair
As a follow up to the First Conference on Local DC Electricity held in Charleston, SC from
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March 31, 2014 to April
1,Shen
2014, the main purpose of this new conference is to bring together
IIT
- Chicago
practitioners and researchers
in the field of DC Microgrids and related technologies. Our
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ability to generate, store,
and
use
DC electricity locally without the need for long-range
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transmission and distribution network enables the possibility for transformational changes in
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the electricity infrastructure.
The use of DC electricity enhances system-wide efficiency. DC
Oak distributed
Ridge Nationalclean
Labs energy sources such as solar PV systems can
microgrids powered by
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sustainably power the needs of all human beings equitably around the world. Papers are
solicited especially on Subbarao
the following
topics related to the DC microgrid:
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● Performance
analysis and optimization
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● Reliability and resiliency techniques
● Powering residential and commercial buildings
Organizing
Committee
● DC-powered
active and passive smart solar houses
● DC-powered appliances
Krishna Shenai
● Advanced power electronics
Argonne National Labs
● Storage
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● DC-powered PHEV/EV charging
Real-time monitoring and control
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● Manufacturing
& cost reduction approaches
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Inc.
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● Protection
● Distributed energy generation and integration
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Johnson and policies
● Standards
Tennessee Tech.
Technical Vice Chair
The conference will consist of both oral presentations and poster sessions. Also planned are panel
sessions and vendor shows.
Accepted papers will be uploaded onto the IEEE Explore publication
John Shen
database after the conference.
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Deadline
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extended summary submission: January 19, 2015
Arrangements
Notification of acceptance/rejection decision: March 20, 2015
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Chinthavali
Deadline
for 6-page
full paper submission: April 6, 2015
Oak Ridge National Labs
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For more information, please
check the
conference website:
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http://www.icdcm.co
Cummins
Publicity Chair
Questions pertaining to ICDCM 2015 may be addressed to:
General Chair: Dr. Krishna Shenai, LoPel Corporation, kshenai@yahoo.com
Technical Program Chair: Dr. Rajendra Singh, Clemson University, srajend@clemson.edu