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“Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”
American Institute of Physics: The command issued by the character Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" finds its way into the archive of photographs of Nobel Laureates consorting with politicians at the University of Michigan and elsewhere.
Education & Healthcare Facility Electrotechnology Committee
This committee's purpose is to provide academic researchers and practicing electrical designers in the education and healthcare facilities industry easier access to the expertise of 400,000 electrical power and telecommunication engineers across the globe. Today we revisit the feasibility of impedance grounding for large campus medium voltage distribution systems with experts from the University of California Berkeley and the University of Michigan.
Electric Load Growth
Claim: The U.S. power system already has significant "headroom" because it is designed for rare peak events. Leveraging modest flexibility from new loads can unlock this capacity quickly, enabling faster integration of high-growth loads while keeping costs lower for ratepayers. During today's session -- and ahead of our presentation at the May IEEE I&CPS Conference we revisit the February 19th webinar at the Nicholas School of the Environment.
Quadrivium: Spring
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Reaction: April 16 Open Meeting
Comments on last week's meeting. With link to latest Wood Mackenzie report on USA transformer shortage; relevant to discussion at the May IEEE I&CPS Conference in Lexington.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We met both deadlines for the IEEE National Electrical Safety Code and the NFPA National Electrical Code. We are now in the process of getting ready for our on-site May 4th meeting in Lexington. Kentucky.
The $7 Billion Stargate “Barn”
Michigan’s largest one-time private investment $7 Billion. By comparison, the Mackinac Bridge built in 1957 cost about $1 billion in 2026 dollars.
A novel smart energy management system in sports stadiums
Collegiate sport venues consume huge electrical energy. This paper proposes a novel embedded real-time, smart, and active energy management system to monitor and efficiently manage such huge and typically uncontrolled energy for minimizing energy consumption and cost per day while considering spectators preferences, comfort level in behavioral modification program, and health aspects.