{"id":6281,"date":"2023-07-02T20:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T00:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/?page_id=6281"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:27:20","slug":"sr-webinars-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/?page_id=6281","title":{"rendered":"SR Webinars 2024-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6281\" class=\"elementor elementor-6281\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-727ed12 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"727ed12\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1a8bfd\" data-id=\"d1a8bfd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f284a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f284a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Date<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79a44a4\" data-id=\"79a44a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d371ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d371ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recent and Upcoming Presentations and Webinars<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca76e03\" data-id=\"ca76e03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3bae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a3bae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Webinar\/Presentation Slides<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7c8f2c elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7c8f2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b941286\" data-id=\"b941286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf6bb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecf6bb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>15 November 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">COP30, Belem, Brazil<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-279e94c\" data-id=\"279e94c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db07811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db07811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Role of Cross-border Power Transfer in Energy Transition<br \/><\/strong>Invited Speech, Strengthening Capacity Building for Energy Transition<br \/>Hosted by GEIDCO, UNFCCC and PCCB<\/p><p>This paper highlights how cross-border power transfer can help promote energy transition. While the traditional concept of using renewable energy to displace fossil fuel-based energy helps with the target of promoting carbon-free electricity, there is another alternative \u2013 cross-border power transfer \u2013 which can help with achieving the same goal. Examples are given from North America (Canada-US), Europe (France-Portugal-Spain), Africa (Ethiopia-Kenya) and Asia (Laos-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore) where cross-border power transfers are taking place avoiding the use of fossil fuel-based electricity to meet the national electricity needs of the recipient countries. The issue of capacity building to facilitate technology deployment for cross-border power transfer is also discussed<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-834990b\" data-id=\"834990b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a2cd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1a2cd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2262\" height=\"1276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025.png 2262w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025-2048x1155.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GEIDCO_CapacityBuilding_11152025-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2262px) 100vw, 2262px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e76b148 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e76b148\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9ba631\" data-id=\"b9ba631\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a137c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a137c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>06 November 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">IEEEE Online<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7280c2\" data-id=\"e7280c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c3ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15c3ada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Promoting Technology to Achieve a Sustainable Climate<br \/><\/strong>Keynote Speech, OFCCT, IEEE Online<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Technologies for a Sustainable Climate program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d728362\" data-id=\"d728362\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee266d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ee266d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2190\" height=\"1244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7282\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025.png 2190w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OCCCT_SRahman_111062025-2048x1163.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2190px) 100vw, 2190px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2031054 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2031054\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2dcfd8\" data-id=\"b2dcfd8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c28808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c28808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>06 November 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Faridabad, India<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b59555\" data-id=\"9b59555\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5484d0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5484d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>AI Data Center Design and Operation<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, Taylor &amp; Francis Conference, Faridabad, India<\/p><p>Data Centers around the world are heavy users of electricity and water. Industry and governments worldwide are increasingly conscious that DCs cannot continue to grow in an unsustainable manner, without managing their resource footprint. The presentation will use example Data Centers to highlight the sustainability issue.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-512561b\" data-id=\"512561b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16e70c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a16e70c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7268\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025.png 1632w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI_Data_Center_Design_and_Operations_11062025-1536x1141.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c719df1 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c719df1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc251a7\" data-id=\"bc251a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b81df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b81df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>30 October 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Jamshedpur, India<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-614f2c5\" data-id=\"614f2c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f16ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13f16ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Advanced Power Technologies in Optimal Managment of Smart Buildings, Smart Cities &amp; Smart Grids<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, ICE2CPT 2025, NIT, Jamshedpur, India<\/p><p>This lecture explains the Smart Grid ecosystem comprising of the smart grid, smart city, smart campus and smart building. The ecosystem features bi-directional flows of energy, complex interconnected infrastructures, automation, sensors and smart devices.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d8a9b7\" data-id=\"7d8a9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c645479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c645479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2180\" height=\"1228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7278\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025.png 2180w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025-2048x1154.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ICE2CPT_10302025-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2180px) 100vw, 2180px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c8912b elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c8912b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00a74f1\" data-id=\"00a74f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dbcfe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dbcfe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>28 October 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d38c568\" data-id=\"d38c568\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4fb29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b4fb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technology\u2019s Role in Decarbonization in the Electric Power Sector<br \/><\/strong>Keynote Speech, SENZE&#8217;25, Hail, KSA<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a59450\" data-id=\"1a59450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bfcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24bfcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SENZE2025SR2_10282025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SENZE2025SR2_10282025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7258\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SENZE2025SR2_10282025.png 810w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SENZE2025SR2_10282025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SENZE2025SR2_10282025-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62321b0 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62321b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d274e19\" data-id=\"d274e19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f453aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f453aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>26 September 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Washington DC<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-717a14b\" data-id=\"717a14b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4daee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df4daee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Connecting the Unconnected: Solving the Last-Mile Challenge<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, IEEE Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) Summit<\/p><p>Globally there are numerous programs undertaken by UN agencies, national governments and NGOs to give last mile digital access to dispersed communities. The Green Digital Action Program run by the International Telecommunication Union is an example of such activities. The available technologies can be classified as follows.<\/p><p>Wireless Technologies<\/p><ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\"><li>Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)<\/li><li>Mobile Networks (4G, 5G)<\/li><li>Wi-Fi Mesh Networks<\/li><li>TV White Space (TVWS)<\/li><\/ol><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-ZVHuM' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-ZVHuM' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>Satellite Internet<\/p><ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\"><li>GEO Satellites (e.g., Viasat, HughesNet)<\/li><li>LEO Satellites (e.g., Starlink)<\/li><\/ol><p>Hybrid and Emerging Technologies<\/p><ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\"><li>Community Networks<\/li><li>Balloons\/Drones (e.g., Project Loon, HAPS)<\/li><li>Li-Fi (Light Fidelity)<\/li><\/ol><p>Choosing the Right Technology Depends On:<\/p><ul><li>Geography: Terrain, population density.<\/li><li>Budget: Capital and operational costs.<\/li><li>Regulation: Spectrum access, permits.<\/li><li>Speed\/Latency Needs: User expectations and application demands.<\/li><\/ul><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-ZVHuM' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-671eb93\" data-id=\"671eb93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4168fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4168fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2466\" height=\"1390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7248\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025.png 2466w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025-2048x1154.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IEEE_CUC_Presentation_09262025-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2466px) 100vw, 2466px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fda3bc8 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fda3bc8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a972600\" data-id=\"a972600\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4496a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4496a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>18 September 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">CIGRE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c89c1b\" data-id=\"3c89c1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a7401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36a7401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technology\u2019s Role in Achieving Climate Sustainability<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, CIGRE NGN Webinar<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1b96ce\" data-id=\"b1b96ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9252a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9252a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2622\" height=\"1484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7236\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025.png 2622w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CIGRE_NGN3_08182025-2048x1159.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2622px) 100vw, 2622px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57ce565 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57ce565\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d619b2\" data-id=\"2d619b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80007b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80007b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>10 September 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Beijing, China<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c225d7a\" data-id=\"c225d7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1635411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1635411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Role of Technology in Achieving Climate Resilience<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, Tsinghua University Colloquium<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04011fc\" data-id=\"04011fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1ee90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c1ee90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tsinghua_Colloqium_09102025v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tsinghua_Colloqium_09102025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tsinghua_Colloqium_09102025.png 953w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tsinghua_Colloqium_09102025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tsinghua_Colloqium_09102025-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-418a2ff elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"418a2ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc91fb0\" data-id=\"bc91fb0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-888ec83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"888ec83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>09 September 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Beijing, China<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-481325f\" data-id=\"481325f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc47e0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cc47e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A Brief Overview of Energy Storage Systems and their Application-Based Classification<br \/><\/strong>Keynote Speech, GEI Conference on Pumped Storage and New Energy Storage Forum, Beijing China.<\/p><p>Pumped hydro storage (PHS) is one of the most widely used mechanical energy storage systems. PHS accounts for over 94% of the world\u2019s installed energy storage capacity. This stores electrical energy by using the potential energy of water. During low-demand hours, the water is pumped and stored in an upper reservoir. When the demand is high, this stored water is released and converted into electrical power with good efficiency (around 70 to 85%).<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-Xc6Kn' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-Xc6Kn' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>Major Energy Storage System technologies are:<br \/>\u2022 Pumped Hydro Storage (PHS) Systems<br \/>\u2022 Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems (CAES)<br \/>\u2022 Flywheel Energy Storage Systems<br \/>\u2022 Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)<\/p><p>Energy storage is critical in power systems for several reasons:<br \/>\u2022 Balancing Supply and Demand<br \/>\u2022 Mitigating Intermittency of Renewable Energy Sources<br \/>\u2022 Peak Load Management<br \/>\u2022 Grid Stability and Reliability<br \/>\u2022 Energy Arbitrage<br \/>\u2022 Resilience and Backup Power<br \/>\u2022 Transmission and Distribution Support<br \/>\u2022 Microgrids and Off-Grid Applications<br \/>\u2022 Energy Efficiency<br \/>\u2022 Ancillary Services (frequency control, spinning reserves, and energy trading)<br \/>\u2022 Decarbonization<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>2023 IEEE President &amp; CEO<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-Xc6Kn' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9242e8\" data-id=\"b9242e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e80c00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e80c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1982\" height=\"1126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025.png 1982w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pumped_Storage_and_ESS_09092025-1536x873.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1982px) 100vw, 1982px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f052e8 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f052e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cf7771\" data-id=\"3cf7771\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa78d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fa78d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>29 August 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Bangladesh<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a22dbe\" data-id=\"8a22dbe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95968ec elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95968ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IEEE Bangladesh Section Vitality Enhancement Summit 2025<br \/><\/strong>Chief Guest, IEEE Bangladesh Section<\/p><p>An inspirational speech given by Professor Saifur Rahman at the <a class=\"gmail-DXNSlbosknJbpjnPjPkcXtduFQjWIw\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ieee\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ieee\/\">IEEE<\/a> Bangladesh Section Vitality Enhancement Summit in Dhaka on 29 Aug 2025. It was attended by over 150 IEEE Young Professionals and professors from over 15 universities in Bangladesh.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b1a286\" data-id=\"1b1a286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf932f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf932f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TEDx_Dhaka_08292025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1514\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TEDx_Dhaka_08292025.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7189\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TEDx_Dhaka_08292025.jpeg 1514w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TEDx_Dhaka_08292025-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TEDx_Dhaka_08292025-1024x515.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TEDx_Dhaka_08292025-768x387.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1514px) 100vw, 1514px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0329ae elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0329ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a85988\" data-id=\"5a85988\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d1e7d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d1e7d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>16-18 May 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Changsha, China<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71b0097\" data-id=\"71b0097\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fb6a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9fb6a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Opportunities for Carbon Emissions Reduction in the Electric Power Sector<br \/><\/strong>Keynote Speech, IEEE CIEEC 2025, Changsha China<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdf6df7\" data-id=\"fdf6df7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9374b0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9374b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v3_05162025-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2624\" height=\"1488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7157\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025.png 2624w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CIEEC2025_v2_05162025-2048x1161.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2624px) 100vw, 2624px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d2fea6 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d2fea6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fceb5f\" data-id=\"4fceb5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdd1f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdd1f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>08 May 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">GWU ECE Dept.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4b6a4e\" data-id=\"b4b6a4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90ce1b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90ce1b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Role of Technology in Achieving Climate Resilience<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, GWU ECE Department Colloquium<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25d2155\" data-id=\"25d2155\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275b80e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"275b80e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v3_05082025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2630\" height=\"1488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7156\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025.png 2630w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GWU_-Colloqium_v2_05082025-2048x1159.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2630px) 100vw, 2630px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99732e3 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99732e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8460f9\" data-id=\"a8460f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12daa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c12daa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>16 April 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Beijing, China<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e39b566\" data-id=\"e39b566\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1712c96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1712c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A Technology Roadmap to Achieve Climate Resilience<br \/><\/strong>Keynote Speech, 10th ACPEE, Beijing, China<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c28f28\" data-id=\"5c28f28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3915c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3915c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2686\" height=\"1522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7129\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025.png 2686w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025-1536x870.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ACPEE_China_04162025-2048x1160.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2686px) 100vw, 2686px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5c898e elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5c898e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf1171b\" data-id=\"bf1171b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab6ec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ab6ec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>10 April 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Beijing, China<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93006f1\" data-id=\"93006f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3acdcc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3acdcc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Role of Smart Grid in a Resilient Power Grid<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk Power Grid Seminar, Beijing, China<\/p><p>With the focus on environmental sustainability and energy security, power system planners are looking at renewable energy as supplements and alternatives. But such generation sources have their own challenges &#8211; primarily intermittency. It is expected that the smart grid \u2013 due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities \u2013 will have the ability to manage the load, storage and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation. In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. It will therefore be possible to have the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, off-shore electricity, etc. for smoother system operation. But in order for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services. This lecture introduces the operational characteristics of renewable energy sources, and various aspects of the smart grid &#8211; technology, standards and regulations.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5216ce\" data-id=\"f5216ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-874cbe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"874cbe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_v2_04102025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2360\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7063\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025.png 2360w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GEIDCO_Seminar_Beijing_04102025-2048x1156.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2360px) 100vw, 2360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21c234c elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21c234c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29d34b6\" data-id=\"29d34b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29291ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29291ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>05 April 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Stony Brook, NY<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab47fe9\" data-id=\"ab47fe9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f987562 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f987562\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IEEE\u2019s Role in Achieving Climate Resilience<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, IEEE R1-R2 Student Conference, Stony Brook University, NY<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee60a06\" data-id=\"ee60a06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc50f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc50f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_v2_04052025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2716\" height=\"1532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7049\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025.png 2716w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025-2048x1155.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SBU_Talk_04052025-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2716px) 100vw, 2716px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0bdf3d elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0bdf3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a66c1\" data-id=\"31a66c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec6f7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ec6f7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>19 March 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Long Beach, CA<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4eee2a2\" data-id=\"4eee2a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bddf56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bddf56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Pathways for Climate Sustainability with the Accelerated Deployment of Electric Vehicles<br \/><\/strong>Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER2025). Long Beach, CA.<\/p><p>Global warming caused by greenhouse gas releases (GHG) into the atmosphere is now considered an existential threat to society and biodiversity. To limit global warming, the United States and many other countries have submitted a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the reduction of their net GHG emissions by 2030. The transportation sector, responsible for over a third of GHG emissions in the US, is a major target for reducing carbon intensity.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-Ru5od' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-Ru5od' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>The analysis presented in this paper highlights the challenges and opportunities to de-carbonize the economy through accelerated and large-scale deployment of zero-emission Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the next 10-25 years. The fact that an EV has no tailpipe emissions does not mean that the use of an EV is emission-free. The question needs to be asked \u2013 where is the electricity to charge the EV coming from? If an EV is charged by electricity from a coal-fired power plant, then the EV is not emission-free. This paper reports on the number of EVs based on EV registration data, and electricity generation mix in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia. A state\u2019s carbon reduction credential from the transportation sector cannot be judged alone by the number of EVs on the road, we need to also know the carbon intensity from electricity generation in the state. The discussion in this paper highlights how states can improve their carbon intensity credentials not just by bringing more EVs onto the roads, but also by bringing low or no-carbon electricity into their electricity generation mix.<\/p><p>Keywords: Decarbonization; Electric Vehicle; GHG Emissions; Electricity Generation Mix<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-Ru5od' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7199eda\" data-id=\"7199eda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4fcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe4fcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2024\" height=\"996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7058\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025.png 2024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CSER2025_Rahman_03192025-1536x756.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2024px) 100vw, 2024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b8e921 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b8e921\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f19f05f\" data-id=\"f19f05f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15a062 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c15a062\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>05 February 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Arlington, Virginia<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d25051d\" data-id=\"d25051d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddce74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddce74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technology&#8217;s Role in Achieving and Resilient Climate<\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, Virginia Tech ECE Department Colloquium,\u00a0 Arlington, VA<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c113310\" data-id=\"c113310\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238a880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"238a880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VT_ECE_Colloqium2_02052025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1497\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VT_ECE_Colloqium_02052025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7021\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VT_ECE_Colloqium_02052025.png 1497w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VT_ECE_Colloqium_02052025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VT_ECE_Colloqium_02052025-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VT_ECE_Colloqium_02052025-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1497px) 100vw, 1497px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e299bd2 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e299bd2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0c2b4f\" data-id=\"c0c2b4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b66cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50b66cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>15 January 2025<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Jamshedpur, India<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fdc7b7\" data-id=\"0fdc7b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b55f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0b55f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Smart Grid and the Integration of Renewables<\/strong><br \/>Online Workshop on Distributed Energy Resources, NIT Jamshedpur, India<\/p><p>With the focus on environmental sustainability and energy security, power system planners are looking at renewable energy as supplements and alternatives. But such generation sources have their own challenges &#8211; primarily intermittency. It is expected that the smart grid \u2013 due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities \u2013 will have the ability to manage the load, storage and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-1mRyM' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-1mRyM' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. It will therefore be possible to have the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, off-shore electricity, etc. for smoother system operation. But in order for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services. This lecture introduces the operational characteristics of renewable energy sources, and various aspects of the smart grid &#8211; technology, standards and regulations. It also addresses the interplay among distributed generation, storage and conventional generation to provide an efficient operational strategy in the context of the smart grid.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-1mRyM' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecd2b53\" data-id=\"ecd2b53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f824407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f824407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PELS_Workshop_India_v3_01152025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1226\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PELS-Workshop_India_01152025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PELS-Workshop_India_01152025.png 1226w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PELS-Workshop_India_01152025-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PELS-Workshop_India_01152025-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PELS-Workshop_India_01152025-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-867fe29 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"867fe29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2c1d07\" data-id=\"f2c1d07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419f5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"419f5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>11 November 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Baku, Azerbajian<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f8e970\" data-id=\"8f8e970\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-384366e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"384366e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IEEE Climate Change: Focusing on Technology for Climate Resilience<\/strong><br \/>WFEO Side Event at COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan<\/p><p>In the face of accelerating climate change impacts, resilience is critical to helping safeguard communities and ecosystems across the globe. This intervention will focus on the role of technology in enhancing climate resilience, focusing on the contributions led by IEEE. This includes work on a framework and a roadmap for advancing climate resilience through targeted technological innovation, including the identification and implementation of technologies and technical standards that align with climate policies, and developing practical tools for deploying tech related to climate goals. It will also address collaboration as a central element in developing tech solutions such as early warning systems and data-driven decisions to boost climate resilience. And it will discuss why and how active partnerships among government, industry, academia and international bodies to coordinate efforts toward resilience can help fuel widespread adoption of climate solutions.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fa42c8\" data-id=\"5fa42c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f4e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6f4e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6904\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SRahman_COP29_11112024-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3477d04 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3477d04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f3b8d4\" data-id=\"0f3b8d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d885d17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d885d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>09 November 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dhaka, Bangladesh<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b16651c\" data-id=\"b16651c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c6ce14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c6ce14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A Clean-Tech Solution for a Resilient Climate <\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable Future, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-506021a\" data-id=\"506021a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea912f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea912f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BUET_Symposium_11092024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BUET_Symposium_11092024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6889\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BUET_Symposium_11092024.png 1333w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BUET_Symposium_11092024-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BUET_Symposium_11092024-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BUET_Symposium_11092024-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9233072 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9233072\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b539fa7\" data-id=\"b539fa7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6862714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6862714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>07 November 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dhaka, Bangladesh<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b5cfdb\" data-id=\"6b5cfdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65cc276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65cc276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Satyendranath Bose: Promoting His Legacy for the Future<\/strong><br \/>Centennial Celebration of Bose Einstein Statistics: Legacy of Dhaka<br \/>Dhaka University, Bangladesh<\/p><p>Satyendranath Bose was one of the luminaries of Indian science in the early to mid-twentieth century India. All of them were based in Kolkata with the exception of Prof. Satyendranath Bose who was a professor of physics at Dhaka University from 1921 to 1945. He was born in Kolkata in 1898. Bose\u2019s academic journey began at the Hindu School in Kolkata. He continued his education at the Presidency College, Kolkata, where he pursued his undergraduate studies in mathematics.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-th2sW' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-th2sW' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>S. N. Bose received his master\u2019s degree in mixed mathematics from the University of Calcutta in 1915, standing first in the examination. He taught at the Calcutta Science College from 1915 to 1920, then moved to the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a Reader in the Department of Physics. S.N. Bose&#8217;s work at Dhaka University established him as one of the key figures in Indian science, laying the foundation for future advancements in quantum physics.<\/p><p>While at Dhaka University, Bose wrote his groundbreaking paper titled &#8220;Planck&#8217;s Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta,&#8221; in which he derived Planck&#8217;s law for blackbody radiation without using classical physics. Instead, he used a novel statistical method to treat photons (light quanta) as indistinguishable particles. This statistical formulation is known as Bose-Einstein statistics. This statistical theory described the behavior of certain types of particles, later called \u201cbosons,\u201d named after him. There have been four Nobel Prizes in Physics awarded for work related to bosons starting from 1979 till 2022.<\/p><p>He returned to Kolkata in 1945 and joined the University of Calcutta as a professor and <br \/>continued teaching and research there till 1956. In 1958 he became a Fellow of the UK Royal Society. He passed away in 1974.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President and CEO 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-th2sW' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11dbf30\" data-id=\"11dbf30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598bb2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"598bb2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6879\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SN_Bose_Lecture_11072024-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8205873 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8205873\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be76e51\" data-id=\"be76e51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c743bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c743bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>21 September 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">India<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca9f010\" data-id=\"ca9f010\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c265ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c265ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Smart Grid and the Evolving Power Grid<\/strong><br \/>Keynote Speech, NKCon 2024, India<\/p><p>With the focus on environmental sustainability and energy security, power system planners are looking at renewable energy as supplements and alternatives. But such generation sources have their own challenges &#8211; primarily intermittency.\u00a0 It is expected that the smart grid \u2013 due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities \u2013 will have the ability to manage the load, storage and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-2skWD' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-2skWD' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. It will therefore be possible to have the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, off-shore electricity, etc. for smoother system operation. But in order for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services. This lecture introduces the operational characteristics of renewable energy sources, and various aspects of the smart grid technology.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President and CEO 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-2skWD' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fd9227\" data-id=\"3fd9227\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d3377 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42d3377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6868\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024.png 2354w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024-1536x936.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NKCon_09212024-2048x1248.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2354px) 100vw, 2354px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bc4ad2 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bc4ad2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e960d85\" data-id=\"e960d85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f089dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f089dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>13 September 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Rajshahi, Bangladesh<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eee5dc9\" data-id=\"eee5dc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a164d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a164d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A low-carbon electricity paradigm to help with decarbonization<\/strong><br \/>Keynote Speech, IEEE PEEIACON, RUET<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President and CEO 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dddfdc\" data-id=\"4dddfdc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b330e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b330e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PEEIACON_RUET_v2_09132024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1289\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PEEIACON_RUET_09132024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6790\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PEEIACON_RUET_09132024.png 1289w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PEEIACON_RUET_09132024-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PEEIACON_RUET_09132024-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PEEIACON_RUET_09132024-768x444.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1289px) 100vw, 1289px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aec2898 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aec2898\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68816e1\" data-id=\"68816e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c7b10f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c7b10f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>22 July 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Bengaluru, India<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb6d5ea\" data-id=\"fb6d5ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4dfdf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4dfdf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sustainable Space<br \/><\/strong>Invited Talk, IEEE Space Aerospace and Defense Conference<\/p><p>Sustainable space refers to the concept of enabling human activities in space while protecting and preserving a neutral space environment for future generations. The focus needs to be on the following. Developing space technologies and practices that minimize the negative impact on space ecosystems. Designing spacecraft and habitats with minimal environmental impact. Embracing sustainable practices in space exploration and utilization. Ensuring the long-term viability of human activities beyond earth while also protecting the pristine space environment. The following key operating attributes can help to achieve this goal.<\/p><p><strong><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-1LUIW' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-1LUIW' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/strong><\/p><p>1. Mitigation of Space Debris<br \/>2. Sustainable Satellite Operations<br \/>3. Regulatory and Policy Measures<br \/>4. Space Traffic Management<br \/>5. Environmental Protection of Celestial Bodies<br \/>6. Innovative Technology Development<br \/>7. International Collaboration and Governance<br \/>8. Public Awareness and Education<br \/>9. Economic and Market Incentives<\/p><p>In summary, space sustainability is a complex and multifaceted challenge that requires a coordinated effort across technological, regulatory, and societal domains. By integrating these approaches, the international community can work towards a future where outer space remains a viable and neutral environment for exploration and utilization.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President and CEO 2023<\/p><p><strong><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-1LUIW' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b9f4d9\" data-id=\"3b9f4d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cbc6ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cbc6ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1948\" height=\"1104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6782\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024.png 1948w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IEEE_Sustainable_Spaces_07222024-1536x871.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1948px) 100vw, 1948px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e1fc33 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e1fc33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35e6e3c\" data-id=\"35e6e3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0589f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0589f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>19 July 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Kolkata, India<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2b6184\" data-id=\"b2b6184\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd82ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd82ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Opportunities for Low-carbon Electricity for Climate Change Mitigation<\/strong><br \/>Distinguished Lecture, JC Bose Science Heritage Museum<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President and CEO 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e7668e\" data-id=\"5e7668e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c9003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7c9003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bose_Inst4_07192024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1328\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bose_Inst4_07192024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6773\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bose_Inst4_07192024.png 1328w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bose_Inst4_07192024-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bose_Inst4_07192024-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bose_Inst4_07192024-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8fee2f elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8fee2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1169bf5\" data-id=\"1169bf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a8dd91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a8dd91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>12 July 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Davos, Switzerland<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11521b3\" data-id=\"11521b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5bd1d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5bd1d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Practical and Acceptable Clean-Tech Solutions for a Resilient Climate<\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, iCANX, Davos, Switzerland<\/p><p>While industrialized nations are slowly moving away from fossil-fuel based electricity, emerging economies are still heavily reliant on fossil fuels which are the most readily available electricity generation sources for them. A nuanced approach is proposed which will see industrialized nation states collaborating with emerging economies to deploy a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation, storage and demand side management with advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency and nuclear power.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President and CEO 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8f814b\" data-id=\"f8f814b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7a3941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7a3941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANx_Rahman_07122024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2220\" height=\"1194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6750\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024.png 2220w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/iCANX_Rahman_07122024-2048x1101.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2220px) 100vw, 2220px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c986bf1 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c986bf1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b71ec4\" data-id=\"9b71ec4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6df9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e6df9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>08 June 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">IEEE YP Seminar<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87087ab\" data-id=\"87087ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596c74b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"596c74b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Role of Renewables in Climate Change<\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, IEEE Education Society YP Seminar<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7531c38\" data-id=\"7531c38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067b436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"067b436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_EduSoc_YP_06082024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1330\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_EduSoc_YP_06082024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6722\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_EduSoc_YP_06082024.png 1330w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_EduSoc_YP_06082024-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_EduSoc_YP_06082024-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_EduSoc_YP_06082024-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1330px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df2be43 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df2be43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-056f276\" data-id=\"056f276\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff380ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff380ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>03 June 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Delhi, India<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47224be\" data-id=\"47224be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9291f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9291f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Promoting Technology for a Sustainable Climate<\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, IEEE Sensors Council and AESS<br \/>Delhi Section Chapters<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25f226f\" data-id=\"25f226f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923ee8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"923ee8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1331\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6742\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2.png 1331w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IEEE_Delhi_06032024_v2-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e920b0b elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e920b0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf4b158\" data-id=\"bf4b158\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b474cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b474cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>23 May 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fef5061\" data-id=\"fef5061\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c135cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c135cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Smart Grid as a Facilitator to Integrate Renewables into the Power Grid<\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, IEEE Saudi Arabia Section, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia<\/p><p>With the focus on environmental sustainability and energy security, power system planners are looking at renewable energy as supplements and alternatives. But such generation sources have their own challenges &#8211; primarily intermittency. It is expected that the smart grid \u2013 due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities \u2013 will have the ability to manage the load, storage and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-ybQjM' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-ybQjM' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. It will therefore be possible to have the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, off-shore electricity, etc. for smoother system operation. But in order for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services. This lecture introduces the operational characteristics of renewable energy sources, and various aspects of the smart grid &#8211; technology, standards and regulations. It also addresses the role policymakers and regulators need to play by making utilities be proactive in the Integration of Renewables into the Power Grid.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-ybQjM' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-516bc3e\" data-id=\"516bc3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd20fae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd20fae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_KSA_Section_05232024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1332\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_KSA_Section_05232024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6711\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_KSA_Section_05232024.png 1332w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_KSA_Section_05232024-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_KSA_Section_05232024-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_KSA_Section_05232024-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1332px) 100vw, 1332px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-907f003 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"907f003\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb01e4a\" data-id=\"cb01e4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dedce7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dedce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>16 May 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Amsterdam<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d37e88f\" data-id=\"d37e88f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ee8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1ee8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technology Roadmap for Energy Transition Through New Energy and Storage <\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, European Energy Transition Theme Forum, European Association for Energy Storage Trade<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, and addresses its causes and impacts. It addresses new energy and storage solutions for climate sustainability. It promotes a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power, transportation and industry sectors. It addresses the role of carbon-free sources (solar, wind, hydro and nuclear) to achieve net-zero economies. It also addresses the role of storage to facilitate the integration of renewables into the grid and helping with energy-independence for off-grid communities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de00c50\" data-id=\"de00c50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc346c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acc346c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ESTEC-Forum_05162024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1480\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ESTEC-Forum_05162024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6707\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ESTEC-Forum_05162024.png 1480w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ESTEC-Forum_05162024-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ESTEC-Forum_05162024-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ESTEC-Forum_05162024-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a99d7d elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a99d7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9debcf\" data-id=\"c9debcf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8a655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd8a655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>04 May 2024<br><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dhaka, Bangladesh<br><\/span><br><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f3d1ab\" data-id=\"7f3d1ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0622a44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0622a44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technology Solutions for Climate Sustainability <\/strong><br \/>Keynote Speech, Technical Experts\u2019 Forum IEEE Bangladesh Section<\/p><p>This lecture explains what carbonization is, addresses its causes and impacts. It then offers technological solutions to reduce CO2 emissions from the electric power sector which is responsible over 30% of global Carbon emissions. In order to address the reduction of carbon emissions from the electric power sector, a collaborative approach between the industrialized nation states and emerging economies is necessary. This will involve a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation from wind, solar, hydro and nuclear, storage, cross-border power transfer and advanced technology focusing on energy efficiency. This talk also discusses the IEEE Climate Change program and related activities.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3dcb97\" data-id=\"b3dcb97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9e8a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff9e8a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_BD_Section_keynote_05042024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_BD_Section_keynote_05042024.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6696\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_BD_Section_keynote_05042024.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_BD_Section_keynote_05042024-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_BD_Section_keynote_05042024-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEEE_BD_Section_keynote_05042024-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bd1f71 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bd1f71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-943cc29\" data-id=\"943cc29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8155dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8155dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>02-04 May 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dhaka, Bangladesh<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb9d409\" data-id=\"eb9d409\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb02fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebb02fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Role of ICT in Optimal Management of Smart Buildings, Smart Cities and Smart Grids <\/strong><br \/>Keynote Speech, 6th IEEE International Conference on EE and ICT MIST, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p><p>Advanced information and communication technology (ICT) applications in commercial buildings, schools, libraries, shopping centers, etc. offer low-cost but highly effective monitoring and control opportunities. Sensors deployed in key locations in buildings can monitor the building environment in real-time, collect information for intelligent decision making, and facilitate various services. Such large-scale deployment of sensors and controllers makes the building energy efficient.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-wWARl' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-wWARl' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>A smart city relies on widely distributed smart devices to monitor the urban environment in real-time, collects information for intelligent decision making, and facilitates various services to improve the quality of urban living. Smart cities address urban challenges such as pollution, energy efficiency, security, parking, traffic, transportation, and others by utilizing ICT and communications interconnectivity via the Internet. The proliferation of personal mobile devices and development of online social networks make participatory sensing viable at a large scale but can introduce many open problems at the same time.<\/p><p>A smart grid &#8211; due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities \u2013 has the capability to manage the electrical load (residential, commercial and industrial), storage and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation, and thus helps with decarbonization. In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. But, in order for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-wWARl' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76edf13\" data-id=\"76edf13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2871ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2871ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIST2024_05042024_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIST2024_05042024_Final.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6686\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIST2024_05042024_Final.png 1360w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIST2024_05042024_Final-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIST2024_05042024_Final-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIST2024_05042024_Final-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4df7acf elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4df7acf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-535f938\" data-id=\"535f938\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93b87f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93b87f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>22 April 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81f5b21\" data-id=\"81f5b21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d4f12b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d4f12b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Role of the Smart Grid in Facilitating the Integration of Renewables into the Power Grid<\/strong><br \/>Keynote Speech, ICREGA&#8217;24, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia<\/p><p>With the focus on environmental sustainability and energy security, power system planners are looking at renewable energy as supplements and alternatives. But such generation sources have their own challenges &#8211; primarily intermittency. It is expected that the smart grid \u2013 due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities \u2013 will have the ability to manage the load, storage and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation.<\/p><p><div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-XR13U' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-XR13U' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p><p>In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. It will therefore be possible to have the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, off-shore electricity, etc. for smoother system operation. But in order for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services. This lecture introduces the operational characteristics of renewable energy sources, and various aspects of the smart grid &#8211; technology, standards and regulations. It also addresses the role policymakers and regulators need to play by making utilities be proactive in the Integration of Renewables into the Power Grid.<\/p><p>Saifur Rahman, PhD<br \/>Joseph Loring Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director<br \/>Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA<br \/>IEEE President 2023<\/p><p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-XR13U' data-more='Read more' data-less='Read less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb22b18\" data-id=\"eb22b18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1874dc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1874dc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2072\" height=\"1178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6670\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204.png 2072w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.srahman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ICREGA24_0422204-2048x1164.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2072px) 100vw, 2072px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35497b6 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35497b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a12f1cc\" data-id=\"a12f1cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b972a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b972a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>20 March 2024<br \/><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dhaka, Bangladesh<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f428ba5\" data-id=\"f428ba5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-937dd71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"937dd71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IEEE: Advancing Technology for Humanity <\/strong><br \/>Invited Talk, Prime University, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p><p>This presentation highlights IEEE as a mission-based organization and the five themes under which the institute operates. 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