As part of the 2025 IEEE Green Technologies Conference, the Industry Summit will be an evening on Thursday March 27th, focused on energy policy with speakers from energy generators, transmission, and major retailers.
Schedule
| Time | Event | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00 pm | Infrastructure Resilience Summit | Santa Fe |
| 6:00 pm | Meet & Greet | Aster Lounge |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner Banquet | Beggs Ballroom |
Infrastructure Resilience Summit
Moderator
Dr. Salman Mohagheghi
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Mohagheghi received the B.Eng. from University of Tehran, Iran, the M.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and the Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA all in Electrical Engineering. He joined Colorado School of Mines in January 2011 to pursue research and teaching interests in various areas of power and energy systems. Prior to joining Mines, he was a Senior R&D Engineer at ABB Corporate Research Center, Raleigh, NC, where he worked on design and implementation of solutions for advanced distribution automation systems and distributed energy management.
Panelists
Dr. Jennifer Fowler
Arkansas NSF EPSCoR Program Director
Dr. Jennifer Fowler is the statewide program director of Arkansas NSF EPSCoR, and principal investigator for the current Track-1 project, Data Analytics that are Robust and Trusted (DART, OIA-1946391). She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Arkansas and her PhD from Arkansas State University. Prior to her promotion to PI/PD, she served for 7 years as the Director of Education, Outreach, & Diversity for Arkansas NSF EPSCoR and the Center for Advanced Surface Engineering, where she implemented a variety of programs and activities to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). She was recently elected to the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board of Directors. Jennifer serves as both a Team Coach and Director of Partner Engagement for National AI Campus, a novel workforce program developed at Arkansas State University to provide foundational skills training in artificial intelligence and machine learning. She also volunteers with Girl Scouts Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas as a member of the Board of Directors and the Founding Chair of the council’s DEIA committee, and the ASMSA Board of Visitors.
Dr. Anil Pahwa
University Distinguished Professor, Logan-Fetterhoof Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty of Distinction Chair, Kansas State University
Dr. Anil Pahwa is Logan-Fetterhoof Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University and a Fellow of the Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE). He received PhD from Texas A&M University in 1983, MS from University of Maine in 1979, and BE (Honors) from BITS-Pilani, India in 1975, all in electrical engineering. He served as Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University from 2004 to 2007. Dr. Pahwa has served as officer in several IEEE Power and Energy Society committees over the past 20 years. He was Chair of Power and Energy Education Committee in 2012 and 2013, and presently he is an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. Dr. Pahwa received the Staszesky Distribution Automation Award in 2012 and Prize Paper Award in 2013 from IEEE PES. He received Erickson Public Service Award in 2011 and Frankenhoff Outstanding Research Award in 2012 from the College of Engineering of Kansas State University. His research and teaching interests include smart grid, distribution system planning, intelligent computational methods for power systems, renewable energy, and sustainability. Dr. Pahwa has worked on several research projects sponsored by the utilities in Kansas, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy. His research on power and energy has taken him to several countries including Australia, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Cape Verde, and Turkey.
Steve Frank, PE
Civil Engineer, MKEC Engineering, Inc
Steve graduated from Kansas State University in December of 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. After a few engineering career moves, Steve landed at MKEC Engineering, Inc. in April 2013.
Predominately, Steve works as a project manager and design engineer in MKEC’s Wichita Transportation Department, but he is also involved with multi-disciplinary industrial projects from time to time. Steve is currently serving on Wichita State University’s Applied Engineering Advisory Board.
