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ESIC Power Seminar Series

Every Fall and Spring semester, ESIC brings in both academic and industry members to speak on recent developments within power engineering. This often involves their own research and keeps our own students up to date on the latest research being done.

Our seminar series is welcome to anyone and can be accessed through TEAMS or in person in EME 26 at WSU Pullman. The seminar takes place every Wednesday of Fall and Spring semester from 10am to 11am PST. Information on upcoming seminars is posted here and on LinkedIn. Check back for updates, we hope to see you there.

Can’t make the seminar? All seminars are recorded and posted to our YouTube.

View all seminar recordings on our YouTube and previous seminar information (including a link to the video or slide deck) in our Seminar Archives.

Seminar Archives

Spring 2026 Power Seminar Series

Join all ESIC and AGI sponsored seminars on every Wednesday from 10 am –11 am. Check back for updates on the upcoming seminar series.

Spring 2026	Seminar Title	Speaker
April 29 View Recorded Seminar	Computational Frontiers in Distribution System Organization: Scaling to Meet the Grid-Edge Challenge	Rabayat Sadnan
April 22 View Recorded Seminar	The Dual Frontier Between AI and the Power Grid	Hao Zhu
April 15 View Recorded Seminar	PSERC Seminar: Model Predictive Control for Enhancing Operations of DER Aggregators	Lalitha Sankar
April 8 View Recorded Seminar	Challenges of Open-Source Software in Power Systems Operation	Christoph Lackner
April 1 View Recorded Seminar	AGI Seminar: Electromagnetic Transient Modeling of Large Data Centers for Grid Integration Studies	Brett Ross
March 25 View Recorded Seminar	PSERC Seminar: IBR Stability Analysis Methods: Pitfalls and Misconceptions	Saeed Lotfifard
March 11 View Recorded Seminar	Observations About Propagation, Attenuation, and Radiation of EMI From HVDC Converter Stations \| Energy Systems Innovation Center \| Washington State University	Robert Olsen
March 4 View Recorded Seminar	PSERC Seminar: How Grid-Scale Storage Cuts Curtailment and Load Shedding Beyond Its Nameplate: Insights from Four Decades of Weather-Driven Renewable Variability in a Validated Future Grid	Elnaz Kabir
February 25 View Recorded Seminar	AGI Seminar: Multi-Time-Scale Modeling of Multi-Terminal HVDC Grids for Interconnection-Level Power System Analysis	Quan Nguyen
February 18 View Recorded Seminar	Planning and Operation of Resilient AC/DC Grids Using Decision Support Tools	Hakan Ergun
February 4 View Recorded Seminar	Modern Digital Secondary Systems: How Sampled Values and TiDL Enable Protection and Control	Md. Aamir Rahmani
January 21 View Recorded Seminar	PSERC Seminar: Advances in Grid-Forming Technology	Hugo N. Villegas Pico
January 15 View Recorded Seminar	Washington State’s Clean Energy Challenge: What is the Opportunity Space for WSU’s Institute for Northwest Energy Futures	Michael Kintner-Meyer

All seminars are “ESIC Seminars” unless otherwise indicated