
Tuesday, August 3
10:00 am
Opening Remarks and Keynote Address
Mr. Punter Pierluigi
Senior Vice President, Design and Engineering
Fincantieri Cruise Business Unit
10:30 am
A1L-A
Electric Propulsion and Power Generation
Chair/Co-chair(s): Dwight Alexander, Northrup Grumman; Zareh Soghomonian, FRDA, LLC
Stabilization of Generator Frequency Under Pulsed Load Condition Using Regenerative Propeller Braking
Ronald Matthews, Lee Rashkin, Steven Glover, Norbert Doerry
Endurance Life of Nanostructured Insulation Material for High Torque Density Propulsion Motors
Hiep Nguyen, Yifei Wang, Joanne Ronzello, Jack Chapman, Yang Cao
Assessing the Implementation of Power Take off (PTO) System Onboard Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Carriers
Apostolos Souflis-Rigas, John Prousalidis, George Dimopoulos
Q&A session will begin at 11:30 am
11:00 am
A2L-B
Real-Time Simulation of Shipboard Subsystems
Chair/Co-chair(s): Harish Suryanarayana, ABB; Ali Davoudi, University of Texas Arlington
The Role of Sensitivity Analysis in Stress Testing Real Time Models of Power Systems Controllers
Behshad Mohebali, Karl Schoder, Mark Stanovich, Michael Mischa Steurer, Gordon Erlebacher
A General Common-Bus Architecture for Multiple-Interface Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Studies
Thiago Szymanski, James Langston, Michael Mischa Steurer
A Reconfigurable Megawatt-Scale Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation System for Virtual Motors
Lu Wang, Yanjun Shi, Dionne Soto, James Langston, Matthew Bosworth, John Hauer, Michael Mischa Steurer
Shipboard Zonal Load Center Modeling and Characterization on Real-Time Simulation Platform
Md Multan Biswas, Tyler Deese, James Langston, Harsha Ravindra, Karl Schoder, Michael Mischa Steurer, Herbert Ginn, Christian Schegan
Q&A session will begin at 12:00 pm
11:30 am
A3L-C
Dielectric Challenges 1
Chair: Mona Ghassemi, Virginia Tech; Mike Mazzola, University of North Carolina Charlotte
On the Likelihood of Partial Discharge Inception in Laminated Busbars from Electrified Ships
Gian Carlo Montanari, Riddhi Ghosh, Paolo Seri, Paul Defriece, Jesse Schmeller
Electret: A Remedy for Partial Discharge and Surface Flashover in Shipboard Power Applications
Farhina Haque, Omar Faruqe, Chanyeop Park
Surface Flashover Characteristics of Solid Dielectrics in Shipboard Atmospheric Conditions
Omar Faruqe, Farhina Haque, Han Berdiyev, Chanyeop Park
Characterizing the Surface Charge Distribution and Its Impact on the DC Surface Flashover Voltage of Insulators
Ning Guo, Minuk Lee, Jeong Ho Choi, Tushar Damle, Lukas Graber
Q&A session will begin at 12:30 pm
12:00 pm
A4L-D
Power System Control and Stability
Chair: Fletcher Fleming, DRS Technologies; David Wetz, University of Texas at Arlington
Active Damping Poles Repositioning for DC Shipboard Microgrids Control
Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti, Daniele Bosich, Giorgio Sulligoi
Modeling and Stability Analysis of Radial and Zonal Architectures of a Bipolar DC Ferry Ship
Sachin Yadav, Nils van der Blij, Pavol Bauer
Degradation Aware Predictive Energy Management Strategy for Ship Power Systems
Satish Vedula, Mehrzad Mohammadi Bijaieh, Ellis Oti Boateng, Olugbenga Moses Anubi
Low-Bandwidth Modular Mathematical Modeling of DC Microgrid Systems for Control Development with Application to Shipboard Power Systems
Mehrzad Mohammadi Bijaieh, Satish Vedula, Olugbenga Moses Anubi
Q&A session will begin at 1:00 pm
12:30 pm
B1L-E
Model-Based Systems Engineering 1
Chair: Terry Ericsen, Ericsen Innovations, LLC; Mohamad Zahzah, Ultra EMS
Naval Smart Grid Preliminary Integration Onboard Electric Ships
Andrea Vicenzutti, Giorgio Sulligoi, Vittorio Bucci, Serena Bertagna, Michele Cataneo, Paolo Borghese
Early Stage Modeling of Naval DC Power System for Digital Twin Development Miles
Leonard-Albert, Davis Hobbs, Jack Hannum, Enrico Santi, Kristen Booth
Concept Design Methodology to Enable Naval Smart Grid Onboard Electric Ships
Giorgio Sulligoi, Giorgio Trincas, Andrea Vicenzutti, Luca Braidotti, Michele Cataneo
Subdivision Blocks and Component Placement in Early-Stage Ship Design
Marisa Hoosen, Julie Chalfant
Q&A session will begin at 1:30 pm
Wednesday, August 4
10:00 am
Opening Remarks and Plenary Session 1
High-Density Machines
Chair: Michael Mazzola, UNC Charlotte
11:30 am
B2L-A
Model-Based Systems Engineering 2
Chair/Co-chair(s): Terry Ericsen, Ericsen Innovations, LLC; Mohamad Zahzah, Ultra EMS
Integrating Electrical and Operational Load Models for Control Evaluation
Mark Stanovich, Greg Sinsley, Harsha Ravindra, Daniel F. Opila, John Stevens, Michael Mischa Steurer
Evolution of Operability-Based Performance Metrics for Assessment of Mission Performance
Musharrat Sabah, Isuje Ojo, Aaron Cramer
Reduced Order Model of a Four Zone Medium Voltage DC Electric Ship
Wayne Weaver, Rush Robinett III, David Wilson, Steven Glover
On Estimating the Port Power Demands for Cold Ironing Applications
Fabio D’Agostino, Giacomo Piero Schiapparelli, Stefanos Dallas, Dimosthenis Spathis, Vassilis Georgiou, John Prousalidis
Q&A session will begin at 12:30 pm
12:00 pm
B2L-B
Modeling & Analysis of Shipboard Subsystems
Chair: Harish Suryanarayana, ABB; Ali Davoudi, University of Texas Arlington
Hybrid Analytical and Data-Driven Modeling Techniques for Digital Twin Applications
Andrew Wunderlich, Kristen Booth, Enrico Santi
Averaged-Value Modeling and Modelability Analysis for an Operational Megawatt-Scale Medium-Voltage Modular Multilevel Converter
Lu Wang, Yanjun Shi, Dionne Soto, James Langston, Matthew Bosworth, John Hauer, Michael Mischa Steurer
Modeling of Sources and Power Electronic Converters Installed in a Medium Voltage AC/DC Testbed
Zachary Bailey, Alexander Johnston, David Wetz, Gregory Turner, Christian Schegan, John Heinzel
Optimization Design of Medium-Voltage Modular Converter with Terminal Transient Response Constraint
Qian Li, Igor Cvetkovic, Dushan Boroyevich, Rolando Burgos
Q&A session will begin at 1:00 pm
12:30 pm
B4L-C
Dielectric Challenges 2
Chair: Mona Ghassemi, Virginia Tech; Mike Mazzola, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Behaviour of Surface Electric Field in DC Ship Spacers Under Real Operation Conditions: Voltage Transients and Ripple, Temperature Gradient and Pollution
Robin Ramin, Gian Carlo Montanari, Peter Cheetham, Michael Mischa Steurer
Modeling and Measurement of Internal Partial Discharges in Voids Artificially Made Within 3D-Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA) Block
Moein Borghei, Mona Ghassemi, Behzad Kordi, Derek Oliver
Effects of 7-Level ANPC SiC Inverter on Motor Stator Insulation and Cable Insulation in an Electric Ship Propulsion Drive
Arshiah Mirza, Ali Bazzi
Discrimination of Single- and Multi-Source Corona Discharges Using Deep Residual Network
Moein Borghei, Mona Ghassemi
Q&A session will begin at 1:30 pm
Thursday, August 5
10:00 am
Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker
Dr. Thomas Fu
Department Head, Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms Department
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
10:30 am
C1L-A
EMI, EMC, and Common-Mode Behavior
Chair/Co-chair(s): Chair: Rob Cuzner, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Aaron Brovont, PC Krause & Associates
Common-Mode Capacitance of Bus-Bar-Based Common-Mode Inductors
Harshita Singh, Scott Sudhoff, Robert Swanson
Eliminating Common Mode Conducted Emissions in Three-Phase Four-Leg Inverters
Alexander Julian, Giovanna Oriti, Arthur Krener
Impact of Output Terminations on Conducted Emissions Evaluation of Interface Converters
Andrew Lemmon, Aaron Brovont
Q&A session will begin at 11:30 am
11:00 am
C2L-B
Power System Control and Risk Mitigation
Chair: Fletcher Fleming, DRS Technologies; David Wetz, University of Texas at Arlington
Advanced Load Shedding for Integrated Power and Energy Systems
Bang Nguyen, Tuyen Vu, Colin Ogilvie, Harsha Ravindra, Mark Stanovich, Karl Schoder, Michael Mischa Steurer, Charalambos Konstantinou, Christian Schegan
Redundant Actuators Without Direct Communication for Reactor Control Rod Positioning
Arthur Devine, Daniel F. Opila
A Low Latency Parallel Bus Interface for High-Speed Multi-FPGA RT-Simulations
Michele Difronzo, Herbert Ginn, Andrea Benigni
Evaluation of Communication Network Models for Shipboard Power Systems
Juan Ospina, Charalambos Konstantinou, Mark Stanovich, Michael Mischa Steurer
Q&A session will begin at 12:00 pm
11:30 am
C3L-C
Protection, Reconfiguration, Survivability
Chair: Marie Lawson, Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding; Ali Bazzi, University of Connecticut
Robust 5 kA, 1 kV Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker for Next Generation Marine Power Systems
Rostan Rodrigues, Yuzhi Zhang, Utkarsh Raheja, Pietro Cairoli, Luca Raciti, Antonello Antoniazzi
System Inductance for MVDC Circuit Breakers
Norbert Doerry, John Amy Jr.
Multiple Line-to-Ground Fault Characterization and Mitigation in MVDC Shipboard Electrical Systems
Jacob Gudex, Robert Cuzner
Deep Learning-Based Fault Detection, Classification, and Locating in Shipboard Power Systems
Soroush Senemmar, Jie Zhang
Q&A session will begin at 12:30 pm
12:00 pm
C4L-D
Energy Storage and Pulsating Loads
Chair: Ben Ford, Hepburn & Sons; Stephen Kuznetsov, Raytheon
Using Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation to Study Control of Energy Storage Within Limited-Inertia Power System
James Langston, Kazuki Watanabe, John Hauer, Karl Schoder, Mark Stanovich, Harsha Ravindra, Michael Mischa Steurer
Strategies for Preserving the Battery SOC in DC Shipboard Power Systems
Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti, Daniele Bosich, Giorgio Sulligoi
Battery Management System (BMS) Test Stand Utilizing a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Emulated Battery
Cole Tschritter, David Wetz, Gregory Turner, John Heinzel
The Optimal Control of an Electric Warship Driven by an Operational Vignette
Joseph Young, David Wilson, Marvin Cook
Priority-Based Management of Energy Resources During Power-Constrained Operation of Shipboard Power System
James Langston, Harsha Ravindra, Michael Mischa Steurer, Tom Fikse, Christian Schegan, Joseph Borraccini
Q&A session will begin at 1:00 pm
Friday, August 6
10:00 am
Opening Remarks and Plenary Session
Autonomous Vessels
11:30 am
D1L-A
Electrical Power Conversion for DC Distribution
Chair: Giorgio Sulligoi, University of Trieste; Patrick Lewis, Hepburn & Sons
Medium Voltage Ring-Bus Grid Design Employing Current-Fed, Three-Port Dual Active Bridge Converters with Average Power Flow Control
Zachary Smith, Brandon Grainger
Two-Phase Milli/Microchannel Cooling for SiC Power Module Using Dielectric Fluid Coolant
Bo Tian, Wei Chang, Enrico Santi, Chen Li, Tianyu Zhang, Lang Yuan
Design of a High-Frequency Transformer and 1.7 kV Switching-Cells for an Integrated Power Electronics Building Block (iPEBB)
Narayanan Rajagopal, Ravisekhar Raju, Taha Moaz, Christina Dimarino
Preliminary Investigation Into Liquid-Cooled PEBBs
Joushua Padilla, Julie Chalfant, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, Chathan Cooke
Q&A session will begin at 12:30 pm
12:00 pm
D2L-B
Electrical & Thermal Modeling of Converter Components
Chair: Harish Suryanarayana, ABB; Ali Davoudi, University of Texas Arlington
Packaging of an 8-kV Silicon Carbide Diode Module with Double-Side Cooling and Sintered-Silver Joints
Zichen Zhang, Jiaxiang Zhang, Jiayu Xu, Khai Ngo, Guo-Quan Lu, Emily Cousineau, Paul Paret, Sreekant Narumanchi
Electrothermal Management Using In-Situ Junction Temperature Monitoring for Enhanced Reliability of SiC-Based Power Electronics
Dehao Qin, Gokhan Ozkan, Christopher Edrington, Zheyu Zhang
Empirical Procedure for Estimating Mutual Coupling in High-Performance Power Modules
Ali Shahabi, Andrew Lemmon, Brian Deboi, Troy Beechner, Robert Mayo
vemPEBB: Rapid PEBB Thermal Management Tool
Sam Yang, Juan Ordonez, Yue Xu, Igor Cvetkovic
Component Evaluation and PSpice Modeling for Charge Pump Based Cell Voltage Balancer Development
Mostafa Negm, Manuel Morales, William Lynch
Q&A session will begin at 1:00 pm
12:30 pm
D3L-C
MVDC Power Distribution
Chair: Mike Mazzola, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Mona Ghassemi, Virginia Tech
Coaxial Insulated Bus Pipe, a Low Magnetic Signature Solution for Medium Voltage Direct Current Shipboard Power Distribution
Terrence Northington, Patrick Lewis, Ehsan Alavi, Dustin Carver, Matthew Bosworth
Application of IEC-61800-5 Insulation Coordination to Shipboard Equipment Scaling Studies
Robert Cuzner, William Koebel
HTS Technology Driven Shipboard Power Distribution Architecture – Electrical
Peter Cheetham, Srikar Telikapalli, Taylor Stamm, Chul Kim, Sastry Pamidi
HTS Technology Driven Shipboard Power Distribution Architecture – Cryogenics
Srikar Telikapalli, Peter Cheetham, Chul Kim, Sastry Pamidi
Q&A session will begin at 1:30 pm