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New 2016 Executive Team

Dr. Sameh Kodsi has been selected as the IEEE PES Winnipeg chapter chair for 2016.  Other team members are Valeria Pevtsov (Vice-Chair), Kang Liu (Secretary), Chris Beaudoin (Treasurer), and Michael Sefton (Webmaster).  For further information, please visit https://site.ieee.org/winnipeg-pes/our-team/

2015 Outstanding Engineer Award Winner

The Winnipeg IEEE PES chapter would like to congratulate Dr David Jacobson for achieving the 2015 Outstanding Engineer Award for our chapter.
Dr David Jacobson (S’84, M’90, SM’ 05) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering (with distinction) and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the …

May 2015 Executive Change

Effective May 15, 2015 Mr. John Ermitanio will relinquish his officer duties as Chair of the IEEE PES Winnipeg Chapter due to a career opportunity that will remove him from the province. Mr. Michael Sefton has volunteered to become his successor and Mr. Chris Beaudoin of …

SMART Power Flow Controller for Smart Grid Application Lecture

This news is being posted on behalf of Shan Pandher, Chair of the Southern Alberta Joint PES/IAS Chapter.
On Feb 19, the Southern Alberta Joint PES/IAS Chapter is hosting Dr. Kalyan Sen for a day-long tutorial on Power Flow Controllers.  Dr. Kalyan Sen, IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, presents …

Technical Meeting – December 2014

Title:
Transient Stability Analysis Method Using Dynamic Phasors
Date:
12:00 Noon, Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Location:
Holiday Inn South, 1330 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
Speaker:
Rae Yang
Abstract:
This presentation presents a transient stability method using dynamic Phasors.  This method can be used to investigate low frequency (<5Hz) and sub-synchronous frequency (5Hz-60Hz) oscillations.  It has …

Technical Meeting – November 2013

Title:
Point on Wave System for Breaker Switching: Theory and Application
Date:
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 12:00 noon.
Location:
Holiday Inn South, 1330 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
Speaker:
Serge Roy, PEng and Janet Wheatley, PEng
Abstract:
Alstom breakers GL-314X will be used for switching of 230 kV power lines and capacitors banks. In order to …