July-September 1998 Issue


News Items, July- September1998

On June 9-11, the Energy Laboratory hosted a summer short course entitled "ISO Operations Planning and Design," taught by Dr. Marija Ilic, senior research scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mr. Stephen Connors, director of the Energy Laboratory's Electric Utility Program. The course focused on Independent System Operators (ISOs), competitive goals, and overall electric market structure and covered many of the topics in Dr. Ilic's coedited Kluwer text, Power Systems Restructuring: Engineering and Economics (see e-lab, April-June 1998). Several of the book's contributors gave guest lectures. Companies and organizations sending representatives to the short course included the Edison Electric Institute, Electricité de France, ISO New England, Ontario Hydro, Ottertail Power, the US Department of Energy, Williams, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Princeton University.

In early June, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) named János M. Beér, professor of chemical and fuel engineering and a longtime leader of Energy Laboratory combustion research, as the 1998 recipient of the AIAA Energy Systems Award. The award is presented for a significant contribution in the broad field of energy systems, specifically as related to the application of engineering sciences and systems engineering to the production, storage, distribution, and conservation of energy. Professor Beér was cited for his "distinguished contributions as an educator, researcher, and consultant in techniques, development, and applications in the field of combustion."