LSU ECE Seminar Announcement and Schedule

         On Thursday, 15 January 2026, 10:00 - 11:00,                  
         in Room 3216E Patrick F. Taylor Hall:                         
                                                                       
              Pathways to Realize High-Performance and Sustainable     
                           Electro-Mechanical Systems                  
                                                                       
                                Nishanth Gadiyar                       
                         Oak Ridge National Laboratory                 
                                                                       
         Abstract--Electro-mechanical energy conversion systems are    
         integral to modern transportation and industrial applications.
         Traditionally, key components of these systems are designed   
         and optimized separately and then coupled, often leading to   
         inefficiencies and redundancies that limit overall system     
         performance. This seminar presents a multi-physics,           
         system-level electro-mechanical co-design approach,           
         highlighted through a case study of an integrated             
         electro-hydraulic machine for off-highway vehicle             
         electrification that demonstrates significant system-level    
         performance gains. The seminar then explores how advances in  
         manufacturing and materials science, particularly additive    
         manufacturing, can be leveraged to push the performance limits
         of electric machines and electro-mechanical systems. Finally, 
         the concept of multi-harmonic electric machines is introduced 
         as a promising pathway towards sustainable, high-performance  
         electrified systems.                                          
                                                                       
         Bio--Dr.. Nishanth Gadiyar is an Electric Machinery Design R&D
         Staff Member at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL),     
         where he also holds the Alvin M. Weinberg Distinguished Staff 
         Fellowship. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in         
         Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of    
         Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests are at the          
         intersection of electric machine design, power-electronic     
         drives, and physics-based control.                            
                                                                       
         Before joining ORNL in 2024, Dr.\ Gadiyar worked in the       
         industry as a Research Engineer with the GE Aerospace Research
         Center in Niskayuna, NY. He is actively involved with the IEEE
         and serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on
         Transportation Electrification and the IEEE Transactions on   
         Industry Applications. He is a member of multiple IEEE        
         standards working groups and conference committees, and has   
         been elected as the General Co-Chair for the 2029 IEEE        
         Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC).              
                                                                       
         Thursday, 15 January 2026, 10:00 - 11:00                      
         Room 3216E Patrick F. Taylor Hall                             
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Schedule as of 13 Jan 2026.  For updates visit https://www.lsu.edu/eng/ece/seminar

Title:   From Semantic to Physics-Structured Intelligence: Industrial Foundation Models for Power Systems
Speaker: Haoran Li
         UIUC and MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
When:    Tuesday, 20 January 2026,  10:00 - 11:00
Where:   \zoomlink{https://lsu.zoom.us/j/91675430840}

Title:   Learning-Enabled Decision-Making in Power and Energy Systems
Speaker: Meiyi Li
         University of Texas, Austin
When:    Wednesday, 21 January 2026,  10:30 - 11:30
Where:   Room 3316E Patrick F. Taylor Hall

Title:   Dynamic Microgrid Framework for Planning and Execution of Distribution System Black Start and Restoration
Speaker: Salish Maharjan
         Iowa State University
When:    Thursday, 22 January 2026,  10:00 - 11:00
Where:   Room 3316E Patrick F. Taylor Hall

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PDF announcements suitable for posting visit

https://www.lsu.edu/eng/ece/seminar