RF & Microwave Engineering: Perspectives of a Hardware Engineer
Ms. Chelsi Wieland
Lead R&D Microwave Hardware Engineer
Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA
Thu, 10/03/2024
Abstract: Hardware engineering is a critical to designing and manufacturing successful high frequency systems and presents unique and complex challenges. This presentation will discuss what delineates RF, microwave, and high frequency engineering as a specialization and describe some design and testing methodologies useful in application. Additionally, some basic simulations and troubleshooting stories will be shared and the role of a hardware engineering lead discussed.”
Bio: Chelsi Wieland earned B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics and finished a Master in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, specializing in RF, microwave, and integrated circuit design, in 2012. Chelsi has worked in a variety of application spaces as a hardware engineer, from COTS based PCBs in densely integrated analog and digital platforms, to CMOS integrated circuit design. Chelsi began working for Keysight 2022 as project lead and a technical contributor. She transitioned quickly to research and development specializing in high frequency and microwave and is currently working as a hardware technical lead on next generation systems at Keysight.
Microgrid-Based Smart Grids: Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things for Improved Resilience/Self-Healing
Dr. Hashem Nehrir
IEEE Life Fellow and Emeritus Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Montana State University
Thu, 09/19/2024
Abstract: In this presentation, first, a brief history of the production and evolution of electricity will be presented, then an overview of our body of work on the application of artificial intelligence (AI)-based control techniques and Internet of things (IoT) for control and management of microgrids (MGs), which are considered the cornerstone of smart distribution grid, will be presented.
In general, MG power management is a multi-objective problem and may not have a single solution, and it is hard to solve with conventional analytic techniques. Multi-agent systems and bargaining games between the smart agents is presented to obtain a set of trade-off solutions (called Pareto-frontier), and the application of Nash bargaining solution (NBS) is used to directly obtain the “best trade-off solution” on the Pareto-frontier. In addition, an MG-based distribution system architecture for enhancing resilience and self-healing of distribution systems will be presented.
Bio: Dr. Nehrir is an Emeritus Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Montana State University. He has enjoyed more than 45 years of teaching and research. His research encompasses modeling, control, and power management of alternative energy power generation systems, load control (demand response) and application of artificial intelligence for microgrid power management for distribution system resiliency and self-healing.
Dr. Nehrir is a Life Fellow of IEEE and an invited Fellow of AAIA (Asia-pacific Artificial Intelligence Association). He is the 2010 recipient of the highest research award, the Charles & Nora Wiley Faculty Award for Meritorious Research, bestowed by Montana State University, and the 2016 recipient of IEEE Power & Energy Society’s Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award. He has lectured on his research and educational activities in more than ten countries around the globe.
The Coming 6th Generation of Mobile Wireless (Fall 2024)
Mr. Roger Nickols
6G Program Manager
Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA
Thu, 09/05/2024
Abstract: The first commercial 5G deployments were in March of 2019—barely three years ago and the path to 6G is already a few years under way. It is without a doubt that 6G will be evolution and revolution beyond 5G, but some of the differences are already quite clear. Not only is the technology going to be different, the change in commercial and government approach to commercial wireless systems has already begun. This talk will cover what remains to be realized from the original 5G vision and what to expect from the work on 6G during the next decade.
Bio: Mr. Roger Nichols is an acknowledged subject matter expert in mobile wireless communications design and measurement technologies. He has 37 years of engineering and management experience at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Keysight Technologies spanning roles in R&D, marketing, and manufacturing. He has managed projects, programs, and departments beginning with analog cellular radio evolving to 6G and on every standard in between. He directed Keysight’s 5G program starting in 2014 and has been directing Keysight’s 6G program since its inception in 2019. He is a member of the FCC Technical Advisory Council and is also the strategic director of Keysight’s work in wireless standards. Roger holds a BSEE from the University of Colorado, Boulder.