Speaker: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, Siemens
The talk will start with discussing the driving factors behind transforming the power grid. After presenting a cause-effect scenario, speaker will highlight salient differences between the "grid of the past" and the "grid of the future". It will be noted that power grid of the future is expected to undergo transformation in predominantly two areas: "introducing flexible power flow" and "adding distributed intelligence".
Dr. Madhav D. Manjrekar received his B.E., M.Tech, M.S. and Ph.D. from Government College of Engineering (Pune), Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), Montana State University (Bozeman), and University of Wisconsin (Madison). His industrial experience includes positions at ABB, Eaton, Danaher and Siemens, participating and leading teams in the areas of research and innovation, new product development, sustaining and application engineering, and field services.

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact: Jennifer DiMase