TPEC 2025
Overview
The 2025 Texas Power and Energy Conference was successfully held on February 9-10 at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
This year, the conference brought together scholars and professionals to represent and discuss the lasted technological development and challenges in power and energy industry. All the papers presented are included in the conference proceedings published through IEEEXplore.
Conference co-directors, Jordan Cook and Kseniia Zhgun, as well as other committee members from the Texas A&M IEEE PES-IAS-PELS student chapter organized this conference, under the guidance from faculty advisors Dr. Thomas Overbye, Dr. Le Xie, Dr. Robert Balog, Dr. Katherine Davis, and Dr. Adam Birchfield.
Keynote Speakers
Committee Members
The 2025 Texas Power and Energy Conference was successfully held on February 9-10 at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
This year, the conference brought together scholars and professionals to represent and discuss the lasted technological development and challenges in power and energy industry. All the papers presented are included in the conference proceedings published through IEEEXplore.
Conference co-directors, Jordan Cook and Kseniia Zhgun, as well as other committee members from the Texas A&M IEEE PES-IAS-PELS student chapter organized this conference, under the guidance from faculty advisors Dr. Thomas Overbye, Dr. Le Xie, Dr. Robert Balog, Dr. Katherine Davis, and Dr. Adam Birchfield.
Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Ann Xu – CEO & Co-Founder of Electro Tempo, Inc.; expert in EV charging infrastructure planning and grid integration.
- Dr. Adam Birchfield – Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University; expert in power system modeling, simulation, and analysis, with a focus on transmission and distribution networks.
- James Mercier – IEEE Life Senior Member, sharing insights from his extensive career in electrical and environmental engineering.
- David Tomczyszyn – Vice President of Electric System Engineering & Technical Services at Austin Energy; discussion on emerging challenges in power infrastructure.
Committee Members
- Conference Directors: Jordan Cook, Kseniia Zhgun
- Finance Chairs: Shuxuan Chen, Bart Szymanowski
- Technical Chairs: Jongoh Baek, Shubham Shyam
- Event Logistics Chairs: Nicole Logiudice, Brian Lee
- Event Promotions Chairs: Rhett Guthrie, Irfan Ullah
- Publications Chairs: Varshini Badugu, Abinash Karmacharya
- Operations Chair: Mehdi Seyedi
- Academic Advisors: Dr. Thomas Overbye, Dr. Le Xie, Dr. Katherine Davis, Dr. Robert S. Balog, Dr. Adam Birchfield
Financial Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
- Austin Energy
- IAS CMD
- IEEE Foundation
- IEEE (PI)² Austin
- Electric Power Engineers
- Texas A&M University's Smart Grid Center
- Texas A&M University's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Silver Sponsors
- RTDS
- Imperix
- Payton Group
- Texas A&M University's Energy Institute