Tuesday, September 20, 2005
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Registration, continental breakfast
8:30 AM 8:50 AM Greetings, welcome, overview R. Dougal
8:50 AM 9:10 AM VTBpro Application and Availability M. Sechrest, B. Poteat/IDV
9:10 AM 9:30 AM VTBpro - Technical Aspects B. Langland
9:30 AM 9:50 AM Break
9:50 AM 10:10 AM VTBpro Modeling Language E. Solodovnik
10:10 AM 10:30 AM Distributed Simulation and Multi-Step Capabilities in VTB R. Leonard
10:30 AM 10:50 AM Advanced Interfaces for Hardware in the Loop Simulation A. Monti, X. Wu, S. Lentijo, H. Figueroa
10:50 AM 11:10 AM Break
11:10 AM 11:30 AM VTB as a COM Server Entity A. Deshmuk, F. Ponci, A. Monti
11:30 AM 11:50 AM Calling  VTB COM Services from Excel - Generating Ship Endurance Data K. Young
11:50 AM 12:10 PM Integrating VTB & JADE Agent Platform using CORBA for Reconfiguration of Shipboard Power System G. Morejon, S. Srivastava, D. Cartes/FSU
12:10 PM 1:40 PM Lunch
1:40 PM 2:00 PM Model Generation and Parameter Extraction Tools for the VTB Environment S. Vemulapally/Univ Ark
2:00 PM 2:20 PM Multitranslator and Structural Simulation for Importing models to VTB S. Guzik
2:20 PM 2:40 PM Engineering Applications of Polynomial Chaos Theory F. Ponci, A. Monti, T. Lovett, A. Smith
2:40 PM 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM 3:20 PM VTB uncertainty solver: status and future developments A. Monti
3:20 PM 3:40 PM Integration of a Standalone Converter Model into the VTB Environment D. Word, J. Zenor/CSU
3:40 PM 4:00 PM Integration of VTB with Ship Design Tools - Flagship and LEAPS B. Langland
4:00 PM 4:20 PM Implementation of Autonomous variable resolution model entities  H. Wu, R. Dougal
4:20 PM 5:00 PM Discussion
5:00 PM Daily Conclusion
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental breakfast
8:30 AM 8:50 AM VTB as "glue" for the ONR Control Demonstration A. Monti. R. Liu & ESRDC partners
8:50 AM 9:10 AM Interfacing the Universal Controller to the Virtual Test Bed via Processor in the Loop R. Liu, A. Monti, R. Burgos, F. Wang, D. Boroyevich
9:10 AM 9:30 AM Application of VTB for Localization of Capacitor Switching Events in Power Distribution J. Shin/USC, E. J. Power, M. Grady/UT Austin
9:30 AM 9:50 AM Break
9:50 AM 10:10 AM Application of VTB Simulation Services in Agent-based Monitoring of Power Systems A. Deshmuk, F. Ponci, M. Riva, A. Monti
10:10 AM 10:30 AM Power Load modeling in VTB J. Wu, Y. Huang, D. Gao, N. Schulz/MSU
10:30 AM 10:50 AM Simulation and Characterization of Voltage Shift in Ungrounded Shipboard Electric Systems using VTB C. Jin, S. Liu, R. Dougal
10:50 AM 11:10 AM Break
11:10 AM 11:30 AM Virtual Test Bed in Teaching Power Engineering Course D. W. Gao and N. Schulz/MSU
11:30 AM 11:50 AM Methods for Coupling Simulations of Partitioned Systems V. Popov, Balim, Chervjakov, Gornitski, et al/Taganrog University
11:50 AM 12:10 PM Electrothermal Modeling for Reliability Estimation V. Popov, et al/Taganrog University
12:10 PM 1:40 PM Lunch
1:40 PM 2:00 PM Power Semiconductor Model Levels in VTB L. Lu or E. Santi
2:00 PM 2:20 PM Vapor Compression Cycle and Thermal Models in VTB J. Khan
2:20 PM 2:40 PM Synegetics Approach to Control for Electrical Energy Generation A. Kolesnikov
2:40 PM 3:00 PM Class-D Audio Power Amplifier F. M. Estes, S. Lentijo, A. Monti
3:00 PM 3:20 PM Break
3:20 PM 4:00 PM Discussion
4:00 PM 4:20 PM Conference Conclusion R. Dougal
Thursday, September 22, 2005 - VTB Workshop
USC Campus, Swearingen Building, Room 1D15
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental breakfast (1A10 - Faculty Lounge)
8:30 AM 8:45 AM VTB Overview/ Introductions A. Monti, R. Dougal
8:45 AM 9:15 AM Schematic Editor B. Langland
9:15 AM 9:45 AM VXE E. Broughton
9:45 AM 10:15 AM Using Solver Options B. Langland, R. Leonard
10:15 AM 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Making Runtime Changes B. Langland, R. Leonard
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Vector Icon Editor E. Broughton
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM 1:00 PM Hierarchical Devices E. Broughton
1:00 PM 2:00 PM User Defined Devices (UDD) E. Solodovnik
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Co-Simulation with Matlab/ Simulink A. Monti
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Introduction to VTBPro B. Langland