Agenda

UPitt Infrastructure Sensor Collaboration (UPISC) 2022 Workshop

*See 8/25 Workshop Presentation Materials Linked To Activites Under Day Two*

Day 1 By Invitation Only:
(Organizers, Steering Committee, Invited Speakers)

Date: August 24, 2022

Location: Energy Innovation Center Pittsburgh (eicpittsburgh.org)

The first day of the UPISCW will be an information exchange between organizers at NETL, University of Pittsburgh, and workshop steering committee members as well as an opportunity for invited speakers and panelists to prepare for the meeting the subsequent date.
Time Activity
Innovation Hall Steering Committee and Conference Organizers Only
12:00 p.m. Lunch Served
1:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks
1:05 p.m. Workshop Planning Updates and Discussion
1:30 p.m. Roadmap/Brainstorming Session on Infrastructure Sensing Needs
2:30 p.m. Coffee Break
2:45 p.m. Brainstorm Possible Future Actions for Partnerships and Collaborations
3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
Covestro Room Steering Committee, Conference Organizers, and Invited Speakers / Panelists
4:00 p.m. Overview of Workshop and Final Preparation
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
4:15 – 6:00 p.m Networking Social Hour and Light Refreshments

Day 2 Open Workshop:
(All Registered Attendees)

Date: August 25, 2022

Location: Energy Innovation Center Pittsburgh (eicpittsburgh.org)

All events of the second day will be held in the Covestro Room
The second day of the workshop will include all registered attendees.

Morning Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM Welcome Remarks and Introduction to the Workshop (Objective, Scope, Steering Committee)
8:10 AM University Speaker Introduction
8:15 AM Keynote Speakers – Case for a Sensing Collaboration (NETL and UPitt)
• 15-min presentation (Pitt) – (Dr. Mike Holland, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Research Strategies, U. Pitt)
• 15-min presentation (NETL) – (Dr. Bryan Morreale, Associate Laboratory Director for Research & Innovation Center, NETL)
8:45 AM Keynote Industry Speaker #1 Introduction
8:50 AM Topic One – Keynote – EPRI Perspective on Advanced Sensing Needs (Keynote)
• 20-min Presentation (Ron Schoff, EPRI)
• 10-min Q&A
9:20 AM Workshop Logistics – Day One, Morning
9:25 AM Break
9:40 AM Topic Two – Speaker Introduction
9:45 AM Topic Two – Sensor Device Technologies (Optical, Passive Wireless, IC, etc.)
• 15-min Presentation (NETL) (Ruishu Wright, NETL)
• 15-min Presentation (Pitt) (Paul Ohodnicki, University of Pittsburgh)
• 10-min Q&A
10:25 AM Topic Three Speaker Introduction
10:20 AM Topic Three – Invited – Sensor Data Communication, Integration, and Analytics
• 20-min Presentation (Christopher Ziolkowski, GTI Energy)
• 10-min Q&A
10:50 AM Panel Introduction
11:00 AM Panel on Sensing Opportunities and Needs (Wright Moderator)
Industry, University and National Lab Perspective
• 5-min Panelist 1 (Susan Maley, EPRI)
• 5 min Panelist 2 (C. Ravi, Aquatech)
• 5 min Panelist 3 (Elizabeth Cook, Duquesne Light)
• 5 min Panelist 4 (David Alman, NETL)
• 5 min Panelist 5 (Gary Choquette, Pipeline Research Council International)
• 35-min Moderated Q&A
12:00 PM Logistical Announcements / Lunch / Networking Break

Afternoon Agenda

Time Activity
1:15 PM Afternoon Announcements
1:20 PM Keynote Speaker #2 Introduction
1:25 PM Topic Four – Keynote - Physics Based Models and Digital Twins in Industry
• 20-min Presentation (Sameer Kher, Ansys)
• 10-min Q&A
1:55 PM Topic Five Speaker Introduction
2:00 PM Topic Five – Invited – “Geo-Analytics and Machine Learning for Infrastructure”
• 20-min Presentation (Kelly Rose, NETL)
• 10-min Q&A
2:30 PM Topic Six Speaker Introduction
2:35 PM Topic Six – Invited – Digital Twin Models and Interfacing with Real-Time Sensing
• 20-min Presentation – (Lea Boche, EPRI)
• 10-min Q&A
3:05 PM Break
3:30 PM Second Panel – How Can We Partner to Create Opportunity and Have Impacts? (Ohodnicki Moderator)
• 5-min Panelist 1 (Saba Almalkie, Ansys)
• 5 min Panelist 2 (Joshua Gould, Duquesne Light)
• 5 min Panelist 3 (Robert Lieberman, Lumoptix)
• 5 min Panelist 4 (Robie Lewis, NETL)
• 5 min Panelist 5 (Arvind Tiwari, GE)
• 30-min Moderated Q&A
4:25 PM Summary of Action Items and Preparation for Report Out
4:30 PM Looking to the Future and Next Steps (Ohodnicki, Wright, Ferguson)
• Workshop closeout report discussion
• Where we go from here and how to be involved
• Etc.
5:00 PM Final Remarks and Poster Session Summary
5:05 - 6:30 PM Poster Session with a Social Hour and Light Refreshments

• Andrew Xu: Designing methods for more identity-obscuring and equitable sensing in shared spaces
• Daejin Kim, Jeffrey Culp: Gas Sensitive Materials Enabled Optical Fiber - and SAW - Sensors for Hydrogen and Methane Monitoring
• Golnaz Tomaraei: Controlling The Morphology, Chemistry, And Properties Of Nanocarbons In The Nanoproduct Lab
• Jagannath Devkota, Richard Pingree: Passive Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors and Wireless Telemetry
• Jeffrey Wuenschell: Nanocomposite Films for Harsh Environment Sensing Applications on Optical Fiber
• Karki: Fiber optic deployment robotic tool (FODRT) for pipeline applications
• Edward Hoffman, Karki: Single crystal fiber growth via LHPG method for harsh environment sensing applications
• Kelly Rose, Chung Yan Shih: NETL’s Science-based AI/ML Institute
• Michael Buric: Distributed molten salt-loop development acceleration with single-crystal harsh-environment optical fiber-sensors
• Nageswara Lalam: Distributed Fiber Sensor Interrogators for Multi-Parameter Monitoring
• Nathan Diemler, Alexander Shumski, Ruishu Wright: Corrosion and pH Monitoring of Pipelines and Subsurface Wellbores Using Optical Fiber Sensors
• Pengdi Zhang: Pipeline Defects Inspection Based Upon Distributed Acoustic Fiber Optic Sensing Data for Machine Learning Technology
• Scott Crawford: Portable Photoluminescent Sensors for Critical Metals
• Yang-Duan Su: Electrical Asset Temperature Monitoring Using Optical Fiber Based Sensors
• Yuhua Duan: Theoretical Study of Temperature Dependence and Optical properties of Gas Sensor Materials
• Z. Zeng: Heterogeneous Growth of UiO-66-NH2 on Oxidized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Form “Beads-on-a-String” Composites