50 Years of NAPS

Testimonials from General Chairs


anurag

Dr. Anurag K Srivastava
Associate Professor & Director, Smart Grid Demonstration and Research Investigation Lab (SGDRIL)
Washington State University
General Chair: NAPS 2014

"NAPS was my first conference as a student and provided me very enriching experience. It was my pleasure to get an opportunity to organize NAPS at the Washington State University and provide similar experience to other students around the world. I have been attending NAPS for more than 15 years now and look forward to see my friends and colleagues at the next one."

Anil

Dr. Anil Pahwa
University Distinguished Professor and Logan-Fetterhoof Chair
Kansas State University 
General Chair: NAPS 1994 and NAPS 2013

"Hosting NAPS at Kansas State University was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity to showcase our power systems program to the peers. Kansas State University has hosted NAPS three times and every time it was a new experience. The best part was interacting with professors and students from other universities in a relaxed setting. The enthusiasm and excitement of students was a highlight of NAPS."

Gerald

Dr. Gerald Heydt
Regents' Professor Emeritus, Professor of Advanced Technology
Arizona State University
General Chair; NAPS 1980, 1988, and 2002

"This is the only large, longstanding continent-wide power engineering meeting with a focus on students. The students did exceptionally well at NAPS 2018: the quality of the papers was high, and I felt that the students handled questions very intelligently.  I have heard many times from successful power engineers that NAPS was their first large technical meeting."

Johnson

Dr. Brian K. Johnson, P.E.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Endowed Chair in Power Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
University of Idaho
General Chair: NAPS 2004

"Hosting the conference was a great experience for myself, my colleagues and out students. Meeting the students from other universities and hearing their presentations was great experience for our students. I have enjoyed watching several of the students who attended NAPS in 2004 develop careers in other universities and in industry"