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Professor Massoud Amin: Electrical Grid expert for media, MIT Conference and Congressional briefings

2009-03-09 15:00-05.00

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Massoud Amin has been in high demand as an electrical grid media expert: WCCO-AM (Morning Show with Dave Lee, Jan. 27); Minnesota Public Radio (In the Loop, Jan. 31) Radio K (Minnesota Notbook, Feb. 1); and WJON-AM (Jay Caldwell Show, Feb. 3). Professor Amin provided a keynote address at the annual MIT Energy Conference in Cambridge, Mass.,"The Smart Grid: Opportunities and Challenges" on Friday, March 6. On March 26, he will give a Congressional Staffer Briefing - "Towards a Stronger and Smarter Grid" on behalf of IEEE and ASME. Earlier, on Dec. 9, he served on a Congressional panel: "Tomorrow's Infrastructure: Researching Sustainable Solutions."