Here are some of Prof. Mitra's outreach activities.
PSACE
Prof. Mitra currently serves as
Secretary of the Power System Analysis, Computing and Economics
(PSACE) Committee of the Power & Energy Society(PES) of the
IEEE.
Institute of Public Utilities
Prof. Mitra is a Senior Faculty
Associate with the Instutute of Public Utilities, the nation's
leading provider of continuing education for public utility
regulators from Michigan, the U.S. and international agencies.
RRPA
Sub-committee ActivitiesProf. Mitra served as Chair of the
IEEE Reliability, Risk and Probability Applications (RRPA)
Sub-committee from 2009-11. This SC is part of the PSACE.
Student Activities at PES Meetings
From January 2006 to December 2007
Prof. Mitra served as Chair
of the Student Meetings Subcommittee, which is part of the
Power & Energy Education Committee of the IEEE-PES. He held
other offices in this SC from January 2002 to December 2005. In
these six years of leadership he helped organize eight Student
Programs, with a total participation of over 770 students. As part
of these programs the SC also had Student Poster Contests. In the
eight Contests that Prof. Mitra helped organize and administer,
there were over 360 participants.
The North American Power Symposium 2007
Prof. Mitra and a colleague organized
and Chaired the 39th Annual North American Power Symposium in 2007.
The conference was co-sponsored by IEEE, and was attended by 160
registered delegates. At the conference, 110 papers were presented
in 21 sessions. The above link provides a look into the organization
of the conference and included activites. You may also view the proceedings,
but please bear in mind that these are copyrighted.
IEEE Tutorial on Power System Reliability
Prof. Mitra organized and Chaired an
IEEE tutorial on power system reliability. It was offered at three
major IEEE Power Engineering Society conferences, and was attended
by 175 registrants. The success of the event earned the team of
instructors a Technical
Committee Working Group Recognition Award. The above link
provides a little information on the tutorial and the instructors.
Short Course on Power System Reliability
In January 2006 Prof. Mitra and a
colleague taught a short course on Electric Power System Reliability
Evaluation, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. This
was a 16 hour, 1 SCH course, and was attended by 20 graduate
students. The above link provides the course outline.
The Distributed and Renewable Energy Symposium 2003
In his first semester at New Mexico
State University, Prof. Mitra and a colleague organized and Chaired
the Distributed and Renewable Energy Symposium 2003. This was a
one-day event, and its purpose was to bring together colleagues from
local utilities and National Labs who were interested in the subject
to discuss contemporary technological issues and explore avenues for
research collaboration.