Dr. Mitchell Kerman is Director of Idaho National Laboratory’s Systems Science & Engineering Division. He has a diverse background with extensive experience in computer modeling and simulation, operations analysis, systems engineering, engineering management, and business development. Prior to joining INL, he was the Director of Program Development and Transition for the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) led by Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Dr. Kerman has taught graduate classes in both operations analysis and systems engineering. He is the author of two textbooks on the topics of computation and introductory computer programming and has published numerous articles in technical journals and trade publications. Dr. Kerman is also a retired Navy officer with 27 years of combined active duty and reserve experience in submarine warfare, naval coastal warfare, coordination and guidance of merchant shipping, and NATO operations. Dr. Kerman has a BS in computer systems engineering from Arizona State University, a MS in operations analysis from Naval Postgraduate School, and a PhD in systems engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
This panel session invites speakers to discuss relevant topics in future energy systems, i.e., what the future of the electric grid will look like. Relevant topics include cyber security issues, microgrids, small modular reactors and microreactors, high voltage DC transmission lines, and several others. Speakers come from diverse backgrounds and have many common but adjacent interests. Other ideas in this topic space includes integrated or hybrid energy systems where multiple energy sources are lined through a larger network (think of a super microgrid architecture) that provides direct use of heat and hydrogen to production and industrial facilities.
