2017年10月31日，应自动化学院副院长阮新波教授邀请，IEEE Fellow、IEEE电力电子分会前主席Tan Don博士来我院进行交流访问。

当天下午，在南航江宁校区电气楼学术报告厅，Tan Don博士做了题为“The Utility’s Case for Microgrids”的学术报告。会议由自动化学院副院长阮新波教授主持，电气系90多名师生参加了学术报告会。Tan Don博士首先介绍了太阳能和风能的成本平价。随后，对微电网的定义，发展所需的专门技术，部署的障碍等问题进行了探讨。接着，介绍了应用微电网的诸多优势，如可以实现变电所自动化、分级控制、频率和相位辅助调节、削峰填谷提高电力系统容量的利用率等。最后，介绍了其所在公司目前所承担的相关美国重大项目。报告结束后，Tan Don博士与参会师生针对报告内容进行了热烈讨论，并参观了多电飞机电气系统工信部重点实验室和江苏省新能源发电与电能变换重点实验室。Tan Don博士对我系在新能源发电、高效电能变换技术、微电网等方面的研究成果给予了高度评价，并希望进一步加强合作交流。

   Tan Don博士简介：Dr. Tan Don, Fellow of the IEEE, received the Ph.D. degree from the California Institute of Technology, USA. He is currently a Distinguished Engineer and Senior Staff Manager with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems(NGAS), USA. He is a world-renowned expert in power electronics and systems technology. He is a principal contributor to the company’s high reliability, long life, and space-qualified product lines that have produced hundreds of designs with thousands of units on orbit without a single failure. His adiabatic power conversion technology and resilient dc micro-grids have attracted more than $15M funding in 5 years. Dr. Tan served as the president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2013 to 2014 and is the founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. He has served in many leadership positions within the power electronics society and is the recipient of numerous prestigious professional awards.