Agenda
This year’s TRAC Peer Review by day is below:
September 21, 2026
Valerio De Angelis, Sandia National Laboratories
David Howard, Office of Electricity, Department of Energy
Eric Hsieh, Office of Electricity, Department of EnergyKeynote Title: Commercializing Innovation in Grid Transformers and Advanced Components
Dr. Isik C. Kizilyalli, CEO & EntrepreneurDr. Isik C. Kizilyalli is an entrepreneur focused on energy, defense technologies, industry, and resiliency and adaptation. He recently served as Sr. Director of Technology at Stanford University’s School of Sustainability Accelerator and previously as Associate Director of Technology and Program Director at ARPA-E. His investments at ARPA-E include power electronics devices, circuits/systems, DC fault protection, grid technologies including transformers and switch gear, as well as subsurface technology innovations (geothermal, oil and gas, decommissioning abandoned assets). He founded and led Avogy Inc. (GaN power electronics) and Zolt Inc., (consumer electronics with multiple CES 2015 awards), after earlier technical leadership roles at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Nitronex (1st GaN on Si HEMT), and Alta Devices (high efficiency solar PV). An IEEE Life Fellow (for his contributions to "Integrated Circuit Technology"), Bell Labs Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, author of three Springer-Nature books and more than 100 papers, and holder of 127 issued U.S. patents, Kizilyalli earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Jacob Mueller, Sandia National Laboratories
Bjorn Vaagensmith, Idaho National Laboratory
Todd Monson, Sandia National Laboratory
Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Feng Qiu, Argonne National Laboratory
Eric Dufek, Idaho National Laboratory
Todd Monson, Sandia National Laboratories
Chins Chinnasamy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hrishikesh Das, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Steve Glover, Sandia National Laboratory
Keerti Kappagantula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
September 22, 2026
TBD, Department of Energy
Gab-Su Seo, National Laboratory of the Rockies
Luciano Garcia Rodriguez, Sandia National Laboratories
Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Faisal Khan, National Laboratory of the Rockies
Madhu Chinthavali, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ian Webb, Savannah River National Laboratory
Yashodhan Agalgaonkar, National Laboratory of the Rockies
Jack Flicker, Sandia National Laboratories
Meng Yue, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jianlin Li, Argonne National Laboratory
Doan Nguyen, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Md. Reza-E-Rabby, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ram Kumar, Idaho National Laboratory
Beihai Ma, Argonne National Laboratory