NAPS-2023 will be hosted by Western Carolina University (WCU). WCU was founded in 1889 and provides more than 115 undergraduate majors and concentrations and more than 40 graduate programs. The theme of the 55th North American Power Symposium (NAPS) is "Broadening Participation in Sustainable Power Engineering, Technology, and Education". NAPS is a student-centric technical conference in the power and energy systems field. Since its inception in 1969, NAPS has been bringing together students, faculty, and industrial partners from premier institutions and organizations involved in power engineering and research. The conference is held annually at a university in the United States or Canada. In addition to the traditional technical sessions, NAPS 2023 will focus on broadening undergraduate student participation through a dedicated track for undergraduate research. NAPS events have been historically supported by IEEE-PES and National Science Foundation since its inception.

Submission Guidelines

Each paper should be submitted via the conference management system. 

NAPS-2023 (55th Annual North American Power Symposium)

The maximum paper length is six pages. Each author can participate in up to three papers. Formatting needs to be in compliance with the IEEE-PES conference template. Please, find below the link for templates:

Templates and Sample of PES Technical Papers - IEEE Power & Energy Society (ieee-pes.org)

Papers will be presented in oral sessions. The conference will have two tracks for undergraduate and graduate/industry authors. The papers must be submitted to the appropriate track. Authors are expected to attend the conference in person to present their papers and share their ideas. 

Announcement for the student poster session and competition will be forthcoming.

Paper Submission Deadlines:

• Submission site opens:      March 1
• Paper submission due:       May 1
• Notification of acceptance: June 1
• Final submission due:        June 15
• Registration opens:           July 1 (EarlyBird rates apply until August 15)

List of Topics

The Organizing Committee invites paper submissions of original content and research in the areas including but not limited to:

• Power System Operation and Planning
• Power System Economics
• Analysis of Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy Resources
• Renewable/Clean Energy Systems and Energy Storage
• Power Electronics and Applications
• Electric Machines and Drives
• Emerging Topics in Modern Power Systems
• Power Engineering Education

Organizing Committee

• Conference Co-Chair:        Bora Karayaka     hbkarayaka@wcu.edu
• Conference Co-Chair:        Randy Collins       rcollins@wcu.edu
• Technical program Chair:   Hugh Jack            hughjack@wcu.edu
• Publication Chair:             Andy Ritenour      aritenour@wcu.edu
• Student Program Chair:    Tarek Kandil         thassankandil@wcu.edu
• Treasurer:                        Bobby Hensley     hensley@email.wcu.edu

Publication

IEEE is the copyright holder of the Conference Proceedings. All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference, including IEEE Xplore® Digital Library, if the paper is not presented by the author at the conference .

Venue

The conference will be held in Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Asheville-Biltmore, NC.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to hbkarayaka@wcu.edu or hughjack@wcu.edu.