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This talk will present Dr. Mikus’ doctoral research, which examined how one might design for Aristotle’s concept of eudaimonia (i.e. optimal health and wellbeing, being one’s best self, flourishing) applying creative methods and codesign virtually within an HBI domain, and her follow-on work since completing her PhD in 2023.

Dr. Mikus continues to explore eudaimonia or flourishing by design (fxd) across geographies, typologies, and demographics for research and impact through her adjunct researcher roles and Eudae Group advisory work, respectively, and for pro-bono knowledge-sharing and community connection in her role as the Founder and Lead of the Flourishing by Design (or FxD) special interest group within Harvard’s Human Flourishing Network.

Dr. Mikus will present this work considering two flourishing design-relevant perspectives:
1) her (lowercase) fxd-related doctoral research and the work she does today in addition to
2) the (uppercase) FxD collective of 200+ researchers and practitioners that she leads to activate health and wellbeing science (also known as flourishing scholarship) and to catalyse community with intention and by design.

The Melbourne Energy Institute invites you to a public lecture by Dr. Kalyan Sen, Fulbright Scholar, IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, who will present on power flow control in a modern grid.

The power industry’s pressing need for the most economical ways to transfer bulk power along a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines, which is a long and costly process. Alternatively, it may be quicker and cheaper to utilise the existing transmission lines more efficiently. Power flow control in a transmission line is an art that is still being perfected.

The presentation will cover:

• basic principles of power flow control theory
• an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers, and their merits and demerits
• future trends