The third Battery Safety Symposium brought together researchers and industry specialists to discuss cell chemistry, thermal runaway, safety standards, grid-scale storage, transportation, and recycling.
Symposium host and industry-panel moderator: Ziang “John” Zhang
The second battery-safety workshop examined standards, fire protection, testing, and energy-storage applications. The day included university lab tours, a Viridi energy-storage demonstration, Binghamton Motorsports’ electric race car, and the SUNY Schenectady Mobile Learning Lab.
Workshop organizer: Ziang “John” Zhang
Paul Rogers of Energy Safety Response Group speaks at the October 16, 2025 battery-safety workshop. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.Event details ↗
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A speaker gives opening remarks below the Battery Safety Workshop title slide. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.Paul Rogers presents on battery energy storage fire safety. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.Workshop participants listen and raise questions in the lecture hall. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A fire-protection specialist in uniform addresses the workshop. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A uniformed fire-protection specialist and another participant talk during a workshop break. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.Participants talk beside the lecture hall during a networking break. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A presenter in a red checked shirt speaks to the workshop audience. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A speaker points to an aerial facility image during a technical presentation. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A demonstrator explains equipment beside an outdoor energy-storage unit. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.Manufacturing demonstration objects and components are displayed on a table. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A workshop speaker discusses a technical topic while holding a microphone. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.A speaker presents from the Binghamton University lectern. Photo: Zagham Shah / Binghamton University.
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Workshop on Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Transportation Applications
A Battery Week workshop connecting battery and vehicle engineers, fire-protection specialists, infrastructure designers, and policymakers around lithium-ion transportation safety.
UAS Symposium: Developments in Unmanned Aerial System Technologies and Applications
Industry and academic sessions explored unmanned aerial systems, search and rescue, autonomy, endurance, navigation, swarms, and student capstone projects.
Organizing committee: John Zhang (IEEE Binghamton Section chair)
A regional symposium on energy storage, clean transportation, power systems, industrial control, and student careers, with opportunities to tour the Innovative Technologies Complex.
Participants talk with an exhibitor beside a Corning display in the ITC rotunda. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.A poster presenter discusses a research poster with a symposium participant. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.M. Stanley Whittingham gives a keynote presentation on energy storage. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.An audience member asks a question during a symposium session. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.Ziang Zhang and a speaker discuss a presentation beside the lectern. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.A speaker presents on the future electric power system. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.Symposium participants pose with certificates after the poster competition. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.Four symposium participants pose together in the lecture hall. Photo: IEEE Binghamton Section event archive.
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IEEE power & energy seminars
The Fall 2026 series connects EECE 443 with industry practice, co-hosted with the IEEE PES, IES, and PELS student chapters.
NYISO seminar · Fall 2026AVANGRID seminar · Fall 2026
NYSEG live-line safety demonstration · September 30, 2026
NYISO
Real-Time Grid Operation and Energy Markets
Chris Hamilton Manager of Control Room Operations, New York ISO
The interplay between wholesale energy markets and the time-sensitive decisions grid operators make to maintain reliability.
NYSEG Electric Live Line Demonstration Team New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG)
A controlled outdoor demonstration of electrical hazards and safe behavior around energized equipment and power lines at Binghamton’s ITC parking lot.
IEEE event record ↗NYSEG Electric Live Line Safety Demonstration · September 30, 2026.
More NYSEG demonstration photos
Discussing safe behavior around electrical equipment with the NYSEG team.NYSEG team members explain the equipment used in the safety demonstration.Students and the NYSEG demonstration team at Binghamton University.
NYISO
Inside NYISO – Power System Planning and the Future of New York’s Electric Grid
Nicholas Piaquadio Senior Planning Engineer, NYISO; Binghamton PhD candidate
The planning engineer’s role in power flow, transient stability, short-circuit studies, and emerging challenges for New York’s grid.
2026 Battery Safety Symposium draws local news coverage
The November 5 Battery Safety Symposium at Binghamton University brought researchers and industry professionals together during Battery Week 2026. Ziang “John” Zhang served as symposium host and industry-panel moderator. Local coverage highlighted battery safety, education, and energy-storage applications.
