Dear CAST Colleagues, We are writing to invite you to submit a manuscript to the Journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods for a Special Issue on ‘Optimal Design and Operation of Energy Systems’. This special issue focuses on optimal design and operation of energy conversion, storage, distribution, management, and consumption systems, and optimal integration of these systems. The special issue aims to present original contributions dealing with energy systems including but not limited to solar cells, fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, flow batteries, supercapacitors, power grids, power plants, and commercial and residential buildings. The tentative timeline of the special issue is as follows: - 31 May 2021: Submission Deadline. - July 2021: Send reviews to authors. - August/September 2021: Submission of revised version. - October 2021: The special issue published. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fjournal%2F10991514&data=02%7C01%7Csoroushm%40drexel.edu%7Cbf5d4cd499b34e7256f508d84c9a1e17%7C3664e6fa47bd45a696708c4f080f8ca6%7C0%7C1%7C637343572104867264&sdata=iy8OCj0bJ94E5QC7e8tu8NUH3zazlbrTBvlQV9fH1dI%3D&reserved=0 By February 24, 2020, please let us know if you could contribute with a paper to the special issue. Best regards, Masoud Soroush and Mahdi Shahbakhti Guest Editors - Optimal Control Applications and Methods ----------- Masoud Soroush Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 895-1710 (215) 895-5837 (fax) [log in to unmask] http://www.chemeng.drexel.edu/soroushresearchgroup/ Mahdi Shahbakhti Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1H9 (780) 492-8409 [log in to unmask] https://sites.ualberta.ca/~mahdi/