Education and Training
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Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL Bachelor of
Science in Electrical Engineering, concentrating on the electrical
power systems engineering curriculum.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Master Of Science
in Electrical Engineering, concentrating on the electrical power systems
engineering curriculum
University of California, Berkeley, University Extension
Certificate for Business and Management Program for Technical Personnel
California State University, Long Beach
Master of Business Administration
Because of high demand for personnel, and the lack of qualified engineers,
Bechtel requested me to organize an after-hours training classes
for engineers. Classes for Generating Station Electrical System and Equipment
Protection were held for over ten years. Within a few years, our
engineering groups were joined by startup personnel. The success
of Part I drew a request for a second series of classes to cover more advanced
subjects. In summary, each course lasted 2 hours for 16 weeks.
PART I SUBJECTS
Short Circuits
Voltage Drop Theory
Instrument Transformers
Meter & Relay Burdens
Motor Protection
Switchgear Ratings
Nature of Arcing Faults
Phasors & Synchronizing
Overcurrent Protection
Protection Coordination
Transformer Protection
Bus Transfers
Ground Fault Protection
(Low Voltage as well as Medium Voltage)
PART II SUBJECTS
Synchronous Machines
Excitation Systems
System Disturbances
Generator Breaker
Failure Analysis
Generating Station Protection
Surge Protection
Generator Ground Protection
Differential Protection
Loss of Field, System Backup
Negative Sequence, Motoring, and Voltage Balance
Switchyard Protection
Batteries & Chargers
DC Overcurrent Protection
Generator Instrument Transformers
Underfrequency
Over/Under Voltage
During 1976, organized and instructed in a 6 session IEEE course
(200 Los Angeles members) based onthe Color Book Series, using ANSI/IEEE
Std. 141 (Red Book) and ANSI/IEEE Std 242 (Buff Book). Later taught in
an IEEE Grounding seminar at CSU-Long Beach using the ANSI/IEEE Std.142
(Green Book). Keynote speaker and lecturer at the 1976 CPU San Luis Obispo
Electrical Power Institute Workshop on Protection. Also taught at UCLA
in a program to retrain aerospace engineers.
At Bechtel, developed ground fault protection schemes (480V
to 13.8 kV), with staff responsibility for design and protection of power
plant distribution equipment and systems, as well as electrical generators
which ranged from 4 MW to 1100 MW.. Calculated protective relay settings
for major projects, and developed two 64 page Design Guides, "Distribution
Systems Protection" and "Overcurrent Protection & Coordination."
Authored and presented many application papers (over 30 published)
for technical societies, including one paper presented in Spanish at Madrid,
Spain. This paper on generator circuit breakers was reprinted twice in
each of .two different Spanish trade journals, and with an English version
printed in Power Engineering, May 1982.
In 1995, co-authored a
paper for presentation in Orlando at the IEEE Industry Applications Society
Annual Meeting, entitled "Electro-Forensic Engineering-An Emerging Profession"
This paper has since been printed in the February 1996 Consulting-Specifying
Engineer, the March/April 1997 Industry Applications Magazine, April/May
1997 IEEE Potentials Magazine, and in the May/June 1997 IAEI NEWS of the
International Association of Electrical Inspectors.
Another paper has also drawn considerable interest, including prize
paper status in 1995."Reliability of Utility Supply Configurations for
Industrial Power Systems ". Originally presented at the 1993 IAS
Annual Meeting in Toronto, the paper received Transaction status, followed
by the awards. In 1996, it was an invited paper at WESCON,
then at a Power Quality seminar sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of
the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and finally to the IEEE Las Vegas Section
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