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Professional Preparation

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MBA, Masters of Business Administration, Morehead State University
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University

Appointments

2004 – present Adjuct Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky

2007 – 2009Project Lead The Way – University Affiliate Faculty

2007Research and Development – Program Manager, East Kentucky Power Cooperative

1997 – 2007 Research and Development – Engineering Technology Consultant, East Kentucky Power Cooperative

1996 – 1997 Electric Operations – Engineer, East Kentucky Power Cooperative

Publications

1. Evaluate Real-Time System Reliability Using Boundary-Based Concept for EKPC System, 2008 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, July 20-24, 2008.
2. Eliminating Voltage Sags Economically with Automatic Static VAr Compensation, CRN Briefs, Project 01-16, 2002.
3. EPRI’s Polymer Insulator Research, Inspections and Testing Helped East Kentucky Power Cooperative Avoid an Outage to a Major Industrial Customer, EPRI Innovators with EPRI Technology, 2002.
4. Minimum Loss Optimization in Distribution Systems: Discrete Ascent Optimal Programming, Electric Power Systems Research International Journal, 1995.
5. EPRI Distribution Engineering Workstation and Measurement Data, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Distribution Automation and Demand Side Management, Orlando, FL, January 17-20, 1994.
6. EPRI Distribution Engineering Workstation Design Concepts, EPRICON Conference Proceedings, Scottsdale, AR, December 9-11, 1992.
7. A Microprocessor Based Bus Relay Using a Current Transformer Saturation Detector, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second North American Power Symposium, Auburn, AL, October 15-16, 1990.