James R. Michalec, IEEE Fellow

James R. Michalec is a forty-one year member of IEEE and has been an IEEE Fellow since 2003.  He recently retired after serving 39 years as a Staff Engineer for the American Electric Power Service Corporation.  His primary responsibilities were large motors and synchronous generators and their auxiliaries.  Mr. Michalec received a BSEE from the University of Akron in 1971 and completed the AEP-Ohio State University, Management Development Program in 1987.

He has made numerous presentations to IEEE Student Branches, has served as a guest lecturer at Youngstown State University, and has been a part-time instructor for the College of Engineering, Professional Development Program, at The University of Wisconsin.

Michalec has contributed to numerous IEEE Standards and publications and has served as Chairman and Working Group member for many IEEE Subcommittees.  Since 1998, Jim has been an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion.  He received several awards during his distinguished service to IEEE.  He has also been active in EPRI’s Plant Electrical Equipment Program.

Introduction to Arc Flash Calculations
Presented by Gary Lanier, P.E.

Arc Flash Protective Clothing
Presented by Bill Crandall

Current Transformer Saturation and Accuracy Calculations
Presented by Joseph Mecurio, P.E.

Turbine-Generator Fundamentals
Presented by Nils Nilsson, P.E.

Legal Liability and Professional Responsibility
Presented by Lance Lanier

UPS Systems
Presented by Robert Voss

Grounding for Safety
Presented by Gary Lanier, P.E.

If you would like information on this training or would like to discuss your company’s future training needs, please contact Lance Lanier at llanier@lanierconsult.com.

Lanier Consulting, LLC will be offering CPD Training on December 4 and 5, 2009.  Training will again be at the Hampton Inn in Stow, OH.  See Map

View a printable information sheet and registration form: Lanier Consulting, LLC 2009 CPD Training

We will offer the following training courses:

Friday December 4, 2009 - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  - 7 CPD hours:

2.0 CPD Hours - Introduction to Arc Flash Calculations -  presented by Gary Lanier, P.E.

1.0  CPD Hour - Arc Flash Protective Clothing - presented by William J. Crandall, Jr.

2.0 CPD Hours - Current Transformer Saturation and Accuracy Calculations - presented by Joseph Mercurio, P.E.

2.0 CPD Hours - Turbine-Generator Fundamentals - presented by Nils Nilsson, P.E.

Saturday December 5, 2009 - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  - 4 CPD hours:

1.0 CPD Hour - Legal Liabiltiy and Professional Responsibility - presented by Lance Lanier

2.0 CPD Hours - UPS Systems - presented by Robert Voss

1.0 CPD Hour - Grounding for Safety - presented by Gary Lanier, P.E.

Courses are $30 per CPD hour. To Register send an e-mail to Ruth Lanier at rlanier@lanierconsult.com or send a completed registration form and check to:

Lanier Consulting, LLC
P.O. Box 1621
Stow, OH 44224

E-mail any questions to Lance Lanier at llanier@lanierconsult.com or to Gary Lanier at glanier@lanierconsult.com.  We look forward to seeing you there!

 

2009 PES 4012

 

 

Sam is a Registered State of Ohio Professional Electrical Engineer with demonstrated success in specifying, procuring and evaluating major substation power equipment. This includes transmission and extra high voltage (EHV) class transformers, circuit breakers, capacitor banks, voltage regulators, reactors, and mobile substation equipment.

View Sam Oriti’s full profile here.

Wind Energy Presentation

Location: The Tangier, 532 West Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44303
Time: Social/Dinner @ 5:30PM, Program @ 6:30PM
Menu: Buffet
Cost: Members (+1 guest) 15$, Students 10$, Nonmembers 20$

Contact Rick Buchanan at (330) 497-8250 or r.buchanan@ieee.org  for reservations. One CPD hour is available; please inform Rick if you would like a certificate.

Kim Arthur Wirgau was born and raised in Rogers City, Michigan. He received the following degrees:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan) in 1969
• M.Eng. in Electrical Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) in 1970
• A graduate of the General Electric Advanced Engineering Course (Schenectady, New York) in 1975

Mr. Wirgau retired from General Electric Company in March 2008 after 38 years of service. He is presently a member of the Lanier Consulting, LLC team.

He spent most of his career doing advanced research for the electrical power industry in the disciplines of optimal power system operations, transmission and generation planning, artificial intelligence, end-use load modeling, distribution system automation, voltage and transient stability evaluation, transmission feasibility for new generation in power systems including wind farms and other renewable fuels, multi-area production costing, and transmission and transformer insulation design.

He developed the software used to design insulation structures in layer and disk winding transformers. His work in the late ‘70s was instrumental in showing the industry that minimizing losses through optimal voltage control saved substantial fuel cost - this work started new research in the power system optimization area of system operations. During this work, he and a co-worker developed the new approach of using a projected Lagrangian algorithm based on solving sequences of linearly constrained subproblems in large-scale power system optimization. He developed new software for EPRI that improved the power industry modeling of loads which has in turn, improved power system design. He also was instrumental in developing software to evaluate voltage stability problems that has been a major problem and basic cause of most blackouts today. Mr. Wirgau developed some of the first large-scale artificial intelligence software for analyzing power systems in the late ‘80’s for TEPCO in Japan. Over the past 10 years he has assisted the GE Financial Services Group by evaluating various energy investments, where between $1 and $4 billion per year actually was invested. The last 5 years or so has consisted of consulting on placement and installation of non-renewable and renewable generation.

He and his wife Elaine presently live in Raleigh, North Carolina. They have two sons and daughter-in-law, Dr. Joseph Wirgau, an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Radford University in Radford, VA, Jessica Wirgau, a PhD candidate in Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, and Scott Wirgau, a Structural Engineer for American Tower Corporation in Raleigh, NC.

As an employee you will:
 - Service clients doing what you enjoy and what you have been trained to do
 - Accept only the projects on which you want to work
 - Provide excellent professional consulting services

Why Join Us?

Lanier Consulting, LLC will offer you a flexible employment arrangement with the following benefits:
 - Competitive compensation based on the hours you work, your experience, and the type of projects you complete
 - Flexibility to work from virtually anywhere by providing an e-mail address (yourname@lanierconsult.com) and webmail access
 - Payroll services including tax withholding and workers compensation premiums
 - Contract and fee negotiations with clients
 - Accounting services including invoicing and fee collection
 - Marketing by direct mail, through our web site, and by personal contacts
 - Marketing to our contacts and yours
 - Sales or rate incentives for clients and projects you bring to the company
 - Simple IRA with company matching contributions up to 3% of salary
 - Paid holidays and time off for full consultants working full time an with minimum hours worked prior to holidays.

Contact Us to find out more

Lanier Consulting, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Gary R. Lanier, P.E., Joe Mercurio, P.E., Rik Nilsson, P.E. and Robert Voss

Our Engineers shared their experience at Lanier Consulting’s first Continuing Professional Development Training Seminar on December 5th and 6th 2008.  We look forward to many more opportunities to share our expertise.