Abstract:

Lightning is the second or third most significant cause of outages on most power systems. Mitigation of the effect of lightning is seldom understood and can often be improved. This in-depth course is designed for those responsible for the reliability of substations, distribution systems, and transmission systems. We will cover ways to improve the lightning performance of distribution and transmission lines by using arresters and other means. For more details on the programme, please refer to the attachments.

Biography of the presenter:

Jonathan started his career at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, where he was an integral member of the high energy particle physics team in search of the elusive quark. Returning to his home state of NY, he joined the design engineering team at McGraw Edison (later Cooper Power Systems) in Olean. During his tenure at Cooper he was involved in the design, development and manufacturing of arresters. He served as Engineering Manager as well as Arrester Marketing Manager during that time. Since 2008 he has been the Principal Engineer for ArresterWorks.

Though his entire career, Jonathan has been active in the IEEE and IEC standard associations. He is past chair of the IEEE SPD Committee, he is past chair of NEMA 8LA Arrester Committee, and presently co-chair of IEC TC37 MT4. He is inventor/co-inventor on five US patents. Jonathan received his Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from The Ohio Institute of Technology and his MBA from St. Bonaventure University.

Minimum Numbers: Please note that for the workshop to proceed we need a minimum of 20 registrations. Should it not proceed registration fees will be fully refunded.

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