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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Electrical Design Engineer, Nuclear Engineer, Engineering Manager, Program Manager, Project Engineer, Marketing and Financial Consultant, Accident Investigation, Accident Reconstruction, Specialist, Forensic Analysis Investigation Expert Witness Testimony, Engineering Consulting ServicesExpertise in startup and operations, project management, control systems, multidisciplinary engineering, electrical engineering, nuclear engineering, structural design, quality assurance, electrical system design for water, wastewater, commercial, industrial and power generation facilities, process electrical and instrumentation systems.
Highly experienced in areas including distribution systems, generators and transfer switches, and instrumentation systems, geothermal heat pumps, risk based assessments, facility upgrades and renovations, plumbing, fire protection, HVAC, fiber optic communications, electrical and control system engineering, construction services, design of electric power, new office and control room.
This KKAI Associate offers expertise specific to commercial/industrial lighting, instrument and controls, SCADA and miscellaneous systems, lighting, motor control centers, variable frequency drives, standby power, SCADA systems and specialized control panels, water reclamation, radio communications control system between remote pump station and main plant, generic test and transition procedures.
This associate is an expert in areas including design of substations, power cable and fiber optic cable, effluent pumping system design, food processing plant expansion, due diligence documents, DOE Orders, NRC requirements, commercial codes and standards, with Risk Based Safety Tools (FMEA, PRA, Fault Tree, Human Factors, Uncertainty Quantification), and safety assessments for salt well pumping flammable gas waste tanks.
Additional areas of expertise include marketing brochures/programs, potential client location, cold calls, sales presentations, proposals and response to RFPs, low temperature air HVAC system, fire alarms, paging, CCTV, computer networks, telephone systems design, embedded systems design, C programming, AC/DC field theory, and electro-mechanical energy conversion.
Expertise includes start-up administrative procedures, turnover packages, start-up tests, testing and staff selection, statistical based quality surveillance systems, Hot Functional Test procedures, NSSS startup and operations, minicomputer based management information systems for power stations, and for outage planning.
Additional experience and specialization includes spare parts inventory control, fuel accountability, health physics record keeping, surveillance test scheduling, turbine control (EHC), condensate polishers, chemical control, turbine lube oil and oil flush, scrubber oxidizing air, condensate air exhausters, computerized nuclear fuel accountability systems, and post refueling power ascension testing
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Communications, Defense, Education, Electrical, Energy, Food/Beverage Processing, Manufacturing, Nuclear, Power Generation, Petroleum, Railway Transportation, Water/Wastewater, Waste Storage
EDUCATION
MBA (marketing and finance), St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Wyoming
Additional Education:
National Electric Code, Hennipin Jr. College
Clarion Software, Topspeed Corporation Training Seminars
D.O.E. Std 3009 Safety Training Seminar
Numerous project management seminars
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.
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Senior Program Manager, Engineering and Consulting Firm
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Provided consulting electrical and instrumentation engineering as well as program management to a wide variety of projects in New England and nationally. Has managed and lead teams of diversified design professionals in implementing a number of large projects. Designed electrical systems for water, wastewater, commercial, industrial and power generation facilities, and process electrical and instrumentation systems. Extensive electrical design experience with distribution systems, generators and transfer switches, and instrumentation systems. Prepared numerous studies and evaluations for a variety of projects, including geothermal heat pumps, risk based assessments, facility upgrades and renovations. Typical projects have included:
Mt. Washington Summit Grid Power Project, New Hampshire
Lead Project Manager and Electrical Design Engineer for the State of New Hampshire $2.6 million dollar project to bring commercial grid power from the valley floor to the Northeast's highest peak, Mt. Washington (6,288 ft above sea level). The project involves designing two substations, a summit power and communications building, relocation of two standby generators and switchgear, installation of 3 miles of special power cable and fiber optic cable to the summit following the Mt. Washington Railway (Cog RR) to the summit. Unique in the design is a special conduit system for the power and fiber optic cables on the Cog RR. Design conditions include ranges of -50° F to 100° F, 0 – 250 mph, 0-100% RH, 4 feet of rime ice and low environmental impact. Design uses a base substation to step down from 34.5 kv to 4.16 kv, then a second substation at the summit to reduce 4.6 kv to 208/120 V 3 phase summit distribution voltage. Design includes unique relaying and protection scheme to project the transmission system and meter power delivered to the summit users. Fiber optic communications to the summit has enhanced various communications options.
Harvard Business School Office Building Renovation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Project Engineer for a three story office building renovation for the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. The building was originally constructed as a school in 1933 and subsequently renovated into an office. Company provided electrical, communications, mechanical (plumbing, fire protection and HVAC) and structural design services for this $4 million dollar project. The project was completed as a Design Build project with Richard White & Sons contractors.
Water Treatment Plant Upgrade, Oquossoc, Maine
Provided electrical and control system engineering services for this small community water system. A unique electrical design allowed low voltage (240 v) well pumps to be used approximately two-thirds of a mile from the main pumping and treatment building
SCADA and Spread Spectrum Project, Enfield, New Hampshire
Designed unique cell phone based telemetry/SCADA system to monitor wastewater lift stations and water system wells. System is accessible over the internet and provides all the features of more expensive radio-based SCADA systems for lower costs. The system controls wells (start/stop), using spread spectrum based signal repeaters, and monitors all operating parameters, including flows, tank level, equipment starts and stops. System also provides for emergency notification when problems occur.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, Montville, Connecticut
Lead electrical and controls design engineer on a 2.3 mgd upgrade to an existing WWTP. Added three sequential batch reactor for wastewater treatment as well as new sludge handling systems. Designed motor control centers, variable frequency drives, standby power, SCADA systems and specialized control panels. Project value was approximately $6 million.
Water Treatment Plant Electrical Design, Swansea, Massachusetts
Lead electrical engineer for the design of a water treatment plant. Designed electrical power and instrumentation systems, including PLC SCADA system. Provided VFDs on many key pumps. Project value was approximately $4 million.
Northeast Utilities Training Facility
Project manager for the design of a maintenance training facility simulator for Northeast Utilities Millstone Nuclear Plant. Oversaw design of structural, electrical, instrumentation and mechanical piping systems for unique training simulator facility.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Electrical System Upgrade, Lynn, Massachusetts
Project manager and lead electrical engineer on 150 mgd WWTP Influent Structure Electrical Systems Upgrade. Provided NFPA 70 and 820 analysis and electrical designs for hazardous influent structures. Project saved owner approximately $350,000 over earlier estimates. Provided construction services to project.
BAE Systems Clean Room Project, Nashua, New Hampshire
Project Manager for $2 million clean room addition to defense contractor. Provided electrical and instrumentation design and project management services through project completion. Company provided mechanical, structural and electrical/instrumentation design services for this project
Wastewater Treatment Plant and SCADA Project, Charlotte County, Florida
Project manager for large SCADA evaluation projects for Charlotte County Florida
Effluent Force Main Electrical Design/Distribution Upgrade, Derry, New Hampshire
Project Electrical engineer for design of a 2-4 mgd, 8-mile-long WWTP effluent pumping system with inline 600 HP pumps. Main and inline booster pumps on VFDS. Designed electrical and instrumentation for this large plant upgrade. The design includes unique radio communications control system between a remote pump station and the main plant.
Historic Building Electrical Upgrade, Berlin, New Hampshire
Prepared study to evaluate the necessary upgrades for five, 100-year-old historic town buildings (police/recreation, library, fire station, court house and town hall). Phase II to be the preparation of construction documents for the actual work.
Compost Building Design, Milford, New Hampshire
Lead electrical project engineer for electrical systems for a composting facility at the Milford WWTP. Designed power and lights for structure
Water Reclamation Facility Capacity Upgrade, Westport, Florida
Lead project electrical engineer for a 1 mgd expansion for this wastewater treatment facility. Designed electric power, new office and control room, lighting, instrument and controls, SCADA and miscellaneous systems for this project
Water Reclamation Facility Capacity Upgrade, Rotonda, Florida: Lead project electrical engineer for a 1 mgd expansion for the wastewater treatment facility. Designed electric power, lighting, standby generator, instrument and controls, SCADA and miscellaneous systems for this project.
Septage System Upgrade, Eastport, Florida
Designed electrical systems for the installation of a sludge dewatering system at this water reclamation facility
Food Processing Plant Expansion, Vermont Butter and Cheese
Lead project electrical and instrumentation engineer for this food processing plant expansion. Designed lighting, power and instrumentation for this project. Prepared plans and specifications.
Tool Hookup-BAE Systems, Nashua, NH
Lead project manager and electrical designer for STS Etcher tool hookup in a research clean room for defense contractor. Prepared electrical design documents and managed project.
Lead Consulting Engineer/Project Manager, Sithe Energies, Inc., New York, NY
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Lead consultant on Y2K oversight for multinational energy firm for 30+ national and international energy facilities. Formulated successful Y2K oversight program, prepared reports, guidelines, and status updates, Y2K database and coordination program, generic test and transition procedures, due diligence documents, and managed project with Internet tools.
Senior Consulting Engineer/Facilities Safety And Analysis, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
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Provided facilities safety consulting to LANL and LANL clients. Extensive experience with DOE Orders, NRC requirements and with commercial codes and standards.
Prepared Safety Reports for radioactive waste storage tanks at the DOE Hanford, WA facility, safety assessments for salt well pumping flammable gas waste tanks. Prepared Environmental Impact Statement Data Call Reports for four DOE sites for Plutonium Disposition program, FMEA of electric distribution system for a proposed Nuclear Materials Storage Facility, and prepared codes and standards recommendations for various renovations (CMR, TA55, etc.) at LANL. Extensive experience with Risk Based Safety Tools (FMEA, PRA, Fault Tree, Human Factors, Uncertainty Quantification, etc.).
Engineering Supervisor (VP), Engineering/Marketing, Vector Services Corporation, Tampa FL
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Provided consulting engineering and acted as project manager for large number of commercial, industrial and governmental projects. Responsible for all marketing of engineering services. Developed marketing brochures, marketing programs, located potential clients, made cold calls, made sales presentations, prepared proposals and responded to RFPs.
Additional Activities Included:
Electrical engineering design experience-power (distribution 13kv and utilization 600/480/208/120)
Lighting systems design (indoor office, school, commercial, & industrial) and outdoor (parking lots, commercial, sports)
Instrumentation and controls design engineering for new facility designs, renovations and special projects
PLC (A/B, Sq D and PLC Direct) and PC (OI-2000) based control systems (design, fabrication, installation and startup)
Fire alarm, paging, CCTV, computer networks, telephone systems design
Water and wastewater facilities design
Water and wastewater SCADA and telemetry (radio) systems design, installation and startup
Embedded systems design and C programming (68HC11) for Remote Terminal Unit
Oversaw HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Protection and structural designs prepared by company engineers
Prepared marketing materials, responded to RFPs, made sales presentations and prospected for clients/projects
Typical Facilities Design/Construction Management Support:
Elementary School-low temperature air HVAC system
AMOCO Oil-split second stores (13, state of the art prototype convince stores)
Universal Studios-Kongfrontation (electrical & control systems renovation – riders per hour increased from 1,900 to 2,200)
Florida Power Coal Fired Plants-B31.1 Power Piping renovations
Olin Corporation-prototype waste to energy system using bio waste for the State of West Virginia
McCormick Properties-office facilities design and renovation
Tropicanna Foods-process design and office design
Coca Cola Foods-process piping design (special drain systems)
Seminole Electric-rail car maintenance facility design
Hillsborough County Electrical Engineers-water and waste water projects (water treatment, sewage processing, office renovations)
Ball Container Corp.-complete MEP renovation engineering for 3-million can/day aluminum can plant
Numerous small mechanical, electrical and structural projects for a variety of clients (designs, inspections, & specifications)
Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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Taught electrical engineering courses, AC/DC field theory and electro-mechanical energy conversion (AC and DC motors)
Start-Up Superintendent, Northern States Power Company (Wilmarth and Red Wing Refuse Derived Fuel Power Plants), Minneapolis, MN
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Complete responsibility for all activities associated with the startup of two 40 year old modified 25 MW power plants. Oversaw installation of new plant instrumentation system consisting of Bailley Net 90, Square D PLC's, new C.E.M. instrumentation, and new control room. Prepared schedules, start-up administrative procedures, turnover packages, start-up tests, chaired joint test group, coordinated testing and selected staff.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Lead I&C Start-Up Engineer, Sherburne County Generating Station
Responsible for establishing start-up program procedures, turnover packages, and assisted in establishing overall start-up program. Also responsible for the start-up of: condensate polisher, soot blowers, closed cooling water, air exhauster, information computer, DDC coordinated control, AQCS computer, C.E.M instrumentation, annunciator, and vibration monitor.
Senior Quality Engineer, Operations, Detroit Edison Co. Monroe, MI
Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant (1200 Mwe GE-BWR). Primary responsibilities involved operations procedures (NSSS). Consulted with operations personnel and management to refine plant procedures and policies. Assisted in the creation of a unique statistical based quality surveillance system for compliance with requirements. Reviewed plant procedures and recommended changes.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Lead NSSS Systems Start-Up Engineer
Millstone III Nuclear Power Station (1280 Mwe-PWR). Responsible for the review and coordination of all start-up procedures and supervision of the start-up of Westinghouse supplied systems (CVCS, HPSI, SIH, LPSI, RSC, and fuel handling). Consulted with utility start-up personnel in identifying and resolving system problems.
Hot Functional Director and NSSS Start-Up Engineer
Arizona Public Service Co. at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (1270 Mwe CE-PWR). Prepared and reviewed Hot Functional Test procedures (NSSS Systems). Conducted and directed shift testing activities on a shift basis during HFT. Reviewed completed tests and prepared test reports. Coordinated resolution of problems with engineering and construction.
Senior Start-Up Engineer
Westinghouse Nuclear International, assigned to the ANGRA Unit 1 start-up group, Angra dos Reis, R.J., Brazil (625 Mwe W-PWR). Performed duties of a start-up technical support engineer, control room coordinator, and shift lead test director. Responsible for coordination between construction and start-up. Developed enhanced work records control system and acted as assistant test director during Hot Functional Testing. Core load director and shift test director during Initial Criticality Program and Power Ascension Program. Assisted in the writing and development of Integrated Tests (Core Load to 100% power). Developed ILRT computer program (BASIC) and was responsible for special testing (safety related cable tracing program), procedures, and client interface for split flow steam generator test program. Prepared major study of Diesel Generator Repair Program. Positions held during startup: Assistant Hot Functional Test Director, Core Load Director, Initial Criticality Director, and Turbine Roll Director. Extensive NSSS startup and operations experience.
Program Director
Energy Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho. Duties included consulting assignments associated with fossil and nuclear plant operations. Assisted several clients with refueling support (scheduling). Participated in large management audit of operating practices of Commonwealth Edison Co. facilities. Designed, developed, and marketed complete minicomputer based management information systems for power stations throughout the North and South America and the Pacific Rim. Complete responsibility for the development of a concept to a multimillion dollar per year sales for these systems. Developed software (FORTRAN) and designed customized hardware (Data General) for installation at power plants. These systems included programs for outage planning, spare parts inventory control, fuel accountability, health physics record keeping, and surveillance test scheduling. Assisted BWR plant in developing new emergency procedures.
Start-Up Engineer
Northern States Power Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Worked with a team of eight other start-up engineers in the start-up of two 750 Mwe coal powered power plants (CE boilers, GE turbines, CE pollution control equipment). Responsible for the start-up of the following plant systems: turbine control (EHC), condensate polishers, chemical control, turbine lube oil and oil flush, scrubber oxidizing air, and condensate air exhausters. Assigned as supervising start-up engineer during start-up of second unit and was responsible for overall start-up coordination and direction of one 12-hour shift. Involved in many engineering revisions and interfaces between craft labor and site contractors.
Nuclear Engineer
Northern States Power Co. at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant. Hold Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) license for this facility. Developed computerized nuclear fuel accountability systems. Provided engineering direction for three plant refueling outages. Conducted operator training for SRO/RO candidate (all passed). Extensive NSSS systems experience RCIC, HPCS, RHR, TIPS, Core Spray, etc. Post refueling power ascension testing, and control rod/power-maneuvering direction.
Research Assistant
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering. Designed, built and operated 20,000 Curie Cobalt-60 Irradiation Facility. Designed control system and completed construction of facility. Assisted with the teaching of nuclear instrumentation course, operated research reactor and helped maintain nuclear training and research laboratory.
Lectured and published on Engineering Ethics (NSPE, IEEE, and College programs)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Licensed Professional Engineer, FL
Licensed Professional Engineer, MN
Licensed Professional Engineer, ID
Licensed Professional Engineer, AL
Licensed Professional Engineer, GA
Licensed Professional Engineer, WV
Licensed Professional Engineer, NM
Licensed Professional Engineer, MI
Licensed Professional Engineer, NH
Licensed Professional Engineer, ME
Licensed Professional Engineer, VT
Licensed Professional Engineer, CT
Licensed Professional Engineer, MA
Licensed Professional Engineer, NY
Senior Reactor Operators License (SRO-BWR), Amateur Radio Advanced (KA7CYS)
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Q” Clearance during graduate school Sandia Labs, NM
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Society of Professional Engineers
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
New Hampshire Society of Prof. Engineers
Officer/President FES Tampa Chpt. and Santa Fe Chpt., VP St. NMSPE
PUBLICATIONS
Published numerous technical papers (POWER Magazine, IEEE Publications, etc.), IEEE journals and LANL and trade publications.
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