Electric Machines & Drives Seminar

Ghaff Khazami gkhazami@ieee.org 813 960 0990	Friday, October 17, 2008 at 9:00am-2:00pm
	Meeting Description Date: Friday, October 17, 2008 Time: Registration & Breakfast: 8:30AM – 9:00AM, Seminar: 9:00AM – 2:00PM Speaker: Thomas Blair, P.E., Senior Consulting Engineering, Tampa Electric Location: Tampa Armature Works, 6312 78th Street Riverview, FL 33569 Cost: $100 Members, $150 Non-Members Includes Lunch PDH Credits: 4 professional development hours will be awarded. Be sure to enter you name and PE number on the signup website as it appears on your license. IEEE Florida Provider Number 3849. RSVP: Online at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/floridawc/ (Select Reservations) Make checks payable to: IEEE FWCS Send checks to: IEEE - FWCS 30612 Nickerson Loop Wesley Chapel, FL 33543 Attn: Dr. Paul Schnitzler Space limited to the first 24 registrants!!! Sign up early. Questions: Tom Blair at 813-228-1111, ext 34407 or tom_blair@ieee.org
	Additional Information PES West Coast Chapter invites you to the opportunity to attend a seminar on Electrical Machines and Drives at the Tampa Armature Works Riverview facility on Friday, October 17. The Electrical Machines and Drives Seminar will provide an excellent overview of electric power conversion rotating machines and the drives that control these machines. The purpose of the Electric Machines and Drives seminar is to introduce the basic theory and applications of motors, generators, and drives. The first hour of the seminar will cover DC motors and DC generators. The second hour of the seminar will cover AC motors and AC generators. The last two hours of the seminar will cover solid state drives that are used to control these machines and a discussion of the various applications of rotating machines and drives. Equivalent circuits will be review to present simplified analysis methods. After the seminar, opportunity will be provided for those interested to tour the Electric Motor Facility of Tampa Armature works – transportation from the TAW Riverview facility where the seminar will be to the TAW Electric Motor Facility will be attendee’s responsibility (we will provide directions at seminar). Thomas Blair is a Senior Consulting Engineer with Tampa Electric Company for 7 years. Prior to his term at Tampa Electric, he was an engineer at Phasetronics/Motortronics for 10years. Over his past 17 years experience, Tom has designed and performed startup services for motor and drive applications. Tom currently teaches the “Powerplant Engineering” and “Electric Machines and Drives” courses as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida. Tom received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. (Power Engineering) degrees from University of South Florida in 1991 and 2001 respectively and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida (PE# 53239).
	Meeting Location Tampa Armature Works 6312 78th Street , Riverview
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