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March 2000

SSR
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
C O N S U L T I N G
E N G I N E E R S

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., a leading national consulting engineering firm, would like to identify experienced, qualified individuals to join our team in Houston.  We are looking for Engineers who want to be a part of a fast paced and rapidly growing business.  Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and experience in the design of health care, corrections, and other institutional buildings.  Specific needs include:

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
Registered engineer with 5-10 years of experience.  Project management required.  Health care and institutional facility design are a plus.

SSR offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, with 401k, Profit Sharing, and ESOP plan.  If you are interested in building a career with SSR, please submit resume to: 

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
Attn: C Hemeyer
7575 San Felipe, Suite 270
Houston, TX 77063-1713
Fax 713-952-8655, Email: CHemeyer@SSR-Inc.Com

An Equal Opportunity Employer

March Section Meeting 
Speaker Topic

 

NON-DESTRUCTIVE PARTIAL
DISCHARGE TESTING

Our guest speaker , Mr. Martin W. “Mac” Carkhuff, from Ultra Power Technologies, Inc. will be discussing the technology and application of 60 Hz.  Non-Destructive Partial Discharge testing in field age Underground Power Systems.  He will be addressing the following subjects:

  • Benefits (event based vs. condition based cable management)

  • Limitations

  • Alternative to DC testing

  • Interpreting the results

 Ultra Power Technologies has tested over 10 million feet of cable in over 40 states in the past 2 years, primarily with large Investor Owned and Consumer Owned Power Utilities.  Recently they have begun to address the need of large Industrial Customers to insure the reliability of their critical underground circuits.

Ultra Power Technologies, Inc. was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern States Power Company in late 1997.  In doing so, Northern States became one of the first utilities to utilize Partial Discharge testing to determine the integrity of underground power cables, splices and terminations, in the field.  

Mac Carkhuff is a Senior Account Manager with Ultra Power Technologies, Inc.  He joined the company in 1999 after working for Northern States Power for a year.  Mac has a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration.  Although his degree is unrelated to his technical background his involvement with this new technology qualifies him to provide us with great introduction.

CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTIVE RELAY ENGINEERS
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
College Station, Texas

April 11-13, 2000

The Planning Committee of the 53rd Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers invites you to attend the conference at Texas A&M University on April 11-13, 2000.  The Protective Relay Conference provides a forum for engineers to discuss protection technology and related subjects.  Both tutorial presentations on fundamental concepts and papers on new technology are included.  The program will include the following:
  • New protection equipment descriptions
  • Relay application ideas an new concepts
  • Case Studies and “Horror Stories"
  • (When the relays worked – and when they didn’t!)
Registration Information:  Pre-Registration:  $165(begins January 3, 2000)  
  After March 17:  $190
Manufacturers For hospitality suites, please contact Stuart M. Arledge at the College Station Hilton and Conference Center at (409)694-4907
This conference offers Continuing Education Credits

Web site: http://engineering.tamu.edu/prorelay/

For information: Dr. b. Don Russell
Associate Vice Chancellor
College of Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3126
(409) 845-8912
For Registration: Ms. Jacque Hand
Conference Registration
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-1232
(409) 845-7962
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