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My Feet Got a Workout

April 25, 2008

I think I walked 5 or 6 miles a day during the Expo. The McCormick Place is one of the biggest conference centers I think I have ever been in. The exhibit floor was huge and there were 5 or 6 levels for all the papers, panels, and sessions. When my friend Mark Zeller at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories offered me a chance to sit down and discuss the smart grid I took it. We talked about phasor monitors, sensors, real time monitoring of protection systems, micro-processors, and just watched the crowd walk by.

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Gene Wolf Blog | Technical Writer

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.