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This month's meeting...
Date:
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Subject: "Med. Voltage Switchgear & Unit Substation Overview"
Speaker: Dale Gilkey,
Square D Company
| Time: |
No-Host social at 5:30 pm; Presentation at 6:15 pm;
Dinner at 7:15 pm; Presentation continues at 8:00 pm; Adjourn by
9:00 pm.
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| Place: |
Marie Callender's Restaurant - The Garden Room; 2090
Diamond Blvd in Concord (near the Concord Hilton Hotel). Call
925-827-4930 if you need directions.
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| RSVP: |
Please make reservations by October 25, by
contacting Gregg Boltz at
email: gboltz@brwncald.com
or telephone (925) 210-2571.
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| Cost: |
The cost of dinner is $22 for IEEE members; $25 for
non-members. |
Meeting Description:
The October 26th meeting of the Industry Applications Society for
Oakland East Bay Section will feature a talk entitled "Medium Voltage
Switchgear and Unit Substations Overview". The speaker will be Dale
Gilkey, Consulting Engineer Specialist, Square D Company. This meeting
will cover two subjects - medium voltage switchgear and unit
substations. The discussion will cover a number of topics related to
Medium Voltage Circuit Breakers. Here is an outline of the topics that
will be covered:
Medium Voltage Switchgear:
* Standards
* Product Selection
* Types of Systems
* Metal-Clad Versus Metal-Enclosed
Unit Substations
* Types of Designs
* Liquid Versus Dry
* Components of Substations
* Specialty Substations
About the Speaker:
Our speaker will be Mr. Dale Gilkey, who is Consulting Engineer
Specialist for Square D Company in Northern California and Nevada. He
has been in the electrical industry for more than 25 years. Dale began
his career with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1978. He worked in
the engineering department of their switchboard and panelboard
manufacturing facility for two years. Transferring to the San
Francisco Bay area in 1980, he worked for Westinghouse in the Field
Sales Office and Distribution Offices until 1990. He then worked for
the local assemblies builder, IEM, for two years before joining Square D
Company in 1992. Dale worked as a Senior Industrial Sales Engineer
until 1995 when he then took the position he currently holds as
Consulting Engineer Specialist for Square D in Northern California and
Nevada. In this position he works closely with the Electrical
Engineering community on project layouts, budgets, specifications, and
training.
Dale received his BS in Electrical Engineering at Manhattan College in
New York City. There he was a member of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu
Association-the National Honor Society of Electrical Engineers.
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Chapter Leadership:
Chairman:
Gregg Boltz, Brown &
Caldwell 925-210-2571
Vice Chairman: Richard
Romero
Stanley Electric Motor Company 209-464-7321
Treasurer:
Ken McFarland, Cooper/Crouse-Hinds (925)
867-1840
Secretary:
Michael Nakamura,
East Bay Municipal Utility District (510) 287-2066
Member at Large: Kirti Shah, Tesoro Refining Co. (925)
372-3076
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