Tuesday May 24, 2004

El Gallo Mexican Restaurant
2910 S Congress (see below)
Austin, Texas
512-444-2205

Dinner is $10.00 – IEEE Members
$12.00 – Non-IEEE Members
Free for students.

Please RSVP - if you plan to attend please reply to this invitation or email Stacy Smith at stacy.smith@austin.utexas.edu for further information, please contact or email Stacy Smith at (512) 232-6103.

Mike Filley of Square-D will present on Critical Power Distribution Systems

M.N. (Mike) Filley, P.E. , is a consulting engineer specialist for Square D Company located in their Austin field office, a position he has held since joining the company in 1994. He provides application engineering assistance to consulting engineers and industrial clients in the Central Texas area.

Prior to joining Square D, he was employed with Michelin Tire Corporation for 14 years in various positions, including engineering manager at their plant in Dothan, Alabama, engineering recruitment manager at their North American headquarters in Greenville, South Carolina, international project manager, maintenance manager, and utilities manager for their facilities at Sandy Springs, South Carolina, as well as project electrical engineer for facilities in the Carolinas, Colorado, and Texas. He spent two years in Clermont-Ferrand , France, in international management training, while performing engineering assignments for facilities in France, the United States, and Nigeria.

Prior to joining Michelin, he was employed for seven years in petrochemical construction at a DuPont facility in Victoria, Texas, (his home of origin) by both H.B. Zachry Company and Edenfield Electric. His positions included electrical and instrumentation superintendent, electrical superintendent, electrical design office supervisor, and office engineer.

He attended Rice University on academic scholarship for two years, the University of Texas at Austin for one year, and completed his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Houston through night-time courses and a leave of absence in 1979. He has been registered by examination as a professional engineer in Texas since 1986.

Distribution systems for providing reliable electrical power at industrial facilities, data centers, and telecommunications centers have evolved considerably over the past few years. This presentation will discuss some of the latest distribution systems, their pros and cons, and the difficulties in achieving the “perfect” system – reliable, selective, safe, and cost-effective.

Directions to El Gallo:

From I –35:
Exit at Oltorf, turn west, and continue until S. Congress Avenue. At S. Congress, turn left. El Gallo is about 500 feet past the next traffic light ( Cumberland), on the right. It’s also directly across from the entrance to St. Edward’s University.

From Ben White Blvd. (US290/SH71):
Exit at S. Congress Avenue and turn north (left from 360, right from I-35). El Gallo is about 600 feet past the next traffic light (Woodward), on the left. It’s also directly across from the entrance to St. Edward’s University.

The parking lot extends beside the building from the S. Congress, and there is lots of it. Once you've entered the restaurant, turn left at the cashier’s counter into the party room. The bar will be available to those who care to purchase a drink or beer. In fact, there is a service window, so we don’t even have to leave the party room.

The menu will be a choice of seven meals; selection will be done at time of ordering. The meal includes tea or coffee, and dessert. Our only restriction is that we must close our program by 9 PM. For the early risers and the long drivers, this is good news!