The staff is comprised of electrical engineers with advanced degrees from varied and complementary backgrounds. Their mission is to provide technical expertise in applying power system equipment, which they have done for more than 20 years. They combine theoretical knowledge with practical experience to offer the best solutions to today's most difficult and challenging system problems.

Most Systems Integration (SI) engineers are members of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and some are members of the society's Working Groups. Through this and other organizations in the electrical engineering community, the staff shares their extensive knowledge with the industry. They also do this through numerous technical papers written on a wide variety of practical electrical engineering topics, some of which have won awards for excellence. Information and ideas are also shared with the industry through a series of interactive workshops conducted throughout the country for electrical engineers by SI staff members.

Products developed by Systems Integration include The Power Verdict™ Series software for analyzing system operations, the V-HARM™ program used to analyze harmonic distortion, V-METER™ II portable harmonics meter/controller, V-MONITOR II PC-based harmonics monitor, and V-Flicker™ rack-mounted meter used to measure voltage flicker. Many SI engineers hold patents on products they've developed.

Some outstanding achievements by Systems Integration staff members include:

• First to develop hand-held harmonics measurement equipment (V-METER)
• First to develop digital flicker meter (V-Flicker Meter)
• First to develop harmonics software for the personal computer (V-HARM)
• First to develop overcurrent protection software for the personal computer (V-PRO^®)
• Developed most comprehensive overcurrent protection program (V-PRO II)
• Received Engineering Achievement Award for development of high-level electrical engineering courses
• Elected to membership in the Academy of Electrical Engineering for the University of Missouri-Rolla
• Included in United Nations Roster of Experts
• SE engineers hold over 20 patents
• 90% of staff earned master's degree or higher
• Hold committee positions in IEEE and CIRED
• 40% of staff hold Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Serve on Industry Advisor Council for University of Missouri-Rolla, Michigan Tech, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Authored more than 300 technical papers and articles on a wide variety of electrical distribution topics
• Conduct over 25 participatory workshops per year based on actual field experience

Systems Integration

Thomas A. Edison Technical Center
Staff Capabilities
Power Verdict Series™ Software