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Jessica Claire
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 609 Johnson Ave., 49204, Tulsa, OK
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Summary
Entrepreneurial, innovative electrical engineer with extensive practical and academic experience in a competitive, international context. Analytical professional specializing in medium and low voltage switchgear design; power system planning, operation and control; and distributed energy systems engineering and integration. A collaborative communicator focused on building relationships and promoting synergy across business lines.
Highlights

Areas of Expertise include:

  • Power System Operation & Control
  • Distributed Power System Engineering.
  • University-Level Lecturing
  • Standby Power System & Switchgear Design Eng.
  • Relationship Building &  Problem Resolution

Engineering Application Software

  • PSCAD, PSSE, SKM, EMTP, EMTDC, AutoCAD, Pspice,  Quartus, Multism, MS Office, Foxit, & Acrobat

Programming Languages 
  • C, Python, MatLAB, Simulink, Unity Pro, Concept, Vijeo Designer, Indusoft, Factory Talk, and RSLogix 5000 
Accomplishments
  • Commissioned several switchgear/control projects at customer premises
  • Taught introductory circuit/power system courses to both undergraduate/graduate students at the college level.
  • Lead the Y2K remediation program for the Electricity Company of Ghana (A utility distribution company in Ghana)
  • Prepared and delivered training workshop to special low tariff (SLT) customers in the Electricity Company of Ghana network. 
  • Monitored power quality for industries and government departments in Ghana.  
  • Organized training workshops for staff in pre-paid metering division of the Electricity Company of Ghana.    
Experience
05/2016 to Current
SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Hdr, Inc. New York, NY,
  • Manage overall design of assign power systems projects, including engine generators, paralleling and transfer switchgear, protective relaying, programmable logic controllers, operator interfaces (including touchscreens), monitoring systems, and sophisticated networked controls.
  • Conduct power generation control-system specification review
  • Conduct conceptual and detail system design analysis and create control sequence of operation;
  • Create PLC ladder logic programs, touch screen programs, protective relay settings and logic, test reports, and pre-commissioning and commissioning checklists.
  • Mentor junior engineers; provide design direction to designers; approve project-engineering documents, including bill of materials, schematics, and mechanical layouts; utilize existing design templates to engineer new projects.
  • Specify and document initial factory settings; complete all product testing prior to shipment; commission projects in the field and provide commissioning reports after the site visits.
  • Offer application-engineering support for sales, and prepare and deliver submittal documentations for assign projects.
01/2012 to 04/2016
TECHNICAL SPECIALIST Pushpay Colorado Springs, CO,
  • Lead in over 10 customer witness tests and demonstrations;
  • Completed three projects from cradle to grave: this includes the design, supervision of manufacture, HMI & PLC program design, testing and commissioning
  • Designed PLC programming for projects using functional block diagrams, ladder logic, or structured text in unity pro environment
  • Prepared project-specification compliance statements; developed and delivered training materials on neutral grounding resistors (NGR) and surge arrestors for low and medium voltage networks to the Cummins Power Generation system engineering team.
  • Prepared project submittal documents, including critical bill of materials (CBOM), proposed sequence of operation, system interconnection drawings, system outline drawings, and sample test procedure/forms.
  • Prepared project design and assembly drawings, including interconnection design drawings, schematic design (detail) design drawings, and manufacturing or assembly drawings.
01/2007 to 01/2012
Adjunct Faculty Manhattan College New York, NY,
  • Taught the listed power system related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
    • EEL 5270 Power System Transients (Florida State-USA)
    • EEL 5250 Power System Analysis (Florida State-USA)
    • EEL 3216 Power System Fundamentals (Florida State-USA)


01/1995 to 01/2001
FACULTY Manhattan College New York, NY, Ghana
  • Taught the listed power system related courses to undergraduate students:
    • Power Systems I (KNUST-Ghana)
    • Power Systems II (KNUST-Ghana)
    • Power System Protection & Control (KNUST-Ghana)
  • Key member - Research and Income Generating Unit of the department Electrical Engineering, KNUST.
  • Provided Electrical Consultancy Services to Factories & Industries in Ghana.
  • Conducted Industrial Energy Audits.
Education
Expected in 2009 to to
: Electrical Engineering
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY - Tallahassee, FL
GPA:

PhD. (Doctor of Philosophy)

Expected in 1994 to to
: Electrical Engineering
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY - Beijing, Beijing Province
GPA:

Master of Science

Expected in 1991 to to
: Electrical/Electronic Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - Kumasi, Ashanti Region
GPA:

BSc. Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Affiliations
Member, IEEE (2010-Present)
Student Member, IEEE (2006-2009)
Member, Ghana Institution of Engineers (1997-2001)
Publications
M. A. Claire, T. L. Baldwin, “Adaptive Out-of-Step Protection Techniques for Wide Area Disturbances,” – submitted and presented at Power System Conference 2012
  
M. A. Claire, T. L. Baldwin, "Fast Prediction of the Power-Swing Curve across Transmission Lines during Wide Area Disturbances", Power Systems Conference, Clemson - USA, March 10 13, 2009.
 
M. A. Claire, Y. Z. Sun, Q. Lu, “The addition of voltage feedback loop to the nonlinear excitation controller for multi-machine systems to improve the dynamic system performance”  Tsinghua University Journal, Beijing – China, 1994 [Chinese]  
 
M. Gboloteye, P. Y. Okyere, D. Anipa, M. A. Claire, “Microcomputer-based Alarm Systems”, 27th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, Accra – Ghana, August 7 – 12, 1996.

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School Attended

  • FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY
  • TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
  • UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Job Titles Held:

  • SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
  • TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • FACULTY

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