Biography
- Roger G. Lawrence PE CEM FIEEE provides specialized engineering services locally, nationally and internationally. His activities cover a broad spectrum of engineering functions from practical hands-on troubleshooting and the development of low cost practical solutions to concept development. He has published a number of technical papers and presents tutorials and workshops.
- The nature of his work is both conceptual and practical. It is associated with the analysis and resolution of electrical engineering problems. It has both industrial and commercial applications and an educative component. During the period 2000-Present he has performed specialized engineering consulting services for individual industrial and commercial clients, for other consulting companies, for EPRI, for CEC and DOE, for electric utilities and for NCSU. He has written, presented, and published several technical papers. He serves as Sectretary of the IEEE Standards Committee 1566 (for adjustable speed drives larger than 500hp). He has served as Chairman of the Chemical Subsection of IEEE PCIC, as Chair of ENCS, and was formerly the Chairman of the Power and Energy Society and Industrial Applications Society Chapters of IEEE ENCS.
- Prior to establishing his own consultant practice in 2000, Roger Lawrence spent 26 years with GEC designing and developing power electronic equipment, specifically adjustable speed drives and uninterruptible power supplies. During this time he established a business based on inverter products, assembled and led the technical team for a drives' manufacturing company in the US, and developed and implemented a company wide ISO 9000 quality plan. Recently he spent 7 years as technical consultant and Director of the EPRI Adjustable Speed Drive Application Office facilitating field demonstrations of ASDs, Flywheels, Ultra Capacitors, SMES, Dynamic Sag Correctors and other power system mitigation devices. He was instrumental in the development of EPRI's ASDMaster software.
- Academic and Professional Qualifications:
- BSc (Eng) and ACGI from Imperial College , London University 1966
- MBA from Mercer University 1985
- Chartered Engineer (C Eng)
- European Engineer (Eur Ing)
- Lifetime Fellow IEEE (LFIEEE) cited for Contributions to Energy Efficient Adjustable Speed Drive Systems
- Member:
- Industrial Applications Society (IEEE IAS)
- Power Engineering Society (IEEE PES)
- Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS)
- Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)
- Member IET (formerly IEE)
- Member NSPE
- Professional Engineer in NC, GA, FL, TX
- Education and experience registered at The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
- DOE Qualified Steam Specialist
- DOE Qualified Pump Specialist
- Past Member of NEMA SC3 (Motor Controller) and SC7 (Adjustable Speed Drives)