April 23, 2013
Topic: Top 10 Recommendations for Electrical Reliability: Remember the Super Bowl of 2013
Speaker: Michael Nakamura, P.E.
Time:
5:30 PM - Attitude Adjustment
6:00 PM - Meeting
6:00 PM - Meeting
7:00 PM - Dinner
Location: Sinbad's
Restaurant
Pier 2 The Embarcadero
San
Francisco, CA 94111
Cost:
$25 (at the door)
Limited Seating (RSVP Required)
$25 (Email pre-registration)
Pre-registrants qualify for IEEE Color Book Drawing
Students:
$10 (at the door) for first 5
IEEE student members.
Contact:
Bob
Formicola
Electrical Reliability may sound like a boring topic until
you look at the world around you. On
February 3, 2013, the Super Bowl sustained a power outage while nearly 109
million people watched and waited. On
September 9, 2011, Southern California, parts of Arizona, and parts of Mexico
sustained a power outage leaving 1.5 million people in the dark and bringing
traffic to a standstill. On December 18,
2005, during heavy rainfall, a large wastewater treatment plant in the San
Francisco Bay Area sustained a power outage on one utility service leaving the
plant with only one healthy utility service for 5 days. Power outages such as these can have
widespread implications whether it is traffic gridlock or risk of sewage
discharge into waterways.
The examples will be based on the speakers experience
performing testing, startup, commissioning, and troubleshooting of power
systems at a large wastewater treatment plant in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The examples and recommendations will universally apply to all industries
including Mission Critical, Oil and Gas, Healthcare, Utility,
Transportation, Commercial, and Water/Wastewater.
Michael
Nakamura is a Sales Engineer with MatzingerKeegan, Inc. (MKI), manufacturer’s
representative for Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Southern States, Myers Power
Products, and others. Prior to joining MKI, Mr. Nakamura was a SeniorElectrical
Engineer at the East Bay Municipal Utility District where he supervised the
Wastewater Electrical Engineering section.
He
has 19 years of experience in the design, construction, testing, startup,
commissioning, and troubleshooting of power distribution, control, and
automation systems at water and wastewater facilities. Mr. Nakamura received
the B.S.E.E. degree from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis
Obispo. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and is active in the local chapter of the
Industry Applications Society serving as Chairman. Mr. Nakamura holds a
Certificate in Project Management from UCBerkeley Extension, and is a
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California.1994. From 1995 to
2009, Dave held multiple Engineering, Sales, & Executive Management
positions within the Power Systems Division of Michigan CAT, a Caterpillar
Dealer covering the state of Michigan. From 2009 to 2012, Dave was V.P. of
Sales for Kossen Equipment, a Kohler Power Systems Dealer covering the South
East. He then became Director of Engineering & Product Development for
Taylor Power, a Distributor of Perkins Engines and Manufacturer of Generator
Sets.