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DESCRIPTION:9:00am to 5:00pm\, Thursday\, March 24\, 2022\nAmarillo College
  West Campus Lecture Hall\n6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas 79106\n\nJo
 in us for this valuable Continuing Education Seminar!\n\nAgenda: \nSolar E
 nergy &amp; Energy Storage Research at WT – 9:10 am\n\nDr. Emad Manla joined
  the College of Engineering as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engine
 ering in 2019. Prior to that\, he worked at the University of New Haven as
  a Visiting Assistant Professor for three consecutive years where he taugh
 t a wide variety of courses in Electrical Engineering and Calculus. He rec
 eived his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the American University of S
 harjah in 2007. He received his M.S. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering fr
 om the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 2009 and 2015 respectively.\n\
 nMicrogrid Research at TTU – 10:30am\n\nDr. Stephen B. Bayne received hi
 s PhD\, MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech Univer
 sity. His research interests at Texas Tech are Power Electronics\, Power S
 emiconductor Devices\, Pulsed Power and Renewable Energy. Dr. Bayne is a f
 aculty member of ARL South for the Power and Energy research at Texas Tech
  University. Dr. Bayne will be presenting on his Microgrid research.\n\nLu
 nch Break – 11:20am – 1:20pm (Joe Taco)\n\nAMTech – 1:20pm\n\nDoug L
 oomis is a graduate of Oklahoma Panhandle State University and earned a Ma
 ster of Education degree from West Texas A&amp;M University. He and his wife G
 isele\, a retired teacher\, have been married 32 years and have two grown 
 children. Their daughter Jordan attends pharmacy school at the University 
 of Texas at Austin\, and their son Braydan recently received a master’s 
 in finance degree from UT. Mr. Loomis was named AISD interim superintenden
 t in October 2018 and the lone finalist for superintendent in early March 
 of 2019. Trustees finalized his appointment on March 27\, 2019. Mr. Loomis
  will be joining us to present on the AmTech Career Academy.\n\nTSPE Updat
 e – 2:40pm\n\nTrish Smith\, CAE and Jennifer McEwan\, Ph. D. will be joi
 ning us to present the recent Texas state legislative session and its impa
 ct on the practice of engineering in Texas. Trends in other states as well
  as political tides in Texas and their potential impacts on the profession
  will be discussed. Trish B. Smith\, CAE (Certified Association Executive)
  is the Executive Director of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.
  Trish has been with TSPE for 20 years overseeing the programs and staff o
 f the organization. She is also the Executive Director and a Trustee of th
 e Texas Engineering Foundation and manages the TSPE Political Action Commi
 ttee for Engineers (PACE). She is currently serving a third term as a memb
 er of the NSPE Executive Committee\, Board of Directors and House of Deleg
 ates. Jennifer McEwan\, Ph. D. is widely known for her transportation expe
 rtise and knowledge of project development and advancement. Prior to found
 ing Grace &amp; McEwan Consulting\, Jennifer served as Senior Policy Director 
 at the international law firm Greenberg Traurig. She currently serves as T
 SPE Legislative &amp; Governmental Affairs Director\, Treasurer of the Transpo
 rtation Advocates of Texas\, and policy director for the Texas Transportat
 ion Alliance.\n\nIllegal Dumping Task Force – 4:00 pm\n\nDonny Hooper ha
 s over 24 years of municipal government experience\, serving in many areas
  of Public Works. He served as Director of Public Works for the city of Pa
 mpa for over 22 years\, joined the City of Amarillo municipality in July o
 f 2018 and in February of 2021 became the Director of Public Works for the
  City of Amarillo. Donny will be joining us to day to discuss the city’s
  Illegal Dumping Task Force.\n\nDon’t forget the After Party!!\n\nCinerg
 y 5:30 – 7:30\n\nBldg: Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall\, 6222 
 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas\, United States\, 79106\, Virtual: https://
 events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306965
LOCATION:Bldg: Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall\, 6222 SW 9th Ave.
 \, Amarillo\, Texas\, United States\, 79106\, Virtual: https://events.vtoo
 ls.ieee.org/m/306965
ORGANIZER:bobby.clift@xcelenergy.com
SEQUENCE:7
SUMMARY:SPRING 2022 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306965
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:00am to 5:00pm\, 
 Thursday\, March 24\, 2022&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amarillo College West Campus Lect
 ure Hall&lt;br /&gt;6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas 79106&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p align=&quot;cen
 ter&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join us for this valuable Continuing Education Seminar!&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: 
 underline\;&quot;&gt;Solar Energy &amp;amp\; Energy Storage Research at WT&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ndash\; 9:10 am&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Emad Manla joined the College of 
 Engineering as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2019. P
 rior to that\, he worked at the University of New Haven as a Visiting Assi
 stant Professor for three consecutive years where he taught a wide variety
  of courses in Electrical Engineering and Calculus. He received his B.S. i
 n Electrical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah in 2007. 
 He received his M.S. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the Universit
 y of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 2009 and 2015 respectively.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Microgrid Research at TTU&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash\; 10:30am&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr
 . Stephen B. Bayne received his PhD\, MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engi
 neering from Texas Tech University.&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; His research inte
 rests at Texas Tech are Power Electronics\, Power Semiconductor Devices\, 
 Pulsed Power and Renewable Energy.&amp;nbsp\; Dr. Bayne is a faculty member of
  ARL South for the Power and Energy research at Texas Tech University.&amp;nbs
 p\; Dr. Bayne will be presenting on his Microgrid research.&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;
 strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Lunch Break&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ndash
 \; 11:20am &amp;ndash\; 1:20pm (Joe Taco)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;AMTech&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&amp;ndash\; 1:20pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Doug Loomis is a graduate of Oklahoma Panhandle
  State University and earned a Master of Education degree from West Texas 
 A&amp;amp\;M University. He and his wife Gisele\, a retired teacher\, have bee
 n married 32 years and have two grown children. Their daughter Jordan atte
 nds pharmacy school at the University of Texas at Austin\, and their son B
 raydan recently received a master&amp;rsquo\;s in finance degree from UT. Mr. 
 Loomis was named AISD interim superintendent in October 2018 and the lone 
 finalist for superintendent in early March of 2019. Trustees finalized his
  appointment on March 27\, 2019. Mr. Loomis will be joining us to present 
 on the AmTech Career Academy.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;&lt;u&gt;TSPE Update&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ndash\; 2:40pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Trish Smith\, CAE
  and Jennifer McEwan\, Ph. D. will be joining us to present the recent Tex
 as state legislative session and its impact on the practice of engineering
  in Texas.&amp;nbsp\; Trends in other states as well as political tides in Tex
 as and their potential impacts on the profession will be discussed. Trish 
 B. Smith\, CAE (Certified Association Executive) is the Executive Director
  of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.&amp;nbsp\; Trish has been wit
 h TSPE for 20 years overseeing the programs and staff of the organization.
  She is also the Executive Director and a Trustee of the Texas Engineering
  Foundation and manages the TSPE Political Action Committee for Engineers 
 (PACE). She is currently serving a third term as a member of the NSPE Exec
 utive Committee\, Board of Directors and House of Delegates. Jennifer McEw
 an\, Ph. D. is widely known for her transportation expertise and knowledge
  of project development and advancement. Prior to founding Grace &amp;amp\; Mc
 Ewan Consulting\, Jennifer served as Senior Policy Director at the interna
 tional law firm Greenberg Traurig. She currently serves as TSPE Legislativ
 e &amp;amp\; Governmental Affairs Director\, Treasurer of the Transportation A
 dvocates of Texas\, and policy director for the Texas Transportation Allia
 nce.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Illegal Dumping Task Force&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ndash\; 4
 :00 pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Donny Hooper has over 24 years of municipal government expe
 rience\, serving in many areas of Public Works. He served as Director of P
 ublic Works for the city of Pampa for over 22 years\, joined the City of A
 marillo municipality in July of 2018 and in February of 2021 became the Di
 rector of Public Works for the City of Amarillo. Donny will be joining us 
 to day to discuss the city&amp;rsquo\;s Illegal Dumping Task Force.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;s
 trong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Don&amp;rsquo\;t forget the After Party!!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stron
 g&gt;&lt;u&gt;Cinergy 5:30 &amp;ndash\; 7:30&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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