David B. Durocher, P.E. IAS Society President of Industry Applications Society President

The presentation will focus on some of today’s industry applications of power electronics. Included will be details on application of large scale three-phase uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems applied in a Greenfield Data Center, delivering high-efficiency power conversion in one of the world’s highest energy density systems. Examples of micro-grid applications for industry and how users are capitalizing on the alternative energy and future open energy markets. Medium voltage adjustable frequency drives using high-efficiency IGBTs installed as an upgrade at a US based steel mill runout table transfer system resulting in monthly energy savings of US $45,000. This will be followed by a review of the IAS’s last 50 years of accomplishments and our path forward to the future.

Biography:

David B. Durocher (SBM ’77 M ’97-SM ’99) received a B.S.E.E. degree from Oregon State University, Corvallis, in 1978. He is currently Global Mining, Metals & Minerals Industry Manager, with Eaton Corporation in Wilsonville. He has over 35 years of experience with Westinghouse and Eaton serving in a variety of product engineering, sales and global marketing roles, authoring numerous technical papers that have been presented at conferences around the world and published in IEEE Industry Applications, Plant Engineering and EC&M Magazine. Dave is a Senior Member IEEE and presently serves as a member of the IEEE IAS Mining Industry Committee, Cement Industry Committee, Pulp & Paper Industry Committee and as President of the IEEE Industry Applications Society.

Dr.-Ing. Peter Magyar, IEEE Fellow, IAS Chapters and Membership Department (CMD) Chair of IAS CMD Chair

The presentation will first provide a short overview about the chapter and membership activities of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), including Membership statistics as well as membership and chapter development trends. The higher grade and student membership development as well as its regional characteristics will be introduced, especially the young member activity and the student chapter development.

The second part of the presentation gives an overview about the member promoted programs and services of the Society. This includes the organization structure of CMD (Chapter and Membership Development), along with detailed information about CMD activities, awards, contests, travel programs, and technical supporting services. 

Biography:

Peter Magyar (M´92, SM´04, F´07) received the Dipl. eng. and the Dr. tech. degrees from the Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. From 1967 to 1991, he was with the Department of Automation of the same university as an assistant professor and a research associate. From 1991 to 2009, he worked for industrial companies in Germany. He retired from Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Germany in 2009.

Dr. Magyar has been an IEEE volunteer in various positions. He was secretary, vice chair and chair of the IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter (1998-2004). He was the chapter coordinator of the Germany Section 2005-09 and member and chair of the R8 Chapter Coordination Subcommittee 2009-11. He has served the IA Society as Chapter Area Chair R8 2004-08, as member-at-large 2005, as chairman of the Inter-Society Cooperation Committee 2006-07 as well as chair of the Chapters and Membership Department since 2009.  Dr. Magyar is the recipient of the 2006 IAS Distinguished Service Award and was elevated to IEEE fellow in 2007.