Lorraine Padden, P.E of Padden Engineering, LLC

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Lorraine K. Padden, PE (IEEE- M’80–SM’94) is co-founder and President of Padden Engineering, LLC, Katy, TX.  Ms. Padden has been providing electrical engineering services to the Petrochemical Industry for over 30 years, specializing in power system design and analysis, arc flash risk assessment, and coordination studies. Ms. Padden received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, USA.  After graduation, she worked for Shell Oil Company and Subsidiaries in Houston, TX and Bakersfield, CA.

Ms. Padden is a member of the IEEE Standards Association (SA), Industry Applications Society (IAS), and Power and Energy Society (PES) and is past Vice Chair of PCIC Standards Subcommittee, and past Chair of the PCIC Production Subcommittee.  She actively serves on several Committees including Chair of IEEE Std. 1349 Working Group (Motors in Hazardous Locations) and Chair of IEEE Std. 3004.8 Working Group (Motor Protection) and is contributing to the Technical Book Coordinating Committee for re-writing the IEEE Color Books.  She has chaired chapters of the IEEE Buff Book (Protection and Coordination) and IEEE Blue Book (Low Voltage Circuit Breakers), and contributes to several other IEEE standards including IEEE 841 (Severe Duty TEFC Motors).  Ms. Padden is a voting member of the API Subcommittee on Electrical Equipment and a Task Group member for API RP 500/505/NEC (Electrical Area Classification) and API 14F/14FZ (Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities). She has published and presented papers and tutorials at the IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee Conference (PCIC) and other IEEE conferences and has published papers in the IEEE IAS Transactions and IAS Magazine. Ms. Padden is also a member of the American Petroleum Institute, National Fire Protection Association, The International Society of Automation, and National Society of Professional Engineers and Lifetime member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.  Ms. Padden is a recipient of the IEEE Standards Medallion and IEEE PCIC David C. Azbill awards for IEEE standards work and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, California, and Washington.

Address:Katy, United States

John A. Kay, C.E.T., IEEE Fellow of Rockwell Automation

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John A. Kay, C.E.T. (IEEE- M93, SM98, F12) In 1988, John began his career with the Allen-Bradley Canada (Rockwell Automation) as a Medium Voltage Marketing Representative, where he was responsible for the selection and globally quotation of medium voltage control products. He was held various roles within Rockwell Automation since then including: Application Engineering Manager for Medium Voltage Control Products, Engineering Manager for Low Voltage MCC and Medium Voltage Systems, Global Business Unit Manager for Medium Voltage Control Products and Senior Technologies Specialist. In his present role as Principal Engineer, he explores new technologies related to current and future product designs, product and operational safety and standards development. He was instrumental in the development of the first Allen Bradley Medium Voltage Adjustable Speed Drive and arc resistant motor control products. He is currently engaged in new technologies review and development including high performance protection devices, synchronous control and protection systems and more recently the development of preemptive arc detection and mitigation techniques. He actively promotes and provides training surrounding these new product technologies, safety standards and general electrical safety techniques.

John is a very active member of the IEEE Standards Association (SA) and IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), the IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC), the IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (I&CPS) and the IEEE Pulp and Paper Industry Committee (PPIC). He has held various leadership roles on the executive boards for both the IEEE IAS and the IEEE PPIC. He is an active member developing and revising many standards including activities related to the development of the IEEE P3004 series of standards which are the update to the longstanding IEEE color book series. He is a member of the committee responsible for the development of the new IEEE 1566 Standard, “Performance of Adjustable Speed AC Drives Rated 375 kW and Larger”. He is a voting member responsible for the review and revision of many of the electrical and safety standards applied today.

He has authored or co-authored more than 60 award winning technical papers presented through various technical committees including the IEEE, the Pulp and Paper Association of Canada (PAPTAC), the Association for Iron & Steel Technology, NFPA along with several other well know North American standards organizations.  Many of these papers have been re-published in several publications and magazines. He has authored several technical articles published through various trade and safety magazine focusing on electrical safety, arc flash detection, and preemptive fault detection and control techniques. He is typically seen presenting technology and safety topics at various technical product forums and safety workshops. John was elevated to IEEE Fellow in January of 2012, for contributions to arc resistant medium voltage control and protection technologies. John is a Certified Engineering Technologist in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Address:Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Lorraine Padden, P.E of Padden Engineering, LLC

Biography:

Address:Katy, Texas, United States

John A. Kay, C.E.T., IEEE Fellow of Rockwell Automation

Biography:

Address:Cambridge, Ontario, Canada