Roger of IEEE

Roger will dive into the key design aspects of OpenDSS and explore the modeling techniques that have made it a cornerstone for benchmarking power distribution analysis.

Biography:

Roger has been a Sr. Technical Executive with EPRI in Knoxville, Tennessee USA since 2004. He has over 50 years of combined experience in distribution engineering with EPRI, Electrotek Concepts, and Cooper Power Systems. He holds the BSEE degree from Ohio University, Athens, OH, and the Master of Engineering in Electric Power Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Roger has worked on many diverse aspects of power engineering over his career because of his interests in applying computer methods to power system simulation. Beginning with a student internship with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. in 1971, his work has been focused on Distribution Engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions in the development of computer simulation methods for harmonics and transients analysis. More recently, he has been very active in distributed generation modeling, particularly as it impacts utility distribution systems and distribution system analysis. He was the 2005 recipient of the IEEE Excellence in Distribution Engineering Award. He is coauthor of Electrical Power Systems Quality published by McGraw-Hill, now in its 3rd edition. He serves on the IEEE PES Distribution System Analysis Subcommittee and is active in the Distribution Test Feeders WG.