This month we’ll be talking with Technical Sales Specialist Gary Paterson of Dynamatic Drive Source International INC. Sturtevant, Wis.   Meeting Agenda Eddy Current Drive Theory of Operation Performance Analysis Economic Implications Application Considerations …all with a focus on pump and similar applications.   Gary Paterson Gary Patterson holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, where he pursued the Power Option, specializing in rotating equipment and electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution. He began his career with a manufacturer of large motors, assigned as a factory application engineer, specializing in the firm’s line of eddy current variable speed drives, and their emerging variable frequency drive technology.  He served later as a field sales engineer in Chicago, and eventually assumed regional responsibility. He has worked in field sales as a region manager for a variable frequency drive manufacturer, and has also been employed as a sales engineer with a manufacturer’s representative firm, responsible for a large variety of electrical and mechanical equipment.  He presently serves as the Pump, Fan and Compressor Technical Sales Specialist for DSI/Dynamatic, focusing on pumping and similar applications in the industrial and municipal markets.  Location: 701 Pike St Suite 1200 Seattle, Washington 98101

Northwest Energy System Symposium 2018, NWESS 2018 Planning Committee Meeting. These planning meeting for a 2-day IEEE PES conference to be held at the University of Washington are open plannning meetings held the 3rd Thursday of each month leading up to the conference.  The work is to obtain facilities, speakers for the conference, food and beverage and advertise.  Speaker(s): Max Emrick, Location: Seattle, Washington