Hi, my name is Lance. I will be graduating in May with dual
Bachelors degrees in Electrical and Mechanical engineering with an
emphasis in power. The biggest thing for me right now is trying to find
a job for next May. It seems that is how I spend most of my free time!
I also go to all of K-State's home football games with my family. 
My name is Laure, I am 23 years old and I come from France. I was there in an
engineering school for two years and I decided to spend my third year in an
exchange program, that's why I am here with you today. It is the first time that
I have come to the United States and I like to be here very much. It's always
interesting and funny to discover another culture, another way of life, which is
very different from the European one!
When I don't work, I like to play the piano and do some sport, and of course go
in the evening to the bars in Manhattan..!
My name is Pete Bernard. I live in Belchertown, Massachusetts which
is located 70 miles west of Boston. I'm married and have three
children ages 10, 8, and 6. I graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1989.
My first job was with the Air Force. I served as a Lieutenant at Offutt AFB in
Omaha, NE for three years. During that time, I was sent to Cairo
Egypt for seven months during Desert Storm.
My second job took me to Phoenix, AZ where I was an electrical
engineer with the Leo A. Daly Company, an architectural-engineering
firm, for one year. In 1993, I joined the Massachusetts Electric Company as an engineer.
Presently I am filling in for the District Engineering Manager for the
Western District (The area in red in the picture).
I enjoy all sports especially soccer and basketball. My weekends are
spent coaching and watching my kids play soccer and watching my
favorite football teams, the New England Patriots and the Nebraska
Cornhuskers. (I am probably the only Cornhusker fan in Massachusetts)Paul De Andrea, Franklin, NY
My current assignment at New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) is
in technical system operations. Our department is responsible for
the maintenance, construction, protection and operation of 60
substations and the respective interconnecting 46 kV, 115 kV and
345 kV subtransmission and transmission system. Previous
assignments have been in the customer services and planning
departments of NYSEG.
My undergraduate degree is a BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI) in 1975. I am a registered professional engineer
in New York state.
I am married with a seven month old daughter. My wife's name is
Susan and my daughter's name is Sarah. I have held various positions
in the power industry for the last twelve (12) years. I have worked
for a power company as a Substation and Protection Engineer in
Washington, DC for two years, and as an Engineer for a consulting
firm for 1.5 years. For the last nine (9) years I have worked for
the Pennsylvania Electric Co., which is now known as GPU Energy.
I have held a number of positions such as distribution engineer,
supervising engineer, and project coordinator/leader, which is
my present position. I received my B.S. E.E. in 1988 from the Univ.
of Pitts. at Johnstown, and I am registered professional engineer
in Pennsylvania. I have also worked in three different power
plants, and prior to attending college, I worked as a coal
miner in an underground coal mine. Our company, GPU Energy,
has recently announced that it will merge with First Energy
out of Ohio. It is estimated that the approval process will
take approximately one year and is supposed to be completed
by the end of 2001. As most anyone in the utility industry
is familiar with reorganizations, we are now in the process
of going through our fifth reorganization in the last five years.
I've been working for National Grid Co. for about 7 years.
My hobbies: WeightLifting, Jogging, VolleyBall
I work for Open Systems International here in Minneapolis, MN. We
specialize in EMS/SCADA. I am in EMS group. I work mostly in Network
Analysis, AGC and DTS. I enjoy developing software for Power Systems
Applications.
My cat Nikita, shown in the picture, is 6 months old.
I currently work at the largest hydroelectric power plant in the State
of Kansas, Bowersock Mills & Power Company. I have worked at this plant
for almost 11 years and I have been Plant Manager for the past 3 years
in which I try to keep the old equipment running. It is because of this
job that I decided to go back to school and get my Masters in Electrical
Engineering with a Power Systems emphasis. I graduated from KU in 1989
with my BSEE with a computer design emphasis, but I was hired by my
current employer while I was a student at KU studying for an MBA and I
found I enjoyed working with power systems more than building
computers. I am a register Professional Engineer in the State of Kansas
and I am Senior Member of the IEEE.
I enjoy biking, camping, hiking and researching family history as well
as local history. For more information on where I work please check out
our web site at www.bowersockpower.com. My email address is DReadio@ieee.org 
My name is Jeff Steiner and I am currently employed at Massachusetts Electric (A National Grid Company) as an engineer. I graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1998 which is located in New York. I have lived in New York for most of my life until I relocated to Massachusetts two years ago with my fiancée. I enjoy watching and playing various sports and in recent years I have been mountain biking with some co-workers through the hills of Massachusetts. This is my second class at Kansas State University and I am looking forward to another great semester.
Fortunately, I was born with wanderlust, because by the time I graduated from high school, I had attended 12 schools. To complete my BA in Spanish, I attended 4 colleges, graduating from UC Riverside. Commissioned in the US Army as a WAC, I was privileged to serve in Iran and Germany. I transferred to the Signal Corps and fell in love with lambda. I was married at the time and my husband, Roy, was mature enough to handle it. He encouraged me to attain a BSEE from KU while he was working on his Ph.D. in History. We have two sons, Brian aged 21, and Andrew aged 17. Schools I have attended: Citrus College, UC Riverside, UCLA, U of Maryland
European Division, KCKCC, KU, and National Defense University.
I am what might be considered a "non-traditional" student and am probably older than most, if not all, of the students in the class. I have eight grandchildren!