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Reprint from STEM Workforce Diversity - Spring 2022 (https://bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/publication/frame.p?i=753073&p=&pn=&ver=html5)
IT'S ELECTRIC
STAND-OUT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS WHO'VE GOT THE
POWER SHARE THEIR CAREER ADVICE FOR SLIDING INTO
AN ELECTRIC CAREER IN THIS POWERFUL FIELD.
Electrical engineers power the world - literally. Indeed,
they've got the power in a discipline that's electric.
They have the important task of drawings, developing,
designing, and testing electrical equipment. They also
manage the manufacturing of small-tech and high-tech
electrical equipment, from motors and navigational
software systems to super powerful equipment.
You can thank an electrical engineer for creating the
electrical components of everything in your home,
along with autos, hand-held devices like phones and
tablets, and more.
Electrical engineering is a very broad filed with roles
in a large array of industries. Electrical engineers are
always in demand at major companies, and, in this
feature, you'll meet several stellar ones. These are their
stories - and their words of wisdom - for others in the
biz seeking to slide into an electric career.
At San Jose, CA-headquartered Rosendin, Clinton
Summers, P.E., senior director of power engineering
"loves the opportunity to use wide-range of engineering
tools to solve new challenges. Engineering is the most
fun when it's not cookie-cutter, and you have the
chance to utilize things you've done or learned about in
the past, and then apply the knowledge and methods to arena, was a back-up diesel rotary UPS (DRUPS)
solve new and different problems."
Electrical engineering, he adds, is an incredibly broad
field including digital, communications, computer
engineering, power systems, electronics, and so much
more.
"Since it's such a wide field, you can really develop a
diverse 'toolbox' with which to attack new problems
from a wide range of related disciplines. For me,
exploring a little bit of electrical engineering from
each of these areas during my undergraduate studies
was very helpful in my work as a power engineer as it
equipped me with more tools than if I'd only studied
one specific specialty within electrical engineering."
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Most of Summer's practice as
an electrical power engineer
has been in the data center
environment. "Once upon a
time, large industrial loads
were the largest point loads in
the U.S. power grid, but now
there are large data centers
where massive concentrations
of computers draw power that
rivals that of meg industrial
installations. Data centers always fascinated me for this
reason," he shares. His most recent data center project
was in Southern California, and featured 16 megawatts
of critical power for computers and a total of 20
megawatts of power handling capability.
"IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
TO SWITCH FIELDS OR
BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS
IN ENGINEERING."
"Another interesting project, outside the data center
power plant for a chip manufacturing facility in the
San Francisco, CA area. The project consisted of 12
DRUPS machines with an output of more than 20 MW.
This project also included modifications to an existing
12,000 volt substation. The modifications added a new
automated system of interlocks to allow the new DRUPS
plant to work properly and more safely with the older
substation equipment," he details.
Summer encourages job seekers to work in an area of
engineering that fascinates you and makes you want to
go to work every day. "It's never to late to switch fields
or broaden your horizons in engineering," he advises.