Abstract
This presentation gives an overview of the work of Dr. Elias Kyriakides. His contributions in modeling synchronous generators is highlighted with an explanation of parameter identification. The motivation for this work was a requirement of generating station operators to test their generating units annually. That requirement is to identify potential failures and various aging issues. Personal reminiscences of working with Elias are included: Elias and I often discussed the origins of the terminology of electrical engineering in the Greek language. A few comments in this area are included in the presentation.
Presenter’s bio
Gerald Thomas Heydt is from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He completed his B.E.E.E. at the Cooper Union in New York City, and his Masters and Doctoral degrees from Purdue University in West LaFayette, Indiana. He has industry experience with the Commonwealth Edison Company in Chicago, and E. G. & G. in Mercury, Nevada. He progressed through the ranks of professorship at Purdue, and in 1994, he joined the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a member the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and he holds the PhD Honoris Causa from the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. His main area of interest is power distribution engineering.