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Course Updates for Fall 2010

Oklahoma was certainly a welcoming place as we held our first two courses of the fall season there.  We thank our hosts for their hospitality and for setting up the two courses.  And thanks for the barbecue and salsa lunches!  Yum!  … Continue reading

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Updated Fall 2010 Schedule and Sample Course Notes

There has been a change in the schedule for two courses this month as follows: Aug 17-14, 2010 – Dynamic Simulations Analysis and Applications Course  Aug 24-26, 2010 – Voltage Stability Analysis and Applications Course  We will be travelling offsite … Continue reading

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Voltage Stability Course – April 2010

Held in Albany, NY We had a full class, with active participants.  It was fun to teach and hopefully it was also fun to have been a participant in the course!  The participants gave an overall rating for the course of 4.86 out of a possible … Continue reading

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Lights Out at Copacabana

Itaipu Hydro-electric Dam by R. Austria On Nov 10, 2009, a massive power failure blacked out Brazil’s two largest cities and other parts of Latin America’s biggest nation leaving millions of people in the dark.  Transmission connecting the large Itaipu dam to … Continue reading

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