Electrical Engineering

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RONALD DE FOUR

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Summary

Resourceful and dedicated professional with 30+ years experience in research, innovation, teaching, design, fabrication, repair,

calibration and maintenance of electronic equipment. Experienced in the design, construction and simulation (Matlab and C) of novel

brush dc, induction and brushless dc motor drives, ac to dc converters, ac to ac controllers, dc to dc converters and inverters. Also

experienced in the design and simulation (PSpice) of analog and digital electronic circuits. Effective communicator with strong

interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Major strengths include:

• Diagnosing faults in electrical/electronic systems • Repair and calibration of electrical/electronic systems

• Improving energy efficiency of electrical energy systems • Modeling of electrical machines and drives

• Matlab simulation of electrical drives • Inventing novel inverters, converters and motor drives

• Programming TI motor control evaluation boards • Brushless DC motor design, operation and control

• Induction motor design, operation and control • Inventing Energy efficient brushless dc motor drive

Education

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad

Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, M.Phil, Electrical & Computer Engineering & B.Sc, Electrical Engineering.

John S. Donaldson Technical Institute, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Technicians’ Diploma in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Employment History

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad

Lecturer (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering) 1998 to 2012

Developed course plans, lecture notes, tutorials, laboratory exercises and assessment instruments for Electrical

Drives & Industrial Power Systems, Electrical Machines & Drive Systems, Power Electronics Circuits and Introduction to

Electrical Energy Systems courses and delivered lectures for these courses. Spearheaded all Laboratory and Project Design

courses in the department.

Research & Development (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering) 1998 to 2012

Conducted research in the areas of Brushless DC Motors, Brush DC Motors, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors, Induction

Motors and Switched Reluctance Motors and designed and fabricated motor drives for these motors. Researched, designed and

fabricated DSP driven: ac to dc converters, ac to ac controllers, dc to dc converters and dc to ac inverters. Programmed the Analog

Devices ADMC 401 DSP and the TI Stellaris RDK-BLDC embedded microcontroller for brushless dc motor control.

Project Supervision (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering) 1998 to 2012

Supervised 160+ final year student projects in Analog & Digital Electronics, Power Electronics and Electrical Machines

and Drive Systems.

Laboratory Technician (Department of Physics) 1978 to 1991

Repaired, calibrated and maintained all laboratory equipment associated with the undergraduate degree program in Physics.

Designed and constructed a graduate Timber Laboratory and a Biomedical Laboratory.

Training and Development

• Permanent Magnet Synchronous and Brushless DC Motor Drives Workshop, Virginia Tech, VA, USA, 2001.

• Texas Instrument TMS320C2000 Digital Signal Processor Workshop, Beachwood Ohio, USA, 2000.

• Linde Cryogenics Ltd Workshop on the repair, maintenance and operation of the Lint 5 Liquid Nitrogen Plant housed in the

Department of Chemistry, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad,1997.

• Microcontroller Workshop on the Motorola 68HC11, Electronic Unit, The University of The West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1995.

• Training program on the maintenance, repair and calibration of the Siemens 2005 Audiometer at Siemens Factory in Erlangen

Germany, 1988.

• Training program at Gould Electronics to troubleshoot, repair and calibrate their line of oscilloscopes, England, 1986.

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