Dr. Thomas L. Baldwin, P.E.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University

Professional Experience

Academic

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
August 1999 – Present

Adjunct Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
NC State University, Raleigh, NC
January 1996 – May 1999

Instructor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, Clemson SC
May 1989 – August 1989

Research and Industry

Engineer
Raleigh, NC
March 1994 – August 1999
Power Systems Center,
Electric Systems Technology Institute,
ABB Power T&D Company,
Asea Brown Boveri Inc.,

• Professional Engineer and project manager and research engineer engaged in corporate research and development relating to industrial and utility power systems, specializing in power quality, protection, energy storage devices, and system behavior for new devices and superconducting technologies.

Project Engineer
Asheville, NC
August 1992 – March 1994
Haynes Electrical Construction Company,
M. B. Haynes Corp.

• Responsible for the design of industrial and commercial electrical power system and industrial controls.

Research Assistant
Blacksburg, VA
August 1989 – August 1992
Center for Power Engineering,
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,

• Application of phasor measurements to power system monitoring, control, and stability assessments.

Research Assistant
Clemson, SC
August 1986 – August 1989
Clemson University Electric Power Association,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Clemson University

• Laboratory development for generating and measuring power system harmonics, and the analysis and testing of revenue watt-hour meter accuracy in the presence of harmonic voltages and currents.

External Consulting Experience

Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NC
October 2007 – present

• Multi-tap HVDC / HTS-Cable Project

Duke Energy
August 2007 – present

• Ground Fault Location on Ungrounded DC Power System Project

Hyper Tech Research Inc., Troy, OH
November 2003 – October 2007

• Magnesium/di-boride HTS Transformer Design

PowerMagnetics, PowerDym, SPD, L3-Communications
May 2001 – August 2003

• 21-MVA, 6-Winding, Drive/Converter Transformer Design

World Wide Facilities Group, General Motors Co., Detroit, MI.
August 1999 – present

• Protective Relaying for High-Impedance Grounded Systems
• VAR Compensation for Arc Welding
• Arc Fault Hazard Measurements

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab, Pocatello, ID.
November 1999 – July 2001

• Security for National Critical Infrastructures – Electric Power Networks
• Predicting Substation and Transformer Failures by Terrorist Sabotage

ABB Power T&D Co., Asea Brown Boveri Inc, Raleigh, NC.
Aug. 1999 – Mar. 2000

• Fault Location for High Impedance Grounded Systems
  

Professional Licenses

• Registered Professional Engineer, North Carolina, License No. 22049 (1996 )
  

Professional Organizations

• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE),1986-present
• Power Engineering Society of the IEEE,1989-present
  
• Industry Application Society of the IEEE,1992-present
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE),1996-present
• Florida Engineering Society of the NSPE,1999-present
• North Carolina Professional Engineering Society of the NSPE,1996-1999
  

Professional Service

• Technical Vice Chair of the Industrial &Commercial Power Systems Department (I&CPS)
  of the Industry Application Society (IAS) of the IEEE,2007-present
• Secretary of the Power System Grounding Working Group (Std. 142 Green Book)
  I&CPS of the IAS of the IEEE,2002-2005
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Power and Energy Systems,2000-present
  Active Review for the International Journal of Power and Energy Systems,2000-present
  

Honors and Awards

• Standards Committee Appreciation Award for the IEEE Std. 142-2007, IEEE, January 2008
• Office of Research Innovators Award for New Patent Filings, Florida State University,
  November 2007
• Office of Research Innovators Award for New Patent Awarded, Florida State University,
  November 2006
• Engineering Teaching Award for Improvements to Senior Design, College of Engineering,
  April 2006
• Engineering Research Award for New Inventions, College of Engineering, FSU, April 2006
• Transaction Paper First Prize Award, IEEE Industry Applications Society, October 2005
• Progress Energy Professional Development Award, College of Engineering, FSU, February
  2005
• I&CPS Ralph H. Lee Prize Paper Award, IEEE Industry Applications Society, May 2004
• Prize Paper Award in Power System Protection, IEEE Industry Applications Society, May 2002
• Engineering Research Award for New Inventions, College Of Engineering, FSU, February
  2001
• Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, March 1996
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, March 1996
  

Fellowships

• Pratt Presidential Fellowship, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
  1989-1990 and 1991-1992
• Presidential Fellowship, Clemson University, 1988-1989
• Industrial Fellowship, Clemson University, 1987-1988 and 1988-1989
• University and Departmental Service
• Coordinator, Graduate Program of the ECE Department, August 2006-present
• Chair, Graduate Committee of the ECE Department, August 2006-present
• Member, Eminent Scholar Search Committee, August 2005-May 2005
• Member, Department ABET Committee, January 2005-May 2006
• Chair, Energy and Power Systems Technical Area, August 2004-present
• Member, Industrial Technical Committee, Electric Power Research Center, North Carolina
  State University, August 1996-July 1999
  

Patents Granted

• Baldwin; T. L.; Ferner; J. A., “Overlapped superconducting inductive device,” Patent Number 7,023,311, April 4, 2006
• Szasz; P.; Reiss; H.; Ramanan; V. R.; Baldwin; T. L.; Bonmann; D., “Cryostat for use with a superconducting transformer,” Patent Number 6,324,851, December 4, 2001
• Baldwin; T L.; Novosel; D.; Imece; A. F., “Ground fault location system and ground fault detector therefor,” Patent Number 6,249,230, June 19, 2001
• Baldwin, T. L., “Ground Fault Location System and Ground Fault Detector Therefor,” Patent Number 6,154,036, November 28, 2000
  

Refereed Journal Papers

• Langston, J.; Steurer, M.; Woodruff, S.; Baldwin, T.; Tang, J., “A generic real-time computer simulation model for superconducting fault current limiters and its application in system protection studies,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 2090-2093, 2005
• Li, H.; Baldwin, T. L.; Luongo, C. A.; Zhang, D., “A multilevel power conditioning system for superconductive magnetic energy storage,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1943-1946, 2005
• Baldwin, T. L.; Steurer, M.; Liu,.Y, “A novel method of controlling the effective impedance of a cold-dielectric, very low impedance, superconducting cable,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1783-1786, 2005
• Bodziony, T; Baldwin, T. L., Pamidi, S.; Dale, S. J., “Low-cost dielectrics for power distribution transformers,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1843-1846, 2005
• Baldwin, T. L., Hittel, M. J., Saunders, L. F., Renovich, F., “Using a microprocessor-based instrument to predict the incident energy from arc flash hazards,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Applications, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 877–886, 2004
• Baldwin, T. L., Ykema, J. I., Allen, C., Langston, J., “Design optimization of high-temperature superconducting power transformers,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 2344-2347, 2003
• Brooks, N. R., Baldwin, T. L., “Universal magnetic inversion scheme to design novel superconducting magnet systems,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 1676-1679, 2003
• Chang, H. M., Choi, Y. S., Van Sciver, S. W., Baldwin, T. L., “Cyrogenic cooling temperature of hts transformers for compactness and efficiency,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 2298-2301, 2003
• Luongo, C. A., Baldwin, T., Weber, C. M., Ribeiro, P., “A 100 MJ SMES demonstration at FSU-CAPS,” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 1800-1805, 2003
• Baldwin, T., Renovich, F., Saunders, L., “Directional ground fault indicator for high-resistance grounded systems,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Applications, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 325–332, 2003
• Baldwin, T., Renovich, F., “Analysis of fault locating signals for high-impedance grounded systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 810-817, 2002
• Baldwin, T., Renovich, F., Saunders, L. F., Lubkeman, D., “Fault locating in ungrounded and high-resistance grounded systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 1152-1159, 2001

Book Chapters and Other Major Publications

• Baldwin, T. L., “Chapter 5, Electronic Equipment Grounding,” Green Book: IEEE Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. 2007, ISBN: 1-55937-141-3, pp. 187–210

Major Conference Publications

• Wang, H.; Baldwin, T.L.; Zheng, J.P., “Comparison of polyamide insulation coatings on metallic substrates using different coating methods,” Conference Record of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, 2004, pp. 576–580
• Langston, J.; Steurer, M.; Woodruff, S.; Baldwin, T.; Tang, J., “A generic real-time computer simulation model for superconducting fault current limiters and its application in system protection studies,” Conference Record of the 2004 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Jacksonville, FL, 2004
• Li, H.; Baldwin, T.L.; Luongo, C.A.;Zhang, D., “A Multilevel Power Conditioning System for Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage,” Conference Record of the 2004 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Jacksonville, FL, 2004
• Baldwin, T.L.; Steurer, M.; Liu,.Y, “A Novel Method of Controlling the Effective Impedance of a Cold-Dielectric, Very Low Impedance, Superconducting Cable,” Conference Record of the 2004 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Jacksonville, FL, 2004
• Bodziony, T; Baldwin, T.L., Pamidi, S.; Dale, S.J., “Low-Cost Dielectrics for Power Distribution Transformers,” Conference Record of the 2004 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Jacksonville, FL, 2004
• Baldwin, T. L.; Hittel, M. J.; Saunders, L. F.; Renovich, F., Jr.; “Microprocessor-based instrument for predicting the incident energy from arc flash hazards” 2003 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, 4-8 May 2003, pp. 89–97
• Baldwin, T., and Tison, K., “When reliable power is not good enough,” The Proceedings of the 57th American Power Conference, Vol.2, Chicago, IL, 1995
• Baldwin, T., and Tison, K., “Tools for supplying premium quality power,” IEEE NorthCon Technical Applications Conference Record 1995, pp.288-293, Portland, OR 1995

Regional Conference Publications

• Brooks, N., Baldwin, T., Brinson, T., Ordonez, J., Luongo, C., “Analysis of fuel cell based power systems using EMTDC electrical power simulator,” 2004 Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 270–274, 2004
• Henry, S., Baldwin, T., “Improvement of power quality by means of fault current limitation,” 2004 Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 280–284, 2004
• Henry, S., Baldwin, T., Steurer, M., “The Effects of a Fast Switching Fault Current Limiter on Distance Protection,” IEEE Proceedings of the 35th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 264–268, 2003
• Brooks, N.R., Baldwin, T.L., “Investigation of Variable Field Generation as a Universal Solution to Inverse Magnetostatic Design Problems,” IEEE Proceedings of the 35th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 460–463, 2003
• Baldwin, T.L., and Makram, E.B., “Economic dispatch of electric power systems with line losses,” IEEE Proceedings of the 21st Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 13-17, Tallahassee, FL 1989
  

External Grants and Contracts

• Principal Investigator, Idaho National Laboratory, DOE, “A Study of Electric Signatures and Real Time Simulation,” $90 k, Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2008
• Principal Investigator, ESRDC, Office of Naval Research, “Grounding Systems and Insulation Coordination for Ship Power Systems,” $150k, Oct 1, 2007 – Sep. 30. 2008
• Principal Investigator, Power Magnetics, “Transformer Design for Electric Ship Motor Drive,” $19 k Jan. 15, 2005 – Mar. 31, 2005
• Principal Investigator, ESRDC, Office of Naval Research, “High Temperature
  Superconducting Transformers for Naval Ship Applications,” $200k Oct 1, 2005 – Sep.
  30. 2006
• Principal Investigator, General Motors, “Predictive Measurements of the Incident Energy Exposure to Arc Faults,” $10k Aug. 31, 2002 – May 31, 2003
• Equipment Grand, Electric Utility Department, City of Tallahassee, “Transformers and Other 15-kV Class Electrical Equipment,” $25k, June 2001
• Principal Investigator, ESRDC, Office of Naval Research, “Faculty Summer Support Award,” $35k
  

Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, Electrical Engineering,1993
• Dissertation Title: Real-Time Phasor Measurements for Improved Monitoring and Control of Power System Stability
• Clemson University, Clemson, SC, M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1989
• Thesis: The Effects of Harmonic Distortion of the Voltage and Current Waveforms on Solid State and the Induction Watt-Hour Meters

Full CV provided upon Request