EUCI

About the Instructor:

S.S. (Mani) Venkata, Professor Emeritus and Chair, Iowa State University Affiliate Professor, University of Washington President, Venkata Consulting Solutions (VCS) Inc.

S. S. (Mani) Venkata, PhD, P.E. is a Fellow of the IEEE. Mani has offered training courses on basic protection, wide-area system protection, distribution systems, planning and automation, power quality, reliability, safety, and power system analysis to more than 20 utilities, industries, and federal agencies. He has also provided technical and consulting services to many electrical and process industries. He has published and/or presented over 300 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and is a co-author of the book Introduction to Electric Energy Systems (Prentice-Hall Publications, 1987). He is a registered professional engineer in the states of Washington and West Virginia.

Mani is President of Venkata Consulting Solutions Inc. He also teaches at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA as Professor of Electrical Engineering. Until recently Mani was with KEMA as Vice-President. Prior to 2005, he has held administrative and academic positions at Clarkson University, Iowa State University, University of Washington, West Virginia University, and University of Massachusetts. He has been very active in the IEEE for the past 40 years. He served as a member of the Power Engineering Society (PES) Executive Committee and Governing Board and as the Vice-President of Publications during 2004-2007. In 1996 he received the Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award from the IEEE Power Engineering Society. He also received the Third Millennium Award from the IEEE in 2000.