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Lawrence Beaty

Lawrence

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

 

United States Navy Electronics School 1980
United States Navy Nuclear Power School 1983
General Electric Turbine University 1986
IQPC 6σ Quality Management 1998

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

August 2011 - Present
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY Pocatello, ID
Executive Director and Chair, Energy Systems Technology and Education Center
Responsible for the management of the operation of the Energy Systems Technology and Education Center, delivery of curriculum, management of grants, support and oversight of faculty and staff and the financial direction of ESTEC.

 

2007-August 2011

IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY Pocatello, ID
Associate Director, Energy Systems Technology and Education Center

Responsible for center curriculum development and deployment, and provide guidance and oversight for faculty. Major accomplishments have included implementing 5 new AAS Degrees, 1 Technical certificate and 37 new classes, developing 2 major industrial/community education programs, and participating in a $4.4 million of Department of Labor and National Science Foundation grants.

 

2003-2007
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY Pocatello, ID
Faculty

Instruct students in the theory and operation of power systems, generators and control systems and, instruct students in electronics components and circuits including amplifiers, filters, electrical automation systems and instrumentation and control systems.

 

2001-2003

UNITED STATES POWER TECHNOLOGY Fort Smith AR
Senior Power Systems Analyst

Evaluated thermal efficiency and developed thermal and economic models of electrical generating facilities

 

1995-2001

GE POWER SYSTEMS Schenectady, NY
Site Manager

Responsible for project execution of various large power projects in the U.S, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Projects range in value from 230 million to 1.9 Billion USD.

 

BBA ENERGY SERVICES - Atlanta, GA - 1991 to 1995:
Vice President

Managed power projects and consulting services for BBA European operations. BBA ENERGY SERVICES is a consulting firm providing technical and project management services to investor-owned and private power companies as well as to architects and engineers.

 

1986 to 1991
GENERAL ELECTRIC POWER PLANT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT
Systems Manager

Provided technical and management support to domestic and international projects. Performed primary technical support in the areas of control and system engineering with emphasis on start-up problem resolution for project completion.

Project experience

• VEPCO Chesterfield 7 in Chester, Virginia
First “F” technology turbine installation
• Shang Li, Nantung, Shang an, Lama Dien, Units 1 and 2, and Karamay Unit I, Peoples Republic of China,
Large coal and gas Electrical Power Plant Construction and Commissioning
• DVC Units 1, 2 and 3, ICPL units 1 and 2, Baroda, India,
• WAPDA 900 MW CC Guddu, Pakistan,
• Talka and Cairo South Arab Republic of Egypt,
• ANR and Grumman TBA in New York, New York
• Aero-derivative gas turbine pilot projects

 

UNITED STATES NAVY - 1982 to 1986
Reactor Controls Specialist

• Maintained various reactor and steam-plant control systems.
• Participated in the development research at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
• Assigned to the Advanced Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Development Project.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Combined Cycle installation with air-cooled condensers in the High Desert of Saudi Arabia,
Ahmed Al-Bassam, L.H. Beaty, E.R. Wollyung, Proceedings of PowerGen, 1999

Combustion Turbine Capacity Augmentation Using Inlet Air Direct Contact Cooling and Compression, T. L. Davis. A. O. Hobbs, L. H. Beaty, J. Shell, R. Reid, PowerGen 1995

Combustion Turbine Inlet Air Cooling Using Ammonia-Based Refrigeration for Capacity Enhancement, Ebling, J. A., Beaty, L., Blanchard, S. K. ASHRAE Trans. 1994, Vol.100, Part 1, Paper number NO-94-1-3, 583-586

 

Updated 02/10/2014