 Steve Turner,
Sr. Applications Engineer
Steve attended Virginia Tech from 1980 to 1985 and received a BSEE while co-oping with Dominion Power. Steve returned to Virginia Tech in 1989 and received an MSEE. Steve was a summer intern with American Electric Power while in graduate school and developed an adaptive algorithm to detect out-of-step conditions on the Georgia - Florida 500 kV intertie.
Steve first worked for GEC Measurements as an application engineer from 1991 to 1996 and focused on transmission line protection, working with customers such as Commonwealth Edison, Dominion Power, Florida Power and Light, Entergy and Bonneville Power Administration. Steve then left GEC to work for SEL, Inc. from 1996 to 2001 as their first international application engineer. While at SEL, Inc. Steve worked in many new markets such as Europe, South America and Asia.
Steve next worked for Progress Energy from 2001 to 2007 in their transmission department. While at Progress Energy Steve developed a patent for double ended fault location on transmission lines and successfully applied it while there. Steve is now a Sr. Applications Engineer for Beckwith Electric Company.
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