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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. Murty V.V.S. Yalla elected IEEE Fellow and also receives the 2005 IEEE Florida Council Outstanding Engineer Award Largo, FL - February 23, 2006 - Dr. Murty V.V.S. Yalla, President and member of the Board of Directors at Beckwith Electric, received an IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award at the 6th annual "Celebrate Engineering" Awards Banquet in Tampa, Florida, February 17. The IEEE Florida Council Outstanding Engineer Award is designed to honor IEEE member engineers for their long term contributions to the engineering community. Earlier this year, Dr. Yalla was elected to Fellow Grade by the IEEE Fellow Committee for his contributions in computer relays for power systems. Since 1963, IEEE has acknowledged those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of engineering science and technology. The honor of Fellow is bestowed on the recipient who has had an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The Fellow Grade is the highest elected grade of membership within IEEE. Dr. Murty V.V.S. Yalla has been with Beckwith Electric Co. since February 1989 and presently holds the position of President and serves on the Beckwith Electric Board of Directors. In this capacity, he provides the leadership to develop and implement strategies for product development, marketing, sales, manufacturing, quality control and staffing. He was Vice President of Research and Development/Engineering from 1994 to 2004. In 2005, his responsibilities included the Company's general operation as Beckwith's Executive Vice President. He has been active in the IEEE Power System Relaying Committee (PSRC) for over 15 years. He is a member of several working groups in PSRC and presently chairs the Working Group that is revising the IEEE Standard C37.102 "Guide for AC Generator Protection." He co-authored an IEEE PES tutorial on the "Protection of Synchronous Generators. He is the U.S. delegate to the International Electrotechnical Commission (Geneva, Switzerland) Technical Committee 95 Ad Hoc Working Group on Relay Functional Standards. He is also a member of the CIGRÈ (Paris, France) Working Groups B5.04 Modern Techniques for Protecting and Monitoring of Generating Plants and B5.05 Modern Techniques for Protecting, Controlling and Monitoring of Power Transformers. Prior to coming to Beckwith Electric, Dr. Yalla was teaching and conducting research on digital power system protection at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He received his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, College of Engineering, Kakinada, India, a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Dr. Yalla has published several research papers in international journals on digital protection. He holds four U.S. patents in the areas of digital controls and protective relays. About Beckwith Electric # # # Note to Editors: For additional company or product information from Beckwith Electric Co., Inc., please contact Beckwith Electric, 6190-118th Avenue North, Largo, FL 33773. Call (727) 544-2326, fax (727) 546-0121. Readers can also access information through the company's web site at www.beckwithelectric.com. For more information contact: |
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