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Before starting school I was in the Navy where I
learned how to operate a Nuclear reactor. Additionally I spent
much time observing, and some time operating the Electrical Plant
Control Panel. This fascinated me and allowed me to gain a very
intuitive understanding of power-systems, load-sharing, real and
reactive power. During my time in the Navy I took a Nuclear-grade
electrical soldering course and performend or assisted with many
repairs for many diviisions onboard the submarine. This
experiance also allowed me to understand how to navigate large-scale
administrative systems that complex organizations often use.
This image is an exerpt
from a user-manual I wrote for a machine I programmed. (Reference
Upon Request).
This job, including this owners manual,
testing, and some extra features, was an extension of my senior
design project and was successfully completed during the summer of
2010. This project was extensive, but I completed earler than the
date I told the customer.
During
my
time as an intern at Diosynth Biotechnology, the plant experienced a
catastrophic failure of its emergency diesel generator. The
underground conduit containing the control wires also contained the AC
supply for the PLC. The AC wires burnt up, and shorted power to
all the control wires destroying the GE 90-30 Fanuc PLC. After
the failure, I found the origional program in the engineering
library. I cross-referenced, program nomenclature with breaker
names to produce a wiring diagram for the electricans to connect.
I also added an addition to the program to allow realtime, remote
monitoring of program execution status.
Zackery
Sobin
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