Energy Center - SUFG

SUFG                                                                    ENERGY CENTER


Douglas J. Gotham     
gotham

Director, State Utility Forecasting Group
Mann Hall, Room 105 J
Purdue University
203 South Martin Jischke Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1971
Phone: (765) 494-0851
Fax: (765) 494-6298
E-mail: gotham@purdue.edu


Biographical Sketch:

In 2005, Douglas J. Gotham was named the Director of the State Utility Forecasting Group at Purdue University, having been the Associate Director since 1998. He has worked for the group in various capacities since arriving at Purdue University in 1992, initially as a graduate research assistant before becoming a full-time research analyst in 1994. He is a member of the Indiana Wind Working Group (Policy Committee) and the Vectren Energy Efficiency Oversight Board.

After a six-year stint in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear operator, he attended Michigan Technological University, where he received a B.S.E.E. in 1992. He received his M.S.E.E. from Purdue University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in 1996.


Education

December 1996 Doctor of Philosophy

Major Professor: Dr. Gerald T. Heydt
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

December 1993 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Major Professor: Dr. Gerald T. Heydt
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

May 1992 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Magna Cum Laude
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49934

 

Professional employment

August 1992 to present - State Utility Forecasting Group, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

July 2005 to present Director
November 1998 to July 2005 Associate Director
May 1997 to November 1998 Senior Analyst
May 1994 to May 1997 Research Analyst
August 1992 to May 1994 Graduate Research Assistant

June 1983 to June 1989 - Nuclear Operator, United States Navy

Controlled electric power generation and power distribution for nuclear powered warship. Operated nuclear propulsion plant. Performed preventive and corrective maintenance on electric motors, generators, control panels, and switchgear. Supervised electric maintenance and administrative workcenters. Prepared and delivered training lectures to other nuclear operators.

 

Teaching experience

ECE 432, "Elements of Power System Engineering," Spring 2005.

Guest lecturer (two weeks), ECE 532, "Computational Methods for Power System Analysis," October 2000.

Short-course instructor, "Tutorial on Electric Power Systems," October 1993.

Training lecturer for U. S. Navy nuclear operators, 1987-1989.

 

Expert testimony

Indiana General Assembly, Regulatory Flexibility Committee, reporting on the status of renewable energy resources in the state of Indiana, September 2007.

Indiana General Assembly, Regulatory Flexibility Committee, reporting on the status of renewable energy resources in the state of Indiana and the 2005 SUFG forecast, September 2006.

Indiana General Assembly, Regulatory Flexibility Committee, reporting on the status of renewable energy resources in the state of Indiana, September 2005.

IURC Cause No. 42145, regarding the need for proposed new capacity from both a statewide and individual utility basis, the appropriateness of the type of proposed new capacity, and the adequacy of the bulk transmission system to transfer the output of the proposed new capacity to the customers, July 2002.

 

Theses

Gotham, D. J. Ph.D. Thesis. "Flexible AC Transmission Systems in Power Network Analysis and for Power Flow Control," December 1996.

Gotham, D. J. MSEE Thesis. "Automatic Generation Control Response in Power Systems Using Short Term Load Forecasting Information," December 1993.

Contacts

State Utility 
Forecasting Group
Mann Hall, Room 154 
203 South Martin Jischke Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1971
Phone: (765) 494.4223 
Fax: (765) 494.6298 
sufg@ecn.purdue.edu

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