Director,
State Utility
Forecasting Group
500 Central Drive, Room 334
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2022
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
