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ICC Certificates of Appreciation were presented to the following:
John T. Smith, III for Best Presentation at the Fall 2007 Subcommittee A Meeting Accelerated Cable Life Test (ACLT) Results with Reduced Insulation Wall Thicknesses
Barry Johnson for Best Presentation at the Fall 2007 Subcommittee B Meeting MV Shear Bolt Connectors – Design and Performance
Harold Marsden for Best Presentation at the Fall 2007 Subcommittee C Meeting Secondary Network Monitoring with Meshed PLC Communications
Steve Graham for Best Presentation at the Fall 2007 Subcommittee D Meeting Fire-Induced Spurious Actuation Testing of Armored -Cable Control Circuits
IEEE/PES Certificates of Appreciation were presented to the following outgoing Chairmen:
Jim Fitzgerald for Services Rendered as Chair, Insulated Conductors Committee 2006 – 2007
Nagu Srinivas for Services Rendered as Chair, Subcommittee C Cable Systems
Harry Orton for Services Rendered as Chair, Transnational Luncheon
Paul Caronia for Services Rendered as Chair, Working Group A7 IEEE 532 Guide for Selecting and Testing Jackets for Underground Cables
John Densley For Services Rendered as Chair, Working Group A13 IEEE 1407 Guide for Accelerated Aging Tests for Medium-Voltage Extruded Electric Power Cables Using Water-Filled Tanks
Mark Walton For Services Rendered as Vice-Chair, Working Group A13 IEEE 1407 Guide for Accelerated Aging Tests for Medium-Voltage Extruded Electric Power Cables Using Water-Filled Tanks
Glenn Luzzi For Services Rendered as Chair, Working Group B2 IEEE 404 Standard for Extruded and Laminated Dielectric Shielded Cable Joints Rated 2 500V to 500 000V
Frank DiGuglielmo For Services Rendered as Vice-Chair, Working Group B2 IEEE 404 Standard for Extruded and Laminated Dielectric Shielded Cable Joints Rated 2 500V to 500 000V
John Banting For Services Rendered as Chair, Working Group B17 Guide for Application of Underground Faulted Circuit Indicators
Fran Angerer For Services Rendered as Vice-Chair, Working Group B17 Guide for Application of Underground Faulted Circuit Indicators
John Cooper for Services Rendered as Chair, Discussion Group C3 Magnetic Fields of Underground Cables
John Cooper for Services Rendered as Chair, Discussion Group C20 Soil Thermal Stability
Nimesh Patel for Services Rendered as Vice-Chair, Discussion Group C20 Soil Thermal Stability
Tim Stankiewicz for Services Rendered as Chair, Discussion Group C26 Medium Voltage Underground Cable Reliability
Thomas Arnold for the Development of Our On-Line Meeting Registration System
Roger Brown for the Development of Our On-Line Meeting Registration System
Ron Cheney for the Development of Our On-Line Meeting Registration System
Wes Spencer for the Development of Our Original Registration System and the On-Line Registration System
Presented to
For significant contributions to the understanding of insulation failure mechanisms and specifically on the topic of electrical treeing in polymeric insulation materials such as XLPE and EPR.
March 10, 2008 123rd Meeting of the Insulated Conductors Committee TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida March 9 - 12, 2008
Career Highlights
• John Densley was educated in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a B. Sc. (Eng.) and Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1964 and 1967 respectively. His doctoral thesis from the University of London was on “Partial discharges in polymers under impulse voltages”.
• In 1968, he joined the Power Engineering Section of the National Research Council of Canada, where he was responsible for setting up a program of research into aging mechanisms of polymeric insulating materials. This involved studies of cross-linked polyethylene used in medium and high- voltage cables. The work determined the important parameters in water and electrical-tree degradation and helped establish conditions for accelerated aging tests
• He became Section Head from 1987 to 1991, responsible for 20 engineers and technologists.
• In 1991, John joined the Electrical Power Systems Group of the Ontario Hydro Research Division, which later became Ontario Power Technologies and then Kinectrics. Here he continued his research into aging and diagnostic techniques to assess the condition of electrical insulation systems in power equipment such as cables, transformers and switchgear. The work led to the development of instruments to make online measurements of power factor and an active bridge to measure dielectric properties at low frequency; also responsible for a program to measure the partial discharge pulse characteristics of electrical trees and interfaces in transmission class cables. He lead several projects investigating electroluminescence and space charge phenomena that occurred during the electrical degradation of extruded insulation systems
• He retired from Kinectrics in 2000 and formed ArborLec Solutions Inc. to provide consulting services on electrical insulation systems.
• John has published over 100 research papers on insulation systems, delivered more than 50 technical presentations including seminars, workshops and professional development courses. He is a co-author of a patent on electrical tree suppression in high voltage polymeric insulation.
Awards
·Best Paper at IEEE DEIS International Symposium on Electrical Insulation (1984)
·Fellow of IEEE (1987) for contributions to the understanding of aging and breakdown processes in high voltage polymeric cable insulation
·IEEE DEIS T.W. Dakin Award in (1988)
·Recipient of IEEE Third Millennium Medal 2000
Professional Activities
·Canadian Representative for CIGRE Study Committee 15 (Materials for Electrotechnology) (1990 - 1998)
·Convenor of CIGRE SC15 TF3 (Space Charge Measurements) (1996 – 1999)
·Convenor of CIGRE SC15 WG 12 (DC Insulation) (1999 - 2001)
·Secretary of CIGRE D.1.12 (Formerly WG 15.12) (HVDC Insulation) (2001 – present)
·Member of CIGRE SC15 Working Groups 15:06 (1990 - 1996), 15:09 (1996 -2000), 15:10 (1996-present), SC15TF1 (1996-2000)
·Chairman of Canadian National Committee IEC TC98 (Electrical Insulation Systems) (1994 - 2000)
·Member of IEC TC98 WG2 (1994 - 2000)
·Member of IEEE/PES Insulated Conductors Committee (ICC) since 1980, Voting Member since 1994
·Vice-Chairman of ICC SC A (Cable Characteristics and Design) (1999 - 2001)
·Chairman of ICC Working Group A13 (Accelerated Testing Using Tanks) (1992 - present)
·Chairman of ICC Discussion Group A3 (Performance of Extruded Dielectrics) (1994 - 2003)
·Vice-Chairman of ICC Working Group C18 (Very Low Frequency Testing in the Field) (1999 - present)
·Member of ICC 'On to 100' Committee (Planning Future Direction of ICC) (1996 – 2000)
·Assistant Editor IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation (1976-1990)
·Editor in Chief IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine (2002 – present)
