Biographies

Sakis Meliopoulos (M '76, SM '83, F '93) is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the M.E. and E.E. diploma from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. from the Georgia Tech.  He is the author of several books, holds three patents and has published over 220 technical papers. In 2005 he received the IEEE Richard Kaufman Award. Dr. Meliopoulos is the Chairman of the Georgia Tech Protective Relaying Conference and a Fellow of the IEEE.

George Cokkinides (M '85) obtained the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  He was professor in the University of South Carolina, and since 2001 a visiting professor at Georgia Tech. He has made significant contributions in power system analysis, load forecasting, analysis of harmonics and electromagnetic fields. He holds two patents, and has published numerous technical papers.

George Stefopoulos received his Diploma in Electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2001. He moved to the US and attended the Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned his MS and PhD degrees both in electrical and computer engineering. He joined the New York Power Authority working as a research and development engineer. George is a member of IEEE, IET, and SIAM, and a registered professional engineer in Greece.

Terry L. Conrad Sr.  (M’73) is a Senior Project Engineer at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, (CTC) Johnstown, PA.  He received his Associate degree from Pennsylvania State University and his B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1980.  He received a M.A. in Personnel Administration/Industrial Relations from Saint Francis College in 1988.  He held various positions at Pennsylvania Electric Company (PENELEC), and from 1996 to 2003, he was a project engineer for Dynamic Design Engineering (DDE). At present, he manages or provides technical support for a variety of power & energy projects at CTC including fuel cells, microgrids, etc.

Clinton Hedrington obtained his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2000.  He has been employed with the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority in various capacities.  From 2005-2006 he was promoted to Electrical Engineer III and in 2006 he entered the management role as Transmission and Distribution Manager.  In 2008 Clinton became the Director of Transmission and Distribution and presently remains in that capacity.