Problem Solving for Industry

John Sale ELP Program Director Manager, Research Program Development Phone: (610) 758-4545 Fax: (610) 758-5959

At Lehigh University, we've made a commitment to helping you solve your company's energy problems. Lehigh's Energy Liaison Program is designed so that industrial firms can easily make effective use of the University's resources. These include faculty and staff from Lehigh's three colleges – Engineering and Physical Sciences, Business and Economics, and Arts and Sciences – and extensive laboratory, computer and library facilities and services. As a member of the Energy Liaison Program, you can think of Lehigh as an extension of your in-house capabilities.

Since 1978, the Energy Liaison Program has demonstrated a solid record of accomplishment of providing practical solutions and timely service to firms involved in all aspects of energy conversion and power generation. Participating companies call on Lehigh to solve short and long-term problems, and to provide expertise and planning for a wide range of needs.

Membership in Lehigh's Energy Liaison Program leverages your company's funds by generating real solutions to real problems, keeping you in touch with experts who have extensive industrial experience and giving you access to sophisticated facilities unavailable at your company. Special emphasis is placed on the development of a close working relationship between the University and the participating organization. This is essential in helping your company full utilize the resources available at Lehigh.

What's New in the ELP

Mr. James Butt recently joined the Center as a Research Engineer. Jim has a MS degree in Electrical Engineering and is an adjunct lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has worked in various capacities in the power industry. He provides the Center's member companies with a completely new set of capabilities. These include:

• Protocol Integration/Analysis
• Physical Networking Integration/Analysis
• Modicon PLC Programming/Integration/Analysis
• Measurement IED Configuration/Integration
• Electronics Failure Analysis/Root Cause Analysis
• Distributed Control Design/Testing
• Electronic Product Design/Development

• Using the ERC to Solve Power Plant Problems: January 1999, November 2001
• Energy Liaison Program Provides Easy Access to Center Capabilities: January 1999, November 2001
• Materials Research and Problem Solving at the Energy Research Center: July 2004

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