Hi I'm Ronda I've been on this list for years but mostly just read and listened. I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. I then went to work for the local electric utility working in the Generation Control Center. My job was support for the computerized Energy Management System. This group was responsible for deciding what Generators were online and when to generate the electricity to serve the load. My first 3 years on the job was to go off to Melbourne Florida to work on building this computer system databases and doing acceptance testing before it was shipped back home and installed. Once there we were to keep the databases up to date and make sure the machines kept running and any other support that was needed. Including supporting the Geneartion Dispatchers. Over the years I then started doing Asset Optimiazation studies and fuel forecasting. Where I had to forecast the fuel needs for the next months operations. About this time last year I was promoted to a new position called a Strategic Planner. Now I plan for asset needs as far out as 20 years into the future. Both generation and transmission. I'm now in my 20th year of my carreer. It's been fun but it sure has not felt like 20 years already. Ronda

Dear RondaRed Good for you! As a teacher in my second career (and as a one time radio ham), I know that about 90% of engineering students are men. Yet, I have taught math and science to many brilliant girls who could have become outstanding engineers. But, somehow they never got there. I suppose they became sociology majors or communication majors. I have often wondered why. It think it is cultural, because after WWII when many millions of Russian men were killed, Russian women became the engineers and scientists. Tom the bewildered @aol.com wrote: > Hi I'm Ronda > > I've been on this list for years but mostly just read and listened. > > I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 with a BS in Electrical > Engineering. I then went to work for the local electric utility working in the > Generation Control Center. My job was support for the computerized Energy > Management System. This group was responsible for deciding what Generators were > online and when to generate the electricity to serve the load. My first 3 > years on the job was to go off to Melbourne Florida to work on building this > computer system databases and doing acceptance testing before it was shipped > back home and installed. Once there we were to keep the databases up to date > and make sure the machines kept running and any other support that was needed. > Including supporting the Geneartion Dispatchers. Over the years I then > started doing Asset Optimiazation studies and fuel forecasting. Where I had to > forecast the fuel needs for the next months operations. About this time last year > I was promoted to a new position called a Strategic Planner. Now I plan for > asset needs as far out as 20 years into the future. Both generation and > transmission. I'm now in my 20th year of my carreer. It's been fun but it sure has > not felt like 20 years already. > > Ronda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi, Ronda, Good to hear from you. Did you stay in Florida, or was your assignment only for the 1st three years? Glad you enjoy this crazy list of real genealogists who like to visit. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] chosen occupations? > Hi I'm Ronda > > I've been on this list for years but mostly just read and listened. > > I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 with a BS in > Electrical > Engineering. I then went to work for the local electric utility working in > the > Generation Control Center. My job was support for the computerized Energy > Management System. This group was responsible for deciding what Generators > were > online and when to generate the electricity to serve the load. My first 3 > years on the job was to go off to Melbourne Florida to work on building > this > computer system databases and doing acceptance testing before it was > shipped > back home and installed. Once there we were to keep the databases up to > date > and make sure the machines kept running and any other support that was > needed. > Including supporting the Geneartion Dispatchers. Over the years I then > started doing Asset Optimiazation studies and fuel forecasting. Where I > had to > forecast the fuel needs for the next months operations. About this time > last year > I was promoted to a new position called a Strategic Planner. Now I plan > for > asset needs as far out as 20 years into the future. Both generation and > transmission. I'm now in my 20th year of my carreer. It's been fun but it > sure has > not felt like 20 years already. > > Ronda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message