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Stan Adcock - Manager
Stan Adcock, originally from Nashville, TN, completed the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Training Program in January of 1981.
After completing welding school, he was stationed on board a Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine in Norfolk, VA.
He returned to teach in the Nuclear Power Training Program until he was honorably discharged in March of 1988.
Stan spent the next eleven years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Senior Hydro Power Plant Shift Operator,
operating plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Stan came to work for WAPA in October of 1999 as an instructor specializing
in hydro power generation. In January of 2007 Stan become the EPTC Manager.
(720) 962-7801
adcock@wapa.gov
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Scott Labit
Scott started his career in industrial electronics after graduating high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In 1989, he went to work for Public Service Company of Oklahoma as a power plant operator.
In 1998, he transferred into control area dispatching for Central Southwest Services in Dallas Texas
where he gained dispatching experience in the Eastern and ERCOT interconnects.
In 2000, he went to Nebraska Public Power District’s control area in Doniphan Nebraska.
In 2002, he joined Western Area Power Administration as a Transmission, Scheduling and Security Dispatcher where
he gained experience in the Western interconnect. In 2006, he joined the staff at the EPTC as an instructor dealing with
NERC certification and dispatcher training.
(720) 962-7803
slabit@wapa.gov
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Gary Zevenbergen
Gary graduated with honors from Iowa State University with a BSEE degree in
1985. He began his engineering career with Westinghouse Electric Corporation as
a Systems Engineer with the Advanced Systems Technology Division. His
primary responsibility was power system analysis for utility and industrial
customers. He also taught courses on power system modeling and analysis as well
as power system protection at Westinghouse seminars. In 1988 Gary joined
Western Area Power Administration in Golden, Colorado. While working in the
Technical Branch of System Engineering, Gary was responsible for design and
analysis of protective relaying schemes, power system analysis including short
circuit studies, and transient analysis using the EMTP program. Gary also
provided technical input for equipment specifications for power transformers,
reactors, series and shunt capacitors as well as circuit switching devices. Gary was
also a technical consultant for Western's Maintenance and Safety departments. In
1999, Gary joined the staff at the EPTC as an instructor specializing in Power
System Protection and Personal Protective Grounding.
Gary is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado.
(720) 962-7802
zevenber@wapa.gov
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Zachery Allen
Zak started his career in 1996 as a network Analyst and in 1999 joined Perot Systems to work on the NERC IDC and MISO accounts.
In 2002 he joined Bismarck State College where he developed course curricula for their Electrical Transmission Systems Technologies Associate Degree Program.
In 2005 he became BSC’s Energy Research and Development Coordinator building new interactive materials including their WebLab Power Grid Laboratory.
Zak also endowed the Allen Energy Scholarship, an annual $1000 scholarship for students entering the Energy Industry.
In 2006 Zak joined the EPTC staff as an instructor and technical consultant for animation and interactive teaching tools development.
(720) 962-7809
zallen@wapa.gov
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Shawn Buckendahl
Shawn was looking for a challenging career upon graduation of high school and found that challenge in the US Navy’s Nuclear Power Program.
In 1995, after serving six years, four years as a Maintenance and Operations Electrician on the fast attack submarine the USS Aspro (SSN 648) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
he was honorably discharged. Shawn looked for a new challenge by applying his hands on experience in electrical systems earning his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering,
specializing in Power System Protection at Washington State University (GO COUGS!). During his last year in school, Shawn began working for the US Army Corps of Engineers
at Lower Granite Lock and Dam in Eastern Washington, a local multipurpose hydro-electric facility. Upon graduation, Shawn worked for a year at McNary Lock and Dam on the Columbia River
and then was requested back at Lower Granite Dam, where he worked closely with the maintenance crews and the Operations staff as a “hands on Engineer”.
He earned the respect of management and the crews alike with a “can-do” attitude and the willingness to get dirty while learning or teaching various aspects of the plant.
Shawn was instrumental in upgrading various plant control and protection systems while providing advice on safe maintenance and operations practices.
Shawn came to EPTC after participating in a Power Plant Operations Course for Operators where more fun and exciting times lay in wait to provide new challenges.
(720) 962-7804
buckendahl@wapa.gov
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Kevin Privett
Kevin began his power career by enlisting in the Naval Nuclear Power Program in 1991.
After completion of nuclear training, he was immediately selected to train perspective nuclear trainees in the operations, maintenance, and theory of nuclear propulsion.
After receiving an honorable discharge from military service, Kevin joined Reclamation in March of 2003
as a Hydro-Power Plant Operator for the Mt. Elbert Pumped Storage Power Plant in Twin Lakes, CO,
and in April of 2006 was selected as the Operations Foreman. In August of 2007, Kevin joined the EPTC team as the Operations Instructor for Hydro-Power Generation.
(720) 962-7806
privett@wapa.gov
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Laurie Price
Laurie is the friendly voice that you hear when you contact the EPTC. If you have any questions regarding enrollment, payment,
classes or general information about the EPTC, please contact Laurie. She is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service.
(720) 962-7800
lprice@wapa.gov
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Philip L Atwater
Philip L. Atwater received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Michigan State University in 1975.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and a member of IEEE and is currently Team Leader of the
Electric Power and Diagnostics Team, Hydroelectric Research and Technical Services Group, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Phil has 24 years experience with Reclamation in performing design, research, and field testing of hydro-power generation and
transmission facilities in areas of machine diagnostics, control and protective relaying, personal protective grounding, station grounding systems,
and power system harmonics. Phil has performed numerous research-related staged-fault safety grounding tests on high-voltage transmission lines and
in power generation facilities. He presently coordinates the Reclamation safety grounding program and provides personal protective safety grounding
clinics and consultation.
(303) 445-2304
patwater@do.usbr.gov
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Malin L Jacobs
Malin L. Jacobs received the B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from the University of Colorado at Denver (CU-Denver) in 1981 and 1985 respectively.
In 1982, he joined the Bureau of Reclamation as an electrical engineer. His career has included research and/or field testing in doubly-fed machines,
slip-power recovery, personal protective grounding, breaker transient recovery voltages, generator out-of-step relaying, and power system harmonics.
Jacobs has co-authored papers on low-harmonic distortion PT design, directional harmonic over-current relaying, underwater sound location of
breaking reinforcing wire in siphons, and wireless communication in tunnels. He is co-holder of five patents and co-inventor of three devices for which
patents are now pending. Over the last 23 years Mr. Jacobs has taught classes and/or lectured for CU-Denver EE Department,
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Electric Power Training Center. Jacobs is a member of the IEEE,
and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
(303) 445-2306
mjacobs@do.usbr.gov
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