Design, Manufacture, and Testing of a High Speed 10mw Permanent Magnet Motor and Discussion of Potential Applications

of Excellence, for DRS Power and Controls Technology, Inc., in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. His career has been centered on development and integration of technologies to improve power plant system performance in nuclear powered submarines and industrial (petrochemical) applications. Mr. Smith’s experience spans the design, construction, test, and delivery of all nuclear propulsion plant equipment in delivered submarines from the early Los Angeles and Ohio Class ships to the present Virginia Class, the LSV2 experimental submarine electric drive system, and the development and installation of the largest electric motors and solid state, variable frequency drive systems (three systems rated at 60 MW each per facility) in the liquefied natural gas industry. Mr. Smith named as sole or co-inventor, has been awarded over 24 United States Patents. Mr. Smith holds a B.S. degree (Physics) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.