People

Energy Associates employs a multi-disciplinary team approach. Team members are experienced engineers, project development specialists, and advisors. The team is managed by a project manager, who handles the day-to-day activities for the work and is directly responsible for all aspects of the assignment. Discipline engineering managers are responsible for the design details. Specialists provide the experienced and detailed knowledge of specific applications and technologies need to ensure a successful commitment. The team includes engineers who are leaders in their fields and these technology issues.

Mr. Daniel Mahr is a Professional Engineer, experienced in biomass/coal/bulk issues for the power, steel, industrial, mining, and transportation industries. He is a fuel supply specialist including handling, processing, storage, and transportation. Mr. Mahr has been responsible for numerous studies for utilities and developers in the USA and overseas, EPRI, and various companies in the mining, steel, and transportation industries. He was responsible for the preliminary design/specification of overland, preparation plant, and the coal yard handling systems for the 700 MW Longview Plant. Mr. Mahr was the project manager for the design and retrofit projects to Ameren’s Meramec and Labadie Plants (4 x 600 pulverized coal units) and Tri-State's Generation & Transmission's 110 MWe Nucla Plant (circulating fluidized bed). Mr. Mahr is the past chairman of ASME's Fuels and Combustion Technology Division and was the chairman of the Fuel Storage, Handling, and Transportation Technical Committee for several years. This committee sponsors technical sessions on coal related issues at ASME's conferences. He has edited several ASME publications on fluidized bed combustion, authored the fuel and sorbent sections of EPRI's FBC Balance of Plant Guidelines, and has published a number of articles on coal handling, blending, and transportation in Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Coal, Combustion, and Bulk Solids Handling.

Mr. Michael L. Bugg is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 30 years of experience in project management, engineering and technical sales and marketing. He has directed electrical design, procurement, and field construction for projects ranging from $4M to $200M. Mr. Bugg has also served as a project engineer, estimator, and the sales lead on selected projects. While serving in these positions, his responsibilities included process design, equipment specification and purchase, subcontract placement and oversight, construction supervision and start-up of various process facilities and material handling systems.

Mr. Asok Datta is a Professional Engineer specializing in structural design and detailing. He is experienced in designing structures for coal/bulk handling systems at power plants, terminals, and industrial facilities. Mr. Datta supervises the civil/structural engineering and their related project tasks.

Mr. Mark Judy is responsible for managing electrical engineering assignments on Energy Associates' projects. He is experienced in the design and construction of: power distribution systems; control systems including the application of programmable controllers, computers, and microprocessors; and lighting including roadway, area, and emergency locations.

Mr. Stephen J. Flood is a Professional Engineer with over twenty-five years of experience in all aspects of civil and geotechnical engineering on major projects throughout the world. He has been the responsible engineer and manager of numerous civil/site, geotechnical and specialty structural engineering portions of commercial and industrial projects. He has extensive design and construction experience in site preparation, soils engineering, deep foundations, ground improvement and structure condition surveys and assessments.