Instructor's Summary

Mr. Alex Ross, CEng, MSc, BSc, is a Senior Electrical Engineer with over 40 years of extensive experience within the Oil, Gas, Petrochemical, Power and Marine industries. His expertise includes Power Systems Protection & Relaying, Electrical Power Generation, Network Distribution & Control Systems, Substations & Automation Systems, Electrical Propulsion & Power Distribution,  High Voltage Electrical Safety, Motors & Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Variable Speed Drives (VSDs), National Electrical Code (NEC), National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), High Technology Equipment Design & Assessment and Power Management System (PMS). He is also an expert in Project Cost Analysis & Monitoring, cranes, boiler and pump room control, inert-gas system, Intrinsically Safe (IS) System as well as refrigerator control, radar sensors, electro-optic sensors, weapons control integrated systems and Integrated Automation System (IAS).

During his career life, Mr. Ross held various positions such as the Managing Director, Electrical Director, Electronics & Weapon Division Head, Deputy Director of Electrical & Electronic Division, Electronics & Automation Manager and Field Engineer from various international companies including THALES, MaranGas, NTUA, Alpha Tankers and Hellenic Shipyards.

Mr. Ross has Master and Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Portsmouth, England and in Control Systems from the University of Birmingham, England. Further, he has a Postgraduate Diploma in Design of Electrical Machines from the University of Aston, England. Mr. Ross is a Corporate Member MIEE of The Institution of Electrical Engineers in England (IET), a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of The Engineering Council and a European Engineer in FEANI.