Vernon D. Albertson
Professor

B.S., 1950, EE, North Dakota State University
M.S., 1956, EE, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1962, EE, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Telephone: (612) 624-8837
E-mail: albertso@ece.umn.edu
Web Page: http://www.ece.umn.edu/users/albertso/


Past national chair, Power Engineering Education Committee


My research interests include electric power system analysis and transients, geomagnetic and electromagnetic pulse effects on electric power systems, electric power system grounding and ground current effects, and environmental effects of EHV transmission lines.


Selected Publications

"Ion Emission from EHV AC Transmission Lines", with G. A. Skarbakka and A. Wowchak, Proceedings, Conference on Electric Utility Research, Chicago, IL, Apr. 1984.

"Neutral-to-Earth Voltage and Ground Current Effects in Livestock Facilities", with R. G. Gustafson, Proceedings, IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference, paper 81 TD 636-0, Minneapolis, MN, Sep. 1981.

"Geomagnetically-Induced Currents in Long-Line Electric Power System Components", Proceedings, Fourth Scientific Assembly of the Int. Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 1981.

"Current Transformer and Relay Performance in the Presence of Geomagnetically-Induced Currents", with J. G. Kappenman and N. Mohan, IEEE Trans. on Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. PAS-100, no. 3, pp. 1078-108, Mar. 1981.