Dr. Glenn Wrate - NMU Engineering Technology

Glenn T. Wrate received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Michigan Technological University (MTU) in 1984 and 1986, respectively.  While attending MTU, he worked for Bechtel Power Corporation on the Belle River and Midland power generating stations.  After graduating MTU, he worked for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from 1986 to 1992, primarily in the Special Studies and High Voltage DC (HVDC) Stations Group.  He returned to MTU in 1992 to pursue a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.  While completing his research he worked in the relay testing group at Northern States Power Company in Minneapolis.

After obtaining his Ph.D., Glenn accepted an appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).  In 1999 he was promoted to Associate Professor, in 2001 he won the Falk Engineering Educator Award and was promoted to head the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) program.  He received the Karl O. Werwath Engineering Research Award in 2003.  In 2004 he moved from the MSE program to take over the Electrical Engineering program.  After guiding the program through accreditation, he stepped down in 2007.

Dr. Wrate is now returning to his boyhood home with his wife Joy, daughter Joleigh, and sons Jaeden and Joseph.  His present interests are in transient analysis and nonlinear modeling of power systems.  He is a member of HKN (the honor society for Electrical Engineering) and IEEE (the professional organization for Electrical Engineering), and is a Registered Professional Engineer in California.