Award Year
1998
Graduation Year
1968
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Award Category
Engineering Hall of Fame
Biography
Bill Mittelstadt received his BS and MS degrees from OSU in 1966 and 1968, respectively. Working as a summer intern for Bonneville Power Administration led to a lifelong career with the Administration and eventual international recognition of the projects that he promoted and supervised. These projects include: the Chief Joseph Dynamic Braking Resistor; the Pacific High-Voltage DC Link; the California-¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ AC Intertie; and the Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator. The value of his work has been acknowledged by CIGRE and by his status as a Fellow of the IEEE. Throughout his career he has maintained his ties with OSU by serving as an Adjunct Professor on master's and doctoral thesis committees.
Degrees
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1966
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1968